Correlative Claims and Duties; Or, An Essay on "The Necessity of a Church Establishment in a Christian Country ... and the Means of Exciting and Maintaining Among Its Members a Spirit of Devotion, Together with Zeal for the Honour, Stability, and Influence of the Established Church ...J. Hatchard and Son, 1821 - 561 pages |
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... population , a father of a family had become the head of a village , or the governor of a tribe , that he was immediately to withdraw the sanction which he had formerly given to the worship of Jehovah , lest his public capacity should ...
... population , a father of a family had become the head of a village , or the governor of a tribe , that he was immediately to withdraw the sanction which he had formerly given to the worship of Jehovah , lest his public capacity should ...
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... population of the country . A similar train of argument will shew the great necessity of a national church for the perpetua- tion of religion . It may , however , be objected that this alleged necessity , if admitted at all , applies ...
... population of the country . A similar train of argument will shew the great necessity of a national church for the perpetua- tion of religion . It may , however , be objected that this alleged necessity , if admitted at all , applies ...
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... population ; but that , even what little was effect- ed would be performed in so desultory a man- ner , according to the opinions and caprices of individuals , that we should eventually have al- most as many religions as parishes ; or ...
... population ; but that , even what little was effect- ed would be performed in so desultory a man- ner , according to the opinions and caprices of individuals , that we should eventually have al- most as many religions as parishes ; or ...
Page 81
... population is supplied with religious instruction . In New Hampshire the deficiency is one third . Vermont is nearly in the same situation . In the western parts of Rhode Island , embracing a territory of fifty miles in length and ...
... population is supplied with religious instruction . In New Hampshire the deficiency is one third . Vermont is nearly in the same situation . In the western parts of Rhode Island , embracing a territory of fifty miles in length and ...
Page 104
... ? " And by what instrumentality , humanly speaking , but by that of a National Church can preachers be supplied in sufficient numbers for the wants of an extensive population ? in society usually calculated to turn his thoughts to " 1041.
... ? " And by what instrumentality , humanly speaking , but by that of a National Church can preachers be supplied in sufficient numbers for the wants of an extensive population ? in society usually calculated to turn his thoughts to " 1041.
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Popular passages
Page 205 - Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
Page 7 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Page 235 - Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
Page 246 - The' Work of Faith, the Labour of Love, and the Patience of Hope illustrated, in the Life and Death of the Rev.
Page 14 - If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us : Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us...
Page 114 - Ordain'd by thee, and this delicious place For us too large, where thy abundance wants Partakers, and uncropt falls to the ground. But thou hast...
Page 316 - And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation ; and not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
Page 98 - ... the palled satiety which attends on all pleasures which may be bought, where nature is not left to her own process, where even desire is anticipated, and therefore fruition defeated by meditated schemes and contrivances of delight ; and no interval, no obstacle, is interposed between the wish and the accomplishment.
Page 234 - ALMIGHTY GOD, our heavenly Father, who hast purchased to thyself an universal Church, by the precious blood of thy dear Son ; mercifully look upon the same, and at this time so guide and govern the minds of thy servants, the Bishops and Pastors of thy flock...
Page 299 - ... a preacher in earnest, weeping sometimes for his auditory, sometimes with them, always preaching to himself like an angel from a cloud, but in none; carrying some, as St. Paul was, to heaven in holy raptures, and enticing others by a sacred art and courtship to amend their lives...