The Practice of the Free Church of Scotland in Her Several Courts |
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Page 140 - Do you believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice?
Page 24 - Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre, holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience ; and let these also first be proved, then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
Page 139 - I do believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the word of God, and to contain all things necessary to salvation; and I do solemnly engage to conform to the doctrines and worship of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.
Page 141 - ... not endeavour, directly or indirectly, the prejudice or subversion of the same ; and I promise that I shall follow no divisive course from the doctrine, worship, discipline, government, and exclusive jurisdiction of this Church, renouncing all doctrines, tenets, and opinions whatsoever, contrary to, or inconsistent with, the said doctrine, worship, discipline, government, or jurisdiction of the same.
Page 132 - And, finally, while firmly asserting the right and duty of the civil magistrate to maintain and support an establishment of religion in accordance with God's Word, and reserving to ourselves and our successors to strive by all lawful means, as opportunity shall in God's good providence be offered, to secure the performance of this duty agreeably to the Scriptures, and in implement of the Statutes of the kingdom of Scotland, and the obligations of the Treaty of Union as understood by us and our ancestors...
Page 141 - I am persuaded, are founded upon the word of God, and agreeable thereto : And I promise, That through the grace of God, I shall firmly and constantly adhere to the same ; and, to the utmost of my power, shall, in my station, assert, maintain, and defend the said doctrine, worship, discipline, and government of this church by...
Page 275 - ... there to consult, vote, and determine in all matters that come before them, to the glory of God, and the good of his church, according to the word of God, the confession of faith, and...
Page 140 - ... to be founded upon the word of God ; and do you acknowledge the same as the confession of your faith ; and will you firmly and constantly adhere thereto, and, to the utmost of your power, assert, maintain, and defend the same, and the purity of worship as presently practised in this national church, and asserted in Act 15, Ass.
Page 140 - Church; and are you persuaded that the said doctrine, worship, and discipline, and church government, are founded upon the Holy Scriptures, and agreeable thereto ? 4. Do you promise that, through the grace of God, you will firmly and constantly adhere to, and, in your station, to the utmost of your power, assert, maintain, and defend...
Page 287 - That albeit by the laws of this and of every other wellgoverned realm, murder is a crime of an heinous nature and severely punishable ; yet true it is, and of verity...