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98021 Facts for the Times, p. 120.4 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… Millennarian faith, as the true and genuine import of God’s promises and the scheme of prophecy.” Millennarianism Defended, pp. 182, 183.
98022 Facts for the Times, p. 121.3 (Merritt E. Cornell)
Faith of the baptists in 1660.
98023 Facts for the Times, p. 121.4 (Merritt E. Cornell)
The following extract is from a confession of faith, signed by JOHN BUNYAN, and forty other elders, deacons, and brethren, and approved by more than 20,000 others, was presented to king Charles II, in London, 1660. They declared:
98024 Facts for the Times, p. 131.4 (Merritt E. Cornell)
“In the two first centuries no one was baptized except being instructed in the faith, and acquainted with the doctrine of Christ, he was able to profess himself a believer; because of those words, He that believeth and is baptized .” Ut Supra.
98025 Facts for the Times, p. 131.8 (Merritt E. Cornell)
“Because Christ requires teaching before baptizing, and will have believers only admitted to baptism, baptism does not seem to be rightly administered, except faith precede.” In Paed. Exam. Vol. ii, p.272.
98026 Facts for the Times, p. 132.2 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… and faith as strictly connected. We have all reason for not deriving infant baptism from apostolic institution, and the recognition of it which followed …
98027 Facts for the Times, p. 133.2 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… saving faith; and the precepts give us no other direction. And I provoke Mr. Blake, as far as is seemly for me to do, to name one precept or example for baptizing …
98028 Miraculous Powers, p. v.2 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… the faith of the church upon the subject of miraculous powers. We do not rely upon the testimony of men as proof of our position; but after being established …
98029 Miraculous Powers, p. v.3 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… the faith of the church. No one should seek to be guided by the impulses and experiences of those who have lived in the past, and battled with errors and temptations …
98030 Miraculous Powers, p. 11.2 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… , and faith in sight. We present as the ground-work of the scriptural doctrine of the perpetuity of spiritual gifts, the
98031 Miraculous Powers, p. 12.2 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… , to faith, to baptism, to salvation, and to spiritual gifts. The gospel was to be preached as long as there were sinners to hear it. Faith is equally requisite throughout …
98032 Miraculous Powers, p. 13.4 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… , one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.”
98033 Miraculous Powers, p. 14.1 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.”
98034 Miraculous Powers, p. 14.2 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… , one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all. He then presents the gifts as the means by which God designed to secure the unity of the church. He refers to Christ’s …
98035 Miraculous Powers, p. 14.4 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… the faith,” says the apostle. If Paul could not see this unity and perfection in his day, or in the past, certainly we cannot see it in the past history of the church …
98036 Miraculous Powers, p. 15.2 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… by faith, with the open glory of the life to come. Here, we only know in part, prophesy in part; there, that which is in part, will be done away. Here, we see through a glass …
98037 Miraculous Powers, p. 16.3 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that …
98038 Miraculous Powers, p. 17.2 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… the faith.” He exhorts the Corinthians to “all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same …
98039 Miraculous Powers, p. 25.3 (Merritt E. Cornell)
But the skeptical objector inquires, “Where are the gifts? If your position be correct, why have they not been manifested in the church all along down ever since God set them in the church? Why are not the sick healed by faith now?”
98040 Miraculous Powers, p. 26.2 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… by faith in Paul’s day. He says [ 2 Timothy 4:20 ], “Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.” Again he says to Timothy [ 1 Timothy 5:23 ] “Drink no longer water, but use a little …