A charge delivered to the clergy of the diocese of Llandaff at the triennial visitation |
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... less than for the exercise of every other duty . If we err through conceit or prejudice , or pride , or passion , or the bias of any selfish or worldly motive , the fault is ours , and the plea of right will be a bold and impious ...
... less than for the exercise of every other duty . If we err through conceit or prejudice , or pride , or passion , or the bias of any selfish or worldly motive , the fault is ours , and the plea of right will be a bold and impious ...
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... less are they capable of being ascertained in the abstruse questions of religion . As a high authority for the just principle of inter- pretation in these cases , I would refer to the candid and judicious commentary of Bishop Burnet on ...
... less are they capable of being ascertained in the abstruse questions of religion . As a high authority for the just principle of inter- pretation in these cases , I would refer to the candid and judicious commentary of Bishop Burnet on ...
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... less binding . On the contrary , inasmuch as they are binding upon the conscience , to a just and religious mind they will even carry greater force than those which are upheld by legal penalties . Of this kind are the observance of ...
... less binding . On the contrary , inasmuch as they are binding upon the conscience , to a just and religious mind they will even carry greater force than those which are upheld by legal penalties . Of this kind are the observance of ...
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... less than threescore and ten limitations to that duty , and another " has 798 questions concerning the true meaning of possession , " nearly all of which a truly conscientious man would probably have decided aright at once in his own ...
... less than threescore and ten limitations to that duty , and another " has 798 questions concerning the true meaning of possession , " nearly all of which a truly conscientious man would probably have decided aright at once in his own ...
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... less complete and regular . Nothing the least analogous is to be found among the French Clergy of the present day . Neither the ancient nobility of France , nor the middle classes ; neither the magistracy , nor the bar ; neither men in ...
... less complete and regular . Nothing the least analogous is to be found among the French Clergy of the present day . Neither the ancient nobility of France , nor the middle classes ; neither the magistracy , nor the bar ; neither men in ...
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Page 10 - Behold I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord : and he shall turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse ' — coupled with the declarations concerning John the Baptist, particularly that in Luke i.
Page 14 - She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
Page 17 - Church ; the promises of the forgiveness 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 agree•able with the institution of Christ.
Page 48 - We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father, that it hath pleased thee to regenerate this infant with thy Holy Spirit, to receive him for thine own child by adoption, and to incorporate him into thy Holy Church.
Page 6 - ... 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 sealed; faith is confirmed, and grace increased by virtue of prayer unto God.
Page 11 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Page 71 - And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you : 13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
Page 6 - Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, against our common enemies; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, according to the Word of God, and the example of the best reformed churches...
Page 12 - Therefore if any of you be a blasphemer of God, an hinderer or slanderer of his Word, an adulterer, or be in malice, or envy, or in any other grievous crime, repent you of your sins, or else come not to that holy Table...
Page 11 - But we were gentle- among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children : so being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.