The Church and the Age: Essays on the Principles and Present Position of the Anglican ChurchArchibald Weir, William Dalrymple Maclagan |
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... hope of depriving the illustrious men to whom reference has been made , of the title they enjoy , and will continue to enjoy till time shall be no more . The object is simply to impress upon the reader's attention the obvious but too ...
... hope of depriving the illustrious men to whom reference has been made , of the title they enjoy , and will continue to enjoy till time shall be no more . The object is simply to impress upon the reader's attention the obvious but too ...
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... hope that their own would be proportionately diminished . This theology of gloom and wrath has gradually yielded to the almost indignant vigour of the attacks that have been made upon it by the school of free thought , but no theory has ...
... hope that their own would be proportionately diminished . This theology of gloom and wrath has gradually yielded to the almost indignant vigour of the attacks that have been made upon it by the school of free thought , but no theory has ...
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... accent of Evan- gelical hope or sympathy has ever been addressed , these hapless children whom the ragged school has never reached , and on whose sickly and narrowed brows the waters of ESSAY I. 57 MODERN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT .
... accent of Evan- gelical hope or sympathy has ever been addressed , these hapless children whom the ragged school has never reached , and on whose sickly and narrowed brows the waters of ESSAY I. 57 MODERN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT .
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... Hope is set forth , as Faith is by St. Paul and Love by St. John , or is there in the revelations which we find in his first Epistle a special weight and significance on which we may reverently rely ? Have the two great passages in his ...
... Hope is set forth , as Faith is by St. Paul and Love by St. John , or is there in the revelations which we find in his first Epistle a special weight and significance on which we may reverently rely ? Have the two great passages in his ...
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... hope ; how fearfully they seem to carry with them the very reason of their own irreversi- bility . To be bidden to depart from Christ ; to exist , yet apart from Him , and without Him ; to dwell in that outer darkness where He is not ...
... hope ; how fearfully they seem to carry with them the very reason of their own irreversi- bility . To be bidden to depart from Christ ; to exist , yet apart from Him , and without Him ; to dwell in that outer darkness where He is not ...
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Page 274 - Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant ; even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer : their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar ; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Page 212 - WILL you be diligent in Prayers, and in reading of the holy Scriptures, and in such studies as help to the knowledge of the same, laying aside the study of the world and the flesh?
Page 274 - For thus saith the LORD, David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel...
Page 22 - Nay, so far was it from the purpose of the Church of England to forsake and reject the Churches of Italy, France, Spain, Germany, or any such like churches, in all things which they held and practised, that, as the apology of the Church of England confesseth, it doth with reverence retain those ceremonies which do neither endamage the Church of God, nor offend the minds of sober men : and only departed from them in those particular points, wherein they were fallen both from themselves in their ancient...
Page 496 - Walk about Zion, and go round about her : Tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, Consider her palaces ; That ye may tell it to the generation following : For this God is our God for ever and ever : He will be our guide even unto death.
Page 17 - ... the body spiritual whereof having power, when any cause of the law divine happened to come in question, or of spiritual learning, then it was declared, interpreted, and showed by that part of the said body politic, called the spiritualty, now being usually called the English Church...
Page 270 - God, we most heartily thank thee for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us, who have duly received these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious body and blood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ ; and dost assure us thereby of thy favour and goodness towards us, and that we are very members incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son, which is the blessed company of all faithful people...
Page 22 - ... by the authority of the canonical Scriptures, or by the first four General Councils or any of them, or by any other General Council wherein the same was declared heresy by the express and plain words of the said canonical Scriptures, or such as hereafter shall be ordered, judged or determined to be heresy by the High Court of Parliament of this realm with the assent of the clergy in their Convocation; anything in this act contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 8 - THERE is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions ; of infinite power, wisdom and goodness ; the Maker and Preserver of all things both visibleand invisible.
Page 21 - Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.