The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate1861 |
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... object to combine the clergy and laity in defence of the church , and which lays down laws for " ruri - decanal chapters " to follow ; while many consent to be leagued under this institution . The archbishop of Canterbury , in his faint ...
... object to combine the clergy and laity in defence of the church , and which lays down laws for " ruri - decanal chapters " to follow ; while many consent to be leagued under this institution . The archbishop of Canterbury , in his faint ...
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... object to be attained by the subscription is not of a transient nature , it is prospective as well as present ; and the time can never come , while life lasts , to which it was not intended to reach . Nay , the questions themselves look ...
... object to be attained by the subscription is not of a transient nature , it is prospective as well as present ; and the time can never come , while life lasts , to which it was not intended to reach . Nay , the questions themselves look ...
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... object , the advancement of Christ's kingdom , and when we consider the subject , souls perishing for lack of knowledge , and the best means of instructing them , a holy solemnity should surely overshadow our speeches ; and this we are ...
... object , the advancement of Christ's kingdom , and when we consider the subject , souls perishing for lack of knowledge , and the best means of instructing them , a holy solemnity should surely overshadow our speeches ; and this we are ...
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... object of interest to the angels of God , than whole continents of ptero- dactyles and rhinoceroses . an We quit , then , here , the starting - point of human history . We believe that the narrative of Moses is strictly and wonder ...
... object of interest to the angels of God , than whole continents of ptero- dactyles and rhinoceroses . an We quit , then , here , the starting - point of human history . We believe that the narrative of Moses is strictly and wonder ...
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... object of his affections cherishes in her bosom anything so vile as the great sea serpent ; at least till he has seen the skeleton in some museum , or found it in some limestone rocks , which we venture to think will not happen for some ...
... object of his affections cherishes in her bosom anything so vile as the great sea serpent ; at least till he has seen the skeleton in some museum , or found it in some limestone rocks , which we venture to think will not happen for some ...
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Page 449 - WE are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings...
Page 469 - Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear : For our God is a consuming fire.
Page 294 - Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Page 468 - And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Page 281 - THE Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith : And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another.
Page 166 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven ; and they were destroyed from the earth : and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.