Steepleton; or, High Church and Low Church: by a clergyman [S. Jenner.].Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1847 - 333 pages |
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... things here recorded as facts , not only respecting " Faithful , " but also respecting others , might be judged too improbable to be worthy of credit , while their whole practical value , if not their chief interest , depends upon their ...
... things here recorded as facts , not only respecting " Faithful , " but also respecting others , might be judged too improbable to be worthy of credit , while their whole practical value , if not their chief interest , depends upon their ...
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... things , kept him from decidedly joining the Methodists . From being much among them , however , and hearing their reflections , his prejudices against the Church became very much strengthened . As yet he knew nothing of the Church but ...
... things , kept him from decidedly joining the Methodists . From being much among them , however , and hearing their reflections , his prejudices against the Church became very much strengthened . As yet he knew nothing of the Church but ...
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... things that opened Frank's eyes to the extent of the mental feast that was before him , and whetted his appetite for reading , was the falling into his hands of Pope's Homer , through his acquaintance with an old Peninsular soldier ...
... things that opened Frank's eyes to the extent of the mental feast that was before him , and whetted his appetite for reading , was the falling into his hands of Pope's Homer , through his acquaintance with an old Peninsular soldier ...
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... things in her heart . The constant buying of books increased his father's alarm . He complained of it as a waste of money . When Frank ventured to reason with him , and to say " Father , you must know that it is much more reasonable for ...
... things in her heart . The constant buying of books increased his father's alarm . He complained of it as a waste of money . When Frank ventured to reason with him , and to say " Father , you must know that it is much more reasonable for ...
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... thing . At the end of his first year , having had to com- pete with men who had come up well prepared from public schools , Frank failed to attain any very high place . He spent his first long vacation , as is very commonly the practice ...
... thing . At the end of his first year , having had to com- pete with men who had come up well prepared from public schools , Frank failed to attain any very high place . He spent his first long vacation , as is very commonly the practice ...
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Page 146 - 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 ; the promises of the forgiveness of sin, and of our adoption to be.
Page 155 - Baptism doth represent unto us our profession ; which is, to follow the example of our Saviour Christ, and to be made like unto him ; that, as he died, and rose again for us, so should we, who are baptized, die from sin, and rise again unto righteousness; continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living.
Page 310 - 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 81 - ALMIGHTY GOD, the Father of our Lord JESUS CHRIST, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live...
Page 194 - For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men. I should not be the servant of Christ.
Page 28 - THE LIVES OF TWELVE EMINENT JUDGES of the LAST and of the PRESENT CENTURY. By W. CHARLES TOWNSEND, Esq. MAQC late Recorder of Macclesfield ; Author of " Memoirs of the House of Commons.
Page 124 - Christ's Body and Blood : the Curate shall instruct him, that if he do ' truly repent him of his sins, and stedfastly believe that Jesus Christ hath suffered death upon the Cross for him, and shed his Blood for his redemption, earnestly remembering the benefits he hath thereby, and giving him hearty thanks therefor; he doth eat and drink the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ profitably to his soul's health, although he do not receive the Sacrament with his mouth.
Page 60 - 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 deservmgs. Wherefore, that we are justified by faith only, is a most wholesome doctrine, and very full of comfort : as more largely is expressed in the Homily of Justification.
Page 52 - Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered, blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Page 311 - THE Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith : And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another.