Letters to a Friend Whose Mind Had Long Been Harassed, by Many Objections Against the Church of EnglandR.B. Seeley & W. Burnside, 1835 - 387 pages |
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... Church ; and in that Church there was nothing to awaken and enlighten her mind , except that provision which the Church of England has so wisely made , independent of anything which can be affected by the personal character and ...
... Church ; and in that Church there was nothing to awaken and enlighten her mind , except that provision which the Church of England has so wisely made , independent of anything which can be affected by the personal character and ...
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... Church of England , and to encourage her to persevere in attendance upon its Ordinances . This kind friend , when he disco vered her state of mind , took occasion to recommend such books as were calculated to be useful ; and under such ...
... Church of England , and to encourage her to persevere in attendance upon its Ordinances . This kind friend , when he disco vered her state of mind , took occasion to recommend such books as were calculated to be useful ; and under such ...
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... Church of England in particular , which upon deeper consideration they ought rather to have charged upon themselves , and upon other individuals who , like them , had professed for years to belong to that Church , without ever applying ...
... Church of England in particular , which upon deeper consideration they ought rather to have charged upon themselves , and upon other individuals who , like them , had professed for years to belong to that Church , without ever applying ...
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... Church and State . The imperfections which cleave to the Church of England ( as , indeed , to every thing here below , ) were exaggerated and made prominent , while its excellences were entirely overlooked ; till at length her mind was ...
... Church and State . The imperfections which cleave to the Church of England ( as , indeed , to every thing here below , ) were exaggerated and made prominent , while its excellences were entirely overlooked ; till at length her mind was ...
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... Church , by whose spiritual and scriptural form of worship alone it was ... England , could not arise in any measure from the prejudices of education ... Churches , in which he happened at : that time to be officiating ; and he has since ...
... Church , by whose spiritual and scriptural form of worship alone it was ... England , could not arise in any measure from the prejudices of education ... Churches , in which he happened at : that time to be officiating ; and he has since ...
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Page 234 - Will you be ready, with all faithful diligence, to banish and drive away all erroneous and strange doctrines, contrary to God's word, and to use both public and private monitions and exhortations, as well to the sick as to the whole, within your cures, as need shall require and occasion be given ? Answer. I will, the Lord being my helper.
Page 136 - John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come...
Page 188 - Give us grace seriously to lay to heart the great dangers we are in by our unhappy divisions. Take away all hatred and prejudice, and whatsoever else may hinder us from godly union and concord: that as there is but one Body, and one . Spirit, and one hope of our calling, one LORD, one Faith, one Baptism...
Page 218 - But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few ; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Page 211 - ... that, at the general resurrection in the last day, we may be found acceptable in thy sight ; and receive that blessing, which thy well-beloved Son shall then pronounce to all who love and fear thee, saying, Come, ye blessed children of my Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world.
Page 229 - CHRIST ; and see that you never cease your labour, your care and diligence, until you have done all that lieth in you, according to your bounden duty, to bring all such as are or shall be committed to your charge, unto that agreement in the faith and knowledge of GOD, and to that ripeness and perfectness of age in CHRIST, that there be no place left among you, either for error in religion, or for viciousness in life.
Page 220 - Christ's sheep that are dispersed abroad, and for his children who are in the midst of this naughty world, that they may be saved through Christ for ever.
Page 161 - Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure ; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
Page 305 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith : these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Page 236 - WILL you be diligent in Prayers, and in reading of the holy Scriptures, and in such studies as help to the knowledge of the same, laying aside the study of the world and the flesh?