...admission into the Church and family of God; or, in the language of our catechism, we are thereby " made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven ;' ' " members of Christ," by being united to that mystical body, the Church, of which he is the Head...

...doctrine. That Nelson, who was writing for those that had been made, as the church had taught them, members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven, at baptism, teaches no such doctrine as this which they accuse him of, must either have been known...

...heaven and earth, which is named after Him whose " name is above every name." They were made ministers of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven. There is a striking sentence in St. John, 1 Ep. iii. 14 : — " By this we know that we have passed...

...separately discerned ; 2. That ye baptize all infants, and by that act regenerate them, making them members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven. 3. And need is that I write thus unto you, because neither did Christ enjoin this, nor did any of the...

...every privilege of the new covenant in Christ Jesus — feeling that the infants so committed, are made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven ; they trust that their Saviour's Father, and their own Father — that God their Redeemer, and God...

...the oracles of God. By baptism, which its ministers alone were commanded to administer, we are made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven ; and, by the body and blood of Christ, to the same ministers intrusted, are our souls refreshed and...

...its catechism, teaches all who have been baptized into its faith, to say, that they were thereby made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven. This mistake has arisen from not keeping in mind, that the external and internal of the church are...

...His Holy Spirit ; arid, in our catechism, to speak of children as by the ordinance of baptism made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of Heaven. These expressions are doubtless strong ; and so are St. Paul's expressions respecting the benefits...

...had done anything, or promised anything, He made us actually what we were always in God's intention, members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of Heaven. This is what S. Paul meant when he said, " By grace are ye saved " (Eph. ii. 8). This is what he meant...

...meeting at West River, in the year 1699 ; the argument being that as the baptized are made in the rite "members of Christ, children of God and inheritors of the kingdom of Heaven" they could not any longer be detained as slaves; not that their care was in this for the slaves, which...