 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,...  History of English Congregationalism - Page 385by R. W. Dale - 1907 - 787 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Ritchie - 1856 - 214 pages
...community which they represent. In the latter, they are required, in terms of the Confession of Faith, to " take order, that unity and peace be preserved in the Church." In the discharge of this last duty, they are entitled, and if the matter seems to them to be of importance,... | |
 | Robert Shaw - Presbyterian Church - 1857 - 404 pages
...sacraments, or the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven ; 8 yet he hath authority, and it is his duty, to take order, that unity and peace be preserved...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... | |
 | Thomas M'Crie - Reformation - 1857 - 526 pages
...it allots to the magistrate a care of religion, and asserts that " he hath authority, and it is his duty to take order that unity and peace be preserved in the church," &c. But is there no order which he can take for having these things done by the persons and in the... | |
 | Thomas Hughes Milner - 1857 - 974 pages
...or the power of the keys of!' kingdom, yet he hath authority, and it is his duty to take order, tb: unity and peace be preserved in the church, that the truth of GK be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies 'be top, | pressed, all corruptions and... | |
 | 1858 - 650 pages
...Confession of Faith," (Presbyterian,) declares, that the Temporal Prince " hath authority, and it is his duty to take order, that unity and peace be preserved...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... | |
 | 1860 - 588 pages
...of the civil magistrate in religion : — •' He hath authority, and it is his duty to take ordt r, 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... | |
 | Robert Herbert Story - 1862 - 574 pages
...HIS OBLIGATION TO REMAIN. fession of Faith," which declares* that he " hath authority and it is his duty to take order that unity and peace be preserved...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... | |
 | Hugh Miller - Presbyterianism - 1863 - 522 pages
...necessarily leads. The article in our Confession quoted by his lordship instructs the civil magistrate "to take order that unity and peace be preserved in...Church ; that the truth of God be kept pure and entire; that blasphemies and heresies be suppressed ; corruptions and abuses in worship and discildinc prevented... | |
 | William Cunningham - Church - 1863 - 582 pages
...consistently denied to them. The declaration, that "the civil magistrate hath authority, and that it is his duty, to take order that unity and peace be preserved in the church," etc., of course necessarily implies that all the things here specified the civil magistrate is entitled... | |
 | 1863 - 588 pages
...there, in the 3d section, they will find it laid down that the magistrate has authority, and// is his duty, to take order that unity and peace be preserved in the Chuni; that the truth of God be kept pure and entire ; that all blasphemies кл heresies be suppressed,... | |
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