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Letters Explaining the Abrahamic Covenant: With a View to Establish, on This Broad and Ancient Basis, the Divine Right of Infant Baptism; And the ... Addressed to the Members of the Seco
Excerpt from Letters Explaining the Abrahamic Covenant: With a View to Establish, on This Broad and Ancient Basis, the Divine Right of Infant Baptism; And the Question Relative to the Mode of Administering This Christian Ordinance; Addressed to the Members of the Second Presbyterian Church, in Philadelphia
Positive ordinances of religion are sovereign appointments of the Great Head of the church. Antecedently to their institution, the actions re quired by them may be indifferent or even unlaw ful; but being ordained, they become as really binding on conscience, as any moral precept. Enjoined by such high authority, they cannot be disregarded, without involving a violation of that fundamental principle on which all laws, whether moral or positive, rest: viz. The Obligation of a. Creature to Obey the will of his Creator.
This 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.
Positive ordinances of religion are sovereign appointments of the Great Head of the church. Antecedently to their institution, the actions re quired by them may be indifferent or even unlaw ful; but being ordained, they become as really binding on conscience, as any moral precept. Enjoined by such high authority, they cannot be disregarded, without involving a violation of that fundamental principle on which all laws, whether moral or positive, rest: viz. The Obligation of a. Creature to Obey the will of his Creator.
This 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.
310 pages, Paperback
First published November 17, 2013
About the author
Jacob Jones Janeway
35 books1 followerJacob Jones Janeway (1774-1858) was a clergyman. His family came from England early in the 17th century, one of whom bore with him the charter of Trinity church, of which he was a vestryman. Jacob was graduated at Columbia in 1794, and after studying theology with Dr. John H. Livingston was ordained in 1799 a colleague of Dr. Ashbel Green in the 2d Presbyterian church of Philadelphia, where he remained till 1828.
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