On authority in the institution of ordinances and the minor arrangements of the Christian ChurchBlackwood & Sons, 1878 - 22 pages |
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... prescribed form of Church government laid down in the New Testament , and as Christ has given no special rules for the exercise of discipline neither has He revealed to His Church any distinct and complete ritual for that Church's ...
... prescribed form of Church government laid down in the New Testament , and as Christ has given no special rules for the exercise of discipline neither has He revealed to His Church any distinct and complete ritual for that Church's ...
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... prescribed services of the House of God , assuredly those are most important and most binding which are essential — that is to say , those which have the express letter of the divine Word for their existence . And foremost among these ...
... prescribed services of the House of God , assuredly those are most important and most binding which are essential — that is to say , those which have the express letter of the divine Word for their existence . And foremost among these ...
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... prescribed them by special rule - that is to say , by one applicable to each case - but He has done so by general precept , requiring order and decency , and all that is becoming , in the Christian service . " Let all things be done ...
... prescribed them by special rule - that is to say , by one applicable to each case - but He has done so by general precept , requiring order and decency , and all that is becoming , in the Christian service . " Let all things be done ...
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... prescribed them in His holy Word . In this way Church rulers will be adhering closely to divine law , and taking the best means of securing the divine blessing . For it is well known that , both in natural and spiritual things , a rigid ...
... prescribed them in His holy Word . In this way Church rulers will be adhering closely to divine law , and taking the best means of securing the divine blessing . For it is well known that , both in natural and spiritual things , a rigid ...
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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.