Hear the Church! By a doctor of divinity, but not of Oxford [T. Raffles].

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Página 4 - 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.
Página 13 - Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone : if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Página 9 - Reformers' seat are traducing the Reformation. It is again becoming matter of question whether the Bible is sufficient to make man wise unto salvation ; the main article of our national confession, justification by faith, is both openly and covertly assailed : and the stewards of the mysteries of God are instructed to reserve the truths which they have been ordained to dispense, and to hide under a bushel those doctrines which the apostles were commanded to preach to every creature.
Página 8 - Church at present, because it is daily assuming a more serious and alarming aspect, and threatens a revival of the worst evils of the Romish system. Under the specious pretence of deference to antiquity, and respect for primitive models, the foundations of our Protestant Church are undermined by men who dwell within her walls, and those who sit in the Reformers' seat are traducing the Reformation.
Página 15 - ... and the wayfaring men, though fools,* shall not err therein. And though I am far from undervaluing the aids of literature, yet upon those momentous subjects, which are inseparably connected with our eternal felicity, I cannot but regard the com.

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