...AD 26. As he spake these words many believed on him. "P And we learn also from Acts, ( vi. 7. ) that the " word of God increased; and the number of the...company of the priests were obedient to the faith. " So that we find the covenant of the Gospel was confirmed with numbers, who believed on Christ as...

...added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women." — v. 14. In the sixth chapter we are told " The word of God increased; and the number of the disciples...company of the priests were obedient to the faith." — v. 7. In the fifth chapter, we find the Apostles charged by the High Priest before the Council...

...added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women." — v. 14. In the sixth chapter we are told " The word of God increased ; and the number of the...company of the priests were obedient to the faith." — v. 7. In the fifth chapter, we find the Apostles charged by the High Priest before the Council...

...spirit of wisdom: for Moses had laid his hands upon him. — Dcut. xxxiv. 9. They chose Stephen, &c. whom they set before the apostles : and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. — Acts vi. 5, 6. Peter and John prayed, and laid their hands on the disciples, and they received...

...this business : but we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word, &c. whom they set before the apostles : and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. — Acts vi. 2—6. Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem had heard that Samaria had received...

...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 ;...

...were crowned with such complete success, that the number of converts in Jerusalem multiplied rapidly, and " a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith." The blessing of Heaven, in fact, rested so visibly upon the doctrines which they promulgated, and the...

...the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and . ' Prochorus, and Nicanor,' and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch : Whom they set before the apostles ; and when 6 . •• ' the right hand of God. They preach salvation in his name, and 'urge their judges to seek...

...greater part of them perished. But a remnant of them was purified. We read, that after his ascension, a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.* And his apostles and disciples were sent forth with a new spirit, and in a new character, to offer and...

...ordination in the proper sense. They are the following : ' whom,' that is, the seven deacons first chosen, ' they set before the apostles ; and when they had prayed, they laid hands on them,' Acts vi. 6. ' And when they,' that is, the apostles, ' had fasted, and prayed, and...