...1:6. Mat. 8:2&9: 18&14:33&15:25&28:9. Jon. 9:38. Lute 24:52. A~.ts?:59. 5 Acts 5:3,4. Bat Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy >ho:;r — thou hast not lied unto men, uut unto God, Gen. 1:2. Job 26:13 ic.i3..4 ¥i. lUi: iU. It,...

...now put into the heart of Judas Itcariot, Simon's son, to betray him.) John xiii. 2. Bnt Peter said, Ananias, why hath satan filled thine heart to lie...Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land :' Acts v. 3. To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of satan...

...matters of a secular nature ; they never pretended to any species of political domination. " While it remained, was it not thine own, and " after it was sold, was it not in thine own " power?" — would have been an appeal wholly destitute of propriety or force, had the Christian profession...

...matters of a secular nature ; they never pretended to any species of political domination. " While it remained, was it not thine own, and " after it was sold, was it not in thine own " power?"—would have been an appeal wholly destitute of propriety or force, had the Christian profession...

...an officious and voluntary prevarication; " for •whilst/' says he, " thy estate remained unsold, was it not thine own ? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power?" their lawgiver, and dishonour their temple*. And these insinuations were dispersed with so much success,...

...purposes; and since every purpose is a volition, the word heart must here mean the will. Peter said to Ananias, " why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost?" Satan had put it into his thoughts, feelings and volitions; for he conceived the mischief, desired...

...pretended he had given in his whole substance to the common stock, whilst he kept back part of it, " Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land ? Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God."...

...was inflicted on him, is an express mention of the Person of the Holy Ghost, distinctly as God : " 5 Why hath Satan " filled thine heart to lie to the Holy " Ghost? Thou hast not lied unto men, " but unto God." St. Paul says to the Romans, " hThe Spirit itself maketh...

...Ananias with his awful falsehood respecting the sale of his possession, he did so in these words — " Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie...Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God," (Acts v. 1 — 4 ;) thus showing that the Holy Ghost must...

...a part of the price of his land, afe the whole of it ; he said to him, Whilst it remained (unsold,) was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power ? From this account it is evident, that Ananias was under no obligation to part with his patrimony...