...are thus solemnly consecrated to the service of the Almighty, and find, at last, that we are indeed members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven. : LECTURE IV. HEBREW vi. 2. THE DOCTRINE OF BAPTISMS, AND OF LAYINO ON OF HANDS, AND OF RESUtRECTION...

...justest views of their condition, as members of society, and of their heavenly and eternal affinities as members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven. And, with respect to the doctrinal and practical errors now under consideration, these same...

...whilst proving ourselves useful members of our temporal union, we are earnestly desirous of being " members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven." Then, and not till then, though we may be ' free members'}; of our Club, we cannot be said...

...according to our Lord's command, we are admitted into the Church, and made, as our Catechism expresses it, members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven. Such, accordingly, is the unanimous opinion of ancient interpreters, in conformity with which...

...of their relation to the visible church ; and urged to examine themselves, whether they be indeed " members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven ;" or whether they are so only in name. They are exhorted to diligent self inquiry, whether...

...unto true faith. Now such their charter-right to the great blessings of being made, in this way, by baptism, members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven, they are here put in mind of; and that with this design, that being sensible of the greatness...

...opening for cavils and disputes upon the subject. In the Catechism it is affirmed that we " are made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven in Baptism :" that a Sacrament is " an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace...

...They are, in an important sense, as brought into covenant with God openly in the sigh: of his church, members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven ; and in the assurance of these blessings sealed to them in baptism, are pledged to repentance...

...blessing of being admitted into the Christian covenant at their birth ; of being made, conditionally, ' members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven?' Secondly, by EXAMPLE. — We all know that example has more weight than precept ; and few...

...the privileges sealed to believers in baptism ; namely, they are therein made, in a covenantway, " members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven." These privileges are sealed to believers in baptism : and, if only to believers, how then...