Historical Notes and Documents Illustrating the Organization of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of AmericaClaremont Manufacturing Company, 1874 - 522 pages |
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... appears to be peculiarly necessary in order to look into the condition of the Widows Fund , which may at pre- sent be an object worth attending to , but will unavoidably dwindle to nothing , if much longer neglected . Would it not ...
... appears to be peculiarly necessary in order to look into the condition of the Widows Fund , which may at pre- sent be an object worth attending to , but will unavoidably dwindle to nothing , if much longer neglected . Would it not ...
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... appearing in their Wisdom to have considered some Parts of the said Laws as inconsistent with that Religious Liberty and Equality of Assessment , which they intended as the basis of their future Government ; Did , by the 33d Section of ...
... appearing in their Wisdom to have considered some Parts of the said Laws as inconsistent with that Religious Liberty and Equality of Assessment , which they intended as the basis of their future Government ; Did , by the 33d Section of ...
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... appear not only in this printed address , but again and again in subsequent Jour- nals and fragments of Journals of the Maryland Conventions , it may be well to subjoin the following important letter , from the Rev. Dr. William Smith ...
... appear not only in this printed address , but again and again in subsequent Jour- nals and fragments of Journals of the Maryland Conventions , it may be well to subjoin the following important letter , from the Rev. Dr. William Smith ...
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... appears from its endorsement , was read by Dr. White , before the Committee , at their meeting in Christ Church , May 26 , 1784 . And whereas , at a Meeting of sundry Clergymen and 40 HISTORICAL NOTES AND DOCUMENTS .
... appears from its endorsement , was read by Dr. White , before the Committee , at their meeting in Christ Church , May 26 , 1784 . And whereas , at a Meeting of sundry Clergymen and 40 HISTORICAL NOTES AND DOCUMENTS .
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... appears to me that no more is necessary than such a Con- vocation as you mention ( or something adequate to it ) for the Purpose of Establishing throughout the Confederated States , an Uniformity of Wor- ship and of Church Government ...
... appears to me that no more is necessary than such a Con- vocation as you mention ( or something adequate to it ) for the Purpose of Establishing throughout the Confederated States , an Uniformity of Wor- ship and of Church Government ...
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Page 115 - Transubstantiation (or the change of the substance of Bread and Wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by Holy Writ; but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions.
Page 112 - The condition of man, after the fall of Adam, is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God : wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 424 - The burden of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father ; For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, Forgive us all that is past ; And grant that we may ever hereafter Serve and please thee In newness of life, To the honour and glory of thy Name ; Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 424 - ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of His great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all them that with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto Him ; Have mercy upon you ; pardon and deliver you from all your sins ; confirm and strengthen you in all goodness ; and bring you to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 111 - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 423 - And although we be unworthy through our manifold sins to offer unto thee any sacrifice, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service : not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences, through Jesus Christ our Lord...
Page 115 - Baptism is not only a sign of profession, and mark of difference, whereby Christian men are discerned from others that be not christened; but it is also a sign of Regeneration or new Birth, whereby, as by an instrument, they that receive Baptism rightly are grafted into the Church...
Page 112 - We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings...
Page 87 - For then we are guilty of the Body and Blood of Christ our Saviour; we eat and drink our own damnation, not considering the Lord's Body; we kindle God's wrath against us; we provoke him to plague us with divers diseases, and sundry kinds of death.
Page 423 - And we most humbly beseech thee, O merciful Father, to hear us ; and, of thy almighty goodness, vouchsafe to bless and sanctify, with thy Word and Holy Spirit, these thy gifts and creatures of bread and wine...