...faith," and " to obey his commandments ;" which if we will not perform, how can we expect to be made " members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven?" A free-born Isaac shall cast out both the bondwoman and her son ; and a dutiful and obedient Jacob...

...requisite act of profanation * is performed forthwith, and the said children are baptized, or "made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven," at a dump f or quarter-dollar a head, exclusive of the fee for the churching of the woman ; Mr. Joseph...

...with the Holy Spirit;" neither could we teach our children to say, that in Baptism they were " made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven." The office of godfather and godmother, also, whatever may be said in explanation of its origin, is...

...persuade a staunch high-churchman that those whom the prayer-book pronounces to be made in haptism members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven, are not so. Yon cannot persuade one who dearly loves his church, but who loves the Bible better, that...

...are thus solemnly consecrated to the service of the Almighty, and find, at last, that we are indeed members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven. : LECTURE IV. HEBREW vi. 2. THE DOCTRINE OF BAPTISMS, AND OF LAYINO ON OF HANDS, AND OF RESUtRECTION...

...Church of England sets before us this hope, from the first instruction in our catechism, that " we are members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven ; " to the last prayer pronounced over our departed bodies,' " that it may please thee shortly to accomplish...

...whilst proving ourselves useful members of our temporal union, we are earnestly desirous of being " members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven." Then, and not till then, though we may be ' free members'}; of our Club, we cannot be said to be "...

...according to our Lord's command, we are admitted into the Church, and made, as our Catechism expresses it, members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven. Such, accordingly, is the unanimous opinion of ancient interpreters, in conformity with which our Church...

...justest views of their condition, as members of society, and of their heavenly and eternal affinities as members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven. And, with respect to the doctrinal and practical errors now under consideration, these same principles...

...of their relation to the visible church ; and urged to examine themselves, whether they be indeed " members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven ;" or whether they are so only in name. They are exhorted to diligent self inquiry, whether they really...