| Benjamin Laing - Christian union - 1852 - 160 pages
...Confession, (chap, i., sec. 10,) " by which all controversies of religion are to he determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient writers,...in whose sentence we are to rest, can be no other hut the Holy Spirit speaking in the Scripture." The ecclesiastical bodies to whom we have so frequently... | |
| Robert Cox - Freedom of religion - 1853 - 744 pages
...submission."! Again, " The supremo Judge, by which all controversies of religion are to be determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient writers,...can be no other but the Holy Spirit speaking in the Scripture." — (Chap, i., art. x. See also chap, xx., " Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience,"... | |
| John Jenkins (Rev. of Montreal.) - Bible - 1853 - 440 pages
...more clearly. " The Supreme Judge, by whom all controversies of religion are to be determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient writers,...can be no other but the Holy Spirit speaking in the Scripture." But why need I refer to ecclesiastical standards, since the Word of God abundantly declares... | |
| Christian sects - 1853 - 414 pages
...more clearly. The Supreme Judge, by which all controversies of religion are to be determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient writers,...can be no other but the Holy Spirit speaking in the Scripture. — Chap. 1. God alone is lord of the conscience, and hath left it free from the doctrines... | |
| Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 418 pages
...more clearly. The Supreme Judge, by which all controversies of religion are to be determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient writers,...can be no other but the Holy Spirit speaking in the Scripture. — Chap. 1. God alone is lord of the conscience, and hath left it free from the doctrines... | |
| Cotton Mather - New England - 1853 - 696 pages
...clearly. X. The Supreme Judge, by which all controversies of religion are to be determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient writers,...sentence we are to rest, can be no other but the Holy Scripture delivered by the Spirit: into which Scripture so delivered our faith is firmly resolved.... | |
| Charles Beecher - Bible and spiritualism - 1853 - 154 pages
...Westminster.8 " The supreme Judge, by whom all controversies of religion are to be determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient writers,...in whose sentence we are to rest, can be no other than the Holy Spirit, speaking in Scripture." 1 1 Tim. iv. 1. 2 Is. fiii. 16. 3 Conf. of Faith, ch.... | |
| Charles Beecher - Bible and spiritualism - 1853 - 88 pages
...whom all controversies of -I;' ' . j^ religion are to be determined, and all decrees of coun- yj cils, opinions of ancient writers, doctrines of men, and...in whose sentence we are to rest, can be no other than the Holy Spirit, speaking in Scripture." The only alternative of this, is, a priestly ritual of... | |
| Cotton Mather - New England - 1853 - 696 pages
...controversies of religion are to be determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient write», doctrines of men, and private spirits, are to be examined,...sentence we are to rest, can be no other but the Holy Scripture delivered by the Spirit: into which Scripture so delivered our faith is firmly resolved.... | |
| Cotton Mather - New England - 1853 - 692 pages
...clearly. X. The Supreme Judge, by which all controversies of religion are t be determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient writers doctrines...men, and private spirits, are to be examined, and in whos sentence we are to rest, can be no other but the Holy Scripture delivers by the Spirit: into which... | |
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