Ecclesiastical Polity, Books I-V, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - Church polity |
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... direct that we might keep thy statutes " ? did they lament with the righteous Apostle , 2 " Miserable men , the good which we wish and purpose , and strive to do , we cannot " ? No ; the words of other prophets concerning this people do ...
... direct that we might keep thy statutes " ? did they lament with the righteous Apostle , 2 " Miserable men , the good which we wish and purpose , and strive to do , we cannot " ? No ; the words of other prophets concerning this people do ...
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... direct denial of the foundation , may notwithstanding be damnable unto some ; and I do not think but that in many respects it is less damnable , as at this day some maintain it , than it was in them which held it at first ; as Luther ...
... direct denial of the foundation , may notwithstanding be damnable unto some ; and I do not think but that in many respects it is less damnable , as at this day some maintain it , than it was in them which held it at first ; as Luther ...
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... direct denial of the foundation , as it is affirmed that both are ? I need not wade so far as to discuss this con- troversy , the matter which first was brought into question being so cleared , " as I hope it is . Howbeit , because I ...
... direct denial of the foundation , as it is affirmed that both are ? I need not wade so far as to discuss this con- troversy , the matter which first was brought into question being so cleared , " as I hope it is . Howbeit , because I ...
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... direct denial thereof may be necessarily concluded . What is the question between the Gentiles and us , but this , Whether salvation be by Christ ? a be better opened E. h wrapped D. i had E. A great E. ⚫ first om . E. f and om . E. ka ...
... direct denial thereof may be necessarily concluded . What is the question between the Gentiles and us , but this , Whether salvation be by Christ ? a be better opened E. h wrapped D. i had E. A great E. ⚫ first om . E. f and om . E. ka ...
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... direct affirmation ; the direct negation , so long as faith continueth , is excluded . e But ye will say , " That as he which to - day is holy , may , to - morrow forsake his holiness , and become impure ; as a friend may change his ...
... direct affirmation ; the direct negation , so long as faith continueth , is excluded . e But ye will say , " That as he which to - day is holy , may , to - morrow forsake his holiness , and become impure ; as a friend may change his ...
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Page 398 - For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things, " that ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication, from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
Page 240 - Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils ; speaking lies in hypocrisy ; having their conscience seared with a hot iron ; forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
Page 157 - ... if celestial spheres should forget their wonted motions, and by irregular volubility turn themselves any way as it might happen ; if the prince of the lights of heaven, which now as a giant doth run his unwearied course, should, as it were, through a languishing faintness, begin to stand, and to rest himself ; if the moon should wander from her beaten way, the times and seasons of the year blend themselves by disordered and confused mixture, the winds breathe out their last gasp...
Page 396 - And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him and brought him to the council, and set up false witnesses, which said ; This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law. For we have heard him say ; That this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
Page 31 - Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
Page 240 - Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Page 77 - Though for no other cause, yet for this, that posterity may know we have not loosely, through silence, permitted things to pass away as in a dream...
Page 157 - ... confused mixture ; the winds breathe out their last gasp ; the clouds yield no rain ; the earth be defeated of heavenly influence ; the fruits of the earth pine away as children at the withered breasts of their mother, no longer able to yield them relief; what would become of man himself, whom these things now do all serve ? See we not plainly that obedience of creatures unto the law of nature is the stay of the whole world...
Page 157 - Now if Nature should intermit her course, and leave altogether, though it were but for a while, the observation of her own laws; if those principal and mother elements of the world, whereof all things in this lower world are made, should lose the qualities which...
Page 192 - J till by experience they found this for all parts very inconvenient, so as the thing which they had devised for a remedy did indeed but increase the sore which it should have cured. They saw that to live by one man's will became the cause of all men's misery.