 | 1840 - 792 pages
...referred to, as they have been repeatedly declared by this Church, are the two following, viz., I. " That the Lord Jesus, as King and Head of His Church, hath...the hand of Church officers, distinct from the civil mngintrHte." II. " That no minister shall he intruded into any parish contrary to the will of the congregation."... | |
 | William Cunningham - 1840 - 184 pages
...thedoctrineofourConfession of Faith, which is also the statute law of the land, that " the Lord Jesus Christ, as king and head of His Church, hath therein appointed...church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate " If it be true, as all admit, that civil government is an ordinance of God, and if it be also true... | |
 | William Alexander - 1841 - 638 pages
...such, partake of these holy mysteries, or be admitted thereunto. CHAP. xxx. OF CHURCH CENSURES. 1. THE Lord Jesus, as King and head of his Church, hath...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... | |
 | 1841 - 586 pages
...thereanènt, do resolve that, as is declared in the Confession of Faith of this national established Church, ' The Lord Jesus, as King and Head of his Church, hath therein appointed a government in the hands of church-officers, distinct from the civil magistrate ; and that in all matters touching the... | |
 | Jean François Salvard, Peter Hall - 1842 - 710 pages
...such, partake of these holy mysteries, or be admitted thereunto. Chapter 30. Of Church Censures. (1.) The Lord Jesus, as King and Head of his Church, hath...Church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate. (2.) To these officers the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed : by virtue whereof they have... | |
 | 1842 - 954 pages
...church ; yet on the other hand it most clearly and distinctly sets forth this proposition, that " [he Lord Jesus, as King and Head of his church, hath therein...church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate.' In the exercise of this government, there is, as the Confession states, " committed"' to these office-bearers... | |
 | George Douglas Campbell Duke of Argyll - 1842 - 116 pages
...the previous statutes. It declares in similar and emphatic language, that " the Lord Jesus Christ, as King and Head of his Church, hath therein appointed...Church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate" It only remains now to say, that at the treaty of 20 union between England and Scotland in 1707. the... | |
 | George Hill - 1842 - 812 pages
...church has, in her Confession of F.iith, expressed this fundamental proposition in the following words , "The Lord Jesus, as King and Head of his church, hath therein appointed a government in the hand of church-officers, distinct from the civil magistrate." SECTION III. CHURCH OF ROME. IN stating the system... | |
 | William Maxwell Hetherington - 1843 - 322 pages
...master-principle and essence of the question. This they did in the following simple yet comprehensive proposition :—"THE LORD JESUS, AS KING AND. HEAD OF HIS CHURCH,...CHURCH OFFICERS, DISTINCT FROM THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE." The affirmation of this proprsition was regarded, both by the Assembly and by the Erastian party, as... | |
 | Scotland free church, gen. assembly - 1856 - 556 pages
...consent of the Westminster Divines to that section of the Confession of Faith which declares, that " Our Lord Jesus, as King and Head of His Church, hath therein...Church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate." And so jealous were they on this point, that they would not receive the Confession without a saving... | |
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The Lord Jesus, as King and Head of his Church, hath therein appointed a government, in the hand of Church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate. 
