The Principles of Church Polity: Illustrated by an Analysis of Modern Congregationalism and Applied to Certain Important Practical Questions in the Government of Christian Churches. Southworth Lectures Delivered at Andover Theological Seminary in the Years 1879-1881Scribner, 1882 - 433 páginas |
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... SOUL . THE principles of a true church polity are cosmopolitan : they belong to man as a redeemed man . The relations which they sustain to our common nature may be shown by their applica- tion , ( 1 ) To man as a rational soul ; ( 2 ) ...
... SOUL . THE principles of a true church polity are cosmopolitan : they belong to man as a redeemed man . The relations which they sustain to our common nature may be shown by their applica- tion , ( 1 ) To man as a rational soul ; ( 2 ) ...
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... souls of be- lievers . 161-166 THIS formal principle has both a positive and a negative form . The positive form affirms that the Word of God in the Scriptures is our sole objective authority for the doctrine , constitution , and ...
... souls of be- lievers . 161-166 THIS formal principle has both a positive and a negative form . The positive form affirms that the Word of God in the Scriptures is our sole objective authority for the doctrine , constitution , and ...
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... souls : through such souls does progress come to the churches 186-193 THE application of the principle of a regenerate membership in- volves two particulars : ( 1 ) None but those who give credible evidence of being true believers may ...
... souls : through such souls does progress come to the churches 186-193 THE application of the principle of a regenerate membership in- volves two particulars : ( 1 ) None but those who give credible evidence of being true believers may ...
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... soul , aggregate only a small amount . Our plan will lead us briefly to analyze the true Church Polity , especially as it is illustrated in the his- tory of modern Congregationalism , into its constituent principles , and afterward to ...
... soul , aggregate only a small amount . Our plan will lead us briefly to analyze the true Church Polity , especially as it is illustrated in the his- tory of modern Congregationalism , into its constituent principles , and afterward to ...
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... soul of every individual true believer . " It is a scriptural principle recognized by Congrega- tionalists , " says a recent writer , while stating in half- way fashion this fundamental material principle of a true church polity ...
... soul of every individual true believer . " It is a scriptural principle recognized by Congrega- tionalists , " says a recent writer , while stating in half- way fashion this fundamental material principle of a true church polity ...
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Página 169 - The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for his own glory, man's salvation, faith and life, is either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture; unto which nothing, at any time, is to be added, whether by new revelations of the Spirit or traditions of men.
Página 163 - The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Página 349 - There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.
Página 77 - It is ordered that the selectmen of every town, in the several precincts and quarters where they dwell, shall have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbors, to see first that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavor to teach, by themselves or others, their children and apprentices, so much learning, as may enable them perfectly to read the English tongue, and knowledge of the capital laws: upon penalty of twenty shillings for each neglect therein.
Página 184 - They agree in belief that the Holy Scriptures are the sufficient and only infallible rule of religious faith and practice; their interpretation thereof being in substantial accordance with the great doctrines of the Christian faith, commonly called evangelical, held in our churches from the early times, and sufficiently set forth by former General Councils.
Página 379 - For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to Godward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.
Página 43 - The Supreme Judge, by which all controversies of religion are to be determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient writers, doctrines of men, and private spirits, are to be examined, and in whose sentence we are to rest, can be no other but the Holy Spirit speaking in the Scripture.
Página 112 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Página 135 - If any church, one or more, shall grow schismatical, rending itself from the communion of other churches, or shall walk incorrigibly and obstinately in any corrupt way of their own, contrary to the rule of the word; in such case, the magistrate (Josh, xxii.) is to put forth his coercive power, as the matter shall require.