Memorials of the Congregational Church, Or, "Old Independent Meeting House", Milborne Port

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Página 75 - As the godly consideration of predestination and our Election in Christ is full of sweet, pleasant and unspeakable comfort to godly persons, and such as feel in themselves the working of the Spirit of Christ mortifying the works of the flesh and their earthly members and drawing up' their mind to high and heavenly things...
Página 123 - ... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come.
Página 112 - Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Página 113 - The Scriptures of the Old Testament, as received by the Jews, and the books of the New Testament, as received by the Primitive Christians from the Evangelists and Apostles, Congregational Churches believe to be divinely inspired, and of supreme authority. These writings, in the languages in which they were originally composed, are to be consulted, by the aids of sound criticism, as a final appeal in all controversies; but the common version they consider to be adequate to the ordinary purposes of...
Página 117 - They believe in the perpetual obligation of Baptism and the Lord's Supper : the former to be administered to all converts to Christianity and their children, by the application of water to the subject, "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost ;" and the latter to be celebrated by Christian churches as a token of faith in the Saviour, and of brotherly love.
Página 115 - His person." x. They believe that Jesus Christ the Son of God, revealed, either personally in his own ministry, or by the Holy Spirit in the ministry of his apostles, the whole mind of God for our salvation ; and that, by his obedience to the Divine law while he lived, and by his sufferings unto death, he meritoriously " obtained eternal redemption for us;" having thereby vindicated and illustrated Divine justice, "magnified the law...
Página 115 - They believe that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, revealed, either personally in his own ministry, or by the Holy Spirit in the ministry of his apostles, the whole mind of God for our salvation ; and that, by his obedience to the divine law while he lived, and by his sufferings unto death, he meritoriously ' obtained eternal redemption for us ; ' having thereby vindicated and illustrated divine justice, ' magnified the law,' and ' brought in everlasting righteousness.
Página 124 - Story, told in the first person, is largely concerned with a young woman cast upon the world by ner father's death, and compelled to earn her living by the exercise of whatever talent she possesses. Some of the minor characters in the narrative are skilfully depicted, notably the old Cornish couple who figure in the little Methodist chapel; and the young man of science, who is shown to have missed...
Página 121 - They believe that Church officers, whether bishops or deacons, should be chosen by the free voice of the Church ; but that their dedication to the duties of their office should take place with special prayer, and by solemn designation, to which most of the Churches add the imposition of hands by those already in office.
Página 120 - They believe that Christian churches should statedly meet for the celebration of public worship, for the observance of the Lord's Supper, and for the sanctification of the first day of the week. IX. They believe that the power of a Christian church is purely spiritual, and should in no way be corrupted by union with temporal or civil power.

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