...of entrance into this salvation. In baptism, as we are taught in the first rudiments of our faith, we were made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven. You see then, here, brethren, your calling — your election of God — for I address those who have...

...church, in which we are taught that children " born in sin and children of wrath," are, in baptism, " made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven"? C. It certainly does free the doctrine of the Church of England from the charge of popery, brought...

...throughout the catechism. Children are therein taught to profess, that at their baptism they became members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven, and heartily to thank God their heavenly Father that He has called them to a state of salvation through...

...obligations which it imposes on them ; and if from the time of its administration they were taught to live as members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven ; and if they were also instructed with diligent care in every thing respecting the sacrament of the...

...made outwardly at your baptism, and what it was then charitably hoped that you would prove to be — " members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven." But we know, from the infallible Word of God, that it will be vain to look for such fruits as these,...

...him, and have been taught to serve him from our youth ; we received the Spirit at our baptism wherein we were made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven. Is this total ignorance of self and of God a mystery 10 the spiritual Israel ' It is not ; for they...

...inestimable privileges conferred upon us with that name : when baptised into the community of the Church, we were made " members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven." What a world of brightness and glory do these few words open upon the soul ! Let the subject but for...

...avowal which she teaches them of the privileges conferred upon them at their baptism, " wherein they were made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven :" and in the expression of their " hearty thanks to their heavenly Father, that he hath called them...

...as they are able to learn," they are taught the blessings they received by baptism, " wherein they were made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven," as well as the obligations they then contracted, " to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully...

...his childhood ?) — they are taught, that when they were sprinkled with water in their infancy, they were made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors " of the kingdom of heaven," — that though they then had no reason, or power of comprehending the simplest proposition, though...