 | William Van Mildert (bp. of Durham.) - 1831
...Rom. ii. 4. y I'salm cxxx. 4. unto you, who having been " signed with the " sign of the cross," will not be ashamed to ** confess the faith of Christ crucified,...banner against " sin, the world, and the Devil, and to con" tinue Christ's faithful soldiers and servants " unto your lives' end." To such only do these precious... | |
 | 1831
...borne the burthen and heat of the day of trial. It was theirs to deny themselves, to take up the cross, to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully...fight under his banner against sin, the world, and the devil. It was theirs to wrestle, not only against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against... | |
 | Charles Benjamin Tayler - 1832 - 247 pages
...living. Thus also the cross is made upqn the forehead of the feeble infant, in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of CHRIST...against sin, the world, and the devil; and to continue CHRIST'S faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end. The sacrament of baptism is neither an empty... | |
 | Newton Smart - 1832 - 244 pages
...Christian faith, by which the soldier of the cross is enabled to fulfil his baptismal vow, " not to be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified,...against sin, the world, and the devil, and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end 1." 1 Baptismal Service. p 2 Let not, therefore,... | |
 | William Van Mildert (bp. of Durham.) - 1832
...Rom. ii. 4. y Psalm cxxx. 4. unto you, who having been " signed with the " sign of the cross," will not be ashamed to " confess the faith of Christ crucified,...banner against " sin, the world, and the Devil, and to con" tinue Christ's faithful soldiers and servants " unto your lives' end." To such only do these precious... | |
 | James Yonge - 1832 - 475 pages
...when he is signed with the sign of the cross, it is declared to be done " in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ...under his banner, against sin, the world, and the Devil." Now are these mere words without meaning, or are we in error, when we so solemnly represent... | |
 | John Henry Hobart, William Berrian - 1832
...cross, she declares that this marks him to the service of the Lord, and signifies to him his duty, " to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully...against sin, the world, and the devil, and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end." Not satisfied with these, she still further... | |
 | John Henry Hobart (bp. of New York.) - 1832
...cross, she declares that this marks him to the service of the Lord, and signifies to him his duty, " to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner, against sin, the'world, and the devil, and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end."... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832
...well be offended with it: but it is, as the Liturgy expresses it, " a token that hereafter the child shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified:" and, if it serve to impress the minds of the sponsors in that light, it is well: if it do not, the fault... | |
 | William Bagshaw (M.A.) - 1833
...congregation of Christ's flock, and are signed with the sign of the cross, in token that hereafter we shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ...against sin, the world, and the devil, and to continue Christ's faithful soldiers and servants unto our lives' end. From all which we may learn, how intimately... | |
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