 I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us, ordained by Christ Himself, as a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof.  A treatise on the Lord's supper - Pagina 55door Edward Bickersteth - 1841Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Edward Nassau Molesworth - 1825 - 478 pagina’s
...the benefits of the covenant, to which it is a seal. We mean by a sacrament, " an outward and visible sign of an inward ^and spiritual grace, given unto us, ordained by Christ himself, as a means wliereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof." Circumcision, under the Old Testament,... | |
 | Thomas Secker - 1825 - 394 pagina’s
...actual guilt) but the appointed way of entering into the covenant that entitles us to such grace; the "means whereby we receive the same, and a " pledge to assure us thereof." Indeed the mere outward act of being baptized is, as St. 1'eter, in the words already mentioned, very... | |
 | Thomas Secker - 1825 - 532 pagina’s
...guilt) ; but the appointed way of entering into the covenant that entitles us to such a grace : the -means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof. Indeed the mere outward act of being baptized is, as St. Peter, in the words already mentioned, very... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1825 - 176 pagina’s
...the Lord. * Q. mat meanest thou. by this tmrd sacra ment? A. I mean an outward and visible sigiKOf an inward and spiritual grace, given unto us, ordained by Christ himself, us a means whereby we receive the same, arid a pledge to assure us thereof. Q. How many parts are there... | |
 | 1826 - 938 pagina’s
...teaches us, is " an outward visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us." It is '« ordained by Christ himself as a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof." Now there are only tico ordinances which, according to this description, can be called sacraments.... | |
 | William Henry Coombes - 1827 - 504 pagina’s
...evidence. If we estimate the nature of a sacrament by the standard admitted by the catechist, we find it to be an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us, ordered by Christ himself, as a means whereby we receive the same, and as a pledge to assure us thereof... | |
 | John Milner - 1827 - 620 pagina’s
...in the main sense with the Catholic and most other Christian Churches, when she defines a Sacrament to be ' An outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace, given unto us, and ordained by Christ himself, as a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof.'... | |
 | Thomas Secker (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1827 - 256 pagina’s
...O o ^ It is the appointed way of entering into the covenant that entitles us to such grace : the u means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof." But is the mere outward act of being baptized sufficient to save us ? Most certainly not; unless it... | |
 | Samuel Parr, John Johnstone - 1828 - 734 pagina’s
...confine it to " the outward visible sign of an inward spiritual grace given unto us, which sign was ordained by Christ himself as a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof." Now I shall not, in addressing such an assembly as this, produce many passages from the Latin fathers,... | |
 | Charles Henery Lutwidge - 1828 - 94 pagina’s
...an inward and spiritual grace given unto us * :' and it was ' ordained by Christ himself, as a mean, whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof q .' But ' in such only as WORTHILY receive' these Sacraments, ' they have a wholesome effect or operation... | |
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