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... principle of Representation— It presents one of the best barriers against Clerical ambition and encroachments - Furnishes one of the best securities for preserving the rights of the people - Furnishes to Ministers efficient counsel and ...
... principle of Representation— It presents one of the best barriers against Clerical ambition and encroachments - Furnishes one of the best securities for preserving the rights of the people - Furnishes to Ministers efficient counsel and ...
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... principles ; and in all cases of co - operation the power must be vested some- where , of enforcing upon individuals compliance with the fundamental principles by which they are associated together . There is a prejudice , we are aware ...
... principles ; and in all cases of co - operation the power must be vested some- where , of enforcing upon individuals compliance with the fundamental principles by which they are associated together . There is a prejudice , we are aware ...
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... principle , that one man has a right to constitute him- self the judge of his neighbour's faith . When these facts are considered , it will be readily acknowleged , that the prejudice which many enter- tain against the power of the ...
... principle , that one man has a right to constitute him- self the judge of his neighbour's faith . When these facts are considered , it will be readily acknowleged , that the prejudice which many enter- tain against the power of the ...
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... principle proposed bears a most striking resemblance to the principle upon which the church of Rome defends her conduct . That church , according to the pleading of her own friends , was never guilty of inflicting temporal punishments ...
... principle proposed bears a most striking resemblance to the principle upon which the church of Rome defends her conduct . That church , according to the pleading of her own friends , was never guilty of inflicting temporal punishments ...
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... principles through society , that the electors may be converted to their opinions , and induced to support them . We are as deeply convinced as any persons can be , that genuine Evangelical Christians , men who have passed from death to ...
... principles through society , that the electors may be converted to their opinions , and induced to support them . We are as deeply convinced as any persons can be , that genuine Evangelical Christians , men who have passed from death to ...
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Page 33 - Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Page 171 - AND in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
Page 13 - And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
Page 201 - Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
Page 44 - The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed...
Page 40 - And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you ; And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake.
Page 168 - Let the righteous smite me ; it shall be a kindness : and let him reprove me ; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
Page xvii - THE catholic or universal church, which is invisible, consists of the whole number of the elect, that have been, are, or shall be gathered into one, under Christ the head thereof; and is the spouse, the body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Page 44 - Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock.
Page 28 - And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.