...Sacred Office: So, when the Office of Deacons was C firft jt is faid, They were fet before the Apoftles, and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. And which is more confiderable , when Barnabas and Paul^ by the particular appointment of the Holy Ghofty...

...multiplied, they l/y the Dirtttion of the Twelve chofe feven Deacons, whom they fet before the- Apoftles : And when they had prayed , they laid their Hands on them. And the bufmefs over which they were appointed, was to diflrtbute what was given to the poot. They afflfied...

...all them that dwelt at Jerusalem, and that they could not deny it." And the consequence was, " that the word of God increased, and the number of the disciples...company of the priests were obedient to the faith." The Jews as a people, nevertheless, at this day, as they have been since the time of Moses, are firm...

...to fight God. 4O And to him they agreed Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch ; 6 Whom they set before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on against them. II And and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they speak in the name...

...WE MAY APPOINT over this bufinels, (ie of taking care for the poor) And they chofe Stephen, ¿¡-c. whom they SET BEFORE THE APOSTLES; and when THEY had prayed THEY LAID THEIR HANDS ОП them, Acts 6. 3,5, 6. 8. THE MISSION OF THE APOSTLES SUCCESSORS. — St. Paul and St. Barnabas...

...Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch ; 6 Whom they set before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. 7 And the word of God increased ; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly;...

...and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch ; -whom they set before the...-when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. I appeal to every candid reader of this passage, whether it is possible to consider these persons as...

...6th chap. Tth verse, is an additional testimony to the still greater augmentation of the Church. " And the word of God increased ; and the number of...disciples multiplied in Jerusalem, greatly ; and a great number of priests were obedient to the faith." The apostles, and leading brethren of the Church, were...

...were in the same situation with himself, and with whom he could not fail to have a fellow-feeling. 6. Whom they set before the apostles, and, when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. The action of laying on of hands probably accompanied the prayers of the apostles, and did not follow...

...Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch : D d 4 • 6 Whom 6 Whom they set before the apostles : and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. 7 And the word of God increased ; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly ;...