...beautifully defined in one of our own church-articles, Л being " a congregation of faithful men, in which the word of God is preached, and the sacraments...duly administered according to Christ's ordinance in ah thote things that of nccessL-y are requisite to the same." Surty Chapet. R. H THE BRAND PLUCKED...

...of England. " The visible church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preac-hed, and the sacraments be duly administered according to Christ's ordinance." In the epistles to Timothy, and Titus, the gifts and graces, the acquirements and qualifications of the...

...Article, includes, not only this, but much more, by that remarkable addition, " in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly administered :" according to this definition, those congregations in which the pure word of God (a strong expression) is not preached,...

...Christ," says the nineteenth article, " is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly administered,...according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that are of necessity requisite to the same." Now this definition of the Church includes all faithful men,...

...whieh says, "The visible Church of Christ isa congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly administered according to Christ's ordinance," &c. • In those early times, every Christian Church consisted of the people, \\ie\rlcaders, and the...

...our Church (in the words of Art. XIX.) " is a Congregation of faithful " men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the " Sacraments be duly administered according to Christ's " ordinance." But as every other Congregation of Christians believes also, that it teaches the pure word of God,...

...itself; which say, that ' the visible Church is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly administered according to Christ's ordinances. Now the Church of ministers are men without religion ; the pure word of God is very far...

...faithful men who will be honest to their trust, and to their oath, by whom the " pure word of God shall be preached," " and the Sacraments be duly administered...according to Christ's ordinance in all those things, which of necessity are requisite to the same." ARTICLE XX. Of the authority of the Church. The Church...

...CHURCH. THE VISIBLE CHURCH OF CHRIST IS A CONGREGATION OF FAITHFUL MEN, IN THE WHICH THE PURE WORD OF GOD IS PREACHED, AND THE SACRAMENTS BE DULY ADMINISTERED...ORDINANCE, IN ALL THOSE THINGS THAT OF NECESSITY ARE REaUISITE TO THE SAME. AS THE CHURCH OF JERUSALEM, ALEXANDRIA, AND A\T10CH HAVE ERRED, SO ALSO THE...

...Article, includes not only this, but much more, by that remarkable addition : " In which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly administered." According to this definition, those congregations in which the pure word of God (a strong expression) is not preached...