 | John Locke - 1796 - 80 pages
...confider what a CHURCH is. A church then I take to be ' A voluntary fociety of men, ' joining themfelves together of their own accord, in ' order to the public worshipping of God, in fuch a ' manner as they judge acceptable to him, and effec4 tual to the falvauon of their fouls.' I... | |
 | James Everett - 1812 - 138 pages
...keeps the definition thus given perfectly in countenance. " A church, then," says he, " I take to be a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together...in order to the public worshipping of God, in such a manner as they judge acceptable to him and effectual to the salvation of their souls." Quarto edit,... | |
 | Robert Robinson - Baptism - 1817 - 590 pages
...ornament of this country, the late Mr. Locke did (2). His words are these : " A church I take to be a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together of their own accord, in order to the publick worshipping of God, in such a manner as they judge acceptable to him, and effectual to the... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1820 - 278 pages
...was also an episcopalian, uses still stronger language. "A church," says he, "I take to be a society, joining themselves together of their own accord, in order to the public worship of God, in such a manner as they shall judge acceptable to him, and effectual to the .salvation... | |
 | John Locke - Philosophy - 1823 - 588 pages
...nothing to do with the world to come. Let us now consider what a church is. A church then I take to be a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together...in order to the public worshipping of God, in such a manner as they judge acceptable to him, and effectual to the salvation of their souls. ./-/• .--.'•,;?.<.',•..,... | |
 | John Locke - Philosophy - 1823 - 602 pages
...do with the world to come. ^ . Let us now consider what a church is. A church . , then I take to be a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together of their own accord, in order to the "f public worshipping of God, in such a manner as they ^ judge acceptable to him, and effectual to... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 600 pages
...church is. A church then I take to be a voluntary/society of men, joining themselves together oFtheiF own accord in order to the public worshipping of God, in such a manner as they judge acceptable to him, and effectual to the salvation of their souls. I say, it... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 pages
...the society. Dr. Wattt on the rational Foundation of a Christian Church. A church, then, I take to be a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together...in order to the public worshipping of God, in such a manner as they judge acceptable to him, ami effectual to the salvation of their souls. I say it is... | |
 | Luke Howard - 1833 - 418 pages
...right reason upon the mind ; with which the law is supposed to agree.] But the Church he represents as a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together...in order to the public worshipping of God, in such a manner as they judge acceptable to him, and effectual to the salvation of their souls. The right... | |
 | Joseph Angus - Church and state - 1839 - 286 pages
...perfection." GLADSTONE, On the State in its Relations with the Church, p. 4. " A church I take to be a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together...in order to the public worshipping of God, in such a manner as they judge acceptable to him and effectual to the salvation of their own souls." LOCKE,... | |
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I take to be a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together of their own accord, in order to the public worshipping of God, in such a manner as they judge acceptable to him, and effectual to the salvation of their souls. 
