...the Lord." And the apostle, in addressing the Corinchurch, salutes, wifh believers in that city, " all that in every place call upon the name •of Jesus Christ." The expression as it occurs in our text may be considered in the same comprehensive light, and therefore...

...day of the week, ns ' K> M .-tin well as that at Corinth. And inasmuch as this epistle is directed to all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ, 1 Cpr. i. 2. it may by a parity of reason, be applied to them; and accordingly it may be argued, that...

...' Arise, and be baptiz•' ed, and wash away thy sins, taking upon thyself his name :' '' ' To the church of God which is at Corinth, to them '' that...called to be saints, '' with all that in every place are called by the name of '' Jesus Christ our Lord.' " (Page 228.) He then alleges, in substance, that...

...composing a worldly church. ' When a Churchman hears from the desk or the pulpit, an Apostle address '' The Church of God, which is at Corinth, " to them that...sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints," he looks around him and gays, ' This is not the description of ' persons with whom 1 am associated,...

...priests to bind all that call on thy name ;" and St. Paul directs one of his principal epistles to all that, in every place, " call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs, says he, and oMrs."J That praise, and honour, and glory, are ascribed to Christ, as well as to the...

...indulges all kinds of persons, of all nations. 1 Cor. i. 2, 3. " Unto nil that in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours ; grace be unto you," &c. Yea, God allows the most vile and unworthy; the greatest sinners are allowed to come through Christ....

...? What nation, if they observe the direction of apostolical epistles, durst claim a letter directed to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints (2) ? To such a change, say they, it is owing that infidelity abounds ; and a Christianity of this...

..."To them that be at Rome, beloved of God." So he directs his first epistle to the Corinthians thus, " Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that arc sanctified in Christ Jesus." In what sense he means sanctified, his following words shew, ver....

...of " calling on the name of Christ." Of these the following may serve as » specimen : 1 Cor. i. 2. "Unto the church of God, which is at Corinth, to them...place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord." Of the last words, we believe, that one or the other of the following renderings is correct : — With...

...chapter and second verse, the apostle gives this description of Christians " unto the church of Christ which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in...name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours." Nothing can be more clear than that this was the character of the first Christians, that they called...