A plea for the reformation of the congregational Churches, 2 lects. To which is added, A Church of God |
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... infant , or else you never can acquire the higher and more advanced state . I refer to Churches in their collective character and attainments . I wish you to take par- ticular notice of this remark respecting the infancy of a cause ...
... infant , or else you never can acquire the higher and more advanced state . I refer to Churches in their collective character and attainments . I wish you to take par- ticular notice of this remark respecting the infancy of a cause ...
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... infant - and never get better than to possess a kind of lingering existence . And how many Churches are in this state at the present day ? Be sure you keep yourselves in the employ- ment of none but legitimate means of edification ; and ...
... infant - and never get better than to possess a kind of lingering existence . And how many Churches are in this state at the present day ? Be sure you keep yourselves in the employ- ment of none but legitimate means of edification ; and ...
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... infant , but , like the Churches in Crete , Lystra , Iconium , and Antioch , when they for the first time produced ... infancy will have done this for your benefit , that it will have proved who amongst you are the most likely to promote ...
... infant , but , like the Churches in Crete , Lystra , Iconium , and Antioch , when they for the first time produced ... infancy will have done this for your benefit , that it will have proved who amongst you are the most likely to promote ...
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... infancy at first without officers , so your officers will have to continue in their infancy , until they have , by the maturity of their efforts , pro- duced a favourable effect upon the body at large . You will be at liberty to add to ...
... infancy at first without officers , so your officers will have to continue in their infancy , until they have , by the maturity of their efforts , pro- duced a favourable effect upon the body at large . You will be at liberty to add to ...
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... infancy occurs ; and a Church is a never - dying community . The grand end of its organization is , that it may possess that vitality which may carry on its existence to the end of time . The mature life of a healthy Church is a great ...
... infancy occurs ; and a Church is a never - dying community . The grand end of its organization is , that it may possess that vitality which may carry on its existence to the end of time . The mature life of a healthy Church is a great ...
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Page 5 - For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment ; and ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him ; Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor; Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool ; are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts...
Page 6 - For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
Page 14 - For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office; So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Page 15 - For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Page 15 - For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body : so also is Christ. For by one spirit are we all baptized into one body...
Page 42 - Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Page 16 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee ; nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of yon. Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary...
Page 16 - That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Page 14 - I Beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.
Page 6 - Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him 1 But ye have despised the poor.