 ... a sign of regeneration or new birth, whereby, as by an instrument, they that receive baptism rightly are grafted into the church; the promises of forgiveness of sin, and of our adoption to be the sons of God by the Holy Ghost, are visibly signed and...  A Walk about Zion: Revised and Enlarged - Page 130by John Alonzo Clark - 1842 - 244 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Holland - 1817 - 344 pages
...sins, and of our adoption to be the sons of God by the Holy Ghost, are visibly signed and sealed : faith is .confirmed, and grace increased, by virtue of prayer unto God*. And the sanction for retaining • See Thirty. nine Articles of Religion.— Art. 27. Of Bap tism.... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1790 - 620 pages
...of sin, and of our adoption to be the sons of God by the Holy Ghost, are visibly signed and sealed ; faith is confirmed, and grace increased, by virtue of prayer unto God." This is asserted concerning baptism universally. But how can it apply to the case of infants? And yet... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1817 - 530 pages
...that • Art. xxr. f Art- xxvii. baptism ' communicates a portion of divine grace, &c.* but that ' faith is confirmed, and grace increased by ' virtue of prayer unto God.' A portion of grace and faith, therefore, had previously been communicated. — In no other instance,... | |
 | Henry John Todd - 1818 - 324 pages
...forgiveness of sin, and of our adop-; tion (z) to be the sons of God, are visibly signed and sealed ; faith is confirmed, and grace increased, by virtue of prayer unto God. The custom of the Church (a) to christen young children (b) is to be commended, and (c) in any wise to... | |
 | George Tomline - 1818 - 608 pages
...faith in Christ Jesus; for as many of you as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ (e)." FAITH is CONFIRMED AND GRACE INCREASED BY VIRTUE OF PRAYER UNTO GOD. This is the natural and constant effect of sincere and devout prayer ; and we may rest assured that... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1819 - 558 pages
...of sin, and of our adoption to be the sons ol God by the Holy Ghost, are visibly signed and sealed: faith is confirmed, and grace increased by virtue of Prayer unto God. The Baptism of young children is in any wise to be retained in the Church as most agreeable with the institution... | |
 | 1838 - 794 pages
...article above quoted supposes the recipient of Baptism may be already a partaker, when it asserts that "faith is confirmed, and grace increased by virtue of prayer unto God." The inward and spiritual grace of Baptism is on the contrary the undeserved and gratuitous favour shown... | |
 | William White - 1820 - 502 pages
...of sin, and of our adoption to be the sons of God by the Holy Ghost, are visibly signed and sealed; faith is confirmed, and grace increased by virtue of prayer unto God. The baptism of young children is in any wise to be retained in the church, as most agreeable to the institution... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1822 - 444 pages
...of sin, and of our adoption to be the tons of God by the Holy Ghost, are visibly signed and sealed : faith is confirmed, and grace increased by virtue of Prayer unto God . The Baptism of yount children is in any wise to be retained in the Church as most agreeable with the inslitution... | |
 | 1822 - 396 pages
...is agreeable to the article on baptism, which says, that in the administration of that sacrament, " faith is confirmed, and grace increased by virtue of prayer unto God;" and also to the baptismal office, which requires all present to pray, both before and after the child's... | |
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