...day to lay the foundation of an edifice sacred to religion — a structure, intended for the use of a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God will be preached, and the sacraments duly administered according to Christ's ordinance." Here we have...

...respecting that truth as the principle of fellowship.* , . — . * " The visible church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached and the Sacraments are duly administered, according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things...

...himself: " / prove this from the Articles of the. Church itself; which say, that ' the visible Church is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly administered according to Christ's ordinances. Now the Church...

...though manifestly contrary to the Holy Scripture. XX. Of the Church. The Visible Church of Christ is a Congregation of faithful Men, in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered, according to Christ's Ordinance, in all those things...

...offered by every true worshipper, is unscriptural and erroneous. VI. " The visible church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments are duly administered according to Christ'i ordinance in all those things...

...his blood—sometimes his kingdom, because he is the king and governor of it* * The visible Church is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered, under lawful bishops and pastors. It is called, in the creed, the " Catholic" (or universal)...

...precedence to the office of preaching. Thus, in her articles, she describes the Church as a "congregation or faithful men, in which the pure Word, of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered." Then, at our ordination, the bishop said to each of us, "Take thou authority to preach...

...nineteenth of which gives a very different definition of the Church ? " The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached," &c. Mr. Thorndike, a learned Protestant, understood the matter much better. He says in his...

...examine the meaning of the term. In the language of our Nineteenth Article, the visible church. is " a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the sacraments are duly administered, &c." This, Mr. Editor, characterizes a true church,...

...for religious purposes. This coincides with the language of the nineteenth Article — "A Church is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments are duly administered according to Christ's ordinance in all things that...