The First Book of the Irenicum of John Forbes of Corse: A Contribution to the Theology of Re-union |
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Page 86 - And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand ; and ye shall eat it in haste ; it is the LORD'S passover.
Page 153 - Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
Page 155 - For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his counsellor? or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again ? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things : to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
Page 103 - And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, ' My father ; if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it ? how much rather then, when he saith to thee,
Page 70 - I am the Lord: that is my name: And my glory will I not give to another, Neither my praise to graven images.
Page 107 - So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
Page 241 - For the Sacramental Bread and Wine remain still in their very natural substances, and therefore may not be adored; (for that were Idolatry, to be abhorred of all faithful Christians...
Page 95 - The Particular Forms of Divine Worship, and the Rites and Ceremonies appointed to be used therein, being things in their own nature indifferent and alterable, and so acknowledged, it is but reasonable that, upon weighty and important considerations, according to the various exigencies of times and occasions, such changes and alterations should be made therein, as to those who are in places of authority should, from time to time, seem either necessary or expedient.
Page 205 - And although the keeping or omitting of a Ceremony, in itself considered, is but a small thing ; yet the wilful and contemptuous transgression and breaking of a common order and discipline is no small offence before God. Let all things be done among you, saith St.
Page 74 - Moses' law was), but it is a religion to serve God, not in bondage of the figure or shadow but in the freedom of the Spirit...