All Moral Obligation Resolves Itself Into The

All Church Power Arises From The Indwelling Of The Spirit; Therefore Those In Whom The Spirit Dwells Are The Seat Of Church Power. But The Spirit Dwells In The Whole Church, And Therefore The Whole Church Is The Seat Of Church Power.

Faith Is Not A Blind, Irrational Conviction. In Order To Believe, We Must Know What We Believe, And The Grounds On Which Our Faith Rests.

Prayer Is The Converse Of The Soul With God. Therein We Manifest Or Express To Him Our Reverence, And Love For His Divine Perfection, Our Gratitude For All His Mercies, Our Penitence For Our Sins, Our Hope In His Forgiving Love, Our Submission To His Authority, Our Confidence In His Care, Our Desires For His Favour, And For The Providential And Spiritual Blessings Needed For Ourselves And Others.

But To Be The Vicar Of Christ, To Claim To Exercise His Prerogatives On Earth, Does Involve A Claim To His Attributes, And Therefore Our Opposition To Popery Is Opposition To A Man Claiming To Be God.

No More Soul-destroying Doctrine Could Well Be Devised Than The Doctrine That Sinners Can Regenerate Themselves, And Repent And Believe Just When They Please.