This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: ... the doctrines of the original sect, the yearly meeting of Friends in London, May 20,1829 sent forth an epistle, containing a statement of their belief; from which it appears, that they fully believe in the inspiration of the Scriptures, the supreme divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, atonement by his sufferings and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: ... the doctrines of the original sect, the yearly meeting of Friends in London, May 20,1829 sent forth an epistle, containing a statement of their belief; from which it appears, that they fully believe in the inspiration of the Scriptures, the supreme divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, atonement by his sufferings and death, &c. The Hicksites, therefore, though not the minority, are the seceders. Of 150,000 members of this society, 56,026 are Hicksites, church, but that all the property of the church should likewise be at the disposal of the parish, equally irrespectively of the will of that body. Enormous injustice, truly, and flagrant law I but a fit employment for Unitarian artifice, and a fit recompense for Congregational inconsistency.--Spirit of the Pilgrims, vol. i. t The editors of the (Quarterly Journal of the American Education Society tell ns that the Quakers "agree with the Baptists in. denying the validity of infant baptism."--Vol. ii. p. 187. Query I Do they allow the validity of adult baptism 1 and 28,904 are orthodox; the others are not known.--The Dutch reformed church was the established church in the state of New York until it was surrendered to the English. The church was dependent for the ordination of its ministers, &c, on the classis of Amsterdam, in Holland, till 1757, when the first classis was formed in America. Its government is committed to consistories, classes, and synods--Some members of the German reformed church were among the early settlers in Pennsylvania: they are descended from the reformed or Calvinistic church in Germany, and remained in a scattered state till 1746, when the Rev. Michael Schlatter, who was sent from Europe for the purpose, collected them together. They are found principally in Pennsylvan...
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