The Original Constitution, Order and Faith of the New-England Churches: Comprising the Platform of Church Discipline Adopted in 1648. Propositions Respecting Baptism and Consociation of Churches Answered by the Synod of 1662. A Confession of Faith, Adopted by the New-England Churches 1680 |
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Σελίδα 29
... God , it appeareth thereby , there may be the essence and being of a church
without any officers , seeing there is both the form and matter of a church ; which
is implied when it is said , the apostles ordained elders in every church , Acts xiv .
... God , it appeareth thereby , there may be the essence and being of a church
without any officers , seeing there is both the form and matter of a church ; which
is implied when it is said , the apostles ordained elders in every church , Acts xiv .
Σελίδα 34
Calling unto office is either immediate , by Christ himself , such was the call of the
apostles and prophets , this manner of calling ended with them as hath been said
: or mediate , by the church . Gal . i . 1. ; Acts xiv . 23. and vi . 3 . 3. It is meet ...
Calling unto office is either immediate , by Christ himself , such was the call of the
apostles and prophets , this manner of calling ended with them as hath been said
: or mediate , by the church . Gal . i . 1. ; Acts xiv . 23. and vi . 3 . 3. It is meet ...
Σελίδα 41
... of government in the elders , but they may sweetly agree together ; as we may
see in the example of the apostles , furnished with the greatest church power ,
who took in the concurrence and consent of the brethren in church '
administrations ...
... of government in the elders , but they may sweetly agree together ; as we may
see in the example of the apostles , furnished with the greatest church power ,
who took in the concurrence and consent of the brethren in church '
administrations ...
Σελίδα 60
... from Antioch , and when they were come to Jerusalem not only the apostles
and elders , but other brethren also do assemble and meet about the matter ;
therefore synods are to consist both of elders and other church members endued
with ...
... from Antioch , and when they were come to Jerusalem not only the apostles
and elders , but other brethren also do assemble and meet about the matter ;
therefore synods are to consist both of elders and other church members endued
with ...
Σελίδα 74
Gal . iii , 27 , where it is shewed , that baptism is the sacrament of union or of
ingrafting into Christ the head , and consequently into the church his body ; and
from the Apostles constant practice in baptizing persons upon their first coming in
, or ...
Gal . iii , 27 , where it is shewed , that baptism is the sacrament of union or of
ingrafting into Christ the head , and consequently into the church his body ; and
from the Apostles constant practice in baptizing persons upon their first coming in
, or ...
Τι λένε οι χρήστες - Σύνταξη κριτικής
Δεν εντοπίσαμε κριτικές στις συνήθεις τοποθεσίες.
Άλλες εκδόσεις - Προβολή όλων
Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
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Δημοφιλή αποσπάσματα
Σελίδα 9 - God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass; yet so as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.
Σελίδα 35 - Worthy receivers, outwardly partaking of the visible elements in this sacrament, do then also inwardly by faith, really and indeed, yet not carnally and corporally, but spiritually, receive and feed upon Christ crucified, and all benefits of his death ; the body and blood of Christ being then not corporally or carnally in, with, or under the bread and wine ; yet as really, but spiritually, present to the faith of believers in that ordinance, as the elements themselves are to their outward senses.
Σελίδα 17 - Christ and therefore cannot be saved much less can men not professing the Christian Religion be saved in any other way whatsoever be they never so diligent to frame their lives according to the light of nature and the law of that religion they do profess and to assert and maintain that they may is very pernicious and to be detested CHAP.
Σελίδα 109 - Abraham to sacrifice his son, (Heb. xi. 17,) according to that in 2 Cor. viii. 12: "Where there is a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not:" which is true of this church duty, as well as of that of alms.
Σελίδα 11 - God, the great Creator of all things, doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by his most wise and holy providence, according to his infallible foreknowledge, and the free and immutable counsel of his own will, to the praise of the glory of his wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy.
Σελίδα 10 - These angels and men, thus predestinated and foreordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed ; and their number is so certain and definite, that it cannot be either increased or diminished.
Σελίδα 114 - Every church or particular congregation of visible saints in gospelorder, being furnished with a presbytery, at least with a teaching elder, and walking together in truth and peace, hath received from the Lord Jesus full power and authority ecclesiastical within itself, regularly to administer all the ordinances of Christ, and is not under any other ecclesiastical jurisdiction whatsoever. For to such a church Christ hath "given the keys of the kingdom of heaven, that what they bind or loose on earth,...
Σελίδα 16 - Christ, enlightening their minds spiritually and savingly to understand the things of God, taking away their heart of stone, and giving unto them an heart of flesh, renewing their wills, and by his almighty power determining them to that which is good, and effectually drawing them to Jesus Christ : Yet so, as they come most freely, being made willing by his grace.
Σελίδα 9 - In the unity of the God-head there be three persons, of one substance, power, and eternity, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost : the Father is of none, neither begotten, nor proceeding ; the Son is eternally begotten of the Father ; the Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son.
Σελίδα 22 - THEY whom God hath accepted in his Beloved, effectually called and sanctified by his Spirit, can neither totally nor finally fall away from the state of grace ; but shall certainly persevere therein to the end, and be eternally saved.