...apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon all." Acts iv. 3. " Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men...and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business*" Ver. 5. " And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, full of the Holy Ghost,...

...want of such officers in the church at Jerusalem, they appealed to the church at large, and said, " Look ye out among you seven men, of honest report,...and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business ; and the saying pleased the whole mul2 M titude (and well it might) : and they chose them, and set...

...ministration. Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve...seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business : but we will give ourselves continually to prayer,...

...discharge both offices, of the ministry of the word and the service of tables, and said to the multitude, " Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men...and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business." See what were the characters of the deasons in the apostolic Church, and what ought to be the characters...

...ministration. Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve...and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. - And the saying...

...Whilbt/'s and Pool's Annotations. || The words in the text are these, — " Wherefore, brethren, look you out among you seven men, of honest report, full of...and wisdom, whom WE may appoint over this business," Acts vi. 3. And indeed in the whole relation of this matter, there is nothing that favours the authority...

...disciples nnto them, and said, It is not reason that we shonld leave thé word of God, and serve tables. 3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of thé Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom •we may appoint over this business. 4 But we will give onrselves...

...not reason that we should leave tue ¿ordof God, and serve tables. Wherefore, brethren, look ye ont among you seven men of honest report, full of the...and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. But we will pve ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the Word. And the saying pleased...

...other printers, who, to favour the Puritans in their practice of Lay-ordination, gave it Acts vii. 3. " Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men...honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom ye may appoint over this business," instead of we may appoint. LVI. It is seldom that people are buried...

...ministrations. Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve...and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business; but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word." It seems that the...