| Church orders, Ancient - 1675 - 314 pages
...must be saved. 19. Of the Church. The visible Church of Christ, is a Congregation of faithful men, in which the pure Word of God is preached ; and the Sacraments be duly ministred according to Christs Ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the... | |
| Thomas Bennet - 1715 - 228 pages
...contaips Three .Propofitions. ,'. ,'i ^ TThe Vifible Church of Chrift is a Congregation of Faithful Men, in which the pure Word of God is .preached, and the Sacraments be duly miniftred according to Chrift?s Ordinance.,; in all th.ofq things that of negeffity are Fequifite to... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1747 - 410 pages
...that is defcribcd in the i9th Article of the Church of England (viz.) " A Congregation of faithful Men in which " the pure Word of God is preached, and " the Sacraments be duly miniftered, ac" cording to Cbrtffs Ordinance, in all thofe " Things that of Neceffity are requifite... | |
| John Wesley - Biography - 1786 - 738 pages
...all. This and this alone is the Church of England, according to the doftriiie of the Apoftle. 1 8. But the definition of a Church, laid down in the Article,...remarkable addition, " in which the pure word of God . is preached, and the facraments be duly adminiftred:" according to this definition, thofe congregations... | |
| Missions - 1802 - 596 pages
...defined in one of our own church-articles, Л being " a congregation of faithful men, in which the word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly administered according to Christ's ordinance in ah thote things that of nccessL-y are requisite to the same." Surty Chapet. R.... | |
| 1869
...distinctive features, they possess the essential elements of union, and as portions of the " Visible Church, in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly administered," are in a position to love one another. If an external conformity be insisted upon as essential, then... | |
| Rowland Hill - Christian life - 1806 - 336 pages
...defined in one of our own church articles, as being " a congregation of faithful men in which the word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly administered according to Christ's ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same." * That this is... | |
| David Bogue, James Bennett - Dissenters - 1808 - 492 pages
...article of the church of England. " The visible church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preac-hed, and the sacraments be duly administered according to Christ's ordinance." In the epistles to Timothy, and Titus, the gifts and graces, the acquirements... | |
| John Wesley - Methodism - 1811 - 516 pages
...has expressed.} « Of the Church. " The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and !the sacraments be duly administered." It may be observed, that, at the same time, our thirtynine Articles were compiled and published, a... | |
| Thomas Taylor - 1812 - 262 pages
...Take special notice of the words, " The visible church of Christ, is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance in all those things that of necessity belong to the same."... | |
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