 | Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1719 - 658 pages
...church, firft apoftles,feth, ,i' tre- flxdl it no end, upon condaiily prophets, thirdly teachers, II. To thefe Officers the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven are committed, by Virtue whereof they have Power Fcfpeftively to?retain and remit Sins ; to fhut that Kingdom againft... | |
 | Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1764 - 648 pages
...1 7- i Their. 5. 12. Adts 20. 17, 28. Htb. 13. 7. 17, 24. iCor, 12. 28. Matth. 28. 18, 19, 20. II. To thefe Officers the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven are committed ; by virtue whereof they have Power, refpeflively, to retain and remit Sins ; to fhut that Kingdom againft... | |
 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 pages
...and his name lliall be called, Wonderful, Counfeller, The mighty God, The cverlalling Fa' cher. II. To thefe officers the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed, by virtue whereof they have power refpectively to retain and remit fins; to ihut that kingdom againit... | |
 | Church of Scotland - Prebyterianism - 1768 - 576 pages
...fentto Ephefus, and called t'-.e i''Í4.rs of the church, v. 18. And when they were coffic to him. It To thefe officers the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed, by virtue whereof they have power refpenively to retain and remit fins, to (hut that kingdom againft the... | |
 | John Willison - 1799 - 624 pages
...therein appointed a government in the hand of church officers, diftinft from the civil magiftrate. To thefe officers the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed," &c. HI. We muft likewife plead with our Mother, to cleave clofely to our reformation principles, and... | |
 | William Alexander - Law - 1841 - 638 pages
...appointed a government, in the hand of church officers, distinct from the civil Magistrate. 2. TO these officers the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed, by vertue whereof they have power respectively to retain and remit sins, to shut that kingdom against the impenitent, both... | |
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Christ, as king and head of his church, hath therein appointed a government in the hand of the church officers distinct from the civil magistrate. To these officers the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed... 