History of the Christian Church, Volume 4T. Y. Crowell & Company, 1894 - Church history |
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... societies he held for a time . in connection with the Moravians , but finally disen- gaged them from this relation , and , in providing them with sacramental services of their own , virtually effected a separation from the Established ...
... societies he held for a time . in connection with the Moravians , but finally disen- gaged them from this relation , and , in providing them with sacramental services of their own , virtually effected a separation from the Established ...
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... societies in London with eloquence and power . Hervey was distinguished , apart from his pastoral labors , by his productiveness as a writer . Among his works , the most elaborate was his " Theron and Aspasio , " in which a theological ...
... societies in London with eloquence and power . Hervey was distinguished , apart from his pastoral labors , by his productiveness as a writer . Among his works , the most elaborate was his " Theron and Aspasio , " in which a theological ...
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... societies which he superintended . It was only the contentious advocacy of the same that he considered insufferable . On this principle he dealt with his lay helper at Kingswood , John Cennick , who , on the score of his Calvinistic ...
... societies which he superintended . It was only the contentious advocacy of the same that he considered insufferable . On this principle he dealt with his lay helper at Kingswood , John Cennick , who , on the score of his Calvinistic ...
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... societies ; but as early as 1749 he had resolved to be simply an evangelist , to sow the seed in every open field , and leave others to do the harvesting . If in this way he failed to build up a compact organization wherewith to ...
... societies ; but as early as 1749 he had resolved to be simply an evangelist , to sow the seed in every open field , and leave others to do the harvesting . If in this way he failed to build up a compact organization wherewith to ...
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... societies that would not be subject to the established ecclesiasti- cal power , could control their own chapels by an avowal direct or virtual , of dissent . Her ' Connection ' thus took its place among the Dissenting churches , and ...
... societies that would not be subject to the established ecclesiasti- cal power , could control their own chapels by an avowal direct or virtual , of dissent . Her ' Connection ' thus took its place among the Dissenting churches , and ...
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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.