Merrill's LettersManning & Loring, 1805 |
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... muft give way . You fup- pofe , dear Sir , that the Baptifts were very little heard of till after Luther arofe . Here you mistake , for they were , according to the hif tory of the Church , the principal , if not the only ones , who ...
... muft give way . You fup- pofe , dear Sir , that the Baptifts were very little heard of till after Luther arofe . Here you mistake , for they were , according to the hif tory of the Church , the principal , if not the only ones , who ...
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... muft now , to clear the ground , that we may have a field view of the fubject , do what I would not , did not the cause manifeftly re- quire it . I muft define your denomination , and trace its rife . If my definition be just , be clear ...
... muft now , to clear the ground , that we may have a field view of the fubject , do what I would not , did not the cause manifeftly re- quire it . I muft define your denomination , and trace its rife . If my definition be just , be clear ...
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... muft come for- ward gradually , and certainly it is not yet completed . During this long period , and through all thefe commotions , we find all , or nearly all , fentimentally united as to the administration of baptifm . On the fit ...
... muft come for- ward gradually , and certainly it is not yet completed . During this long period , and through all thefe commotions , we find all , or nearly all , fentimentally united as to the administration of baptifm . On the fit ...
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... muft poffefs a readi- nefs to be conquered by truth . Should your publication , by plaufible arguments , gain upon the tender feelings , and even upon the judg ment of many , or fhould mine obtain admirers in the fame way , yet , if the ...
... muft poffefs a readi- nefs to be conquered by truth . Should your publication , by plaufible arguments , gain upon the tender feelings , and even upon the judg ment of many , or fhould mine obtain admirers in the fame way , yet , if the ...
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... muft contend , we wifh to do it whilft each fide fhall poffefs a field view of the fubje & t . We defire to understand you completely , and with you to have a comprehenfive view our defence . Our with is , to meet you in the open field ...
... muft contend , we wifh to do it whilft each fide fhall poffefs a field view of the fubje & t . We defire to understand you completely , and with you to have a comprehenfive view our defence . Our with is , to meet you in the open field ...
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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.