Considerations on objections current against ecclesiastical establishments; and on the principles upon which a reform of the established Church of England ought to be conducted1835 |
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Page 41 - The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 12 - And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple ; 3 Who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked an alms.
Page 43 - Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock.
Page 12 - And were continually in the temple praising and blessing God," Luke xxiv. 53. " Publish ye, praise ye, and say, O Jehovah, save thy people," Jerem. xxxi. 7. " Praise Jehovah from the heavens : praise him in the heights. Praise ye him, all his angels ; praise ye him, all his hosts ; praise ye him, sun and moon ; praise him, all ye stars of light.
Page 34 - ... sudden divest itself of all its ancient hereditary prejudices; although it was a considerable length of time before it could fancy itself secure against the Protestant separatists without that body-guard of pains and penalties with which it had been accustomed to see itself, as well as every church in Europe, surrounded; yet even in the plenitude of its authority, and when its ideas and its exercise of ecclesiastical discipline were at the highest, it stands chargeable with fewer acts of extreme...
Page 20 - ... Supply, O Lord, we pray thee, all the wants of thy Church ; Let all things be conducted among us in such a manner, that we provide things honest, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also' in the sight of men; (2 Cor. viii. 21.) Bless the sweat of the brow, and faithfulness in business ; Let none entangle himself with the affairs of this life; (2 Tim.
Page 34 - although after it had shaken off the galling yoke of popery it could not on a sudden divest itself of all its ancient hereditary prejudices; although it was a considerable length of time before it could fancy itself secure against the Protestant separatists without that body-guard of pains and penalties with which it had been accustomed to see itself, as well as every church in Europe, surrounded; yet even in the plenitude of its authority, and when its ideas and its exercise of ecclesiastical discipline...
Page 5 - CONSIDERATIONS ON OBJECTIONS CURRENT AGAINST ECCLESIASTICAL ESTABLISHMENTS, and on the Principles upon which a Reform of the Established Church of England ought to be conducted.
Page 34 - ... extravagant severity than any other established church, of the same magnitude and power, in the whole Christian world. By degrees, however, as it improved in knowledge it improved in mildness too. The last century saw the beginning, and the present times have seen the farther extension, of a most noble system of religious liberty, which has placed legal toleration on its true basis ; a measure no less consonant to...