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1 Corinthians: Chapter 1, Verse 15
“Lest any should say that I had baptized in my own name.]” The Alexandrian copy, and some others, and the Vulgate Latin version, read, “lest anyone should say that ye were baptized in my name”; and the Ethiopic version renders it, “that ye might not say we have been baptized in his name”. This gives the true reason why the…
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April 7—Morning Devotion
"He hath poured out his soul unto death."—Isaiah 53:12 My soul! from the garden to the cross, follow Jesus. Behold him apprehended and hurried away, both to judgment and to death. He who struck to the ground the band that came to take him, might surely, by the same breath of his mouth, have struck them to hell, and prevented…
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185 Greek Church
GREEK CHURCH Comprehends in its bosom a considerable part of Greece, the Grecian Isles, Wallachia, Moldavia, Egypt, Abyssinia, Nubia, Libya, Arabia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Cilicia, and Palestine, which are all under the jurisdiction of the patriarchs of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem. If to these we add the whole of the Russian empire in Europe, great part of Siberia in Asia,…
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1 Corinthians: Chapter 1, Verse 14
“I thank God that I baptized none of you, etc.]” The Alexandrian copy and the Syriac version read, “I thank my God”; not that the apostle disliked the ordinance of baptism, or the administration of it; and much less that he thought it criminal, or an evil in him to perform it; nor was he at any time displeased at…
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Chapter 10—On Baptism, Answering The Charge Of Doubtful Disputations
Mr. Bridgman: "However, to be serious, the preacher was conscience that what he required of others he could not give himself, and that if we cannot (as we think we can) produce instances from the New Testament of infant baptism, neither can you produce one plain command, or one evident instance, for and of believers only to be immersed; you…
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Book 2: Chapter 10, The Difference Between The Two Testaments
This chapter consists of four parts. I. The sum, utility, and necessity of this discussion, sec. 1. II. A proof that, generally speaking, the old and new dispensations are in reality one, although differently administered. Three points in which the two dispensations entirely agree, sec. 2–4. III. The Old Testament, as well as the New, had regard to the hope…
