 | 1850 - 836 pages
...them from tyranny ;" and we have it declared in the Confession of Faith "that the civil magistrate hath authority, and it is his duty to take order that...the Church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and herelies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and... | |
 | Free Church of Scotland. General Assembly - 1851 - 488 pages
...and to another, Come, III. The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the word and sacraments, or the power of the keys of the...the church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and... | |
 | Charles Jobson Lyon - Great Britain - 1851 - 346 pages
...compelled the King to subscribe against his own convictions), has these words : — " The Civil Magistrate hath authority, and it is his duty, to take order,...the Church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and... | |
 | Philip Schaff - Church and state - 1888 - 184 pages
...3.— Of the Civil Magistrate. The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the Word and Sacraments, or the power of the keys of the...the Church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and... | |
 | Philip Schaff - Church and state - 1888 - 176 pages
...may not assume to himself the administration of the Word and Sacraments, or the power of the key s of the kingdom of heaven; ' yet he hath authority,...the Church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and... | |
 | American Historical Association - History - 1888 - 596 pages
...3.— Of the Civil Magistrate. Civil Magistrates may not assume to themselves the administration of the Word and Sacraments,' or the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven ; ' or, in the least, interfere in matters of faith. 3 Yet, as nursing fathers, it is the duty of civil... | |
 | Philip Schaff - Church and state - 1889 - 180 pages
...3.— Of the Civil Magistrate. The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the Word and Sacraments, or the power of the keys of the...hath authority, and it is his duty to take order, lhat unity and peace be preserved in the Church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that... | |
 | Charles Augustus Briggs - Presbyterian Church - 1889 - 336 pages
...taught the doctrine of an established national Church. Accordingly, it is the duty of the magistrate " To take order, that unity and peace be preserved in...the Church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and... | |
 | James Gall - Evangelistic work - 1890 - 376 pages
...A Church that holds the temple theory cannot secede, because it is the duty of the civil magistrate to take order that unity and peace be preserved in the Church, and not only to prevent secession, but to punish schism, quite as much as Moses, or Joshua, or the... | |
 | Andrew Martin Fairbairn - Bible - 1893 - 590 pages
...John Milton. The note of the former was the place it assigned to the " civil magistrate " ; it was his duty " to take order that unity and peace be preserved...the Church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, and that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed." Hence toleration was no part of this... | |
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The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the Word and Sacraments, or the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven: yet he hath authority, and it is his duty to take order, that unity and peace be preserved in the Church,... 
