...consists in renouncing Heathenism, or in an acknowledgement of the truth of Christianity; — and becoming a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven, is all included in a reception into the visible Church. This is the theology...

...of his creation ; that he is doing the work for which he was sent into the world ; that he is become a ' member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven:' how must such thoughts cheer and refresh his soul with a solid, substantial,...

...reading, hearing, loving., and acknowledging before men, Jesus Christ and his Gospel, make me free, or " a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven." This brings me to the application, or use of this most important subject. All...

...to incorporate it into His Holy Church; nor afterward? to teach that child, that in his Baptism he " was made a " member of Christ, a child of God, and an in" heritor of the kingdom of heaven." You are not liable to the necessity of administering the Lord's...

...It is a supposition not admissible, that he who, in baptism, hath become truly ' regenerate,' is ' made a member of Christ, a ' child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven,' and who hath ' promised and vowed' the ' three things' which comprehend the whole of Christianity, remains...

...less ambiguity in another passage of the Catechism, in which the child says, " in my baptism wherein I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven." The interpretation which the Archdeacon hath given of this Collect will shew,...

...Christ, the child of God, and " an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven *." To * Th« expression of being made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven, at our baptism, leads to much theological disquisition ; and as this work is...

...that name," the child is instructed to answer, " My godfathers and godmothers in my baptism, wherein I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven." Who can give us an assurance of all these things? and who that believes them,...

...John Zealous —Who gave you this name ? Jlns. my God-fathers and God-mothers in my baptism, wherein 1 was made a. member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of Heaven. What did your God-fathers and God-mothers then for you ? Jlns. They did promise...

...She looked to Miss Colville; and at length said, "You allude to the Catechism, papa ; and that part, 'a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.'" "I do," said Mr. Austen; "and can we really pretend to a character of integrity...