...in Christ ; an ordinance to which we are bound by that solemn vow of our Christian covenant, that we "keep God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of our lives." If then ye would obey God who made you, if ye would do the will of Christ who died to...

...flesh: next, that we should believe all the articles of the Christian faith : and lastly, that we should keep God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of our life." 'In our confirmation we take these vows upon ourselves. Let us consider them distinctly...

...believing all the articles of the Christian faith. XXXVIII. The last part of our vow is, that we should keep God's holy will and commandments, and, walk in the same all the days of our lives. Where by our keeping God's holy will and commandments, is meant our doing of all those...

...means " to * Prov. xrii. 6. t Eph. iv. 5. renounce and forsake the world, the flesh, and the devil, and to keep GOD'S holy will and commandments, and walk in the same unto their life's end."* These are, indeed, responsible trusts, the faithful discharge of which will...

...actual sin could have been committed. A promise is then given, that the baptised person will keep God's commandments, and walk in the same all the days of his life ; but we know that this promise is often not fulfilled, and that instead of walking as a child of God,...

...as a melting kindness." With Bishop Dehon, particularly in his early life, some persons might truce a resemblance in what Madame De Stael has said of...questioned the propriety of making so comprehensive a vow. It was an unanswerable reply, that the divine wisdom " had exacted, in form or substance, such...

...all the sinful lusts of the flesh. (2.) To believe all the articles of the Christian faith. And, (3.) To keep God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of their life." And is not this vowing to " perfect holiness in the fear of God ?" Does the first part...

...pomps and vanities of this wicked world,, and all tJie sinful lusts of the flesh : — that we will keep God's holy will and, commandments, and walk in the same all the days of our life ! This baptismal promise which you SUCCESS IN HIS FIRST have so often repeated from your...

...the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh :— that we tvill keep God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of our life ! This baptismal promise which you have so often repeated from your catechism, is precisely...

...secondly, that I should believe all the articles of the Christian faith; and, thirdly, that I should keep God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of my life." But this is not all: After having required a public renewal of these vows, which some...