Merrill's LettersManning & Loring, 1805 |
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... Lord . Suppofe a visible union among the friends . of Chrift , and their mutual fellowship at the Lord's table , be as defirable as you conceive it , why then not fet an example of condefcenfion , and urge your brethren to the fame ? Do ...
... Lord . Suppofe a visible union among the friends . of Chrift , and their mutual fellowship at the Lord's table , be as defirable as you conceive it , why then not fet an example of condefcenfion , and urge your brethren to the fame ? Do ...
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... Lord's table before the ordi- nance of baptifm be administered . No uncir- cumcifed perfon fhall eat thereof , ' * is a text which they confider of no fmall weight in this matter . It is at once granted , that fome of your de nomination ...
... Lord's table before the ordi- nance of baptifm be administered . No uncir- cumcifed perfon fhall eat thereof , ' * is a text which they confider of no fmall weight in this matter . It is at once granted , that fome of your de nomination ...
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... Lord's table . I am pleased , that you could find no argu- ment to justify your oppofition ; and that the truth on which you purposely ground your firft argument , and take as the principle or ftrength of all the reft , reproves your ...
... Lord's table . I am pleased , that you could find no argu- ment to justify your oppofition ; and that the truth on which you purposely ground your firft argument , and take as the principle or ftrength of all the reft , reproves your ...
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... Lord's table . ' * you Now we will grant all that you afk , as to God's bleffing you to the awakening and fal- vation of finners , and that the providence of God hath , for more than two hundred years * If in the statement of the above ...
... Lord's table . ' * you Now we will grant all that you afk , as to God's bleffing you to the awakening and fal- vation of finners , and that the providence of God hath , for more than two hundred years * If in the statement of the above ...
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... Lord's table . Because we judge it both lawful and expedi- ent to commune with you in the three first particulars , you conclude we ought in the laft . You also charge our refufal with inconsistency . For our practice , where you ...
... Lord's table . Because we judge it both lawful and expedi- ent to commune with you in the three first particulars , you conclude we ought in the laft . You also charge our refufal with inconsistency . For our practice , where you ...
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abfurd Abraham Abraham's family affertion againſt alfo anfwer Antichrift apoftles argument baptized becauſe Befides believe Bible bleffings brethren cafe caufe cauſe Chriftian church of Chrift circumcifed clofe communion cloſe common fenfe conclufion confequence confider covenant of circumcifion defire denomination difciples errors evidence expofed faid faith falfe fame fave favour fcriptures feal fecond fentiment fhall fhould fhow firft firſt fome fpeaking fprinkling ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe fupport gofpel baptifm gofpel church hath himſelf Holy Ghoft houſe houſehold immerfed immerfion infant baptifm Irenæus Jefus Chrift Jewish Jews juft juſt kingdom Letters Lord Lord's manifeft miſtake moſt muft muſt obferve open communion Pædobaptifts paffage perfon pillar and ground pleaſed poffefs practice prefent promiſe prove purpoſe queftion reader reafon refpect ſay ſhall ſpeak thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe truth underſtand unleſs unto uſed vifible church waſhing Worceſter Worceſter's word yourſelf
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Page 79 - O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Page 11 - Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by Angels in the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
Page 80 - But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Page 76 - And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Page 24 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah : Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt ; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD.
Page 83 - Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
Page 10 - This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Page 76 - And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
Page 37 - But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Page 82 - And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow ; and continued his speech until midnight.