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... Ministry , On the proper state of mind under ministe- rial success or discouragements , On the importance of Friendly Intercourse between Neighbouring Churches , and what seems necessary to maintain it , Sympathy with the Distressed ...
... Ministry , On the proper state of mind under ministe- rial success or discouragements , On the importance of Friendly Intercourse between Neighbouring Churches , and what seems necessary to maintain it , Sympathy with the Distressed ...
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... the dead the third day . " It was to bear witness to these points they were selected , and it is on these they in- sisted in their ministry . The same truth is confirmed in the account that is given of their choosing one to supply the 15.
... the dead the third day . " It was to bear witness to these points they were selected , and it is on these they in- sisted in their ministry . The same truth is confirmed in the account that is given of their choosing one to supply the 15.
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... but it shall not be so among you but whosoever will be great among you , let him be your minister ; and whosoever will be chief among you , let him be your servant : even as the Son of man came not to be ministered 17.
... but it shall not be so among you but whosoever will be great among you , let him be your minister ; and whosoever will be chief among you , let him be your servant : even as the Son of man came not to be ministered 17.
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... minister , and to give his life a ransom for many , " Matt . xx . 24. The same truth is again taught when after speaking of the pha- risees as loving the uppermost seats at feasts , and the chief seats in the synagogues , and greet ...
... minister , and to give his life a ransom for many , " Matt . xx . 24. The same truth is again taught when after speaking of the pha- risees as loving the uppermost seats at feasts , and the chief seats in the synagogues , and greet ...
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... minister and ruling elders . They manage the affairs of the congregation . An appeal may be made from their decision to the presbytery , com- prehending the ministers in a county , and elders chosen by each congregation . From the deci ...
... minister and ruling elders . They manage the affairs of the congregation . An appeal may be made from their decision to the presbytery , com- prehending the ministers in a county , and elders chosen by each congregation . From the deci ...
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Page 38 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 18 - But be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth : for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
Page 98 - Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us : — Therefore let us keep the feast...
Page 18 - But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Page 104 - Saviour to do to others as we would that others should do to us should induce Friends who held slaves " to set them at liberty, making a Christian provision for them...
Page 15 - And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day : and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Page 96 - But now I have' written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Page v - Apostles after him were laid asleep, then straight arose a wicked race of deceivers, who, as that story goes of the Egyptian Typhon with his conspirators, how they dealt with the good Osiris, took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thou,sand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds.
Page 18 - Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory ; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Page 117 - And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also **. 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.