On authority in the institution of ordinances and the minor arrangements of the Christian ChurchBlackwood & Sons, 1878 - 22 pages |
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... society in the world , and therefore entitled to all the privileges and powers which WORLDLY SOCIETIES have , yet the authority which its office - bearers possess and exercise is of a far more important description than that which is ...
... society in the world , and therefore entitled to all the privileges and powers which WORLDLY SOCIETIES have , yet the authority which its office - bearers possess and exercise is of a far more important description than that which is ...
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... society , established upon 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 ...
... society , established upon 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 ...
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... society , may not be suitable in another . What may seem becoming , edifying , and impressive in the minor arrangements of the Church in one com- munity , may be thought unbecoming and frivolous in others . In hot climates , for ...
... society , may not be suitable in another . What may seem becoming , edifying , and impressive in the minor arrangements of the Church in one com- munity , may be thought unbecoming and frivolous in others . In hot climates , for ...
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... the Lord Jesus Christ Him- self , he will , if not from compulsion , yet from a spirit of Christian charity , endeavour to yield up his own notions on these indifferent matters to the gen- eral laws of the Christian society , and act in.
... the Lord Jesus Christ Him- self , he will , if not from compulsion , yet from a spirit of Christian charity , endeavour to yield up his own notions on these indifferent matters to the gen- eral laws of the Christian society , and act in.
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William Lockhart (minister of Colinton.) eral laws of the Christian society , and act in accordance with that precept of Christ uttered at His baptism by John , " Suffer it to be so now , for thus it becometh us to fulfil all ...
William Lockhart (minister of Colinton.) eral laws of the Christian society , and act in accordance with that precept of Christ uttered at His baptism by John , " Suffer it to be so now , for thus it becometh us to fulfil all ...
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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.