...decision or decree, they wrote in the iform of a letter from the apostles and elders and brethren, 23. unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles, in Antioch and Syria, and Cilicia, of the following tenor : 24. for as -much as vie have heard, that certain which went out from us, that...

...are turned to God, Acts xv. 2—19. And now we come to the commission and character of these men. " Forasmuch as we have heard that certain which went...troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment." Their character is,...

...apostles, give Maria the lie ; as it is written, " Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain, Avhich went out from us, have troubled you with words subverting your souls; saying, Ye must be circumcised and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment." Hence we see, that this...

...that they wrote letters by them after this manner : The " apostles, and elders, and brethren, send greeting unto the " brethren which are of 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...

...nothing but what we find sanctioned in Scripture. Here we read, Acts xv. 24, the aposties saying, " Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went...troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law, to whom we gave no such commandment," Acts xv. 24. There...

...Ver. 23. And wrote letters by them after this manner: The apostles, and elders, and brethren, send greeting unto the brethren which are 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...

...example? The synodical letters run in the following terms, The apostles, and elders, and brethren send, greeting, unto the brethren which are 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...

...brethren. And wrote letters by them after this manner. The apostles, and elders, and brethren, send greeting unto the brethren, which are of 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,...