The Life and Labors of Rev. E. M. Marvin, One of the Bishops of the M. E. Church South: Together with a Discussion of Some of the More Important Points of Doctrine and Principles of Church Polity Taught by the Methodist Episcopal Churches

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Advocate, 1888 - 330 pagina's
 

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Pagina 192 - 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.
Pagina 49 - Original Sin standeth not in the following of Adam, (as the Pelagians do vainly talk;) but it is the fault and corruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the spirit; and therefore in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Pagina 207 - Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
Pagina 63 - For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ and him crucified.
Pagina 63 - And no man taketh this honor unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
Pagina 38 - Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried ; he descended into hell ; the third day he rose again from the dead ; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty ; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
Pagina 38 - ... renounce the Devil and all his works, and constantly believe God's holy word, and obediently keep his commandments. I demand therefore, DOST thou, in the name of this child, renounce the Devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all coveteous desires of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow nor be led by them ? Ans.
Pagina 199 - Lord King's account of the primitive church convinced me many years ago, that Bishops and Presbyters are the same order, and consequently have the same right to ordain.
Pagina 49 - Every sin, both original and actual, being a transgression of the righteous law of God, and contrary thereunto, doth, in its own nature, bring guilt upon the sinner, whereby he is bound over to the wrath of God and curse of the law, and so made subject to death, with all miseries spiritual, temporal, and eternal.
Pagina 205 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

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