...resting upon Christ alone for eternal life." Above all particular doctrines rises the great principle that "God alone is Lord of the conscience, and hath...free from the doctrines and commandments of men." The Lord Jesus Christ is the only head of the church. The communion of the church — -its fellowship...

...which he calls the Magna Charta of Presbyterianism, from the framers of the Westminster Confession : God alone is Lord of the conscience, and hath left it free from the doctrines and corr.mandraents of men which are in any thing contrary to his Word or beside it in matters of faith...

...the Westminster confession of faith drawn up in 1729, in which it is stated : God alone is Lord of conscience and hath left it free from the doctrines...of men which are in anything contrary to His word * * * and the requiring of an implicit faith, and an absolute and blind obedience, is to destroy liberty...

...which he calls the Magna Charta of Presbyterianism, from the framers of the Westminster Confession : God alone is Lord of the conscience, and hath left...the doctrines and commandments of men which are in any thing contiary to his Word or beside it in matters of faith and worship. So that to believe such...

...constitution of one of our American churches, which was first published in 1788, these words occur : That "God alone is Lord of the conscience ; and hath left it free from the doctrine and commandments of men, which are in anything contrary to His word, or beside it in matters...

...thereunto required by the Civil Magistrate." (Confession of Faith, Chapter XXXI., Section iv.) (II.) "That God alone is Lord of the conscience; and hath...the doctrines and commandments of men, which are in any thing contrary to his word, or beside it in matters of faith or worship." "That all Church power,...

...which is, in our judgment, the only safeguard against the recurrence of discussion in the Church : (1) 'God alone is Lord of the conscience, and hath left...the doctrines and commandments of men which are in any thing contrary to his word, or beside it in matters of faith or worship' (Con. of Faith, Chap....

...adoption. In the 17th century, Presbyterians declared first what they have repeatedly reaffirmed : God alone is Lord of the conscience and hath left it free from doctrines and commandments of men which are in anything contrary to his word • * * " Presbyterians...

...Augustinian within the Catholic Church, is to be an anarchist. As the Westminster Confession says, defiantly, "God alone is Lord of the conscience; and hath left it free from the commandments of men."7 6. Heading VI: "We are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all...

...church was adopted in 1789 a stand was taken on the separation of church and state, as follows: . . . God alone is lord of the conscience, and hath left...the doctrines and commandments of men which are in any thing contrary to his word, or beside it, in matters of faith and worship. Those words are from...