The Primary Charge, Delivered Before the Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South Carolina, in St. Philip's Church, Charleston, on Thursday, the 15th February, 1856 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Primary Charge, Delivered Before the Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South Carolina, in St. Philip's Church, Charleston, on Thursday, the 15th February, 1856I have said, in a previous part of this address, that the Epistles Of the New Testament contemplate the body of believers as constituting the Church. I repeat it, this is with them ever the radical truth. Their address is always, To all the saints which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons. TO the saints, and faithful brethren in Christ, which are at Colosse. Unto the Church Of the Thessalonians, which 1s in God the Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ. But now I say, also, that the Church is always considered as a society in unity in itself, and as deriving its existence, its author ity, its ordinances, and cooperative in¿uences of life, from God only. There is no such thing as any Church rights derived from their voluntary association, or from them selves at all. But even in a smaller matter they are asked, What, came the word of God out from you, or came it unto you only? The address in the Epistle to the Ephesians is, To the saints who are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus. But how so made? By their own voluntary compact? Not at all, They were chosen by God, before the foundation of the world predestinated by Him, unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will and by Him called, justified, glori fied. And when thus brought together, how existing?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.