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... taken place in the condition of the Church , or in the circumstances of human society , as would have led the apostles themselves to depart from their own previous practice . Whitgift , while he maintained very earnestly that the polity ...
... taken place in the condition of the Church , or in the circumstances of human society , as would have led the apostles themselves to depart from their own previous practice . Whitgift , while he maintained very earnestly that the polity ...
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... taken to secure the election as churchwardens of men who might act as Presbyterian elders . Under cover of ap- pointing the legal overseers for the poor , men might be chosen who would discharge the functions of deacons . It was all ...
... taken to secure the election as churchwardens of men who might act as Presbyterian elders . Under cover of ap- pointing the legal overseers for the poor , men might be chosen who would discharge the functions of deacons . It was all ...
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... taken from a pamphlet written by himself . The only copy known to be in existence is in the Archbishop's Library at Lambeth . It was discovered by Dr. Dexter , of Boston , U.S. The copy seems to be an imperfect one . Browne does not say ...
... taken from a pamphlet written by himself . The only copy known to be in existence is in the Archbishop's Library at Lambeth . It was discovered by Dr. Dexter , of Boston , U.S. The copy seems to be an imperfect one . Browne does not say ...
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... taken away from amongst them . . . . Their prophecy is their office of judging all things by the word of God , whereby they increase in knowledge and wisdom among themselves . " 24 ( This was the foundation on which Browne rested the ...
... taken away from amongst them . . . . Their prophecy is their office of judging all things by the word of God , whereby they increase in knowledge and wisdom among themselves . " 24 ( This was the foundation on which Browne rested the ...
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... taken by some of the wisest , with presenting and naming of the parties to be chosen , if none can allege any cause or default against them . " 30 " The Ordaining by some of the forwardest and wisest is a pronouncing them with prayer ...
... taken by some of the wisest , with presenting and naming of the parties to be chosen , if none can allege any cause or default against them . " 30 " The Ordaining by some of the forwardest and wisest is a pronouncing them with prayer ...
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History of English Congregationalism Alfred William Winterslow Dale,R W 1829-1895 Dale No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 467 - I, AB, do swear, That I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, That princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Page 468 - That no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm: So help me God.
Page 385 - The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the word and sacraments, or the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven : yet he hath authority, and it is his duty, to take order that unity and peace be preserved in the Church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly SETTLED, administered, and observed.
Page 468 - The church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith...
Page 393 - a liberty to tender consciences, and that no man should be disquieted or called in question for differences of opinion in matters of religion, which do not disturb the peace of the kingdom...
Page 185 - ... which only concern the confession of the true Christian faith and the doctrine of the sacraments...
Page 299 - The Lord Jesus, as King and Head of his Church, hath therein appointed a government, in the hand of Church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate.
Page 415 - God ; and in Public Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments I will use the Form in ' the said Book prescribed, and none other, except so far as shall be ordered by lawful
Page 414 - ... unfeigned assent and consent to the use of all things in the said book contained and prescribed, in these words and no other : IV. I, AB, do here declare my unfeigned assent and consent to all and everything contained and prescribed in and by the book, entitled, 'The Book of Common Prayer...
Page 260 - And the better to effect the intended reformation, we desire there may be a general synod of the most grave, pious, learned, and judicious divines of this island, assisted with some from foreign parts professing the same religion with us ; who may consider of all things necessary for the peace and good government of the Church...