The Church Member's Manual: Of Ecclesiastical Principles, Doctrine, and Discipline: Presenting a Systematic View of the Structure, Polity, Doctrines, and Practices of Christian Churches, as Taught in the ScripturesGould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1847 - 276 pages |
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... proper . His plan was found to be very different from mine ; but his sound judgment and correct taste , his catholic spirit and practical wisdom as a pastor , qualified him in an eminent degree to give good counsel for the government of ...
... proper . His plan was found to be very different from mine ; but his sound judgment and correct taste , his catholic spirit and practical wisdom as a pastor , qualified him in an eminent degree to give good counsel for the government of ...
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... proper to acknowledge my indebtedness for valuable suggestions , to the Reverend Professors Ripley and Sears , of Newton Theological Institution , to whom the manuscript was submitted , and to the Rev. Dr. Sharp of this city , who ...
... proper to acknowledge my indebtedness for valuable suggestions , to the Reverend Professors Ripley and Sears , of Newton Theological Institution , to whom the manuscript was submitted , and to the Rev. Dr. Sharp of this city , who ...
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... proper series , principles pertaining to an individual's connection with a church , to the connection of churches with one another , to the ministerial office and the relations which the ministry sustains both to the church and to the ...
... proper series , principles pertaining to an individual's connection with a church , to the connection of churches with one another , to the ministerial office and the relations which the ministry sustains both to the church and to the ...
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... proper range of subjects embraced in such fellowship and relation . Hence , coöperation in acknowledged Christian duties may be misunderstood , as involving responsibilities wholly foreign from such united . effort ; and by this ...
... proper range of subjects embraced in such fellowship and relation . Hence , coöperation in acknowledged Christian duties may be misunderstood , as involving responsibilities wholly foreign from such united . effort ; and by this ...
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... Proper use of this book . A word or two , in regard to the proper use of such a book as this . It is not to be read through hastily , and then laid aside . As it is a book of principles relating to church matters , designed also to show ...
... Proper use of this book . A word or two , in regard to the proper use of such a book as this . It is not to be read through hastily , and then laid aside . As it is a book of principles relating to church matters , designed also to show ...
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Page 244 - But now I have' written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Page 68 - I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Page 175 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 43 - And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Page 44 - Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Page 229 - For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office : So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Page 245 - But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Page 229 - Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men : forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God ; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Page 229 - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him ; let him know that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Page 67 - Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the HOLY GHOST hath made you overseers, to feed the church of GOD, which he hath purchased with his own blood.