Four addresses on confirmation, given publicly in St. George's church, Bolton ... in the year 1835 |
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William Thistlethwaite. ADDRESS I. On the Origin and Nature of Confirmation . My dear young people , the ceremony of confirmation , or laying on of hands , as it is otherwise called , in which you are going ere long to engage , is a very ...
William Thistlethwaite. ADDRESS I. On the Origin and Nature of Confirmation . My dear young people , the ceremony of confirmation , or laying on of hands , as it is otherwise called , in which you are going ere long to engage , is a very ...
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... my dear young people , I beg your very earnest and serious attention . The subject here becomes much more personal to you . We are no longer to consider what the Apostles of our Lord esta- blished , what the universal church has ...
... my dear young people , I beg your very earnest and serious attention . The subject here becomes much more personal to you . We are no longer to consider what the Apostles of our Lord esta- blished , what the universal church has ...
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... my dear young friends , that the Church has appointed friends to promise for you ; she has taught you what that promise is ; she has instructed you to say that you think yourselves bound by it ; and now she has pro- vided for you a ...
... my dear young friends , that the Church has appointed friends to promise for you ; she has taught you what that promise is ; she has instructed you to say that you think yourselves bound by it ; and now she has pro- vided for you a ...
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... my dear young people , you see the great importance and very interesting nature of this cere- mony , and with how much thought and prayer and holy purpose of soul you ought to undertake it . Look upon it as the first public religious ...
... my dear young people , you see the great importance and very interesting nature of this cere- mony , and with how much thought and prayer and holy purpose of soul you ought to undertake it . Look upon it as the first public religious ...
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... my dear young people , I endeavoured to shew you what was the origin of the ceremony of Confirmation , and why it can be performed only by a Bishop and not by any inferior minister . stated to you that the purpose for which you were to ...
... my dear young people , I endeavoured to shew you what was the origin of the ceremony of Confirmation , and why it can be performed only by a Bishop and not by any inferior minister . stated to you that the purpose for which you were to ...
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Page 38 - Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man ; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith ; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend, with all saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height ; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might he filled with all the fulness of God.
Page 16 - ... renounce the devil and all his works, and constantly believe God's holy word, and obediently keep his commandments. I demand therefore, DOST thou, in the name of this child, renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all covetous desires of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow nor be led by them ? Answ.
Page 19 - The Grace of God which bringeth salvation hath appeared unto all men, teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...
Page 10 - They did promise and vow three things in my name. First, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanity of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh.
Page 33 - We make our humble supplications unto thee for these thy servants, upon whom, after the example of thy holy Apostles, we have now laid our hands, to certify them, by this sign, of thy favour and gracious goodness toward them.
Page 38 - And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment ; that ye may approve things that are excellent ; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 35 - Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. 13 Now for a recompense in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.
Page 49 - Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you ? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy ; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Page 37 - ... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 32 - ALMIGHTY and everliving God, who hast vouchsafed to regenerate these Thy servants by Water and the Holy Ghost, and hast given unto them forgiveness of all their sins...