Category: History - Religious
In order to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion, it appeared to one of the members present to be necessary, that _every passage of Scripture bearing upon the subject_ should be considered, and its true meaning sought; and that care should of course be taken, that no text be so...
The Epistle to the Galatians furnishes us with the next passage in our important inquiry. It is at the close of the iiird Chapter, the 26th and two following verses:—“For ye are...
4. Part 4The next instance recorded in The Acts of the Apostles is that of the people of Samaria, to whom Philip went and preached Christ, (viii. 5.) They had for a long time been bewitc...
5. Part 5There only remains, in this Book of The Acts of the Apostles, another instance of baptism to be noticed; and this occurred at Ephesus. It is related in the beginning of the nine...
3. Part 3The next thing to be noticed in Scripture in connection with this subject, is _the Charge or Commission_ which the Lord Jesus gave to His Apostles after His resurrection from th...
2. Part 2No other mention is made of baptism by the Evangelists, until we come to the Commission which the Lord gave to His Apostles after His resurrection from the dead, except in one p...
1. Part 1In order to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion, it appeared to one of the members present to be necessary, that _every passage of Scripture bearing upon the subject_ should be...
7. Part 7(3.) Circumcision had _this_ “profit” also connected with it,—that the different means of grace, which God from time to time appointed, followed in its train. St. Paul, having d...