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128 Toleration Act
TOLERATION ACT An act for exempting their Majesties' Protestant Subjects, dissenting from the Church of England, from the Penalties of certain Laws. The preamble states, "That forasmuch as some ease to scrupulous consciences, in the exercise of religion, may be an effectual means to unite their Majesties' Protestant Subjects in interest and affection," it enacts as follows: viz. Sect. II.…
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2 Thessalonians: Chapter 1, Verse 6
“Seeing it is a righteous thing with God, &c.” That which is righteous in itself, is righteous in the sight of God, but it is not always so with men; men may think it a righteous thing that they should be rewarded for persecuting the followers of Christ, supposing they hereby do God good service; but on the contrary, with…
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2 A Christian Church
A Christian Church is a company of regenerate persons, baptized on a profession of faith in Christ; united in covenant for worship, instruction, the observance of Christian ordinances, and for such service as the gospel requires; recognizing and accepting Christ as their supreme Lord and Lawgiver, and taking His Word as their only and sufficient rule of faith and practice…
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February 6—Morning Devotion
"The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls."—Exodus 30:15 Pause, my soul, over this sweet scripture, and mark the graciousness of thy God and Father in the blessed truth conveyed in it. What, were all the…
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127 Five Points
FIVE POINTS Are the five doctrines controverted between the Arminians and Calvinists.
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2 Thessalonians: Chapter 1, Verse 5
“Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, &c.” That is, according as some think, that God should glorify those that are persecuted, and punish their persecutors: this sense indeed may seem to agree with what follows; but the apostle is speaking not of something future, but of something present; not of what God will do hereafter,…
