An Essay on the Origin, Character, and Tendency of Creeds and Confessions of Faith: As Instruments of Ecclesiastical PowerCushing & Sons, 1834 - 262 páginas |
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... whole argument anew . The quo- tations and facts , which were then advanced , are gen- erally preserved in the present essay ; but with that exception , this volume , offered in like manner to students of theology , and to young ...
... whole argument anew . The quo- tations and facts , which were then advanced , are gen- erally preserved in the present essay ; but with that exception , this volume , offered in like manner to students of theology , and to young ...
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... whole world is star- tled by the fearful combination of difficulties that are gathering round our moral associations ; and is aston- ished , not only at the impotency of political and ec- clesiastical chieftains in their attempt to ...
... whole world is star- tled by the fearful combination of difficulties that are gathering round our moral associations ; and is aston- ished , not only at the impotency of political and ec- clesiastical chieftains in their attempt to ...
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... whole subject is far more sacred . It is not political , he will say , but , occupy- ing higher and holier relations , it is , he will compla- cently tell us , ecclesiastical . And pray what is eccle- siastical ? Is the human mind to be ...
... whole subject is far more sacred . It is not political , he will say , but , occupy- ing higher and holier relations , it is , he will compla- cently tell us , ecclesiastical . And pray what is eccle- siastical ? Is the human mind to be ...
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... whole his- tory of the Jewish commonwealth , we may safely , and without rebuke , use the strongest terms , and ap- propriate the most vivid ideas , belonging to political science . And assuredly the criticism , which I have supposed to ...
... whole his- tory of the Jewish commonwealth , we may safely , and without rebuke , use the strongest terms , and ap- propriate the most vivid ideas , belonging to political science . And assuredly the criticism , which I have supposed to ...
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... whole extent of their " several ability , " in order that they may believe them . Every man who has obeyed the divine com- mandment , and who has received the things revealed as true , has formed a creed - in other words , he be- lieves ...
... whole extent of their " several ability , " in order that they may believe them . Every man who has obeyed the divine com- mandment , and who has received the things revealed as true , has formed a creed - in other words , he be- lieves ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.