The Writings of the Late John M. Mason, D.D.: Consisting of Sermons, Essays, and Miscellanies, Including Essays Already Published in the "Christian Magazine".The editor, 1832 |
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... . The bosom is a sacred retreat : God alone can explore it with- out the aid of external evidence . And , there- fore , a man must be his own betrayer , before his fellow - man may presume to judge of what passes 10 Introduction .
... . The bosom is a sacred retreat : God alone can explore it with- out the aid of external evidence . And , there- fore , a man must be his own betrayer , before his fellow - man may presume to judge of what passes 10 Introduction .
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... evidence that they lay an unwarrantable stress upon the form of ecclesiastical order , by erecting commu- nion with their priesthood into an " indispensable condition of salvation . " The alarm which they have sounded on this subject ...
... evidence that they lay an unwarrantable stress upon the form of ecclesiastical order , by erecting commu- nion with their priesthood into an " indispensable condition of salvation . " The alarm which they have sounded on this subject ...
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... evidence of their exclusive fellowship with the Redeemer ; we demand it for our own sakes ; we insist upon their showing , according to his word , the superi- ority of their practical religion both in quantity and quality . If they ...
... evidence of their exclusive fellowship with the Redeemer ; we demand it for our own sakes ; we insist upon their showing , according to his word , the superi- ority of their practical religion both in quantity and quality . If they ...
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... evidence run . The author of " miscellanies " had , in No. X. argued the identity of presbyters and bishops from the indiscriminate use which the scripture makes of these official terms . His antagonists flout at this argument , with ...
... evidence run . The author of " miscellanies " had , in No. X. argued the identity of presbyters and bishops from the indiscriminate use which the scripture makes of these official terms . His antagonists flout at this argument , with ...
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... evidence . But conclusive as it would be in every other case , it is in this case , the advocate of the Hierarchy tells us , " good for nothing , " because Paul is called an " elder , " and Christ a " deacon " as well as a " bishop ...
... evidence . But conclusive as it would be in every other case , it is in this case , the advocate of the Hierarchy tells us , " good for nothing , " because Paul is called an " elder , " and Christ a " deacon " as well as a " bishop ...
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Page 94 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
Page 170 - For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee : 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
Page 275 - The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
Page 41 - Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: 2.
Page 100 - ... and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
Page 429 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Page 93 - AND when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
Page 303 - For the love of Christ constraineth us ; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead ; and that He died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him who died for them, and rose again.
Page 99 - And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you. that ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 16 - God is no respecter of persons, but in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of Him.