...Catechism refers us, without any qualification, to a change of state as positively consequent upon Baptism ; ' Wherein I was made a member of Christ, a child of God,' &c.) for, in order to partake in this respect of the character of means, in order to have any effect...

...Young with indifference, or merely as an estimable member of the Society. I found she was in truth, " a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven." Her temper and person were very amiable ; and her zeal, which was conspicuous,...

...in the same all the days of his life.' That so, it may be truly said of the baptized, that ' He is made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor (or heir) of the kingdom of heaven :' and of the confirmed, we expect but that which is here said to...

...Consider, my dear Madam,' he replied, ' that your daughter, being judged by the Church of a proper age to take upon herself her baptismal vow, ought at this...of heat and probably of insolence, when Lydia gave me one of those beseeching looks, which, harsh and imperious as I was, I often found irresistible....

...taught to profess, in the catechism, that in baptism, on the conditions of repentance and faith he was made "a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven." And in the same admirable summary "f Christian instruction, he is taught to...

...other constructed with the materials. Whereas Sameness, in the primary sense, *".... Baptism, wherein / was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven." .... "A death unto sin, and a new birth unto righteousness, Sfc." .... " We...

...first, that in a short time the baptized child is called on itself to profess that it was, in baptism, made ' a member of Christ; a child of God ; and an inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven.' Here, again, I would remark, by the way, in answer to those who affirm, that...

...sponsors are necessary, the sign of the cross is indispensable, and the operation renders the baptized ' a ' member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the ' kingdom of heaven.' Besides, as in the rubricof the Greek church,' there is an exception, even...

...witness to my spirit, that I am bought with the blood of the Lamb ; and that believing in him, " I am a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven." I rejoice, because the sense of God's love to me, hath by the same Spirit wrought...

...the benefits of the death of Christ Accordingly in the catechism, the child is taught to say of his baptism, "wherein I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of IUMVOH." a sentiment as dangerous as it is unreasonable and unscriptural. And in a note...