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... opinion that I was prompted by prudence to undertake it ; most readers , I trust , will admit that , in discharging it , I have been guided by candour and moderation . Truth should always hold , and Charity ever direct , " Norrisian ...
... opinion that I was prompted by prudence to undertake it ; most readers , I trust , will admit that , in discharging it , I have been guided by candour and moderation . Truth should always hold , and Charity ever direct , " Norrisian ...
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... opinion , on the impor- tant subject of religion . Departing from the principle of Fleury , that " every one ought to be believed concerning his own doctrine , and the history of his own sect , " I have paid less defe- rence than ...
... opinion , on the impor- tant subject of religion . Departing from the principle of Fleury , that " every one ought to be believed concerning his own doctrine , and the history of his own sect , " I have paid less defe- rence than ...
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... opinions , and Confessions of faith . " And as to how far I have succeeded , I shall bow most respectfully to the candid opinion and judgment of my superiors , the governors of the church , of the regular organs of criticism , and of ...
... opinions , and Confessions of faith . " And as to how far I have succeeded , I shall bow most respectfully to the candid opinion and judgment of my superiors , the governors of the church , of the regular organs of criticism , and of ...
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... opinion on the subject of religion are in many instances innocent , and , for some purposes , even useful ; -allowing that they pro- mote inquiry , discussion , and knowledge ; that they help to keep up an attention to religious ...
... opinion on the subject of religion are in many instances innocent , and , for some purposes , even useful ; -allowing that they pro- mote inquiry , discussion , and knowledge ; that they help to keep up an attention to religious ...
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... opinions , but to strive to unite all hearts . It does not approve of every sort of zeal , but only of the zeal that ... opinion and to swallow the camel of a deadly discord ; nor does it require us to exact to a scruple , in the tithe ...
... opinions , but to strive to unite all hearts . It does not approve of every sort of zeal , but only of the zeal that ... opinion and to swallow the camel of a deadly discord ; nor does it require us to exact to a scruple , in the tithe ...
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Page 91 - For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry; Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.
Page 170 - For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Page 395 - WE are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings...
Page 18 - Eye hath not seen, nor Ear heard, neither hath it entered into the Heart of Man, to conceive the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Page 271 - And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord and Giver of life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets. And I believe one Catholic and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, And I look for the Resurrection of the dead, And the life of the world to come. Amen.
Page xxiii - Thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea.
Page 271 - Church has held, and does hold ; to whom it belongs to judge of the true sense and interpretation of the Scriptures. Neither will I ever take and interpret them otherwise than according to the unanimous consent of the Fathers.
Page 271 - I also profess, that there are truly and properly seven sacraments, of the new law, instituted by Jesus Christ our Lord, and necessary for the salvation of mankind, though not all for every one: to wit, baptism, confirmation, eucharist, penance, extreme unction, orders, and matrimony; and that they confer grace : and that of these, baptism, confirmation, and orders, cannot be reiterated without sacrilege.
Page 41 - Faith is this: that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity; Neither confounding the Persons: nor dividing the substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son : and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one: the glory equal, the Majesty coeternal.
Page 271 - God of God, Light of Light, Very God of very God, Begotten, not made, Being of one substance with the Father, By whom all things were made: Who for us men, and for our salvation came down from heaven, And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And was made man, And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.