The True Churchman Ascertained, Or, An Apology for Those of the Regular Clergy of the Establishment, who are Sometimes Called Evangelical Ministers: Occasioned by the Publications of Drs. Paley, Hey, Croft, Messrs. Daubeny, Ludiam, Polwhele, Fellowes, the Reviewers, &c. &c |
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But , to answer in the words of a most senfible and celebrated female writer , on
another occafion ; « Surely an earnest wish to turn their attention to objects
calculated to promote their true dignity , is not the office of an enemy . So to
expose the ...
But , to answer in the words of a most senfible and celebrated female writer , on
another occafion ; « Surely an earnest wish to turn their attention to objects
calculated to promote their true dignity , is not the office of an enemy . So to
expose the ...
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Engaged as they are in suppressing the Hydra of Jacobinism , it is no wonder , if
they cannot always bestow a sufficient attention upon other matters . We wot , that
through something they have observed in the Metropolis , where , perhaps , in ...
Engaged as they are in suppressing the Hydra of Jacobinism , it is no wonder , if
they cannot always bestow a sufficient attention upon other matters . We wot , that
through something they have observed in the Metropolis , where , perhaps , in ...
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But our attention shall be confined to modern Divines , and to those authors
which they recommend , and which are therefore in modern use and estimation .
By fome then , the Articles of our church are considered as little more than
ARTICLES ...
But our attention shall be confined to modern Divines , and to those authors
which they recommend , and which are therefore in modern use and estimation .
By fome then , the Articles of our church are considered as little more than
ARTICLES ...
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His fentiments therefore may properly be considered as peculiarly deserving of
attention . And they are briefly these ; that it is owing to the multiplicity , the
abstruseness , and general fault of our Articles , that there are so many unhappy
...
His fentiments therefore may properly be considered as peculiarly deserving of
attention . And they are briefly these ; that it is owing to the multiplicity , the
abstruseness , and general fault of our Articles , that there are so many unhappy
...
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His opinion , therefore , cannot but highly deserve our attention . One passage ,
decisively expressive of this opinion , has already been producedo . We will here
add another . Treating then di - , realy ch our subject , he addresses the clergy ...
His opinion , therefore , cannot but highly deserve our attention . One passage ,
decisively expressive of this opinion , has already been producedo . We will here
add another . Treating then di - , realy ch our subject , he addresses the clergy ...
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Page 286 - None can enter into the kingdom of God, except he be regenerate and born anew of Water and of the Holy Ghost...
Page 213 - 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 147 - 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 153 - Original Sin standeth not in the following of Adam, (as the Pelagians do vainly talk;) but it is the fault and corruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam...
Page 413 - So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel : therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die ; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity ; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Page 218 - My duty towards God is to believe in him, to fear him, and to love him, with all my heart, with all my mind, with all my soul, and with all my strength: to worship him, to give him thanks, to put my whole trust in him, to call upon him, to honour his holy Name and his Word ; and to serve him truly all the days of my life.
Page 123 - Who dost Thy seven-fold gifts impart. Thy blessed unction from above, Is comfort, life, and fire of love. Enable with perpetual light The dulness of our blinded sight. Anoint and cheer our soiled face With the abundance of Thy grace. Keep far our foes, give peace at home : Where Thou art guide, no ill can come.
Page 160 - What better can we do, than, to the place Repairing where he judged us, prostrate fall Before him reverent, and there confess Humbly our faults, and pardon beg, with tears Watering the ground, and with our sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite, in sign Of sorrow unfeign'd and humiliation meek?
Page 203 - Christ hath merited righteousness for as many as are found in him. In him God findeth us, if we be faithful ; for by faith we are incorporated into Christ.
Page 103 - Albeit that Good Works, which are the fruits of Faith, and follow after Justification, cannot put away our sins, and endure the severity of God's judgment; yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively Faith; insomuch that by them a lively Faith may be as evidently known as a tree discerned by the fruit.
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| Title | The True Churchman Ascertained, Or, An Apology for Those of the Regular Clergy of the Establishment, who are Sometimes Called Evangelical Ministers: Occasioned by the Publications of Drs. Paley, Hey, Croft, Messrs. Daubeny, Ludiam, Polwhele, Fellowes, the Reviewers, &c. &c Literature of theology and church history: A basic library of British theological studies Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Religion, Society, Spirituality, and Reform |
| Author | John Overton |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | T. Wilson and R. Spence, 1802 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 5 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 424 pages |
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