A Collection of the Essays on the Subject of Episcopacy, which Originally Appeared in the Albany Centinel, and which are Ascribed Principally to the Rev. Dr. Linn, the Rev. Mr. Beasley, and Thomas Y. How, Esq: With Additional Notes and RemarksT. & J. Swords, 1806 - 210 pages |
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... question , in the Albany Centinel . The author of Mis- cellanies has , with great industry , collected together all the arguments against Episcopacy . He has indeed dealt largely in assertions . These , of course , could not be ex ...
... question , in the Albany Centinel . The author of Mis- cellanies has , with great industry , collected together all the arguments against Episcopacy . He has indeed dealt largely in assertions . These , of course , could not be ex ...
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... question , • Potter on Church Government , and the tracts on the same subject in the Scholar Armed , viz . Leslie on the Qualifications to administer the Sacra- ments , and Law's three Letters to the Bishop of Bangor , contain the sub ...
... question , • Potter on Church Government , and the tracts on the same subject in the Scholar Armed , viz . Leslie on the Qualifications to administer the Sacra- ments , and Law's three Letters to the Bishop of Bangor , contain the sub ...
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... question of ecclesiastical au- thority has received , can a loose inquiry of this kind shed any light upon it , or conduct the lovers of truth to a just decision ? Surely not . Impressed as I am with the truth of the preceding ...
... question of ecclesiastical au- thority has received , can a loose inquiry of this kind shed any light upon it , or conduct the lovers of truth to a just decision ? Surely not . Impressed as I am with the truth of the preceding ...
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... question the judgment alone ought to be addressed , this surely is that question . Any remarks calcu lated to excite animosity should be most carefully avoided . Has the writer under consideration conducted in this manner ? Why does he ...
... question the judgment alone ought to be addressed , this surely is that question . Any remarks calcu lated to excite animosity should be most carefully avoided . Has the writer under consideration conducted in this manner ? Why does he ...
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... question is as to the orders of Ministers which were established in the Church . Let this question be deter- mined by the sacred writings . The case of the seven Angels of Asia , the case of Timothy , the case of Titus , the case of ...
... question is as to the orders of Ministers which were established in the Church . Let this question be deter- mined by the sacred writings . The case of the seven Angels of Asia , the case of Timothy , the case of Titus , the case of ...
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COLL OF THE ESSAYS ON THE SUBJ William 1752-1808 Linn,Frederick 1777-1845 Beasley No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 45 - When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
Page 113 - Church, no man shall be accounted or taken to be a lawful Bishop, Priest, or Deacon, in this Church, or suffered to execute any of the said Functions, except he be called, tried, examined, and admitted thereunto, according to the Form hereafter following, or hath had Episcopal Consecration or Ordination.
Page 189 - And when his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said ; Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did ? But he turned and rebuked them, and said ; Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 45 - Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John...
Page 204 - God — a hard master, reaping where He has not sown, and gathering where He has not strawed...
Page 101 - It is evident unto all men, diligently reading Holy Scripture and ancient Authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church — Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.
Page 13 - Him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: Even as the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a ransom for many.
Page ix - But when in the course of Divine Providence, these American States became independent with respect to civil government, their ecclesiastical independence was necessarily included; and the different religious denominations of Christians...
Page 150 - Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you : as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. 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 38 - Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God , which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.