| Methodist Episcopal Church - 1832 - 206 pages
...men's profession ; but rather they are certain signs of grace and God's good will towards us, by tho which he doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, but also strengthen and^confirrn our faith in him. There are two sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel ;... | |
| Church of England, Thomas Newland - 1829 - 696 pages
...order that it might be understood by were then at Jerusalem. ARTICLE XXV. OF THE SACRAMENTS. LAMENTS ORDAINED OF CHRIST BE NOT ONLY BADGES OR TOKENS OF CHRISTIAN MEN'S PROFESSION, BUT U.VTHER THEY BE CERTAIN SURE WITNESSES AND EFFECTUAL SIGNS OF GRACE AND GOD'S GOOD WILL TOWARDS US,... | |
| 1852 - 248 pages
...a tongue not understood by the people. XVI. Of the Sacraments. Sacraments, ordained of Christ, are not only badges or tokens of Christian men's profession ; but rather they are certain signs of grace, and God's good-will toward us, by the which he doth work invisibly in us,... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1830 - 568 pages
...in his Scripture institution, and by those that Christ authoriseth under him. ART. xxv. Sacraments be certain sure witnesses and effectual signs of grace, and God's good will, #c.] Expos. They signify what God offereth : they invest the true believing receiver in the right of... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1830 - 580 pages
...in his Scripture institution, and by those that Christ authoriseth under him. ART. xxv. Sacraments be certain sure witnesses and effectual signs of grace, and God's good will, ^c.] Expos. They signify what God offereth : they invest the true believing receiver in the right of... | |
| John Bainbridge Smith - 1830 - 540 pages
...only badges or tokens of Ckriitian men's profession, but rather they be certain sure untnesses azJ effectual signs of grace and God's good will towards us, by the ic/bti he doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, but aki strengthen and confirm our... | |
| John David Macbride - 1832 - 108 pages
...which may be reasonably ascribed to prayer, but is " an1 effectual sign of grace; by the which God doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken,...but also strengthen and confirm our faith in him." The Church at the same time guards against the opposite extreme, that it acts, as it were, mechanically... | |
| Richard Charles Coxe - 1834 - 380 pages
...Christ is a sacra•ment. — The nature of a sacrament, our twenty-fifth Article shall explain. — " Sacraments ordained of Christ, be not only badges...witnesses, and effectual signs of grace and God's will towards us,. _by the N 5 which he doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, hut also... | |
| Francis Close - 1834 - 462 pages
...and the supper of the Lord. " Sacraments ordained of Christ," saith the church in her 25th Article, " be not only badges or tokens of christian men's profession,...witnesses, and effectual SIGNS of grace, and God's good-will towards us, by the which he doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, but also... | |
| Thomas H. KINGDON - 1834 - 180 pages
...himself, as a means whereby we receive, the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof.' ' Sacraments are not only badges or tokens of Christian men's profession,...witnesses, and effectual signs of grace, and God's good-will towards us, by the -which he doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, but also... | |
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