...the brethren, 23. And they wrote letters by " them after this manner, — The Apostle* and " Priests and brethren send greeting unto the " brethren which are of the Gentiles of An" tioch, &c." Now I appeal to the good sense, to the «incerity, to the religion, of every honest...

...to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas," &c. ; and " that they wrote letters by them after this manner : The " apostles, and elders, and brethren, send greeting...the Gentiles in Antioch, and Syria, " and Cilicia." Let it be supposed for a moment, that the brethren, here mentioned, were not the other ministers who...

...and elders with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch" — and again " the apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles &c.") — we perceive by the acts of the Methodist Conference (if we have not grosly misunderstood...

...Barsabas, and Silas, thief men among the brethren : Ver. 23. And wrote letters by them after this manner: The apostles, and elders, and brethren, send greeting...of the Gentiles in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia. / John iil 27. John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, ejfe oept it be given him from heaven....

...among the Gentiles in Antioch, and Syria, 24 and Cilicia : Forasmuch as we have heard. that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls ; saying, Be circumcised, and keep the lav; ; 25 to whom we gave no commandment: seemed fit unto us, being assembled...

...the dignity of one apostle to follow their example? The synodical letters run in the following terms, The apostles, and elders, and brethren send, greeting,...of the Gentiles in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia. It seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, &c.: and our apostle begins his epistle in the following...

...surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren. And wrote letters by them after this manner. The apostles, and elders, and brethren, send greeting...the Gentiles in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia." Then they pass a censure upon those, who had occasioned thedisturbance at Antioch, and say : " Forasmuch...

...Having in that assembly, after many debates, formed some resolutions, they sent them in a letter " to the brethren, which are of the Gentiles, in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia," ver. ti — 31. Those determinations were intended for all believers in general from among the Gentiles,...

...Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren .- and they wrote letters by them after this manner : The Apostles, and Elders, and Brethren, send greeting...have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, say ing t Ye must be circumcised, and keep the Law : to whom we gave no such commandment : it seemed...

...letter, which they took, commenced as follows; "the apostles, and elders, and brethren, send greeting to the brethren, which are of the Gentiles in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia."* Nothing is more clear, than that the government of the church at this time rested in a mutual council,...