 | Philip Schaff - 1877 - 948 pages
...disciline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed.1 For the better effecting whereof he hath power to...them, and to provide that whatsoever is transacted them be according to the mind a» pli 5 God.1 III. Magistratui Civili verbi et sacramentorum administrationem,... | |
 | 1808 - 308 pages
...prevented or reformed; and all the ordinances of C»od duly settled, administered, and observed. Foj: the better effecting whereof he hath power to call...transacted in them be according to the mind of God. IV. It is the duty of people to pray for magistrates, to honour their persons, to pay them tribure... | |
 | David Bogue, James Bennett - 1808 - 492 pages
...all the ordinances of God duly settled, administred, and observed. For the better effecting thereof, he hath power to call synods, to be present at them,...transacted in them, be according to the mind of God." The only proof from the New Testament of this prodigious authority, is Matth. ii. 4, 5. And when Herod... | |
 | Glasgow presbytery - 1808 - 306 pages
...worship and discipline prevented or reformed; and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed. For the better effecting whereof he...synods, to be present at them, and to provide that wl^atsoever is transacted in them be according to the. mind of God. IV. It is the duty of people to... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 pages
...made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the Lord their Cod, And 1 all 148 143 better effecting whereof, he hath power to call synods,...transacted in them be according to the mind of God ?. IV. It is the duty of people to pray for magistrates h, to honour their persons', to pay them tribute... | |
 | Nathaniel MORREN - 1813 - 132 pages
...worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed; for the better effecting whereof, he...transacted in them be according to the mind of God." Then it is said in the next section, that it is the duty of people (among other things) to obey the... | |
 | 1813 - 580 pages
...muking a Christian brother to offend." Tcilimony of tbe htformtd Ct>urcbt Ctefttrt ixviii. M:J ulr effecting whereof, he hath power to call synods, to...transacted in them be according to the mind of God *. * IV. It is the duty of people to pray for magistrates h, to honour their persons ;, to pay them... | |
 | Robert Adam - 1818 - 520 pages
...mi* The Confession of Faith admits that the civil magistrate may call Synods, be present at them, and provide that whatsoever is transacted in them be according to the mind of God.— Dr. Hill's Theol. Instit. p. 152. nisters and one ruling elder; — if it contain between 12 and 18... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - 1819 - 344 pages
...•worship and discipline prevented or reformed; and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered and observed. For the better effecting •whereof,...transacted in them, be according to the mind of God." Many of the sects which had not the opportunity of forming this unholy alliance, yet retained a most... | |
 | Thomas M'Crie - 1821 - 192 pages
...Parliament of Scotland. ' After stating that the magistrate has power to call synods, it is added, " to be present at them, and to provide that whatsoever...transacted in them, be according to the mind of God." Not to insist here, that these words ought, in fair construction, to be understood of such synods as... | |
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... duty, to take order, that unity and peace be preserved in the church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all... 
