My life, by an ex-Dissenter [G. Rawston].1841 |
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Page 37 - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 459 - Almighty and everlasting God, heavenly Father, we give thee humble thanks, for that thou hast vouchsafed to call us to the knowledge of thy grace and faith in thee : Increase this knowledge and confirm this faith in us evermore.
Page 5 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God > of his great mercy > to take unto himself > the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his ,body > to the 'ground ; ,earth to earth, ashes to ,ashes, dust > to dust ; in sure and certain ,hope > of the Resurrection to e,ternal life. through our Lord > Jesus Christ...
Page 202 - We meekly beseech thee, O Father, to raise us from the death of sin unto the life of righteousness ; that, when we shall depart this life, we may rest in him, as our hope is this our brother doth...
Page 239 - God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility ; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen.
Page 241 - LORD, raise up, we pray thee, thy power, and come among us, and with great might succour us ; that whereas, through our sins and wickedness, we are sore let and hindered in running the race that is set before us...
Page 37 - Every particular or national Church hath authority to ordain, change, and abolish, Ceremonies or Rites of the Church ordained only by man's authority, so that all things be done to edifying.
Page 145 - Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Page 185 - ALMIGHTY ever-living God, Maker of mankind, who dost correct those whom thou dost love, and chastise every one whom thou dost receive ; we beseech thee to have mercy upon this thy servant visited with thine hand ; and to grant that he may take his sickness patiently, and recover his bodily health, if it be thy gracious will ; and that whensoever his soul shall depart from the body, it may be without spot presented unto thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 243 - Saint Stephen's Day, GRANT, O Lord, that, in all our sufferings here upon earth for the testimony of thy truth, we may stedfastly look up to heaven, and by faith behold the glory that shall be revealed ; and, being filled with the holy Ghost, may learn to love and bless our persecutors...