 | John Wesley - 1810 - 432 pages
...According to the 20th article, the visible Church of England is, the congregation of English believers in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered. (But the word church is sometimes taken in a looser sense ; for " a congregation professing to believe."... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1810 - 488 pages
...compilers of the thirty-nine articles :— " A congregation of faithful men, in which the true word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered according to Christ's ordinances, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same," Acts ix, 31. Gal. i,... | |
 | Church of England homilies - 1811 - 716 pages
...faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same. As the Church of Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch, have erred; so also the church of Rome hath erred,... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 516 pages
...a little more than the Apostle has expressed.} « Of the Church. " The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and !the sacraments be duly administered." It may be observed, that, at the same time, our... | |
 | Micaiah Towgood - 1811 - 340 pages
...church of England, cannot be a part of the true visible church of Christ; for, this it thus defines, " A congregation of faithful men, in which " the pure word of God is preached, and the sa" craments be duly administered according to " Christ's ordinance, in all those... | |
 | Micaiah Towgood - 1812 - 684 pages
...CHURCH OF CHRIST. THE church of Jesus Christ is a holy catholic church, and a communion of saints, a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly ministered. Article XIX. It is a holy church, represented as an immaculate spouse, to be presented... | |
 | Anonymous - 1812 - 512 pages
...state, ' that one of the constituents of the visible church is, that the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same : that it is not lawful for any man to minister the sacraments in the congregation, till he be lawfully... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - 1812 - 262 pages
...body, is not the church of Christ. Take special notice of the words, " The visible church of Christ, is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance in all those things... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1812 - 506 pages
...state, ' that one of the constituents of the visible church is, that the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite »o the same : that it is not lawful for any man' to minister the sacraments in the congregation, till... | |
 | Legh Richmond - 1809 - 712 pages
...taught the true word of God, and his sacraments duly ministered according to Christ's institution, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same ; if they be not otherwise let or hindered by persecutions : which thing oftentimes chanceth ; for... | |
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The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same. 
