 | John Gill - 1796 - 498 pages
...overseers, or bishops; and for which reasoa they should be careful oí them; and another follows, to feed the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood; and therefore of great value, and great care should be taken of it to feed it. li. What they are to... | |
 | General Association of Connecticut - 1801 - 442 pages
...real meaning of scripture, Jesus Christ and him crucified, who is the only •way of salvation, nor feed the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood. " The council therefore feel themselves required by Jesus Christ the great God and Saviour, on the... | |
 | William Burkitt - 1810 - 174 pages
...suffered for sinners, and in his divine nature satisfied the justice of God for sin ; Acts xx. 28. " Feed the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood." Heb. x. 1O. " By the which will we are sanctified, through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ... | |
 | 1810 - 734 pages
...committed. He holds them in his hand, and defends them by his omnipotence, as his purchased property; the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood. He has a right to demand their salvation. And he has power to enforce his right. He lias declared the... | |
 | 1810 - 724 pages
...committed. He holds them in his hand, and defends them by his omnipotence, as his purchased property ; the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood. He has a right to demand their salvation. And he has power to enforce his right. He has declared the... | |
 | 1810 - 722 pages
...committed. He holds them in his hand, and defends them by his omnipotence, as his purchased property f the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood. He has a right to demand their salvation. And he has power to enforce his right. He has declared the... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 516 pages
...unquestionably taken bj St. Paul, in his exhortation to the elders of Ephesus, (Acts xx. 28,) « Take heed to the Church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood/' The Church here, undoubtedly, means the Catholic or Universal Church, that is, all the Christians under... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1812 - 108 pages
...from God, and who must hold it, unless God himself be unable to support it, -im. Acts Acts xx. 28. " Feed the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood." In the most ancient manuscripts this text is, ''Feed the church of the Lord ;'' which generally signifies... | |
 | General Association of Connecticut - 1812 - 28 pages
...the real meaning of scripture, Jesus Christ and him crucified, who is the only way of salvation, nor feed the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood. " The council therefore feel themselves required by Jesus Christ the great God and Saviour, on the... | |
 | 1813 - 464 pages
...predecessors have done much: notwithstanding, we still, feel, that we have much to do!—Much, in " feeding the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood:" in " buildin" them up on their most holy faith;" and in " watching for their souls as they that must... | |
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feed the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood" (Acts xx. 28), meaning the Catholic or universal church, that is, all Christians under Heaven. The Church of God are those who have one spirit animating them ; one hope reviving them,... 
