An Essay on Church Polity: Comprehending an Outline of the Controversy on Ecclesiastical Government, and a Vindication of the Ecclesiastical System of the Methodist Episcopal ChurchLane & Tippett, 1848 - 206 頁 |
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... position , to defend our church government against the misrepresentations of the seceders . He issued two " Tracts for the Times , " which received the approval of the Journals , and some of the higher authorities of the church . He ...
... position , to defend our church government against the misrepresentations of the seceders . He issued two " Tracts for the Times , " which received the approval of the Journals , and some of the higher authorities of the church . He ...
第 17 頁
... position thus supported by good authority , is sustained also by sound reason . 1. It is obvious that there can be no intrinsic im- portance in any one form of church polity , rather than another , to justify its exclusive appointment ...
... position thus supported by good authority , is sustained also by sound reason . 1. It is obvious that there can be no intrinsic im- portance in any one form of church polity , rather than another , to justify its exclusive appointment ...
第 19 頁
... position so amply sustained by good authori- ties in the preceding chapter , namely , that though the principles of moral discipline are fully prescribed in the Scriptures , yet the particular forms of ecclesiastical government are left ...
... position so amply sustained by good authori- ties in the preceding chapter , namely , that though the principles of moral discipline are fully prescribed in the Scriptures , yet the particular forms of ecclesiastical government are left ...
第 36 頁
... position a proof that church government is not of divine authority . OUR second proposition is , that " It was soon found necessary to consolidate the church by a more system- atic economy ; it adopted the one nearest at hand and most ...
... position a proof that church government is not of divine authority . OUR second proposition is , that " It was soon found necessary to consolidate the church by a more system- atic economy ; it adopted the one nearest at hand and most ...
第 39 頁
... positions are sustained by the best authorities . Mr. Watson says : " Much light is thrown upon the constitution of the primitive churches by re- collecting that they were formed very much upon the model of the Jewish synagogues . We ...
... positions are sustained by the best authorities . Mr. Watson says : " Much light is thrown upon the constitution of the primitive churches by re- collecting that they were formed very much upon the model of the Jewish synagogues . We ...
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第 147 頁 - His marvellous light: which in time past were not a people, but are now the People of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
第 139 頁 - Then saith he to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
第 10 頁 - For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 18 For he that in these things serveth Christ, is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
第 34 頁 - Wherefore, of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
第 140 頁 - Then the master of the house being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the Lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
第 139 頁 - And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only ; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse : 9.
第 139 頁 - Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few : pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
第 21 頁 - And God hath set some in the church, first, apostles, secondarily, prophets, thirdly, teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
第 48 頁 - For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly.
第 92 頁 - So that, for some hundred miles together, there is none either to baptize or to administer the Lord's Supper. Here, therefore, my scruples are at an end ; and I conceive myself at full liberty, as I violate no order, and invade no man's right, by appointing and sending labourers into the harvest.