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... subject , but shall con- cisely offer those which appear to me most vital and comprehensive . REASON I. The Roman Catholic system is founded on a FALSE ground of AUTHORITY . This ground is , that there exists a visible , 5.
... subject , but shall con- cisely offer those which appear to me most vital and comprehensive . REASON I. The Roman Catholic system is founded on a FALSE ground of AUTHORITY . This ground is , that there exists a visible , 5.
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... appear- ance of right . But in all the New Testament , there is not the most distant intimation that any church assumed precedence or jurisdiction over others ; † but , while notices are afforded us of so many apostolic churches in ...
... appear- ance of right . But in all the New Testament , there is not the most distant intimation that any church assumed precedence or jurisdiction over others ; † but , while notices are afforded us of so many apostolic churches in ...
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... appear where they enjoy the best opportunities of developement , and are least controuled by any restraining or modifying circumstances . In Portugal , Spain , and Italy , this system is not obliged to wear that circumspect and ...
... appear where they enjoy the best opportunities of developement , and are least controuled by any restraining or modifying circumstances . In Portugal , Spain , and Italy , this system is not obliged to wear that circumspect and ...
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... appear- ances of those sensible objects ; and that , under each kind severally , as well as both together , Jesus Christ is contained , whole and entire , his body and blood , soul and divinity . That we ought to invoke glorified saints ...
... appear- ances of those sensible objects ; and that , under each kind severally , as well as both together , Jesus Christ is contained , whole and entire , his body and blood , soul and divinity . That we ought to invoke glorified saints ...
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... appears , to our most serious judgment , to require a con- scientious separation from the religious establish- ment of our country . To the civil government of our country we pay the cheerful obedience , not of mere duty but of choice ...
... appears , to our most serious judgment , to require a con- scientious separation from the religious establish- ment of our country . To the civil government of our country we pay the cheerful obedience , not of mere duty but of choice ...
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Page 12 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 1 - Let no man deceive you by any means, for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition...
Page 39 - For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups : and many other such like things ye do, 9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep
Page 17 - Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Page 36 - All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness : That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Page 6 - I do acknowledge the holy Catholic and apostolic Roman Church to be the mother and mistress of all Churches; and I do promise and swear true obedience to the Bishop of Rome, the successor of St Peter, the prince of the apostles, and vicar of Jesus Christ.
Page 20 - And as to that imperfect contrition, which is called attrition, because that it is commonly conceived either from the consideration of the turpitude of sin, or from the fear of hell and of punishment...
Page 23 - Catholic" (meaning the Romish) " faith teaches us that every virtue is good, and that every " vice is evil; but if the Pope should err in commanding " vices and forbidding virtues, the church would be bound " to believe that VICES ARE GOOD, AND VIRTUES EVIL, " unless she wished to sin against conscience.
Page 34 - Sundays, and all holidays of obligation. 2. To fast and abstain on the days commanded. 3. To confess our sins at least once a year.
Page 8 - He loved the church, and gave himself for it, that he might sanctify and cleanse it and present it to himself, &c.