The Ancient Platforms of the Congregational Churches of New England: With a Digest of Rules and Usages in Connecticut, and an Appendix, Containig Notices of Congregational Bodies in Other StatesE. Hunt, 1843 - 351 pages |
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... held and the office of ruling elder , also , soon died away in most of the churches where it was introduced , and final- ly in all . The voice of the churches was for Congregationalism in matter and form ; and while these were conducted ...
... held and the office of ruling elder , also , soon died away in most of the churches where it was introduced , and final- ly in all . The voice of the churches was for Congregationalism in matter and form ; and while these were conducted ...
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... held by agreement another meeting at Cambridge , in which they conferred their counsels and examined the writings , which some of them had prepared in answer to the said books , which being agreed and perfected , were sent over into ...
... held by agreement another meeting at Cambridge , in which they conferred their counsels and examined the writings , which some of them had prepared in answer to the said books , which being agreed and perfected , were sent over into ...
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... held there , where they shall compare the results of the meetings of the several counties , and out and from them , draw a form of ecclesias- tical discipline . ' 99 Agreeably to this order , the ministers and messengers of the churches ...
... held there , where they shall compare the results of the meetings of the several counties , and out and from them , draw a form of ecclesias- tical discipline . ' 99 Agreeably to this order , the ministers and messengers of the churches ...
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... held at the time of the colony elections at Boston and Hartford , they had been accustomed to go into consulta- tions on the interests of the churches , and of the cause of literature , and to give advice when necessary ; sometimes to ...
... held at the time of the colony elections at Boston and Hartford , they had been accustomed to go into consulta- tions on the interests of the churches , and of the cause of literature , and to give advice when necessary ; sometimes to ...
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... held early in 1709 , in the differ- ent counties , in which steps were taken for the organization of the primary bodies , and at th proper time , the General Association , compose * Note E. of delegates from the District Associations ...
... held early in 1709 , in the differ- ent counties , in which steps were taken for the organization of the primary bodies , and at th proper time , the General Association , compose * Note E. of delegates from the District Associations ...
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Page 239 - Worthy receivers, outwardly partaking of the visible elements in this sacrament," do then also inwardly by faith, really and indeed, yet not carnally and corporally, but spiritually, receive and feed upon Christ crucified, and all benefits of his death : the body and blood of Christ being then not corporally or carnally in, with, or under the bread and wine ; yet as really, but spiritually, present to the faith of believers in that ordinance, as the elements themselves are to their outWard senses.
Page 243 - Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded : and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
Page 58 - The object of this society shall be to christianize the heathen in North America, and to support and promote Christian knowledge in the new settlements, within the United States; and both shall be pursued as circumstances shall point out.
Page 191 - ALL those whom God hath predestinated unto life, and those only, he is pleased in his appointed and accepted time, effectually to call by his word and Spirit, out of that state of sin and death in which they are by nature, to grace and salvation by Jesus Christ...
Page 185 - ... being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost in the womb of the virgin Mary, of her substance: so that two whole perfect and distinct natures, the God-head and the manhood, were inseparably joined together in one person, without conversion, composition, or confusion ; which person is very God and very man, yet one Christ, the only mediator between God and man.
Page 192 - Christ, and therefore cannot be saved: much less can men, not professing the Christian religion, be saved in any other way whatsoever, be they never so diligent to frame their lives according to the light of nature, and the law of that religion they do profess; and to assert and maintain that they may is very pernicious, and to be detested.
Page 235 - The efficacy of baptism is not tied to that moment of time wherein it is administered; yet notwithstanding, by the right use of this ordinance, the grace promised is not only offered, but really exhibited and conferred by the Holy Ghost, to such (whether of age or infants) as that grace belongeth unto, according to the counsel of God's own will, in his appointed time.
Page 166 - Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi.
Page 146 - Church; to receive complaints in cases of maladministration, and authoritatively to determine the same: which decrees and determinations, if consonant to the Word of God, are to be received with reverence and submission, not only for their agreement with the Word, but also for the power whereby they are made, as being an ordinance of God, appointed thereunto in his Word.
Page 217 - God alone is Lord of the conscience, and hath left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are in any thing contrary to his word, or beside it, in matters of faith or worship.