Episcopacy Examined and Re-examined: Comprising the Tract "Episcopacy Tested by Scripture", and the Controversy Concerning that Publication |
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... Elders , we need not regard its name . Irregularity in titles and designations is of so frequent occur- rence , yet occasions so little actual confusion , that it ought not to be viewed as a real difficulty in the case before us ...
... Elders , we need not regard its name . Irregularity in titles and designations is of so frequent occur- rence , yet occasions so little actual confusion , that it ought not to be viewed as a real difficulty in the case before us ...
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... elders ' ( aldermen ) in a city government , elders ' ( Presbyters ) in the Church , and lay ' elders ' in some denomina- tions ; there were ' consuls ' in Rome and in France who were supreme civil magistrates , and there are ' consuls ...
... elders ' ( aldermen ) in a city government , elders ' ( Presbyters ) in the Church , and lay ' elders ' in some denomina- tions ; there were ' consuls ' in Rome and in France who were supreme civil magistrates , and there are ' consuls ...
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... Elders , " " n or which enu- merate " Apostles and Elders and brethren , " or the laity . If priests and levites , " if " Bishops and Deacons , " are allowed " ( f Apostles are called ' Elders ' in 1 Pet . v . 1. 2 John 1 , and 3 John 1 ...
... Elders , " " n or which enu- merate " Apostles and Elders and brethren , " or the laity . If priests and levites , " if " Bishops and Deacons , " are allowed " ( f Apostles are called ' Elders ' in 1 Pet . v . 1. 2 John 1 , and 3 John 1 ...
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... Elders " may fairly be accounted distinct orders likewise . And as , in the expression " Apostles and Elders and brethren , " severalty is unquestionably implied between the latter of these three classes and the others , it must as ...
... Elders " may fairly be accounted distinct orders likewise . And as , in the expression " Apostles and Elders and brethren , " severalty is unquestionably implied between the latter of these three classes and the others , it must as ...
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... Elders ” there is no record , and no evidence whatever , of any public decree or private agreement relating to such a re- traction , or suspension , or modification , we cannot but regard that theory as mere hypothesis ; and against the ...
... Elders ” there is no record , and no evidence whatever , of any public decree or private agreement relating to such a re- traction , or suspension , or modification , we cannot but regard that theory as mere hypothesis ; and against the ...
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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.