Correlative Claims and Duties; Or, An Essay on "The Necessity of a Church Establishment in a Christian Country ... and the Means of Exciting and Maintaining Among Its Members a Spirit of Devotion, Together with Zeal for the Honour, Stability, and Influence of the Established Church ... |
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... employ in any case a series of means or instruments be- tween a cause and effect , those means or instruments may be spoken of as necessary , without meaning to derogate from his superintending and all - disposing Providence . They are ...
... employ in any case a series of means or instruments be- tween a cause and effect , those means or instruments may be spoken of as necessary , without meaning to derogate from his superintending and all - disposing Providence . They are ...
Page 55
... employed to shew their necessity for the preservation of Christianity in a country in- terfere with the doctrine of ... employ the means , we do not put them in the place either of the Agent or the end . It is quite unfair to suppose ...
... employed to shew their necessity for the preservation of Christianity in a country in- terfere with the doctrine of ... employ the means , we do not put them in the place either of the Agent or the end . It is quite unfair to suppose ...
Page 57
... employ every pos- sible means for effecting their deliverance . It is quite inconclusive , therefore , to argue that the power and providence of God for the support of his church render a national establishment unnecessary , unless it ...
... employ every pos- sible means for effecting their deliverance . It is quite inconclusive , therefore , to argue that the power and providence of God for the support of his church render a national establishment unnecessary , unless it ...
Page 58
... employed by our dis- senting brethren themselves to induce each minister or private individual to promote re- ligion in his own sphere , might be applied , on a larger scale , to prove it the duty of every Chris- tian legislature to ...
... employed by our dis- senting brethren themselves to induce each minister or private individual to promote re- ligion in his own sphere , might be applied , on a larger scale , to prove it the duty of every Chris- tian legislature to ...
Page 91
... employ among themselves what the strict discipline which they exercise over their members - what the articles of subscription which are exhibited to the students in dissenting academies as the condition of admission , bút so many ...
... employ among themselves what the strict discipline which they exercise over their members - what the articles of subscription which are exhibited to the students in dissenting academies as the condition of admission , bút so many ...
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Popular passages
Page 205 - Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
Page 7 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Page 235 - Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
Page 246 - The' Work of Faith, the Labour of Love, and the Patience of Hope illustrated, in the Life and Death of the Rev.
Page 14 - If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us : Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us...
Page 114 - Ordain'd by thee, and this delicious place For us too large, where thy abundance wants Partakers, and uncropt falls to the ground. But thou hast...
Page 316 - And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation ; and not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
Page 98 - ... the palled satiety which attends on all pleasures which may be bought, where nature is not left to her own process, where even desire is anticipated, and therefore fruition defeated by meditated schemes and contrivances of delight ; and no interval, no obstacle, is interposed between the wish and the accomplishment.
Page 234 - ALMIGHTY GOD, our heavenly Father, who hast purchased to thyself an universal Church, by the precious blood of thy dear Son ; mercifully look upon the same, and at this time so guide and govern the minds of thy servants, the Bishops and Pastors of thy flock...
Page 299 - ... a preacher in earnest, weeping sometimes for his auditory, sometimes with them, always preaching to himself like an angel from a cloud, but in none; carrying some, as St. Paul was, to heaven in holy raptures, and enticing others by a sacred art and courtship to amend their lives...