A Full Account of the Several Ends and Uses of Confessions of Faith, the Just Foundations of Their Authority as a Public Standard of Orthodoxy, and a Vindication of the Equity, Usefulness, and Excellency, of Such ComposuresW. Gray, 1775 - 244 pages |
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Page 53
... obliged to yield their affent who had a mind to continue in communion with the church . Nor did they con- fine their determinations to matters of importance , but doubtful opinions , which had no great in- fluence on either the ...
... obliged to yield their affent who had a mind to continue in communion with the church . Nor did they con- fine their determinations to matters of importance , but doubtful opinions , which had no great in- fluence on either the ...
Page 54
... obliged at leaft their minifters to difclaim thofe errors which then obtained , and were in greatest hazard of be- ing propagated ; and to own those momentous truths which any heretics endeavoured to over- turn ; and for that end to ...
... obliged at leaft their minifters to difclaim thofe errors which then obtained , and were in greatest hazard of be- ing propagated ; and to own those momentous truths which any heretics endeavoured to over- turn ; and for that end to ...
Page 61
... obliged to enter the lifts with those with whom we agree al- most in every thing else , and yet difagree fo un- fortunately about the neceffary methods of main- . taining the purity of that faith for which we all pretend an equal regard ...
... obliged to enter the lifts with those with whom we agree al- most in every thing else , and yet difagree fo un- fortunately about the neceffary methods of main- . taining the purity of that faith for which we all pretend an equal regard ...
Page 62
... obliged to differ , we fhall , as fhortly as may be , reprefent the grounds upon which the cla- mour that hath of late been made against Confef . fions is raised , and the reasons which have deter mined many learned and fober men to ...
... obliged to differ , we fhall , as fhortly as may be , reprefent the grounds upon which the cla- mour that hath of late been made against Confef . fions is raised , and the reasons which have deter mined many learned and fober men to ...
Page 66
... obliged themfelves to main- tain : " And thus they are the greatest enemy , " and the moft effectual impediment , to the ma- " king or publishing any new difcoveries , how " important , demonftrable , or ufeful foever they " be . They ...
... obliged themfelves to main- tain : " And thus they are the greatest enemy , " and the moft effectual impediment , to the ma- " king or publishing any new difcoveries , how " important , demonftrable , or ufeful foever they " be . They ...
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Page 222 - This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works.
Page 227 - Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Page 59 - Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded : and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
Page 134 - Holding fast the faithful word, as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
Page 200 - No man hath feen God at any time : the only begotten Son, which is in the bofom of the Father, he hath declared htm.
Page 226 - Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: and the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments...
Page 69 - Parliament with the establishment therein contained shall be held and observed in all time coming as a fundamental and essential condition of any treaty or union to be concluded betwixt the two kingdoms without any alteration thereof or derogation thereto in any sort for ever...
Page 202 - And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, "I will dwell in them and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Page 14 - The Lord Jesus, as King and Head of his Church, hath therein appointed a government, in the hand of Church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate.
Page 170 - And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.