...I preached before the university, at St. Mary's church, a sermon on the text, " Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." I asserted, that the power of absolving sin neither had been, nor could have been, abandoned...

...ministers of the Church of England whom you condemn. In the first place, the words " whosesoever sins ye remit they are remitted unto them," and " whosesoever sins ye retain they are retained," are the words of our heavenly Master and Lord, Jesus Christ, addressed to His believing...

...this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. 23. " Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them, and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." 19. " Then the same day at evening."] It has surprised many readers, that John should reckon...

...called on to preach before the University, he chose for his text, the words — " Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." Hence he took occasion to maintain the power of absolution, as inherent in the hierarchy,...

...power he extended, after his resurrection, to all the apostles, in these words : ' Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained. 'f On these texts chiefly has been fbunded the doctrine concerning the power of the keys...

...this, he breathed upon them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost : WHOSESOEVER sins yeremit, they are remitted unto them; and WHOSESOEVER sins ye retain, they are retained 3 . Here our Redeemer, by the force of the grant, evidently constitutes his apostles, and...

...Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the holy Ghost. Whosesoever sins...unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained. The second Sunday after Easter. The Collect. A LMIGHTY God, who hast -^- given thine only...

...Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: whosesoever sins...unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained. John «. 21—23. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven ; and whatsoever...

...whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven. — And he breathed on them, and said, Receive ye the Holy Ghost ; whosesoever sins ye remit,...unto them, and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained. Words, undoubtedly including, and indeed chiefly referring to the doctrine delivered by the...

...speaking to all, had addressed to them, afterwards, the same promise, saying, "Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." I was confirmed in it, by what St. Paul says to the Ephesians, ii. 20, 21 : "And are built...