Four addresses on confirmation, given publicly in St. George's church, Bolton ... in the year 1835 |
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... soldiers and servants unto your life's end . " And would you now , when you are grown to years of discretion , and able to judge and act for yourselves , would you now C you renounce throw off the authority of God ? Would 25.
... soldiers and servants unto your life's end . " And would you now , when you are grown to years of discretion , and able to judge and act for yourselves , would you now C you renounce throw off the authority of God ? Would 25.
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... servants . You will dedicate yourselves to him . You will avouch the Lord to be your God . Oh ! my beloved young people , that there may be in you this understanding mind , this willing heart , and stedfast purpose . And oh ! that a ...
... servants . You will dedicate yourselves to him . You will avouch the Lord to be your God . Oh ! my beloved young people , that there may be in you this understanding mind , this willing heart , and stedfast purpose . And oh ! that a ...
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... servants by water and the Holy Ghost , and hast given unto them forgiveness of all their sins ; strengthen them , we beseech thee , O Lord , with the Holy Ghost the Com- forter , and daily increase in them thy manifold gifts of grace ...
... servants by water and the Holy Ghost , and hast given unto them forgiveness of all their sins ; strengthen them , we beseech thee , O Lord , with the Holy Ghost the Com- forter , and daily increase in them thy manifold gifts of grace ...
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... 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 to- wards them . Let thy fatherly hand , we beseech thee , ever be over ...
... 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 to- wards them . Let thy fatherly hand , we beseech thee , ever be over ...
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... servants of God and followers of the blessed Jesus ? Oh , young people , if I if the Bishop prays pray for you , for you , should not also pray for yourselves most earnestly and sin- cerely and with all your heart , that the benefit to ...
... servants of God and followers of the blessed Jesus ? Oh , young people , if I if the Bishop prays pray for you , for you , should not also pray for yourselves most earnestly and sin- cerely and with all your heart , that the benefit 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...