American Presbyterianism: Its Origin and Early History : Together with an Appendix of Letters and Documents, Many of which Have Recently Been DiscoveredScribner, 1885 - 373 páginas |
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Adopting Act American Presbyterian Appendix appointed authority Bishop Book Boston brethren Britain bytery called Carolina Catechisms catholic Christ Christian church government Church of England Church of Scotland College colony communion Confession of Faith congregation declare desire Directory discipline dissenting divine doctrine Dublin Dutch Reformed Church ecclesiastical Edinburgh English Francis Makemie Fund Gilbert Tennent Glasgow godly gospel grace hath Holy Increase Mather Indians Ireland Irish James Jersey John land letter liberty Log College London Lord Maryland matter meeting ment ministry missionaries myles ordained organized Parliament party pastor Pennsylvania prayer preach prelates Pres Presby Presbyte Presbyterian Church Presbyterian ministers present principles probationer Protestant Province Puritan received Reformed Church religion religious Reverend Samuel Scot Scotch Scripture sent settled Society South Carolina spirit subscribed subscription Synod of Philadelphia terian Thomas Thomas Emlyn tion union University of Glasgow unto Virginia Westminster Assembly Westminster Confession William worship York
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Página 29 - Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Página 14 - 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 fullness of him that filleth all in all.
Página 363 - THE civil Magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the word and sacraments, or the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven ; yet he hath authority, and it is his duty to take order, that unity and peace be preserved in the Church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline...
Página 363 - God, and for their publishing of such opinions, or maintaining of such practices as are contrary to the light of nature, or to the known principles of Christianity, whether concerning faith, worship or conversation, or to the power of godliness, or such erroneous opinions or practices, as either in their own nature, or in the manner of publishing or maintaining them, are destructive to the external peace and order which Christ hath established in the church, they may lawfully be called to account,...
Página 218 - Westminster, as being in all the essential and necessary articles, good forms of sound words and systems of Christian doctrine, and do also adopt the said Confession and Catechisms as the confession of our faith.
Página 61 - Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline and government, against our common enemies ; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline and government, according to the Word of God. and the example of the best reformed Churches...
Página 362 - And because the powers which God hath ordained, and the liberty which Christ hath purchased, are not intended by God to destroy, but mutually to uphold and preserve one another; they who, upon pretence of Christian liberty, shall oppose any lawful power, or the lawful exercise of it, whether it be civil or ecclesiastical, resist the ordinance of Godp.
Página 10 - Nevertheless we acknowledge the inward illumination of the Spirit of God to be necessary for the saving understanding of such things as are revealed in the word...
Página xciv - Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: and let them that hate him flee from before his face...
Página 364 - And, as Jesus Christ hath appointed a regular government and discipline in his church, no law of any commonwealth should interfere with, let, or hinder, the due exercise thereof, among the voluntary members of any denomination of Christians, according to their own profession and...