...themselves imitators of the apostles. But what was the practice of the apostles ? Luke relates, that " when the apostles, which were at Jerusalem, heard...hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost." (I) (k) Matt. xxi. 25. (I) Acts viii. 14—17. And this imposition of hands is mentioned by the sacred...

...same SPIRIT, one GOD, world without end. Amen. For the Epistle. Acts viii. 14. WHEN the apostles, who were at Jerusalem, heard that Samaria had received...the name of the Lord JESUS :) Then laid they their bands on them, and they received the HOLY GHOST. Tkf. Gospel St John x. 1. VERILY, verily, I say unto...

...on others. All this will be evident from the following passages of Scripture : Acts viii. 14-17, " Now when the Apostles which were at Jerusalem heard...none of them; only they were baptized in the name of Jesus.) Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost." Acts xix. 6, " And when...

...on others. All this will be evident from the following passages of Scripture: Acts viii. 14—17, " Now when the Apostles which were at Jerusalem heard...none of them ; only they were baptized in the name of Jesus.) Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost." Acts xix. 6, " And when...

...conferred imposition of hands upon persons previously baptized, and no other. See Acts viii. 14-17 — " Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard...hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost." Also, Acts xix. 5-6—" When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And...

...which the writer remetnbsrs hearing preparatory to a confirmation, founded on Acts viii. 14, 17—" Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard...hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.'' The object of this sermon was to prove that modern confirmation was equivalent to the laying on of...

...Samaria and had baptized many. But at the fourteenth and following verses of the chapter, we read " Now when the Apostles which were at Jerusalem heard...hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost." If some additional ministration had not been necessary, for what reason is it to be supposed that two...

...may be adduced, for it from Scripture. It has not, I conceive, a sufficient warrant from Acts viii. " Now, when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard...hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost." This is the text from which it is generally concluded, that beside the baptism wherewith men are baptized,...

...the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent onto them Peter and John : who, when they were come down,...hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost." That we may properly understand this passage, it must be remembered that the gifts of the Holy Ghost...

...of our hands.' 1 And this is not said in the spirit of prayer, as was the manner of the apostles, " who when, they were come down prayed for them, that...hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost." (Acts viii. 15.) On this I will make no remark. In the subsequent portion of the bishop's address to...