The rule of faith, a sermon. [With] Appendix, containing an examination of certain popular objections, and further proofs of the statements advanced |
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... consent in behalf of their respective Churches . " Epilogue , b . i . ch . 21. This fact is of the first importance , because it refutes a very dangerous mis- interpretation of St. Paul's words , " the mystery of iniquity doth already ...
... consent in behalf of their respective Churches . " Epilogue , b . i . ch . 21. This fact is of the first importance , because it refutes a very dangerous mis- interpretation of St. Paul's words , " the mystery of iniquity doth already ...
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... consent of the Church . " The greatest , indeed the only ultimate , gainer by such an argument , must be the Socinian or the Deist . " The mystery of iniquity , " whether understood of Nero ( S. Chrys . in loc . ) and heathen ...
... consent of the Church . " The greatest , indeed the only ultimate , gainer by such an argument , must be the Socinian or the Deist . " The mystery of iniquity , " whether understood of Nero ( S. Chrys . in loc . ) and heathen ...
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... consent , neither to mistake themselves , nor to deceive us1 . " This is a second rule of interpretation . 4. And after that the Creed , and the consent of the Christian Church , as expressed to us in the Articles , shall have guided us ...
... consent , neither to mistake themselves , nor to deceive us1 . " This is a second rule of interpretation . 4. And after that the Creed , and the consent of the Christian Church , as expressed to us in the Articles , shall have guided us ...
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... consent or prevalence , is her rule . Wheresoever any degree is to be found , it brings a corresponding measure of obligation . If things attested unanimously , univer- sally , and from the beginning , are not to be doubted , 1 ...
... consent or prevalence , is her rule . Wheresoever any degree is to be found , it brings a corresponding measure of obligation . If things attested unanimously , univer- sally , and from the beginning , are not to be doubted , 1 ...
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... an heretic because I allow not the doctrine lately brought in of the Sacra- ment , and because I consent not to words not accus- tomed in Scripture , and unknown to the ancient Fathers , but newly invented , and brought in by 48.
... an heretic because I allow not the doctrine lately brought in of the Sacra- ment , and because I consent not to words not accus- tomed in Scripture , and unknown to the ancient Fathers , but newly invented , and brought in by 48.
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Popular passages
Page 135 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Page 42 - Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
Page 23 - Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 27 - FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word ; it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, that thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
Page 68 - God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made...
Page 65 - And, without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness : God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory — 1 Tim.
Page 41 - And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.
Page 48 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Page 44 - Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
Page 11 - They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us : but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.