A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of London at the Visitation in October, MDCCCXLII |
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... Book of Articles , as was affirmed of them by Dr. Bancroft , then Bishop of London , in relation to the Rubric in Private Baptism , that is to say , that those reverend and " learned men intended not to deceive any by ambiguous terms ...
... Book of Articles , as was affirmed of them by Dr. Bancroft , then Bishop of London , in relation to the Rubric in Private Baptism , that is to say , that those reverend and " learned men intended not to deceive any by ambiguous terms ...
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... Book of Common Prayer . With respect to the Canons , as we , who are clergymen , cannot question their synodical authority , so we must believe , upon the strength of the highest legal decision , that they are binding as part of the law ...
... Book of Common Prayer . With respect to the Canons , as we , who are clergymen , cannot question their synodical authority , so we must believe , upon the strength of the highest legal decision , that they are binding as part of the law ...
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... Book of Common Prayer , and the doing lowly reverence when in time of divine service the Lord Jesus is mentioned , as directed by the same Canon ; which custom , says Hooker , " showeth a reverent regard to the Son of God , above other ...
... Book of Common Prayer , and the doing lowly reverence when in time of divine service the Lord Jesus is mentioned , as directed by the same Canon ; which custom , says Hooker , " showeth a reverent regard to the Son of God , above other ...
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... book , orders , that the minister so turn him in reading prayers as that the people may best hear him ; and as the customary place for reading the prayers was then the chancel , at the Communion- table , it is clear that he could not ...
... book , orders , that the minister so turn him in reading prayers as that the people may best hear him ; and as the customary place for reading the prayers was then the chancel , at the Communion- table , it is clear that he could not ...
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... Book of Common Prayer ; and in this respect every one , at least every clergyman , is bound by the laws of his own Church . What they enjoin he is to practise ; what they forbid he is to abstain from ; what they purposely omit he is not ...
... Book of Common Prayer ; and in this respect every one , at least every clergyman , is bound by the laws of his own Church . What they enjoin he is to practise ; what they forbid he is to abstain from ; what they purposely omit he is not ...
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Page 12 - ... by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ, and through faith in his blood, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins, and all other benefits of his passion.
Page 38 - A death unto sin, and a new birth unto righteousness : For being by nature born in sin, and the children of wrath, we are hereby made the children of grace.
Page 12 - We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Faith, and not for our own works or deservings : Wherefore, that we are justified by faith only is a most wholesome doctrine, and very full of comfort, as more largely is expressed in the Homily of Justification.
Page 37 - O GOD the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our only Saviour, the Prince of Peace; Give us grace seriously to lay to heart the great dangers we are in by our unhappy divisions. Take away all hatred and prejudice, and whatsoever else may hinder us from godly Union and Concord : that, as there is but one Body, and one Spirit, and one Hope of our Calling, one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one God and Father of us all, so we may henceforth be all of one heart, and of one soul, united in one holy bond...
Page 40 - That the Book of Common Prayer, and of Ordering of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, containeth in it nothing contrary to the word of God, and that it may lawfully so be used, and that he himself will use the form in the said book prescribed in public prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and none other.
Page 7 - And that no man hereafter shall either print or preach, to draw the Article aside any way, but shall submit to it in the plain and full meaning thereof; and shall not put his own sense or comment to be the meaning of the Article, but shall take it in the literal and grammatical sense.
Page 29 - That such ornaments of the Church, and of the ministers thereof, shall be retained and be in use as was in this Church of England by authority of Parliament in the second year of King Edward vi...
Page 40 - A sacrament is a holy ordinance instituted by Christ; wherein, by sensible signs, Christ and the benefits of the new covenant are represented, sealed, and applied to believers.
Page 8 - And at last, in such cases, let the articles be made with as great latitude of sense as they can ; and so that subscriptions be made to the form of words, let the subscribers understand them in what sense they please, which the truth of God will suffer, and the words can be capable of. This is the last remedy, but it is the worst ; it hath in it something of craft, but very little of ingenuity ; and if it can serve the ends of peace, or of external charity, or of a fantastic concord, yet it cannot...
Page 40 - ... any other rite, ceremony, order, form or manner of celebrating of the Lord's Supper openly or privily, or matins, evensong, administration of the sacraments, or other open prayers than is mentioned and set forth in the said book...