A Display of the Religious Principles of the Associate Synod of North AmericaR.J. Kuhl, 1898 - 281 pages |
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... civil powers , who claimed a right to make laws for it , and to hold it in subjection to their will . Soon after the Reformation , attempts were made to bring that church under the yoke of bondage to creatures of the magistrate , under ...
... civil powers , who claimed a right to make laws for it , and to hold it in subjection to their will . Soon after the Reformation , attempts were made to bring that church under the yoke of bondage to creatures of the magistrate , under ...
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... civil and spiritual , which he and his creatures alleged was their duty , took up arms against the Scots . But , finding them better prepared for war than he expected , and seeing the English very back- ward to assist him in destroying ...
... civil and spiritual , which he and his creatures alleged was their duty , took up arms against the Scots . But , finding them better prepared for war than he expected , and seeing the English very back- ward to assist him in destroying ...
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... civil liberties of their country ; and the preservation of the church from persecution , depending upon the preservation of the natural rights of mankind , civil and spiritual matters were so intermixed that it was not easy always to ...
... civil liberties of their country ; and the preservation of the church from persecution , depending upon the preservation of the natural rights of mankind , civil and spiritual matters were so intermixed that it was not easy always to ...
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... civil and spiritual interests . These men , though known to be enemies to the cause of the reformation , were admitted into the church upon a profession of repentance , which was not attended with any proper evidence of sincerity . This ...
... civil and spiritual interests . These men , though known to be enemies to the cause of the reformation , were admitted into the church upon a profession of repentance , which was not attended with any proper evidence of sincerity . This ...
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... civil magistrate as the supreme judge in all causes spiritual as well as civil , would not submit to his creatures the prelates , or renounce the solemn obligations they had come under to abide by the doctrine and order of the Reformed ...
... civil magistrate as the supreme judge in all causes spiritual as well as civil , would not submit to his creatures the prelates , or renounce the solemn obligations they had come under to abide by the doctrine and order of the Reformed ...
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Page 218 - God, endeavour in our several places and callings, the preservation of the reformed religion in the Church of Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline and government, against our common enemies ; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline and government, according to the Word of God. and the example of the best reformed Churches...
Page 235 - Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Page 7 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Page 231 - I will mention the loving-kindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us...
Page 93 - Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Page 219 - That we shall in like manner, without respect of persons, endeavour the extirpation of Popery, prelacy (that is, Church government by Archbishops, Bishops, their Chancellors and Commissaries, Deans, Deans and Chapters, Archdeacons, and all other ecclesiastical officers depending on that hierarchy...
Page 240 - For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears. And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Page 219 - Churches ; and we shall endeavour to bring the Churches of God in the three kingdoms to the nearest conjunction and uniformity in religion, confession of faith, form of Church government, directory for worship and catechising, that we, and our posterity after us, may. as brethren, live in faith and love, and the Lord may delight to dwell in the midst of us.
Page 202 - That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world...
Page 235 - 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: Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul.