A Presbyterian Clergyman Looking for the ChurchD. Dana, jr., 1859 - 575 pages |
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... tell what , in the infant - Elect infants - Reprobate infants - The Church holds but " One Baptism ” -XVII . No duty , grace or privilege as accru- ing from baptism - Parents bound by the baptism of the infant - Child not bound because ...
... tell what , in the infant - Elect infants - Reprobate infants - The Church holds but " One Baptism ” -XVII . No duty , grace or privilege as accru- ing from baptism - Parents bound by the baptism of the infant - Child not bound because ...
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... preser- vation and his better fortune to the grace that kept his eye upon the guiding star . I may not be able to tell the precise moment , up to which I remained a Presbyterian , nor the moment at which I 6 LOOKING FOR THE CHURCH .
... preser- vation and his better fortune to the grace that kept his eye upon the guiding star . I may not be able to tell the precise moment , up to which I remained a Presbyterian , nor the moment at which I 6 LOOKING FOR THE CHURCH .
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... tell the plain truth , the convert from sectarianism , whose conversion has been one of either his head or his heart , may well feel disappointed at finding the practical condition of the Church so vitally at variance with its theories ...
... tell the plain truth , the convert from sectarianism , whose conversion has been one of either his head or his heart , may well feel disappointed at finding the practical condition of the Church so vitally at variance with its theories ...
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... indeed , with but little if anything more than her thirds for her portion . Right sorry am I to tell it in this place , that there are quar- ters , in which the unchurchmanlike , unscriptural , unchristian 34 LOOKING FOR THE CHURCH .
... indeed , with but little if anything more than her thirds for her portion . Right sorry am I to tell it in this place , that there are quar- ters , in which the unchurchmanlike , unscriptural , unchristian 34 LOOKING FOR THE CHURCH .
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... tell them what to pray for ; Presbytery for such as can get this information from their hearts : Episcopacy for " sentimental formalists and priestly drones , " as a late writer in Connecticut has called them , who cannot be spurred by ...
... tell them what to pray for ; Presbytery for such as can get this information from their hearts : Episcopacy for " sentimental formalists and priestly drones , " as a late writer in Connecticut has called them , who cannot be spurred by ...
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Page 216 - But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth : for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Page 194 - And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God ; we have waited for him, and he will save us : this is the LORD ; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
Page 185 - Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not : for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
Page 440 - ... great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people ; and...
Page 411 - I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil : and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars : and hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Page 259 - O God, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, the noble works that Thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them.
Page 191 - ... and had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel : on the east three gates ; on the north three gates ; on the south three gates ; and on the west three gates.
Page 412 - Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Page 81 - Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection ; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Page 558 - So also Christ glorified not Himself to be made an High Priest, but He that said unto Him, Thou art My Son, to-day have I begotten Thee.