Author: Ammi Rogers

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-06-25

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9781332921935

Excerpt from Memoirs of the Rev. Ammi Rogers, A. M: A Clergyman of the Episcopal Church, Educated at Yale College in Connecticut, Ordained in Trinity Church in the City of New-York Tist, Methodist, or a Quaker, but was 'fully satisfied that who ever departed from the government of any society, departed fr3m that society; that whoever departed from the govern ment of the christian church, did. By that very act, depart from the church. And was in danger of loosing the benefit of all thatchrist had done, and suffered for him; that as no one could lawfully act in the name of another without his autho rity, so no one could lawfully baptize or administer the sacra ment. Or hold forth the terms of life and salvation to a guilty world, in the name of the Father. And of the Son, and ofthe Holy Ghost. Without authority from God; that this authority could only be obtained in an immediate and extraordinary commission from Heaven, and then immediate and extraordi nary works must be produced to prove it, for God never re qmres his ireatures to believe that which he has not given them evidence to be'leve or it must be obtainedby a_succes sion. To pretend to work miracles, or to produce extraor dinary works was ridiculous and min to claim a succession, authentic documents must be produced to prove it; and this could only be done in the Episcopal churt h, which included the Greek. Latin, Eiiglish, -and other churches, but nor the dis senters from the church of England. Many very able, and pious menand women were among them, but I could not be satisfied. That by their separation from the government, doc trine, and worship of the universal church, they had gained anything which was honorable to God, or useful to mankind; for in the Episcopal church they might be as able. As amiable, and as pious as theycould be in their own way. But they had lost much. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.