I add, that those who are bent on restoring the whole church ought to be well instructed in the word, and to abstain from doing anything under the pretext of simplicity.

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Among the children of God, it was they who were most able to rightly divide...

Among the children of God, it was they who were most able to rightly divide...

Obedience to the word in humility of mind never confuses.

Obedience to the word in humility of mind never confuses.

To rest satisfied with existing evils, as if we could do nothing, is not obedience;...

To rest satisfied with existing evils, as if we could do nothing, is not obedience;...

I can say, Christ has been my only object; thank God, my righteousness too... Hold...

I can say, Christ has been my only object; thank God, my righteousness too... Hold...

During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of...

During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of...

The salvation of the elect was as certain before His advent, though accomplished by it,...

The salvation of the elect was as certain before His advent, though accomplished by it,...

The presence of the Holy Spirit is the keystone of all our hopes.

The presence of the Holy Spirit is the keystone of all our hopes.

Jude has a very different character. It is not the cradle of Christianity, or of...

Jude has a very different character. It is not the cradle of Christianity, or of...

By one Spirit we are all baptised into one body.

By one Spirit we are all baptised into one body.

I had always owned them to be the Word of God... the careful reading of...

I had always owned them to be the Word of God... the careful reading of...

The Reformation did not directly touch the question of the true character of God's church.

The Reformation did not directly touch the question of the true character of God's church.

I go farther, and say, that it is plainly our duty to desire pastors and...

I go farther, and say, that it is plainly our duty to desire pastors and...

If real churches exist, such persons are not called on to make them.

If real churches exist, such persons are not called on to make them.

The cross is the centre of all this in every respect.

The cross is the centre of all this in every respect.

God is sufficient in all ages for His church.

God is sufficient in all ages for His church.

But the more we search the Scriptures, the more we perceive, in this doctrine, the...

But the more we search the Scriptures, the more we perceive, in this doctrine, the...

It is the desire of our hearts, and as we believe God's will under this...

It is the desire of our hearts, and as we believe God's will under this...

Nothing is more prominently brought forward in the New Testament than the second coming of...

Nothing is more prominently brought forward in the New Testament than the second coming of...

This truth of the gathering together of God's children is in Scripture seen realised in...

This truth of the gathering together of God's children is in Scripture seen realised in...

Nationalism - in other words, the dividing of the church into bodies - consisting of...

Nationalism - in other words, the dividing of the church into bodies - consisting of...