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... pastors . Time , the greatest of all innovators , though , when it ope- rates by slow degrees , the least observable ; ( time , I say ) which alters every thing , did , from the universality of the practice of committing this trust to ...
... pastors . Time , the greatest of all innovators , though , when it ope- rates by slow degrees , the least observable ; ( time , I say ) which alters every thing , did , from the universality of the practice of committing this trust to ...
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... pastors to a strict observance of equity , as it was thence only that their judgments could derive authority , or command respect . The power itself was of such a nature , as could not long subsist after being perverted : the case was ...
... pastors to a strict observance of equity , as it was thence only that their judgments could derive authority , or command respect . The power itself was of such a nature , as could not long subsist after being perverted : the case was ...
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... pastor , which , in strictness , is only what is called the cure of souls . By this secular branch , I mean , the power with which presbyteries are vested by the legislature , in giving decrees , after proper inquiry , against the ...
... pastor , which , in strictness , is only what is called the cure of souls . By this secular branch , I mean , the power with which presbyteries are vested by the legislature , in giving decrees , after proper inquiry , against the ...
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... pastors corresponding to civil governours , to whom it was necessary to allot distinct charges or precincts , to which their services were chiefly to be confined , in order to instruct the people , to preside in the pub- lick worship ...
... pastors corresponding to civil governours , to whom it was necessary to allot distinct charges or precincts , to which their services were chiefly to be confined , in order to instruct the people , to preside in the pub- lick worship ...
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... pastors , and other officers , took place immediately , on the conversion of the people , but on the first convenient occasion afterwards . The converts every where seem , for some time , to have been instructed chiefly by such of their ...
... pastors , and other officers , took place immediately , on the conversion of the people , but on the first convenient occasion afterwards . The converts every where seem , for some time , to have been instructed chiefly by such of their ...
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Page 91 - 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.
Page 83 - And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
Page 54 - Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Page 226 - Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
Page 29 - Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone ; if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 160 - Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost ; as your fathers did, so do- ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted ? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One, of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers ; who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
Page 21 - And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD'S anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.
Page 501 - I am the better pleased with the method of reasoning here delivered, as I think it may serve to confound those dangerous friends or disguised enemies to the Christian Religion, who have undertaken to defend it by the principles of human reason. Our most holy religion...
Page 159 - By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Page 416 - A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.