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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Page 78
... usurpation " of course , those ministers who are Episcopally ordained are not " ordained according to Christ's appointment ; " conse- quently , are not legitimate ministers : and as " a legitimate ministry is one of the characteristics ...
... usurpation " of course , those ministers who are Episcopally ordained are not " ordained according to Christ's appointment ; " conse- quently , are not legitimate ministers : and as " a legitimate ministry is one of the characteristics ...
Page 80
... usurpations , " stand in the predica- ment with the other two orders . Thus , then , Episcopal ministers , being " not ordained by a Presbytery , " have " no right to be received as ministers of Christ : their administra- tion of ...
... usurpations , " stand in the predica- ment with the other two orders . Thus , then , Episcopal ministers , being " not ordained by a Presbytery , " have " no right to be received as ministers of Christ : their administra- tion of ...
Page 90
... usurpation , there is an argument , which even with every candid Presbyterian must be conclusive . If Episcopacy were an usurpation ; if the power of the Bishops , like that of the Pope , were " anti - Christian and unscriptural ...
... usurpation , there is an argument , which even with every candid Presbyterian must be conclusive . If Episcopacy were an usurpation ; if the power of the Bishops , like that of the Pope , were " anti - Christian and unscriptural ...
Page 107
... usurping Bi- shops ; and Laymen who cherish this " hierarchical " church , as the bulwark of Christendom and Christianity . I sincerely wish you may run no risque of being accused of " trimming on the points of faith and duty ...
... usurping Bi- shops ; and Laymen who cherish this " hierarchical " church , as the bulwark of Christendom and Christianity . I sincerely wish you may run no risque of being accused of " trimming on the points of faith and duty ...
Page 108
... usurped , throughout the whole Christian Church , their superior prerogatives . If the records of the early ages take no ... usurpation took place ; but that the Bishops hold their powers by the same tenure which supports Presbyters in ...
... usurped , throughout the whole Christian Church , their superior prerogatives . If the records of the early ages take no ... usurpation took place ; but that the Bishops hold their powers by the same tenure which supports Presbyters in ...
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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.