 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 Scottish Congregational Magazine - Page 5661843Full view - About this book
 | William Lindsay Alexander - 1856 - 336 pages
...Still more explicitly is it declared in another place that the civil magistrate " 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,... | |
 | Thomas M'Crie - Reformation - 1857 - 526 pages
...true, that 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 way... | |
 | Robert Shaw - Presbyterian Church - 1857 - 404 pages
...Word and 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 in the Church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all... | |
 | 1858 - 650 pages
...Westminster 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 in the Church ; that the Truth of God be kept pure and entire ; that all blasphemies and Heresies be suppressed ;... | |
 | 1860 - 588 pages
...the civil magistrate in religion. That doctrine is thus set forth : " He hath authority, and it ú his duty, to take order that unity and peace be preserved in the Church;" and, among various functions of authority assigned to him, " That all corruptions and abuses in worship... | |
 | Presbyterian church in the U.S.A. - 1863 - 712 pages
...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,... | |
 | Robert Herbert Story - 1862 - 574 pages
..." Con288 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 in the Church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all... | |
 | William Cunningham - Church - 1863 - 582 pages
...jurisdiction in ecclesiastical matters, which sound Presbyterians have always consistently denied to them. The declaration, that "the civil magistrate hath authority,...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
...and 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,... | |
 | 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 the Church ; that the truth of God be kept pure and entire; that blasphemies and heresies be suppressed ; corruptions... | |
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