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christian: christian


Complete text of 61125947:

But that he does it so often, as men need to feare such things, more than they feare the stay, or change, of the course of Nature, which he also can stay, and change, is no point of Christian faith 

Complete text of 61126298:

In stead of them, in other writings are put, I Beleeve Him; I Have faith  In Him; I Rely On Him: and in Latin, Credo Illi; Fido Illi: and in Greek, Pisteno Anto: and that this singularity of the Ecclesiastical use of the word hath raised many disputes about the right object of the christian  faith 

Complete text of 61128186:

Pretence Of Inspiration It hath been also commonly taught, "That faith  and Sanctity, are not to be attained by Study and Reason, but by supernaturall Inspiration, or Infusion," which granted, I see not why any man should render a reason of his faith ; or why every christian  should not be also a Prophet; or why any man should take the Law of his Country, rather than his own Inspiration, for the rule of his action

Complete text of 61128838:

) "Hereby you shall know the Spirit of God; Every Spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God;" by which is meant the Spirit of unfained Christianity, or Submission to that main Article of Christian faith , that Jesus is the Christ; which cannot be interpreted of a Ghost

Complete text of 61129797:

There is therefore no other Government in this life, neither of State, nor Religion, but Temporall; nor teaching of any doctrine, lawfull to any Subject, which the Governour both of the State, and of the Religion, forbiddeth to be taught: And that Governor must be one; or else there must needs follow Faction, and Civil war in the Common-wealth, between the Church and State; between Spiritualists, and Temporalists; between the Sword Of Justice, and the Shield Of faith ; and (which is more) in every christian  mans own brest, between the christian , and the Man

Complete text of 61130162:

And if it be further asked, What if wee bee commanded by our lawfull Prince, to say with our tongue, wee beleeve not; must we obey such command? Profession with the tongue is but an externall thing, and no more then any other gesture whereby we signifie our obedience; and wherein a christian , holding firmely in his heart the faith  of Christ, hath the same liberty which the Prophet Elisha allowed to Naaman the Syrian

Complete text of 61130385:

Such Precepts, though given by a Teacher to his Disciple, or a Counsellor to his friend, without power to Compell him to observe them, are neverthelesse Canons; because they are Rules: But when they are given by one, whom he that receiveth them is bound to obey, then are those Canons, not onely Rules, but Laws: The question therefore here, is of the Power to make the Scriptures (which are the Rules of christian  faith ) Laws

Complete text of 61130441:

The New Testament Began To Be Canonicall Under christian  Soveraigns By the Writings of the Fathers that lived in the time before that christian  Religion was received, and authorised by Constantine the Emperour, we may find, that the Books wee now have of the New Testament, were held by the Christians of that time (except a few, in respect of whose paucity the rest were called the Catholique Church, and others Haeretiques) for the dictates of the Holy Ghost; and consequently for the Canon, or Rule of faith : such was the reverence and opinion they had of their Teachers; as generally the reverence that the Disciples bear to their first Masters, in all manner of doctrine they receive from them, is not small

Complete text of 61130540:

The Kingdome of God was yet to come, in a new world; so that there could be no authority to compell in any Church, till the Common-wealth had embraced the christian  faith ; and consequently no diversity of Authority, though there were diversity of Employments

Complete text of 61130552:

Paul proceeded in the Ordination of Presbyters, in the Cities where he had converted men to the christian  faith , immediately after he and Barnabas had received their Apostleship

Complete text of 61130645:

We are to consider now, what Office those persons have, who being Civill Soveraignes, have embraced also the christian  Faith

Complete text of 61131122:

And 'tis true, that he that is a christian , that is, hee that hath already obliged himself to receive our Saviour when he shall come, for his King, shal tempt God too much in choosing for King in this world, one that hee knoweth will endeavour, both by terrour, and perswasion to make him violate his faith 

Complete text of 61131139:

The fourth Argument, is taken from the Baptisme of Kings; wherein, that they may be made Christians they submit their Scepters to Christ; and promise to keep, and defend the christian  faith 

Complete text of 61131187:

That nothing else is Necessarily required to Salvation, is manifest from this, that the Kingdome of Heaven, is shut to none but to Sinners; that is to say, to the disobedient, or transgressors of the Law; nor to them, in case they Repent, and Beleeve all the Articles of Christian faith , Necessary to Salvation

Complete text of 61131194:

In The faith  Of A christian , Who Is The Person Beleeved Knowing now what is the Obedience Necessary to Salvation, and to whom it is due; we are to consider next concerning faith , whom, and why we beleeve; and what are the Articles, or Points necessarily to be beleeved by them that shall be saved

Complete text of 61131198:

They beleeved the Apostles, and after them the Pastors and Doctors of the Church, that recommended to their faith  the History of the Old and New Testament: so that the faith  of Christians ever since our Saviours time, hath had for foundation, first, the reputation of their Pastors, and afterward, the authority of those that made the Old and New Testament to be received for the Rule of faith ; which none could do but christian  Soveraignes; who are therefore the Supreme Pastors, and the onely Persons, whom Christians now hear speak from God; except such as God speaketh to, in these days supernaturally

Complete text of 61131206:

The Causes Of christian  faith  The causes why men beleeve any christian  Doctrine, are various; For Faith is the gift of God; and he worketh it in each severall man, by such wayes, as it seemeth good unto himself

Complete text of 61131207:

The most ordinary immediate cause of our beleef, concerning any point of christian  faith , is, that wee beleeve the Bible to be the Word of God

Complete text of 61131212:

 faith  Comes By Hearing It is manifest, therefore, that christian  men doe not know, but onely beleeve the Scripture to be the Word of God; and that the means of making them beleeve which God is pleased to afford men ordinarily, is according to the way of Nature, that is to say, from their Teachers

Complete text of 61131214:

Paul concerning christian  faith  in generall, (Rom

Complete text of 61131221:

For what other cause can there bee assigned, why in christian  Common-wealths all men either beleeve, or at least professe the Scripture to bee the Word of God, and in other Common-wealths scarce any; but that in christian  Common-wealths they are taught it from their infancy; and in other places they are taught otherwise? But if Teaching be the cause of faith , why doe not all beleeve? It is certain therefore that faith  is the gift of God, and hee giveth it to whom he will

Complete text of 61131226:

The Onely Necessary Article Of christian  faith , The (Unum Necessarium) Onely Article of faith , which the Scripture maketh simply Necessary to Salvation, is this, that JESUS IS THE CHRIST

Complete text of 61131257:

For if an inward assent of the mind to all the Doctrines concerning christian  faith  now taught, (whereof the greatest part are disputed,) were necessary to Salvation, there would be nothing in the world so hard, as to be a Christian

Complete text of 61131314:

This is therefore the Fundamentall Article of christian  faith 

Complete text of 61131383:

If he bee a christian , he alloweth the beleefe of this Article, that Jesus Is The Christ; and of all the Articles that are contained in, or are evident consequence deduced from it: which is all the faith  Necessary to Salvation

Complete text of 61131481:

All which Doctrine is founded onely on some of the obscurer places of the New Testament; which neverthelesse, the whole scope of the Scripture considered, are cleer enough in a different sense, and unnecessary to the christian  faith 

Complete text of 61132016:

It is true, that the Civill Magistrate, intending to employ a Minister in the charge of Teaching, may enquire of him, if hee bee content to Preach such, and such Doctrines; and in case of refusall, may deny him the employment: But to force him to accuse himselfe of Opinions, when his Actions are not by Law forbidden, is against the Law of Nature; and especially in them, who teach, that a man shall bee damned to Eternall and extream torments, if he die in a false opinion concerning an Article of the christian  faith