| 1851 - 592 pages
...Christians," the promises and declarations that belong only to those who are " very members incorporate in the mystical Body of Christ, which is the blessed company of all faithful people." The promises of the Holy Ghost belong only to the Church Mystical ; and therefore were not given by... | |
| 1877 - 1004 pages
...celebrated the covenant is ratified; and, as matter of fact, we become ' very members incorporate in the mystical body' of Christ, ' which is the blessed company of all faithful people.' Dull/ celebrated; all hinges on this. Very early in the Church's history the Supper was abused, and... | |
| Algernon Sydney Thelwall - 1835 - 492 pages
...affection, that so far as we are really spiritual worshippers, ' we are very members incorporate in the mystical body of Christ, which is the blessed company of all faithful people.' But I have so fully stated my views on this subject in my sermon on 1 Cor. xii. 12, 13. that I need... | |
| Sir Robert Anderson - 1837 - 608 pages
...that God hath received them ? Should we not regard all our brethren, as " very members incorporate in that mystical body of Christ, which is the blessed company of all faithful people,"i if, in their general life and conversation, they give evidence of their effectual calling?... | |
| Derwent Coleridge - 1839 - 544 pages
...of those holy mysteries, the due participation of which assures us that we are very members of the mystical body of Christ, which is the blessed company of all faithful people : these, indeed, are actual and present benefits, of which we are all invited to partake, — benefits... | |
| Johnson Grant - 1840 - 484 pages
...sacramental office, according to these principles, we are said to become very members incorporate of the mystical body of Christ, " which is the blessed company of all faithful people." This "communion of saints" extends to angels, who are ministering spirits, sent forth to minister unto... | |
| Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1841 - 602 pages
...of the visible Church, can they, while thus enslaved by sin, be the very members incorporate in the mystical body of Christ, which is the blessed company of all faithful people ; and be also heirs, through hope, of his everlasting kingdom ? Surely a broad distinction must be made between... | |
| John Alonzo Clark - 1842 - 274 pages
...one church — the Catholic Church.* Yes, Episcopalians do believe in the Holy Catholic Church, the mystical body of Christ, which is the blessed company of all faithful people,'f And they also believe in the Communion of Saints. What a delightful subject is here brought... | |
| 1844 - 524 pages
...blood, we become one with Christ and Christ with us, and are made . . . very members incorporate in the mystical body of Christ which is the blessed company of all faithful people ; and are also heirs through hope of God's everlasting kingdom, by the merits of the death and passion of... | |
| George Moberly - 1844 - 386 pages
..." Godns favour and goodness towards us." 2. Assurance that " we are very members incorporate in the mystical body of Christ, which is the blessed company of all faithful people." 3. Assurance of " our being heirs, through hope, of His everlasting kingdom." All which blessings you... | |
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