The Grace of the Ministry Considered as a Divine Gift of Uninterrupted Transmission and Two-fold CharacterWilliam Denton |
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... declared to be their excuse , and the necessity hence arising was at first their sole vindication . " That a positive necessity of foregoing episcopacy was really believed to exist , at the time when the Augsburg Confession and the ...
... declared to be their excuse , and the necessity hence arising was at first their sole vindication . " That a positive necessity of foregoing episcopacy was really believed to exist , at the time when the Augsburg Confession and the ...
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... declared to be so closely in alliance , as even to be virtually synonymous . For the space of above two centuries and a half , up to our present times , a regular system of aggressive warfare has been maintained by the scholars and ...
... declared to be so closely in alliance , as even to be virtually synonymous . For the space of above two centuries and a half , up to our present times , a regular system of aggressive warfare has been maintained by the scholars and ...
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... declare on our own part , an a sent more exclusive of the possibility of error than the evidence upon which such assent is founded will strictly justify . Such caution is the more necessary , because the slightest excess in this ...
... declare on our own part , an a sent more exclusive of the possibility of error than the evidence upon which such assent is founded will strictly justify . Such caution is the more necessary , because the slightest excess in this ...
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... declaration of St. Paul , " No man taketh this honour unto himself , but he that is called of God , as was Aaron . So also Christ glorified not Himself to be made a high - priest ; but He that said unto Him , Thou art my Son , to - day ...
... declaration of St. Paul , " No man taketh this honour unto himself , but he that is called of God , as was Aaron . So also Christ glorified not Himself to be made a high - priest ; but He that said unto Him , Thou art my Son , to - day ...
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... declared to be supernatural and extraordinary , the other was conferred with no such intima- tion , so that the history of the two inspirations does not give the slightest grounds for concluding that the Apostles could not transmit the ...
... declared to be supernatural and extraordinary , the other was conferred with no such intima- tion , so that the history of the two inspirations does not give the slightest grounds for concluding that the Apostles could not transmit the ...
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Page 627 - I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air : but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection : lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Page 486 - And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 613 - ... but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ : From whom the whole body fitly joined together, and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body, unto the edifying of itself in love.
Page 62 - Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you : as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Page 546 - Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Bishop in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. And remember that thou stir up the grace of God which is given thee by this imposition of our hands: for God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and love, and soberness.
Page 588 - It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Page 625 - I have fed you with milk, and not with meat : for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able, for ye are yet carnal : for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal and walk as men...
Page 53 - ... far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Page 505 - Holy Scripture and ancient Authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church — Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. Which Offices were evermore had in such reverend estimation, that no man might presume to execute any of them, except he were first called, tried, examined, and known to have such qualities as are requisite for the same ; and also by public Prayer, with imposition of Hands, were approved and admitted thereunto by lawful Authority.
Page 529 - Be to the flock of CHRIST a shepherd, not a wolf; feed them, devour them not. Hold up the weak, heal the sick, bind up the broken, bring again the outcasts, seek the lost.