The Comprehensive Church: Or, Christian Unity and Ecclesiastical Union in the Protestant Episcopal ChurchAppleton, 1879 - 292 pages |
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... TRUTH , AND HOLD THE FAITH IN UNITY OF SPIRIT , IN THE BOND OF PEACE , AND IN RIGHTEOUSNESS OF LIFE . AND THIS WE BEG FOR JESUS CHRIST'S SAKE . AMEN . " Book of Common Prayer . Daily Morning and Evening Collect . THE COMPREHENSIVE ...
... TRUTH , AND HOLD THE FAITH IN UNITY OF SPIRIT , IN THE BOND OF PEACE , AND IN RIGHTEOUSNESS OF LIFE . AND THIS WE BEG FOR JESUS CHRIST'S SAKE . AMEN . " Book of Common Prayer . Daily Morning and Evening Collect . THE COMPREHENSIVE ...
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... truth my- self , and then to help others to find it out . If I suc- ceed to any degree in this design , I will bless God for it ; and if I fail in it , I will bear it with the humility and patience that becomes me . But as soon as I see ...
... truth my- self , and then to help others to find it out . If I suc- ceed to any degree in this design , I will bless God for it ; and if I fail in it , I will bear it with the humility and patience that becomes me . But as soon as I see ...
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... truths of the Gospel are ; and earnestly beseeching Almighty God to accompany with His blessing every endeavor for promulgating them to mankind in the clearest , plainest , most affecting and majestic manner , for the sake of Jesus ...
... truths of the Gospel are ; and earnestly beseeching Almighty God to accompany with His blessing every endeavor for promulgating them to mankind in the clearest , plainest , most affecting and majestic manner , for the sake of Jesus ...
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... TRUTH , UNITY , AND CONCORD : AND GRANT THAT ALL THOSE , WHO DO CONFESS THY HOLY NAME , MAY AGREE IN THE TRUTH OF THY HOLY WORD , AND LIVE IN UNITY AND GODLY LOVE . GRANT THIS , O FATHER , FOR JESUS CHRIST'S SAKE , OUR ONLY MEDIATOR and ...
... TRUTH , UNITY , AND CONCORD : AND GRANT THAT ALL THOSE , WHO DO CONFESS THY HOLY NAME , MAY AGREE IN THE TRUTH OF THY HOLY WORD , AND LIVE IN UNITY AND GODLY LOVE . GRANT THIS , O FATHER , FOR JESUS CHRIST'S SAKE , OUR ONLY MEDIATOR and ...
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... truth wherever and however it may be learned . Finally , when we have analyzed this present system of the Protestant Episcopal Church as it is , and find it so comprehensive in all its parts , and so admirably ar- ranged as a basis for ...
... truth wherever and however it may be learned . Finally , when we have analyzed this present system of the Protestant Episcopal Church as it is , and find it so comprehensive in all its parts , and so admirably ar- ranged as a basis for ...
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Page 175 - BAPTISM is not only a sign of profession, and mark of difference, whereby Christian men are discerned from others that be not christened ; but it is also a sign of regeneration or new birth, whereby, as by an instrument, they that receive baptism rightly are grafted into the church...
Page 211 - The Offering of Christ once made is that perfect redemption, propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins of the whole world, both original and actual; and there is none other satisfaction for sin, but that alone.
Page 22 - More especially, we pray for the good estate of the Catholic Church; that it may be so guided and governed by Thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life.
Page 203 - And to the end that we should always remember the exceeding great love of our Master and only Saviour, Jesus Christ, thus dying for us, and the innumerable benefits which by His precious blood-shedding He hath obtained to us, He hath instituted and ordained holy mysteries, as pledges of His love, and for a continual remembrance of His death, to our great and endless comfort.
Page 210 - THE Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that Christians ought to have among themselves one to another ; but rather is a Sacrament of our Redemption by Christ's death : insomuch that to such as rightly, worthily, and with faith, receive the same, the Bread which we break is a partaking of the Body of Christ ; and likewise the Cup of Blessing is a partaking of the Blood of Christ.
Page 182 - Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (That is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Page 205 - ... hear us, O merciful Father, we most humbly beseech thee ; and grant, that we receiving these thy creatures of bread and wine, according to thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ's holy institution in remembrance of his death and passion, may be partakers of his most blessed body and blood...
Page 276 - God's purpose by his spirit working in due season: they through grace obey the calling; they be justified freely; they be made sons of God by adoption; they be made like the image of his only begotten son Jesus Christ; they walk religiously in good works and at length by God's mercy they attain to everlasting felicity.
Page 206 - Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee, and feed on Him in thy heart by faith, with thanksgiving.
Page 211 - Augustine saith) the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ ; yet in no wise are they partakers of Christ : but rather, to their condemnation, do eat and drink the sign or sacrament of so great a thing.