The profession and practice of Christians held up to view by way of contrast to each other; appearing in the neglect of executing the laws of Christ in his house; and that this neglect is pregnant with every evil that threatens ruin to the churches. / By Eden Burroughs, A.M. Pastor of the church in Hanover.
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- The profession and practice of Christians held up to view by way of contrast to each other; appearing in the neglect of executing the laws of Christ in his house; and that this neglect is pregnant with every evil that threatens ruin to the churches. / By Eden Burroughs, A.M. Pastor of the church in Hanover.
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- Burroughs, Eden, 1738-1813.
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- Windsor [Vt.]: :: Printed by Hough and Spooner.,
- M.DCC.LXXXIV. [1784]
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"The profession and practice of Christians held up to view by way of contrast to each other; appearing in the neglect of executing the laws of Christ in his house; and that this neglect is pregnant with every evil that threatens ruin to the churches. / By Eden Burroughs, A.M. Pastor of the church in Hanover." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N33960.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.
Contents
- title page
- PREFACE.
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LUKE vi. 46. SECTION I. The words explained. -
And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? SECTION II. The words further explained. -
And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? SECTION III. The words explained in another point of view. -
And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? SECTION IV. That professing christians in general have no claim to the character which they have assumed. -
And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? SECTION V. A further illustration of the same point. -
And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? SECTION VI. That the neglect of executing the laws of Christ's kingdom is the source of that visible hypocrisy which is so evident in the conduct of professing christians. -
And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? SECTION VII. That churches do not put the laws of Christ into execution, however confident they may be that it is their meaning to do so. -
And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? SECTION VIII. That there is no visible conformity, in the conduct of professors, to what the word of God enjoins. -
And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? SECTION IX. That professors are not conformed to what the word of God enjoins, any further than they are go¦verned by the great law of love. -
And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? SECTION X. A further illustration of the same point. -
And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? SECTION XI. That it is absurd to look upon an incorporation as being a church of Christ, unless the laws of his kingdom are executed by them. -
And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? SECTION XII. That it may be easily discerned whether the conduct of professors is agreeable to the great law of love. -
And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? SECTION XIII. Pointing out that line of conduct which the great law of love requires. -
And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? SECTION XIV. A further illustration of the same point. -
And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? SECTION XV. The subject continued. -
And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? SECTION XVI. That where the law of love reigns, those things will be condemned which the world justifies. -
And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? SECTION XVII. That the profession of christians in general, is no∣thing more than an open insult upon Christ. -
And why call ye me Lord Lord, and do not the things which I say? SECTION XVIII. That professors walking contrary to the truth counteracts & prevents the operation of the truth on the minds of others. -
And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? SECTION XIX. That unless the laws of Christ are executed in a church, to join in fellowship with it, must prove a dangerous temptation. -
And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? SECTION XX. That the continued neglect of executing the laws of Christ, will inevitably issue in the ruin of churches.