Episcopacy Examined and Re-examined: Comprising the Tract "Episcopacy Tested by Scripture", and the Controversy Concerning that Publication |
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... discipline in this argument . Take any view of their case , and it will be found that their opinions cannot , as such , have weight in our controversy , eminent individuals endeavour to clear away the slight shades thus 8 EPISCOPACY ...
... discipline in this argument . Take any view of their case , and it will be found that their opinions cannot , as such , have weight in our controversy , eminent individuals endeavour to clear away the slight shades thus 8 EPISCOPACY ...
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... discipline , besides enjoy- ing all the powers of the other grades . The main question be ing thus concerning the superiority of Bishops , and the rights of the next order being restricted only so much as not to be in- consistent with ...
... discipline , besides enjoy- ing all the powers of the other grades . The main question be ing thus concerning the superiority of Bishops , and the rights of the next order being restricted only so much as not to be in- consistent with ...
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... discipline performed by an Apostle , or threatenings on his part , although there must have been Elders in Corinth , and certainly were in Ephesus . a Timothy is usually supposed not to have the name " apostle " given to him in ...
... discipline performed by an Apostle , or threatenings on his part , although there must have been Elders in Corinth , and certainly were in Ephesus . a Timothy is usually supposed not to have the name " apostle " given to him in ...
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... discipline ) be taken away or justly sus- pended , but are always valid - we do not allow that this superi- ority of the Apostles was but transient , that they kept full power from the Elders for a time , and conceded it to them ...
... discipline ) be taken away or justly sus- pended , but are always valid - we do not allow that this superi- ority of the Apostles was but transient , that they kept full power from the Elders for a time , and conceded it to them ...
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... discipline . In answer we assert , 1. that there is no scriptural evidence that " Elders " ever obtained or exercised the right [ or the complete right ] of ordination ; but that , 2. there was continued , as had begun in the Apostles ...
... discipline . In answer we assert , 1. that there is no scriptural evidence that " Elders " ever obtained or exercised the right [ or the complete right ] of ordination ; but that , 2. there was continued , as had begun in the Apostles ...
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Page 267 - For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ, and no marvel ; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light ; therefore it is no great thing, if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness ; whose end shall be according to their works.
Page 167 - And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake.
Page 39 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 159 - Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
Page 147 - For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
Page 203 - AND in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
Page 114 - AS I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine...
Page 103 - But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. 20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
Page 65 - IX. .AM I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord?
Page 210 - The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed.