A Display of the Religious Principles of the Associate Synod of North AmericaR.J. Kuhl, 1898 - 281 pages |
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... fear of man , which bringeth a snare , deters them from some part of their duty ; while the remaining corruption of their hearts sets them upon excusing , yea , vindicat- ing themselves in this neglect . In such cases , Christians are ...
... fear of man , which bringeth a snare , deters them from some part of their duty ; while the remaining corruption of their hearts sets them upon excusing , yea , vindicat- ing themselves in this neglect . In such cases , Christians are ...
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... fear and service of the God of Israel became an acknowledged duty . Therefore , the leading article of the testimony maintained by the church of Israel was , That Jehovah , their God , was the only living and true God . Ye are my wit ...
... fear and service of the God of Israel became an acknowledged duty . Therefore , the leading article of the testimony maintained by the church of Israel was , That Jehovah , their God , was the only living and true God . Ye are my wit ...
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... fears , appeared openly and resolutely in behalf of the Reformation cause , which they saw in imminent danger . The national covenant of Scot- land , entered into in the year 1581 , was renewed in a bond suited to the circumstances of ...
... fears , appeared openly and resolutely in behalf of the Reformation cause , which they saw in imminent danger . The national covenant of Scot- land , entered into in the year 1581 , was renewed in a bond suited to the circumstances of ...
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... fear of offending the civil power will not excuse any neglect , or perversion of the institutions of Christ , of which this is evidently one , that the office - bearers in His church are to be chosen by the members of it . Nor was the ...
... fear of offending the civil power will not excuse any neglect , or perversion of the institutions of Christ , of which this is evidently one , that the office - bearers in His church are to be chosen by the members of it . Nor was the ...
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... fear of hell , as a punishment to which they may become liable , and the hope of Heaven , as a reward in any way due to their works , ought not to be the motives of obedience to believers . " These , and other such propositions , the ...
... fear of hell , as a punishment to which they may become liable , and the hope of Heaven , as a reward in any way due to their works , ought not to be the motives of obedience to believers . " These , and other such propositions , the ...
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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.