On authority in the institution of ordinances and the minor arrangements of the Christian ChurchBlackwood & Sons, 1878 - 22 pages |
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... earth with a power which can neither be set aside nor infringed without transgressing , in a certain sense , divine , or at least ecclesiastical , law . Nor does this power spring from the fact that the Christian Church is a society com ...
... earth with a power which can neither be set aside nor infringed without transgressing , in a certain sense , divine , or at least ecclesiastical , law . Nor does this power spring from the fact that the Christian Church is a society com ...
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... earth shall be bound in heaven ; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven , " Matt . xvi . 19. And to show that this authority was not confined to Peter , it was subsequently bestowed upon the other apostles ...
... earth shall be bound in heaven ; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven , " Matt . xvi . 19. And to show that this authority was not confined to Peter , it was subsequently bestowed upon the other apostles ...
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... earth for the very highest of ends , they have also an authority which came originally from the Lord Jesus Christ , which they enter upon at the solemn moment of ordination , and the record of which is preserved in the imperishable ...
... earth for the very highest of ends , they have also an authority which came originally from the Lord Jesus Christ , which they enter upon at the solemn moment of ordination , and the record of which is preserved in the imperishable ...
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... earth's surface where it exists . Nor is this other important element perhaps awanting in such an arrangement- namely , that it calls into exercise a spirit of mutual forbearance on the part of Christians towards each other in these ...
... earth's surface where it exists . Nor is this other important element perhaps awanting in such an arrangement- namely , that it calls into exercise a spirit of mutual forbearance on the part of Christians towards each other in these ...
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... through Christ , and to a right performance of all earth's duties , in the sure and certain hope of a great and enduring reward . Now it has often happened that the rulers of the Church , in their zeal and anxiety to set 16.
... through Christ , and to a right performance of all earth's duties , in the sure and certain hope of a great and enduring reward . Now it has often happened that the rulers of the Church , in their zeal and anxiety to set 16.
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Page 6 - Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation : 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever.
Page 5 - And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake.
Page 5 - And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them; Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them, and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Page 6 - For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly.
Page 5 - Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Page 5 - Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost...
Page 16 - Suffer it to be so now, for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness
Page 5 - And to show that a descending authority was recognised by the apostles, after the ascension of Christ and the descent of the Holy Spirit, Paul writes thus in his Epistles : " And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you,
Page 12 - Pharisees who have so long been engaged in tithing mint, anise, and cumin, while neglecting the weightier matters of the law, — judgment, mercy, and faith.