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 81
... ordinances of the gospel . And for the first Christian church of the Gentiles at Antioch , it appeareth to have been gathered and consti- tuted partly of the dispersed brethren of the church at Jerusalem , whereof some were men of ...
... ordinances of the gospel . And for the first Christian church of the Gentiles at Antioch , it appeareth to have been gathered and consti- tuted partly of the dispersed brethren of the church at Jerusalem , whereof some were men of ...
Page 91
... ordinances , before the elders and brethren of the church , and much more to their parents and masters . Godly tutors in the university can take an account of their pupils ; and godly householders in the city take an account of their ...
... ordinances , before the elders and brethren of the church , and much more to their parents and masters . Godly tutors in the university can take an account of their pupils ; and godly householders in the city take an account of their ...
Page 104
... ordinances of God there ; the rather if we consider how scripture covenants have been entered into not only expressly by word of mouth , but by sacri- fice , by hand writing and seal , and also some- times by silent consent , without ...
... ordinances of God there ; the rather if we consider how scripture covenants have been entered into not only expressly by word of mouth , but by sacri- fice , by hand writing and seal , and also some- times by silent consent , without ...
Page 105
... ordinances of the gospel ; as also in re- spect of their good of communion , founded upon their visible union , and contained in the promises of Christ's special presence in the church ; whence they have fellowship with him , and in him ...
... ordinances of the gospel ; as also in re- spect of their good of communion , founded upon their visible union , and contained in the promises of Christ's special presence in the church ; whence they have fellowship with him , and in him ...
Page 112
... ordinance of the apostle , and practice of the church , commends the Lord's day as a fit time for the contribution of the saints . 1 Cor . xvi . 1 , 2 , 3 . 6. The instituting of all these officers in the church , is the work of God ...
... ordinance of the apostle , and practice of the church , commends the Lord's day as a fit time for the contribution of the saints . 1 Cor . xvi . 1 , 2 , 3 . 6. The instituting of all these officers in the church , is the work of God ...
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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...