...regenerate with the Holy Spirit;" neither could we teach our children to say, that in Baptism they were " made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven." The office of godfather and godmother, also, whatever may be said in explanation of its origin, is...

...persuade a staunch high-churchman that those whom the prayer-book pronounces to be made in haptism members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven, are not so. Yon cannot persuade one who dearly loves his church, but who loves the Bible better, that...

...persuade a staunch high-churchman that those whom the prayer-book pronounces to be made in baptism members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven, are not so. You cannot persuade one who dearly loves his church, but who loves the Bible better, that...

...grace sufficient for salvation, the admission into a state of covenant with God, by which we become " members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven." Let us not, however, imagine, that because, by the sacrament of baptism, we are placed in a capacity...

...18. 3 Rom. x. 12. us in the Gospel of his blessed Son, are we placed in a state of salvation, become members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven. " And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding that we may know him...

...God, the election of grace, and the inheritance of the saints. True believers when baptized, become members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven ; but unbelievers, though baptized, though formally washed with water in the name of the Father. Son,...

...to all this, it is appointed for those who repeat the catechism, to say, that in baptism they were made ' members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven ;' and in answer to the question in the game catechism, 'What is the inward and spiritual grace in...

...of their relation to the visible church ; and urged to examine themselves, whether they be indeed " members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven ;" or whether they are so only in name. They are exhorted to diligent self inquiry, whether they really...

...whilst proving ourselves useful members of our temporal union, we are earnestly desirous of being " members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven." Then, and not till then, though we may be ' free members'}; of our Club, we cannot be said to be "...

...according to our Lord's command, we are admitted into the Church, and made, as our Catechism expresses it, members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven. Such, accordingly, is the unanimous opinion of ancient interpreters, in conformity with which our Church...