First Ripe Fruits: Being a Collection of Tracts; to which are Added, Two Sermons. With a Short Memoir of the Author ... |
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... custom : these may command respect , but can neither obligate conscience , nor relieve us from the trouble of examining for ourselves ; because there is no believing by proxy . Like the Berceans , in whom the gos pel excited a spirit of ...
... custom : these may command respect , but can neither obligate conscience , nor relieve us from the trouble of examining for ourselves ; because there is no believing by proxy . Like the Berceans , in whom the gos pel excited a spirit of ...
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... customs want the approbation of the HOLY GHOST , and really stand in the way of our obedience ; the question will be decided with all who love Jesus Christ more than fashion , and they will unite in a reform as general as it will be ...
... customs want the approbation of the HOLY GHOST , and really stand in the way of our obedience ; the question will be decided with all who love Jesus Christ more than fashion , and they will unite in a reform as general as it will be ...
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... custom . Ah Popery ! * The very words of Calvin are , " And truly , this custom , which enjoins communicating once every year , is a most evident contrivance of the devil ; by whose instrumentality soever it may have been introduced ...
... custom . Ah Popery ! * The very words of Calvin are , " And truly , this custom , which enjoins communicating once every year , is a most evident contrivance of the devil ; by whose instrumentality soever it may have been introduced ...
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... custom of the other churches , merely for the sake of uniformity . It seems , however , that they had thought better of the matter , as the ca- non in its present form was drawn up by the Synod of Paris in 1565. L'ARROQUE Defence de la ...
... custom of the other churches , merely for the sake of uniformity . It seems , however , that they had thought better of the matter , as the ca- non in its present form was drawn up by the Synod of Paris in 1565. L'ARROQUE Defence de la ...
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... custom , which can boast of no such authority . This , which we are so afraid of áltering , is á real innovation on Christian order , and an un- happy desertion of Christian principle . If in- novation is , in truth , our abhorrence ...
... custom , which can boast of no such authority . This , which we are so afraid of áltering , is á real innovation on Christian order , and an un- happy desertion of Christian principle . If in- novation is , in truth , our abhorrence ...
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Page 223 - By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Page 13 - After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come.
Page 150 - He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
Page 272 - Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever He had a chosen people, whose breasts He has made His peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue.
Page 152 - He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 215 - Whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Page 137 - Now the God of peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to "Whom be glory for ever and ever, amen
Page 207 - ... lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him...
Page 302 - Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of Me ; and that cover with a covering, but not of My spirit, that they may add sin to sin...
Page 197 - Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe according to the working of his mighty power...