An apology for apostolic order and its advocates, occasioned by the strictures and denunciations of the Christian's magazine, a series of letters addressed to J.M. Mason1846 - 80 pages |
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... Clergy who bear with you the common name of Presbyterian , implicitly to obey all your caprices and decrees , * it is no concern of mine . But when you claim despotic authority over me , there is a spirit within me which instantly says ...
... Clergy who bear with you the common name of Presbyterian , implicitly to obey all your caprices and decrees , * it is no concern of mine . But when you claim despotic authority over me , there is a spirit within me which instantly says ...
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... clergy , " a distinction which prevails among Episcopalians , and which lies at the foundation of their church , is styled " highly unscriptural and anti - Christian . " Will not your reasoning against me , which you advance with so ...
... clergy , " a distinction which prevails among Episcopalians , and which lies at the foundation of their church , is styled " highly unscriptural and anti - Christian . " Will not your reasoning against me , which you advance with so ...
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... clergy . It is with the deepest regret I am compelled to maintain , that , if you and your brethren have just cause of complaint against the sermon of the Episcopal clergyman , we have the same cause of complaint against the sermon ...
... clergy . It is with the deepest regret I am compelled to maintain , that , if you and your brethren have just cause of complaint against the sermon of the Episcopal clergyman , we have the same cause of complaint against the sermon ...
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... clergy were invited to hear the sermon which gave them so much offence , and this cir- cumstance rendered the attack an outrage ! There is no recollection of any such invitation having been given . But there was notice given in the ...
... clergy were invited to hear the sermon which gave them so much offence , and this cir- cumstance rendered the attack an outrage ! There is no recollection of any such invitation having been given . But there was notice given in the ...
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... clergy who heard him cannot recollect that he used the very strong expressions which you impute to him . It seems , as you assert , my books are a continuance of this the same 66 same system of attack ; ( 6 aspersions " * are re- peated ...
... clergy who heard him cannot recollect that he used the very strong expressions which you impute to him . It seems , as you assert , my books are a continuance of this the same 66 same system of attack ; ( 6 aspersions " * are re- peated ...
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Page 148 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 5 - Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you " ? This was the doctrine of Lao-tsze.
Page 82 - The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches : and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
Page 155 - Wherefore I put thee in remembrance, that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee, by the putting on of my hands.
Page 251 - These angels and men, thus predestinated and foreordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed ; and their number is so certain and definite that it cannot be either increased or diminished.
Page 154 - Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
Page 54 - God — a hard master, reaping where He has not sown, and gathering where He has not strawed...
Page 252 - THEY whom God hath accepted in his Beloved, effectually called and sanctified by his Spirit, can neither totally nor finally fall away from the state of grace ; but shall certainly persevere therein to the end, and be eternally saved.
Page 148 - And no man taketh this honour to himself, but he that is called of God as was Aaron.
Page 253 - The rest of mankind God was pleased, according to the unsearchable counsel of his own will, (whereby he extendeth or withholdeth mercy, as he pleaseth, for the glory of his sovereign power over his creatures,) to pass by, and to ordain them to dishonour and wrath for their sin, to the praise of his glorious justice.