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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Page vii
... to ano- Of excommunication and other censures , Of communion of churches one with another , 131 • • • . · 134 139 ཌ ཤྩཎཱུ ę ⌘ ་ྒུ 3 སྟྲ ཛྱཱ ཎྜ 11 53 · • 73 • 75 95 99 106 Of synods , Of the civil magistrates ' power in.
... to ano- Of excommunication and other censures , Of communion of churches one with another , 131 • • • . · 134 139 ཌ ཤྩཎཱུ ę ⌘ ་ྒུ 3 སྟྲ ཛྱཱ ཎྜ 11 53 · • 73 • 75 95 99 106 Of synods , Of the civil magistrates ' power in.
Page ix
... Communion of Churches , Of Deacons and Ruling Elders , Of our demeanor towards the civil Magistrate , Of a Confession of Faith , Of our Duty and Deportment towards them that are not in Communion with us , ARTICLES OF DISCIPLINE , WITH ...
... Communion of Churches , Of Deacons and Ruling Elders , Of our demeanor towards the civil Magistrate , Of a Confession of Faith , Of our Duty and Deportment towards them that are not in Communion with us , ARTICLES OF DISCIPLINE , WITH ...
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... communion or consociation , upon the principles of the New Testament , which they believed to be Congregational . While they felt strongly for the rights and privileges of particular church- es , and insisted upon their equality , they ...
... communion or consociation , upon the principles of the New Testament , which they believed to be Congregational . While they felt strongly for the rights and privileges of particular church- es , and insisted upon their equality , they ...
Page 27
... Communion of Churches , " in the Cambridge Platform , as may be seen by looking into the fifteenth and sixteenth chapters . But whatever truths those chapters contain , it was found suf- ficient provision was not made for securing the ...
... Communion of Churches , " in the Cambridge Platform , as may be seen by looking into the fifteenth and sixteenth chapters . But whatever truths those chapters contain , it was found suf- ficient provision was not made for securing the ...
Page 33
... discipline among themselves . They refer also to the relations of such church- es to each other , and to their communion . Had * Magnalia , V. p . 59 . these been deemed sufficient for all the wants of the OF SAYBROOK PLATFORM . 33.
... discipline among themselves . They refer also to the relations of such church- es to each other , and to their communion . Had * Magnalia , V. p . 59 . these been deemed sufficient for all the wants of the OF SAYBROOK PLATFORM . 33.
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Page 169 - And the heavenliness of the matter, the efficacy of the doctrine, the majesty of the style, the consent of all the parts, the scope of the whole, which is to give all glory to God, the full discovery it makes of the only way of man's salvation, the many other incomparable excellencies, and the entire perfection thereof, are arguments whereby it doth abundantly evidence itself to be the word of God...
Page 194 - 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 245 - 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 219 - 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.
Page 193 - 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 242 - The souls of the righteous, being then made perfect in holiness, are received into the highest heavens, where they behold the face of God in light and glory, waiting for the full redemption of their bodies...
Page 175 - God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass; yet so as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.
Page 171 - But because these original tongues are not known to all the people of God, who have right unto and interest in the Scriptures, and are commanded, in the fear of God, to read and search them...
Page 176 - As God hath appointed the elect unto glory, so hath he, by the eternal and most free purpose of his will, foreordained all the means thereunto. Wherefore they who are elected, being fallen in Adam, are redeemed by Christ ; are effectually called unto faith in Christ, by his Spirit working in due season ; are justified, adopted, sanctified, and kept by his power through faith unto salvation. Neither are any other redeemed by Christ, effectually called, justified, adopted, sanctified, and saved, but...
Page 170 - Nevertheless we acknowledge the inward illumination of the Spirit of God to be necessary for the saving understanding of such things as are revealed in the word...