The Defence of Professor Briggs Before the Presbytery of New York, December 13, 14, 15, and 19, 1892 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1893 Excerpt: ... your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God" (Ephesians iii. 14-19). "If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory" (Colossians iii. 1-4). "And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us" (I. John iii. 24). These are only specimens of a multitude of passages which distinctly teach that the Church as a body, and Christians as individual members of that body, have the presence of Christ, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and the power from God the Father with them, and that it is their privilege to recognize this divine presence and to live under the authority of God. Those therefore who deny that the Reason is a great fountain of divine authority overlook some of the most important passages of Holy Scripture, especially those which guide into the higher life of communion with the Triune God. 777.--The Testimony of Christian Experience Let me call your attention to my motive for introducing the divine authority in the forms of the Reason into my Inaugural Address. If you will read the Inaugural with any degree of attention, you will see that my purpose was not to extol Rationalism or to magnify Martineau or ...