 | John Robinson - 1851 - 534 pages
...what less is attributed to the ceremonies, when " they arc neither dark nor dumb, but apt to stir np the dull mind of man to the remembrance of his duty to God."* The proper ends and uses of baptism arc to initiate the parties baptized into the Church of Christ,... | |
 | Jesuit priest - 1852 - 334 pages
...those Ceremonies which do serve to a decent Order, and godly Discipline, and such as be apt to stir up the dull Mind of Man to the Remembrance of his Duty to God, by some notable and special Signification, whereby he might be edified. Furthermore, the most weighty... | |
 | Hill Dawe Wickham - 1853 - 108 pages
...those ceremonies which do serve to a decent order and godly discipline, and such as be apt to stir up the dull mind of man to the remembrance of his duty to God by some notable and special signification, whereby he might be edified." Of Ceremonies, &c. Preface to... | |
 | Cotton Mather - 1853 - 732 pages
...the prefoe* to the book of Common-Prayer: That 'they were neither dumb nor dark, but apt to stir op the dull mind of man, to the remembrance of his duty to God, by some notable and special signification, whereby he may be edified ;' or words to the like purpose.... | |
 | Joseph Bingham - 1855 - 526 pages
...retains such ceremonies as serve to a decent order and godly discipline, and such as be apt to stir up the dull mind of man to the remembrance of his duty to God, by some notable and spiritual signification, (so he reads it instead of special signification,) whereby... | |
 | Cotton Mather - 1855 - 680 pages
...in the preface to the book of Common-Prayer: That 'they were neither dumb nor dark, but apt to stir up the dull mind of man, to the remembrance of his duty to God, by some notable and speebl signification, whereby lie may be edified ;' or words to the like purpose.... | |
 | Cotton Mather - 1855 - 676 pages
...in the preface to the book of Common-Prayer: That 'they were neither dumb nor d;irk, but apt to stir up *the dull mind of man, to the remembrance of his duty to God, by some notable and special signification, whereby he maybe edified;' or words to the like purpose. The... | |
 | Joseph Bingham - 1855 - 522 pages
...retains such ceremonies as serve to a decent order and godly discipline, and such as be apt to stir up the dull mind of man to the remembrance of his duty to God, by some notable and spiritual signification, (so he reads it instead of special signification,) whereby... | |
 | John David CHAMBERS - 1856 - 180 pages
...shown forth at the celebration of "the Sacrament" as much or more by us as formerly, " apt to stir up the dull mind of man to the remembrance of his duty by some notable and especial signification, whereby he might be edified."t Nor is the custom exclusively,... | |
 | John Purchas - 1858 - 318 pages
...Manual. Thus it is evident that Ritual and Ceremonial tend to the " edification" of the Church, are " apt to ftir up the dull mind of man to the remembrance of his duty to GOD by fome notable fignification," and conduce to the maintenance of " a decent order and godly difcipline." It is now... | |
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Spirit, being content only with those ceremonies which do serve to a decent order and godly discipline and such as be apt to stir up the dull mind of man to the remembrance of his duty to God, by some notable and special signification whereby he might... 
