It Is Important That When We Come

The Independent Or Congregational Theory Includes Two Principles; First, That The Governing And Executive Power In The Church Is In The Brotherhood; And Secondly, That The Church Organization Is Complete In Each Worshipping Assembly, Which Is Independent Of Every Other.

The Grace Of God Exalts A Man Without Inflating Him, And Humbles A Man Without Debasing Him.

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.

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.

Every Man, Therefore, Who Expects Justification By Works, Must See To It, Not That He Is Better Than Other Men, Or That He Is Very Exact And Does Many Things, Or That He Fasts Twice In The Week, And Gives Tithes Of All He Possesses, But That He Is Sinless.