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The church of the New Testament : the Presbyterate, a defense of Presbyterianism

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The author has to acknowledge his deep obligations to the Rev. James Kennedy, B.D., of the Library of the New College, Edinburgh, whose value every student knows who ever passed through that Institution, and to whom the Free Church is under deep obligations. He has devoted his life to the cultivation of a high standard of learning among the young men, in urging them to graduate, and to his courtesy and quiet influence, that institution owes its present high standard of attainment. His knowledge of books saves students and writers a vast amount of trouble, vexation and time.

He has also to express his obligations to Hew Morrison, Esq., J. P., of the Public Library, Edinburgh, for valuable suggestions connected with the business of publication, and to Mr Marcus Levy, well known in Jewish circles in the city and versed in the synagogue and its customs.

He has to acknowledge obligations to the works of Drs Bannerman, Crawford, W. Cunningham, Brown of Langton, Brown of Bedford, Lindsay, Lightfoot, Messrs Benjamin Bennet, and Mellor. These he hopes he has sufficiently indicated in his progress. The works of Bruno, Carter, Staley, Gore, Moberly, Newman and others he has examined critically, so far as their statements have stood in his way.

But above all he has to acknowledge the guidance of his New Testament, where he has found words quivering with life, veritable facts of history, profoundest doctrines, which he has not yet fully fathomed, and the shape and polity of the Church he loves. Evangelical members of the Church of England will not admit that there is the polity of any church described or intended there, and the reason is obvious. But what is written is written. He has tried to find out what the New Testament says for itself, and he can read nothing there originally but presbyters and deacons, a presbytery for ordination and an assembly for the settlement of great questions, on the Church's doctrine and polity

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nrlf_ucb:GLAD-17187103

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: University of California Libraries., 2024

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cdl; americana

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English

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446490271

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Presbyterianism

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Paterson, F. William

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Suwardi

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https://archive.org/details/churchofnewtesta00willrich/page/n9/mode/1up

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Suwardi

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urn:oclc:record:1041793479

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