 | Joseph Priestley - 1790 - 620 pages
...the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith,* — yet it is not lawful for the church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's word written," and that, " besides the same, it ought not — to enforce any thing to be believed for necessity of... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1818 - 538 pages
...Bible : but it is expressly declared to be limited and confined and hedged in by Holy,Scripture. " It is not lawful " for the Church to ordain any thing...of Scripture, that it be repugnant to " another." Accordingly, in strict agreement with this rational principle, which is evidently propounded by way... | |
 | George Tomline - 1818 - 608 pages
...and to point out to the unlearned part of the community, the snares which may be laid in their paths. AND YET IT IS NOT LAWFUL FOR THE CHURCH TO ORDAIN ANY THING THAT IS CONTRARY TO GOD'S WORD WRITTEN. The written word of God is the rule of our faith and practice, and no consideration whatever can justify... | |
 | 1840 - 772 pages
...that authority within the hounds of Scripture. " It is not lawful," — these are her words, — " it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing...may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it he repugnant to another." But then, surely, it hehoves us, in common modesty, to pause long, and to... | |
 | William Blair - 1819 - 280 pages
...and our twentieth Article enforces the doctrine already delivered in the sixth, denying all right in the Church to " ordain any thing that is contrary...place of Scripture, that it be repugnant, to another." The author of the History of the Jesuits has given a body of irrefragable proof, " that the Church... | |
 | 1819 - 794 pages
...of faith : and yet, it is not lawful for the Church to ortlaid any thing that is contrary to (iod's word written, neither may it so expound one place...repugnant to another. Wherefore, although the Church be •i witness and a keeper of holy writ, yet as it ought not to decree any Ihiiig against the same,... | |
 | 1838 - 794 pages
...It is not lawful," — these are her words — '' it is not lawful for the Church to ordain anything that is contrary to God's word written, neither may...place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another." But then, surely, it behoves us, in common modesty, to pause long, and to examine carefully, and with... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1819 - 558 pages
...The Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and Authority in controversies of Faith: And vet it is not lawful" for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written; iu-ither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another. Wherefore, although... | |
 | William Blair - 1819 - 288 pages
...delivered in the sixth, denying all right in 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." The author of the History of the Jesuits has given a body of irrefragable proof, " that the Church... | |
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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... 
