A Vindication of the Church of England from charges brought against her in the Christian's Penny MagazineFrancis & John Rivington, 1847 - 190 pages |
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... reason for our confidence , that the Church of England , to which we belong , is a true and living branch of God's universal Church 3 , that we bid all our brethren and countrymen receive her Sacraments , attend upon her ser- vices ...
... reason for our confidence , that the Church of England , to which we belong , is a true and living branch of God's universal Church 3 , that we bid all our brethren and countrymen receive her Sacraments , attend upon her ser- vices ...
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... reasons which they assign , I will examine . But I would have you bear in mind , that if they fail in proving this , if salvation may be obtained in the Church , then are all their other reasons worthless , and separation is inexcusable ...
... reasons which they assign , I will examine . But I would have you bear in mind , that if they fail in proving this , if salvation may be obtained in the Church , then are all their other reasons worthless , and separation is inexcusable ...
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... reason it is called one , —because all Christians , bound together in the bond of peace , acknowledge one head , viz . , Christ , whose body they profess themselves to be . They have one Lord , one faith , one baptism , one God and ...
... reason it is called one , —because all Christians , bound together in the bond of peace , acknowledge one head , viz . , Christ , whose body they profess themselves to be . They have one Lord , one faith , one baptism , one God and ...
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... reason assigned honor . And moved with the same reason , the hundred and fifty most beloved Bishops ( at Con- stantinople , A. D. 381 ) gave the like honors to the most holy throne of the New Rome ; judging rightly , that the city which ...
... reason assigned honor . And moved with the same reason , the hundred and fifty most beloved Bishops ( at Con- stantinople , A. D. 381 ) gave the like honors to the most holy throne of the New Rome ; judging rightly , that the city which ...
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... reason which they assign as affording proof of this assertion is , That the Church of England is a society formed by Act of Parliament . What then , we inquire , is the origin of our Church ? And if it shall appear that she was not so ...
... reason which they assign as affording proof of this assertion is , That the Church of England is a society formed by Act of Parliament . What then , we inquire , is the origin of our Church ? And if it shall appear that she was not so ...
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Page 22 - 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.
Page 151 - Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John : who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost : (for as yet he was fallen upon none of them : only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. ) Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
Page 157 - OUR Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his church to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him, of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences ! And by his authority committed to me, I absolve thee from all thy sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Page 138 - And as they went on their way they came unto a certain water, and the eunuch said, "See, here is water, what doth hinder me to be baptized ?" And Philip said, "If thou believeth with all thine heart thou mayest." And he answered and said, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Page 129 - Baptism is not only a sign of profession, and mark of difference, whereby Christian men are discerned from others that be not christened, but it is also a sign of regeneration or new birth, whereby, as by an instrument, they that receive baptism rightly are grafted into the church; the promises of forgiveness of sin, and of our adoption to be the sons of God by the Holy Ghost, are visibly signed and sealed; faith is confirmed, and grace increased by virtue of prayer unto God.
Page 159 - THE Almighty Lord, who is a most strong tower to all them that put their trust in him, to whom all things in heaven, in earth, and under the earth, do bow and obey, be now and evermore thy defence; and make thee know and feel that there is none other Name under heaven given to man, in whom, and through whom, thou mayest receive health and salvation, but only the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 40 - For as the benefit is great, if with a true penitent heart and lively faith we receive that holy Sacrament; (for then we spiritually eat the flesh of Christ, and drink his blood; then we dwell in Christ, and Christ in us; we are one with Christ, and Christ with us;) so is the danger great, if we receive the same unworthily.
Page 94 - Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith; And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another.
Page 43 - And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat ; this is my body.
Page 131 - After we have received the Holy Ghost, we may depart from grace given, and fall into sin, and by the grace of God we may arise again, and amend our lives.