 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1845 - 690 pages
...statement of that section is well known : it affirms that the civil magistrate '-hath authority, and that it is his duty to take order that unity and peace...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... | |
 | Independent Whig, Andrew SCOTT (Member of the Merchant Company, Edinburgh.) - 1845 - 420 pages
...Westminster Confession of Faith, and the Larger Catechism of our Church: — 'The civil magistrate hath authority, and it is his duty to take order, that unity and peace be preserved iu the Church; that the truth of God be kept pure and entire; that all blasphemies and heresies be... | |
 | Carl Leopold Adolph Sydow, Adolphus Sydow - Church and state - 1845 - 228 pages
...doers.'' And after stating that " 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," it proceeds in terms which will require a single word of observation : " Yet he has authority, and... | |
 | Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1845 - 392 pages
...the powers that be are III. 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 heaven6: yet he hath authority, and it is his duty, te take order, that unity and peace be preserved... | |
 | Christian life - 1846 - 634 pages
..."The . civil magistrate may not assume to himself the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven; yct he 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," &c. &c. (See Conf. chap, xxiii. 3.) In the... | |
 | 1846 - 660 pages
...keys of t/ie Kingdom of Heaven ; yet he hath authority, and it is his ditty, to take order that unit;/ and peace. be preserved in the Church ; that the truth of God be kept pure and entire; that alt blasphemies and heresies be suppressed; all corruptions and abuses in worship and... | |
 | Unitarian churches - 784 pages
...following statements : — " 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 : vet ho hath authority, and it is his duty, to take order, that unity and peace be preserved in the... | |
 | James Robertson - Nova Scotia - 1847 - 332 pages
...They give no decision as to the doctrine taught in these words (Confession, ch. xxiii., sect. 3) : " Yet he hath authority, and it is his duty, to take...Church — that the truth of God be kept pure and entire — that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed — all corruptions and abuses in worship... | |
 | 1847 - 918 pages
...the " Westminster Confession of Faith," chap, xxiii. s. 3, 4, where it is said : " he [the sovereign] 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... | |
 | John Cumming - 1848 - 674 pages
...necessary occasions. 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... | |
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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,... 
