An Essay on the Origin, Character, and Tendency of Creeds and Confessions of Faith: As Instruments of Ecclesiastical PowerCushing & Sons, 1834 - 262 sider |
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... on the broad principles of the gospel ; but for sectarian peculiarities , of any form or size , no one , who rejects the creed - system , can have any respect . Since the " Remarks " were published , events have iv PREFACE .
... on the broad principles of the gospel ; but for sectarian peculiarities , of any form or size , no one , who rejects the creed - system , can have any respect . Since the " Remarks " were published , events have iv PREFACE .
Side 40
... sectarian organization under which they live . And if Christ has given no LAWS to his church , verily we may make as many CREEDS , as a slavish public mind shall please to acknowledge ; or if he has called for no officers , and ...
... sectarian organization under which they live . And if Christ has given no LAWS to his church , verily we may make as many CREEDS , as a slavish public mind shall please to acknowledge ; or if he has called for no officers , and ...
Side 42
... sectarian institutions to be what they pretend to be - why bind up the professors under such awful forms of obligation ? Cannot a voluntary association trust the very men she delights to honour ? Are not " the righteous , and the wise ...
... sectarian institutions to be what they pretend to be - why bind up the professors under such awful forms of obligation ? Cannot a voluntary association trust the very men she delights to honour ? Are not " the righteous , and the wise ...
Side 44
... sectarian theology may be immediately de- tected , and every one may see that mind and liberty wither together . - Let the reader judge for himself what the effects of this system of ecclesiastical creed- making must be , especially ...
... sectarian theology may be immediately de- tected , and every one may see that mind and liberty wither together . - Let the reader judge for himself what the effects of this system of ecclesiastical creed- making must be , especially ...
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... sectarian creed be employed , prefer to be tried by the BIBLE , what honourable objection can be made ? I apprehend that , while the opponent of the creeds feels himself to be perfectly safe , if he shall be fairly met on scriptural ...
... sectarian creed be employed , prefer to be tried by the BIBLE , what honourable objection can be made ? I apprehend that , while the opponent of the creeds feels himself to be perfectly safe , if he shall be fairly met on scriptural ...
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Side 207 - And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good ? there is none good but one, that is, God : but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Side 134 - So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Side 179 - This is a misery much to be lamented, for, though they were burning and shining lights in their times, yet they penetrated not into the whole counsel of God, but, were they now living, would be as willing to embrace further light as that which they first received.
Side 73 - If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind...
Side 190 - For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God ; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
Side 208 - And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Side 73 - Now, I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you ; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment.
Side 66 - ... granted all their wishes, filled their houses with wealth, made them happy in love and victorious in war. Such a spirit is Liberty. At times she takes the form of a hateful reptile. She grovels, she hisses, she stings. But woe to those who in disgust shall venture to crush her! And happy are those who, having dared to receive her in her degraded and frightful shape, shall at length be rewarded by her in the time of her beauty and her glory ! There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired...
Side 208 - And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Side 81 - Hereby know ye the Spirit of God : every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God : and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of Antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.