 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,...  The United Presbyterian Magazine - Page 1691864Full view - About this book
 | David W. Hall - History - 2005 - 512 pages
...1647 Westminster Confession of Ffl/7/711 (chapter 23:3) asserted that the magistrate "hath authority, and it is his duty, to take order, that unity and...corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed." The Westminster... | |
 | Kenneth L. Grasso, Robert P. Hunt - Political Science - 2006 - 264 pages
...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...corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed. Following the... | |
 | Crawford Gribben - History - 2007 - 296 pages
...Assembly. The Confession of Faith had stated that the duty of the civil magistrate included ensuring that "Unity and Peace be preserved in the Church, that the Truth of God be kept pure, and intire; that all Blasphemies and Heresies be suppressed; all corruptions and abuses in Worship and... | |
 | Robert Tudur Jones, Kenneth Dix, Alan Ruston - Religion - 2006 - 448 pages
...keys of the kingdom of heaven: yet he hath authority, and it is his duty to take order, that unity & peace be preserved in the Church, that the truth of God be kept pure & entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and... | |
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