A Letter to the King, on the Repeal of the Test and Corporation Laws, as it Affects Our Christian Monarchy

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J. Nisbet, 1828 - 32 páginas
 

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Página 9 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law ; and will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? ' King or queen :
Página 16 - YE that do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbours, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways, draw near with faith, and take this Holy Sacrament to your comfort; and make your humble confession to Almighty God, meekly kneeling upon your knees.
Página 9 - ... is the head of the State, and that every nation, not only in its individual citizenship, but in its corporate capacity, owes worship to God and this worship can be rendered only through his mediation, so that its members refuse to swear allegiance to any civil constitution that fails to honor him as head of the Church and prince of the kings of the earth...
Página 3 - Acts, should, in its present form, pass into a law: for that Bill doth open offices of trust, offices of magistracy, offices of judgment, and offices of legislation, unto men who profess no faith in God, nor in the Lord Jesus Christ, by whom kings reign, and princes decree justice.
Página 9 - Ibid. (C). 5. That the sacramental feeding of the believing soul on Christ, the eating of His flesh and the drinking of His blood in the Holy Supper, is identical with any and every exercise of faith in Him, and therefore can be done as well elsewhere as at the Lord's table. 6. That the necessity for the observance of the Lord's Supper is simply a necessity of precept, and not a necessity of means. In other words, that we are obliged to...
Página 21 - We will henceforth be ruled by natural equity, and natural good sense alone, without any regard to God's revealed law...

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