Letters Concerning the Constitution and Order of the Christian Ministry: As Deduced from Scripture and Primitive Usage |
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... the outlines of the apostolic plan of Church order . By a careful attention to this language , and to these facts , if I mistake not , it will be easy to show That Christ gave but one commission for the office of Testimony of Scripture .
... the outlines of the apostolic plan of Church order . By a careful attention to this language , and to these facts , if I mistake not , it will be easy to show That Christ gave but one commission for the office of Testimony of Scripture .
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... commission for the office of the Gospel ministry , and that this office , of course , is one . The Commission which our Lord gave to his apostles , and in them to his ministers in every age , is expressed in the following words > -And ...
... commission for the office of the Gospel ministry , and that this office , of course , is one . The Commission which our Lord gave to his apostles , and in them to his ministers in every age , is expressed in the following words > -And ...
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... commission , and not of any former appointment ; and as no such new commission was given to the Seventy discia ples , it is manifest that they are not to be consider . ed as ministers of the New Testament dispensation at all . The ...
... commission , and not of any former appointment ; and as no such new commission was given to the Seventy discia ples , it is manifest that they are not to be consider . ed as ministers of the New Testament dispensation at all . The ...
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... commission , therefore , when it was first delivered , certainly constituted no more than one order of Gospel ministers . That this commission embraces the highest and fullest ecclesiastical power , that has been , is , or can be ...
... commission , therefore , when it was first delivered , certainly constituted no more than one order of Gospel ministers . That this commission embraces the highest and fullest ecclesiastical power , that has been , is , or can be ...
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... commission recognizes the continuance of the office and duties of ministers to the end of the world . Must we not infer then , that all who have a right to preach and baptize , have a right , of course , to ordain ? Does it comport with ...
... commission recognizes the continuance of the office and duties of ministers to the end of the world . Must we not infer then , that all who have a right to preach and baptize , have a right , of course , to ordain ? Does it comport with ...
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Page 85 - And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch: whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
Page 53 - Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
Page 84 - Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, " It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
Page 1 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Page 37 - For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee : 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly: 7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God...
Page 182 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 113 - For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
Page 185 - The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; 2. For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
Page 223 - It is not lawful for any man to take upon him the office of public preaching, or minister1ng the Sacraments in the Congregation, before he be lawfully called, and sent to execute the same.
Page 48 - As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work -whereunto I have -called them.