A Tribute to the Memory of the Pilgrims: And a Vindication of the Congregational Churches of New England

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Cooke & Company and Packard & Butler, 1830 - 226 páginas
 

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Página 118 - say they, and we had builded our houses, provided necessaries for our livelihood, reared convenient places for God's worship, and settled the civil government; one of the next things we longed for, and looked after, was to advance learning and perpetuate it to posterity, dreading to leave an illiterate ministry to the churches, when our present ministers shall be in the
Página 37 - struck the wonder and ambition of the wicked sorcerer ; for it is said, when Simon saw that through laying on of the Apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money. Besides, as Dr. Whitby justly observes, if they laid not their hands on all
Página 2 - the Apostle, that in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature ; and that while one saith I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos, and another, I am of Cephas, unless we are all of Christ,
Página 77 - JEREMIAH vi. 16. THUS SAITH THE LORD, STAND YE IN THE WAYS AND SEE, AND ASK FOR THE OLD PATHS, WHERE IS THE GOOD WAY, AND WALK THEREIN, AND YE SHALL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. In the
Página 49 - anti-christian darkness, and that perfection of knowledge should break forth at once. And I would wish you, by all means, to close with the godly people of England ; study union with them in all things, wherein you can have it without sin, rather than in the least measure to affect a division or separation from
Página 48 - was then hardly known in the world. Brethren, said he, we are now quickly to part from one another, and whether I may ever live to see your faces on earth any more, the God of heaven only knows ; but whether the Lord has
Página 57 - As to what appertains to soundness of judgment in matters of faith, we deem it sufficient that a church acknowledge the scriptures to be the word of God, the perfect and only rule of faith and practice, and own either the doctrinal part of the articles of the church of England, or the confession, or
Página 2 - while one saith I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos, and another, I am of Cephas, unless we are all of Christ,
Página 210 - confess that it is not by might nor by power, but by the spirit of the Lord that his kingdom is to be

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