 Quakers, after that should be good for nothing, but as unsavoury Salt, to be trod under foot of Men. But to God's Praise be it said, they may be generally compared with the best Quakers for their Morals, and far to exceed many of them in that respect;...  Collections of the Society: Vol. [i], ii - Page 50by Protestant Episcopal Historical Society - 1851Full view - About this book
 | John Owen - Bible - 1812 - 578 pages
...apostolical spirit, and in their work equally inspired by the Holy Ghost; whence the church is said to be " built on the foundation of the prophets and apostles, Jesus Christ being the chief corner stone," Kph. ii. 20. If then the author of any writing acknowledged himself, or may otherwise... | |
 | John Owen - 1812 - 584 pages
...apostolical spirit, and in their work equally inspired by the Holy Ghost; whence the church is said to be " built on the foundation of the prophets and apostles, Jesus Christ being the chief corner stone,'" Eph. ii. 20. If then the author of any writing acknowledged! himself, or may... | |
 | Legh Richmond - 1809 - 712 pages
...schisms, causing them to divide and separate themselves from the true church of Christ, grounded upon the foundation of the Prophets and Apostles, Jesus Christ being the head corner-stone, and to break out of this mystical body. This is one thing, I say, that hath caused me... | |
 | Leonard Bacon - Church membership - 1833 - 228 pages
...ministry, evangelical, enlightened, and united. A few indeed of the churches built by our fathers, on the foundation of the prophets and apostles, Jesus Christ being the chief cornerstone, have departed from the faith and have ceased to be numbered among the churches.... | |
 | George Punchard - Congregationalism - 1840 - 240 pages
...ministry, evangelical, enlightened, and united. A few indeed of the churches built by our fathers, on the foundation of the prophets and apostles, Jesus Christ being the chief cornerstone, have departed from the faith and have ceased to be numbered among the churches.... | |
 | George Punchard - Congregationalism - 1840 - 254 pages
...ministry, evangelical, enlightened, and united. A few indeed of the churches built by our fathers, on the foundation of the prophets and apostles, Jesus Christ being the chief cornerstone, have departed from the faith and have ceased to be numbered among the churches.... | |
 | William Gresley - English fiction - 1841 - 290 pages
...teacher. The visible Church is not a mere building of brick or stone ; but it is a spiritual edifice, built on the foundation of the prophets and apostles, Jesus Christ being the chief cornerstone. It is that visible community which was formed by the first apostles, and has since... | |
 | Enthusiast - 1843 - 228 pages
...reasons we may, in our self-conccitedness «hoose to assign. ' The visible Church is a spiritual edifice built on. the foundation of the Prophets and Apostles, Jesus Christ being the chief corner-stone. It is that visible community which was formed by the first apostles, and has since... | |
 | Christian literature, American - 1844 - 398 pages
...teacher. The visible Chureh is not a mere building of brick or stone ; but it ut spiritual edifice, built on the foundation of the prophets and apostles, Jesus Christ being the chief corner-stone. It is that visible community which was formed by the first apostles, and has since... | |
 | Hollis Read - Providence and government of God - 1849 - 422 pages
...remove the " hay, wood and stubble," on which the former building had been reared, and to build anew on the foundation of the prophets and apostles, Jesus Christ being the chief corner-stone. Contemplate, then, the discovery of America, as one of those leading acts of Providence... | |
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