 | 1846 - 318 σελίδες
...endeavors after a more full reformation according to God's Word."t In the same discourse, he affirms;—" This was, and is, our cause, that Christ alone might...be acknowledged by us, as the only Head, Lord, and Lawgiver in his Church ; that his written Word might be * Young's Chronicles, p. 391. t The Caiue of... | |
 | Alexander Wilson M'Clure - 1846 - 312 σελίδες
...after a more full reformation according to God's Word."t In the same discourse, he affirms ; — " This was, and is, our cause, that Christ alone might...be acknowledged by us, as the only Head, Lord, and Lawgiver in his Church ; that his written Word might be * Young's Chronicles, p. 391. t The Cause of... | |
 | 1849 - 606 σελίδες
...nor Synods, nor Churches, can challenge." John Higginson, the worthy minister of Salem, affirms : " This was, and is, our cause, that Christ alone might...be acknowledged by us, as the only head, Lord, and Lawgiver, in his Church ; that his written word might be acknowledged as the only rule; that only his,... | |
 | 1861 - 600 σελίδες
...doctrinal system. " This was and is our cause in coming here, " said honest John Higginson, of Salem, " that Christ alone might be acknowledged by us as the only Head, Lord, and Lawgiver. " This principle gradually, but legitimately worked out the separation of the Church and... | |
 | Joseph Barlow Felt - 1862 - 742 σελίδες
...of Charles II. Morse. History of Lynn, 2 ed. p. 148-62. t MS. Town Rec. 304 FEAR OF PRELACY. [MAss. Christ alone might be acknowledged by us as the only head, Lord, and Law-giver in his Church ; that his written word might be acknowledged as the onely Rule ; that onely... | |
 | John Milton Holmes - 1872 - 396 σελίδες
...Higginson of Salem, a town partly colonized from Flymouth, declares, " This was our cause in coming here, that Christ alone might be acknowledged by us as the only Head, Lord, and Lawgiver." Were this the place for such an argument, it might be clearly shown that this free constitution... | |
 | George Trumbull Ladd - 1882 - 460 σελίδες
...benefits of the other."2 "This was and is," said John Higginson of Salem, " our cause in coming here, that Christ alone might be acknowledged by us as the only Head, Lord, and Lawgiver." Thomas Hooker3 defines the purpose of the early Congregationalists as follows : " As the... | |
 | Theodore Dwight Bozeman - 1988 - 434 σελίδες
...and the Vigorous profession and practise of every thing . . . according to Scripture pattern. . . . This was and is our Cause, that Christ alone might be acknowledged by us, as the onely head ... in his Church, that his written word might be acknowledged as the onely Rule, that onely... | |
 | Avihu Zakai - 2002 - 280 σελίδες
...preached John Higginson in his election sermon, The Cause of God and His People in New England (1663), that Christ alone might be acknowledged by us, as the only head, Lord, and Lawgiver, in his Church, that his written word might be acknowledged as the onely Rule, that onely... | |
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This was, and is, our cause, that Christ alone might be acknowledged by us, as the only Head, Lord, and Lawgiver in his Church ; that his written Word might be * Young's Chronicles, p. 