 | Isaac Barrow - 1831 - 634 pages
...phrase (used in St. John, of retaining and remitting of sins) doth seem to refer ; ' Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained ;' that is, whomsoever ye shall think fit to detain in a state of guilt, to refuse pardon... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1831 - 634 pages
...phrase (used in St. John, of retaining and remitting of sins) doth seem to refer; ' Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained*' that is, whomsoever ye shall think fit to detain in a state of guilt, to refuse pardon and... | |
 | Edward VI (King of England), Queen Catharine Parr (consort of Henry VIII, King of England), Anne Askew, Lady Jane Grey - 1831 - 504 pages
...and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven ;' also, ' Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained' — so that by the power of these words, the open sins of any, may be absolved by any one,... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1831 - 644 pages
...on which they ground their power of absolution is that in John xx. 23: " Whosesoever sins ye rem it, they are remitted unto them, and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." But this is not to the purpose; since this was a special commission to the apostles themselves,... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 578 pages
...me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and sailli unto them, Receive retained. John xx. 21, 22, 23. But ye shall receive power (said Jesus to his disciples) after that... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1832 - 586 pages
...me, even so I send you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost : Whosesoever sins ye remit, they...unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained. With pleasure let us echo back the words of the apostle, and join in that glad anthem which... | |
 | Daniel Wilson - 1832 - 418 pages
...loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven. — And he breathed on them, and said, Receive ye the Holv Ghost; whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted...unto them, and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." Words, undoubtedly including, and indeed chiefly referring to the doctrine delivered by... | |
 | John Pearson - 1832 - 652 pages
...heaven. For our Saviour said to his apostles, upon whom he built his Church, " Whosesoever sins ye remit they are remitted unto them, and whosesoever sins ye retain they are retained." (John xx. 23.) Again, a man may not only passively and involuntarily be rejected, but also... | |
 | Morning watch - 1832 - 502 pages
...figurative way of expressing the same truth plainly set forth in these words, " Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained " (John xx. 23). It is not the nature of my present calling, of an interpreter, to go into... | |
 | John Sinclair - 1833 - 410 pages
...same power is conveyed afterwards by our Lord himself to the whole number of the Apostles. " Receive ye the Holy Ghost : whosesoever sins ye remit, they...unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained3." In respect to the privilege with which that promise is introduced, " I give unto thee the... | |
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Peace be unto you : as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain,... 
