The weakest measure of faith is to be accepted in those that desire to be admitted into the church, because weak Christians, if sincere, have the substance of that faith, repentance and holiness, which is required in church members ; and such have most... The Andover Review - Page 2431890Full view - About this book
| 1808 - 168 pages
...and confessed and shewed their deeds. Acts ii. 38 to 42. and viii. 37. Mat. iii. 6. Acts i. 9, 18. 3. The weakest measure of faith is to be accepted in...ordinances for their confirmation and growth in grace. The Lord Jesus would not quench the smoaking flax nor break the bruised reed, but gather the tender... | |
| 1829 - 152 pages
...confessed and showed their deeds. Acts, ii. 38 to 42, and viii. 37. Matt. iii. 6. Acts, xix. 8. 3. The weakest measure of faith is to be accepted in...ordinances for their confirmation and growth in grace. The Lord Jesus would not quench the smoking flax, nor break the bruised reed, but gather the tender... | |
| 1829 - 144 pages
...viii. 37. Matt. iii. 6. Acts, xix. 8. 3. The weakest measure of faith is to be accepted in those Vhat desire to be admitted into the church, because weak...most need of the ordinances for their confirmation ancl growth in grace. The Lord Jesus would not quench the smoking flax, nor break the bruised reed,... | |
| General Association of Connecticut - 1843 - 366 pages
...confessed and showed their deeds.* Acts, ii. 38 to 42, and viii. 37. Matt. iii. 6. Acts, xix. 8. 3. The weakest measure of faith is to be accepted in...ordinances, for their confirmation and growth in grace. The Lord Jesus would not quench the smoking flax, nor break the bruised reed, but gather the tender... | |
| General Association of Connecticut - 1843 - 370 pages
...confessed and showed their deeds.* Acts, ii. 38 to 42, and viii. 37. Matt. iii. 6. Acts, xix. 8. 3. The weakest measure of faith is to be accepted in...ordinances, for their confirmation and growth in grace. The Lord Jesus would not quench the smoking flax, nor break the bruised reed, but gather the tender... | |
| 1864 - 940 pages
...unto all those who, in every place, call upon the name of the Lord Jesus." The Cambridge Platform : " The weakest measure of faith is to be accepted in...and holiness which is required in church members. Such charity and tenderness is to be used, as the weakest Christian, if sincere, may not be excluded... | |
| William Augustus Stearns - 1844 - 180 pages
...those who are just entering as mere babes in Christ into his school. In the language of the Platform, " The weakest measure of faith is to be accepted in...faith, repentance and holiness which is required in church-members ; and such have most need of the ordinances for their confirmation and growth in grace.... | |
| Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1844 - 336 pages
...measure, to show the sentiments of the framers of that instrument in respect to the subject before us : "The weakest measure of faith is to be accepted in...those, that desire to be admitted into the church, Rom. xiv. 1 ; because weak christians, if sincere, have the substance of that faith, repentance, and... | |
| General Association of Connecticut - 1845 - 376 pages
...confessed and showed their deeds.* Acts, ii. 38 to 42, and viii. 37. Matt. iii. 6. Acts, xix. 8. 3. The weakest measure of faith is to be accepted in...ordinances, for their confirmation and growth in grace. The Lord Jesus would not quench the smoking flax, nor break the bruised reed, but gather the tender... | |
| 1846 - 140 pages
...confessed and showed their deeds. Acts, ii. 38 to 42, and viii. 37. Matt. iii.6. Acts, xix. 18. 3. The weakest measure of faith is to be accepted in...ordinances for their confirmation and growth in grace. The Lord Jesus would not quench the smoking flax, nor break the bruised reed, but gather the tender... | |
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