The Free Communionist : Or Unrestricted Communion of the Lord's Supper with All True Believers, Advocated: And Objections of Restricted Communionists, Considered: in Four EssaysTrustees of the Freewill Baptist Connection, 1841 - 214 pages |
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... fact . If close communion , is of divine appoint- ment , then let the lines be drawn according to all the strictness of the Gospel rule ; but if it is a device and work of man , tending to cherish intolerance , bigot- ry , and pride ...
... fact . If close communion , is of divine appoint- ment , then let the lines be drawn according to all the strictness of the Gospel rule ; but if it is a device and work of man , tending to cherish intolerance , bigot- ry , and pride ...
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... fact that this ordinance was designed to be perpetuated , is so generally admitted , that it is un- necessary to dwell longer on this point . The design of the Eucharist is obvious from the passages already quoted . It is a standing ...
... fact that this ordinance was designed to be perpetuated , is so generally admitted , that it is un- necessary to dwell longer on this point . The design of the Eucharist is obvious from the passages already quoted . It is a standing ...
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... fact ought to be susceptible of proof . A " thus saith the Lord " will satisfy any one who ac- knowledges the divine authority of the Scriptures.- The sacrament of the Lord's supper is a positive institution , and should therefore be ...
... fact ought to be susceptible of proof . A " thus saith the Lord " will satisfy any one who ac- knowledges the divine authority of the Scriptures.- The sacrament of the Lord's supper is a positive institution , and should therefore be ...
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... fact would be one of the most material subjects for precept in the two ordinances ; yet Jesus did not mention it at the time he instituted the latter ordi- nance , nor at any other time . The apostles , in all their histories and ...
... fact would be one of the most material subjects for precept in the two ordinances ; yet Jesus did not mention it at the time he instituted the latter ordi- nance , nor at any other time . The apostles , in all their histories and ...
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... fact ? John the forerun- ner of Christ did indeed baptize , and so did some of the twelve apostles ; but this does not prove the point in question . We ask not for conjectures , sup- positions , or probabilities . Evidence to establish ...
... fact ? John the forerun- ner of Christ did indeed baptize , and so did some of the twelve apostles ; but this does not prove the point in question . We ask not for conjectures , sup- positions , or probabilities . Evidence to establish ...
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Page 38 - And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body ; is it therefore not of the body ? If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? But now hath God set the members, every one of them, in the body as it hath pleased Him.
Page 64 - Then, said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him, which should come after him, that is on Christ Jesus.
Page 37 - For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body : so also is Christ. — For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free ; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Page 213 - The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
Page 204 - FURTHERMORE, then, we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk, and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
Page 85 - But now I have' written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Page 77 - 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 shew the Lord's death till He come.
Page 38 - That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it.
Page 49 - Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
Page 78 - I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever : and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.