The Pillars of Priestcraft and Orthodoxy Shaken ...Mr. Cadell, Mr. Kearsley, 1768 |
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... effect to oppose both . So that a man fhall be deemed a heretic to all intents and purposes , and fentenced to the fame punishment ; though in the fentence itself , for his comfort , the word herefy may be left out . But you are willing ...
... effect to oppose both . So that a man fhall be deemed a heretic to all intents and purposes , and fentenced to the fame punishment ; though in the fentence itself , for his comfort , the word herefy may be left out . But you are willing ...
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... effect , but to lay the best men at the mercy of the worst . Every mean perfon , who has nothing to recommend him but his crthodoxy , and owes that perhaps wholly to his ignorance ; will think he has a right to trample on you with ...
... effect , but to lay the best men at the mercy of the worst . Every mean perfon , who has nothing to recommend him but his crthodoxy , and owes that perhaps wholly to his ignorance ; will think he has a right to trample on you with ...
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... effect of their great and conftant application to them ? Was not that time spent in these ftudies , that you think should have been applied to the study of the Scriptures ? On the other hand , take out two or three from fo great a body ...
... effect of their great and conftant application to them ? Was not that time spent in these ftudies , that you think should have been applied to the study of the Scriptures ? On the other hand , take out two or three from fo great a body ...
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... effect ; and their fucceffers can defend their adherence to them , on no other principle . If then we are concerned for the study of the Scriptures , further than in words ; if we in earneft think them the only rule of faith ; let us at ...
... effect ; and their fucceffers can defend their adherence to them , on no other principle . If then we are concerned for the study of the Scriptures , further than in words ; if we in earneft think them the only rule of faith ; let us at ...
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... effects and operations upon particular perfons , though you and I may have no experience of the like . However , I own , my notions of this expe- dience are but very obfcure and confused ; nor am I much enlightened by the epifcopal ...
... effects and operations upon particular perfons , though you and I may have no experience of the like . However , I own , my notions of this expe- dience are but very obfcure and confused ; nor am I much enlightened by the epifcopal ...
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Page 147 - The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 147 - More especially, we pray for the good estate of the Catholic Church; that it may be so guided and governed by Thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life.
Page 121 - And all Priests and Deacons are to say daily the Morning and Evening Prayer, either privately or openly, not being let by sickness or some other urgent cause.
Page 190 - And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive-tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olivetree ; boast not against the branches.
Page 111 - ... more of what was external in religion than was, in a manner, necessary to preserve a sense of religion itself upon the minds of the people. But a great part of this is neglected by the generality amongst us; for instance, the service of the Church, not only upon common days, but also upon saints' days; and several other things might be mentioned.
Page 60 - I may justly lay to the words of this excellent person ; for the pursuit of truth hath been my only care, ever since I first understood the meaning of the word. For this, I have forsaken all hopes, all friends, all desires, which might bias me, and hinder me from driving right at what I aimed. For this, I have spent my money, my means, my youth, my age, and all I have ; that I might remove from myself that censure of Tertullian, — Suo vitio quis quid ignorat?
Page 61 - If with all this cost and pains my purchase is but error, I may safely say, to err has cost me more than it has many to find the Truth ; and Truth itself shall give me this testimony at last, that if I have missed of her, it is not my fault, but my misfortune.
Page 5 - The difficulties and discouragements which attend the Study of the Scriptures, in the way of private judgment...
Page 76 - And this is to be done by keeping up, as we are able, the form and face of religion with decency and reverence, and in such a degree as to bring the thoughts of religion often to their minds ; and then endeavouring to make this form more and more subservient to promote the reality and power of it. The form of religion may indeed be where there is little of the thing itself; but the thing itself cannot be preserved amongst mankind without the form.
Page 261 - Powers before mentioned, it would stir up your laughter and prove too light for so serious a matter ; yet because possibly you may never have heard so much of this Subject before, I shall instance a few.