 | 1815 - 876 pages
...church." With this article let us compare the twentieth, which has for its title, Of the Authority of the Church. *• The church hath power to decree rites...and authority in controversies of faith: 'and yet it b not lawful for the church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's word written, neither may... | |
 | Gamaliel Smith Olds - 1815 - 216 pages
...heaven. Nor is the severity of the case in reality alleviated by the qualifying clause in the article: " 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 be repugnant to another." For, "... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1816 - 228 pages
...editions, tins article is expressed in the following terms, " The Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies ; and authority in controversies of Faith...to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's word written ; neither may it expound one place of scriptures, that it be repugnant to another. Wherefore,... | |
 | Daniel Neal - 1817 - 506 pages
...the late Queen Elizabeth,! except the 34th, 33th, and 36th, and these words of the 20th article, viz. [the church hath power to decree rites or ceremonies,...and authority in controversies of faith, and yet,] shall be liable to any of the pains or penalties mentioned in an act made in the 17th year of the reign... | |
 | Daniel Neal - 1817 - 508 pages
...late Queen Elizaij;'i h.| except the 34th, 35th, and 30th, and these words of the 20th article, viz. [the church hath, power to decree rites or ceremonies, and authority in controversies ofjaitti, and yet,'] shall be liable to any of the pains or penalties mentioned in an act made iu the... | |
 | 1817 - 702 pages
...— Eighth Article. And again in the Twentieth Article: ' the Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith...Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's written v,(,rd; neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another.'... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Legh Richmond - 1817 - 726 pages
...erred, not only in their living, but also in matters of faith. 2i. Of the Authority of the Church. 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 plac* of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another : wherefore,... | |
 | 1817 - 264 pages
...is no more than the opinion of a wise man might justly claim ; but it immediately declares, that ' 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 be repugnant to ' another. Wherefore,... | |
 | 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... | |
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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... 
