History of the Christian Church, Volume 4T. Y. Crowell & Company, 1894 - Church history |
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... believe that revelation , and were condemned for not believing it , it would be necessary to have it univer- sally promulgated . But since the actual believing of it is required of those only to whom it is actually pub- lished , and ...
... believe that revelation , and were condemned for not believing it , it would be necessary to have it univer- sally promulgated . But since the actual believing of it is required of those only to whom it is actually pub- lished , and ...
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... believe , not the spirit of fear , but of power and love , and of a sound mind . " Wesley took events of this kind in a singularly complacent fashion , as though he regarded them a regular part of his ministerial pay . Among his rules ...
... believe , not the spirit of fear , but of power and love , and of a sound mind . " Wesley took events of this kind in a singularly complacent fashion , as though he regarded them a regular part of his ministerial pay . Among his rules ...
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... believe the episcopal form of church government to be Scriptural and apos- tolical ; I mean well agreeing with the practice and writings of the apostles . But that it is prescribed in Scripture , I do not believe . This opinion , which ...
... believe the episcopal form of church government to be Scriptural and apos- tolical ; I mean well agreeing with the practice and writings of the apostles . But that it is prescribed in Scripture , I do not believe . This opinion , which ...
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... believe , be given to the new and vehement religious enthusiasm which was at that very time passing through the middle and lower classes of the people , which had enlisted in its service a large proportion of the wilder and more ...
... believe , be given to the new and vehement religious enthusiasm which was at that very time passing through the middle and lower classes of the people , which had enlisted in its service a large proportion of the wilder and more ...
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... believe . And the churches did not , could not , under their instruction , engage in efforts for the con- version of souls . They were so afraid of intruding on God's work that they neglected to do what He had commanded them . " 1 ...
... believe . And the churches did not , could not , under their instruction , engage in efforts for the con- version of souls . They were so afraid of intruding on God's work that they neglected to do what He had commanded them . " 1 ...
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Page 216 - England, said. *We will not say, as the Separatists were wont to say at their leaving of England, Farewell, Babylon ! Farewell, Rome ! But we will say Farewell, dear England ! Farewell, the Church of God in England, and all the Christian friends there.
Page 267 - That all persons living in this province who confess and acknowledge the one almighty and eternal God to be the creator, upholder, and ruler of the world...
Page 201 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!
Page 27 - The much greater part of those who come to be ordained are ignorant to a degree not to be apprehended by those who are not obliged to know it.
Page 229 - It is the will and command of God that, since the coming of his Son the Lord Jesus, a permission of the most Paganish, Jewish, Turkish, or anti-Christian consciences and worships be granted to all men in all nations and countries...
Page 29 - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it, as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point, among all people of discernment...
Page 56 - I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers.
Page 145 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Page 240 - ... the town seemed to be full of the presence of God : it never was so full of love, nor so full of joy, and yet so full of distress as it was then.
Page 120 - Has the Pope, or Cardinals, or any body of men, or any individual of the Church of Rome, any civil authority, power, jurisdiction, or pre-eminence, whatsoever, within the realm of England ? 2.