...and fasting, the holy spirit said, " Separate for me \ now Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which 3 I have called them." And when they had fasted and prayed, and put their hands on them, they sent them away. 4 So these, having been sent forth by the holy spirit,...

...were ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Ghost suid, separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the work whereunto I have called them. And when they had fasted, and prayed, and laid their handt vfion them, they sent them away." This is probably included in " the doctrine of laying on of...

...those prophets and teachers, 'who were in the church at Antioch, Sepa^ rate me Barnabas and Saul, for the work whereunto I have called them. And when they...and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. (Acts, xiii. 3, &c.) These apostles bad been already in the ministerial office : but they are now invested...

...Barnabas and Saul, for the work whcreunto I have called them. And when they had" (a second time) " fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away," ver. 1 — 3. Thus also Paul and Barnabas themselves, as we read in the following chapter, when they...

...with tongues, and prophesied. • In such a church I should venerate the ceremony of ordination. Then the Holy Ghost said, separate me, Barnabas and Saul,...called them ; and when they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them. This was ndt an empty show, 2 Timothy, i> 6. " Wherefore. I put thee...

...inspired men. Barnabas and Saul, for the work whercunto I 3 have called them. And when they had lasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. 4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, " departed unto Seleueia :f and from thence o they...

...in the Church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers. . . As they ministered and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, separate me Barnabas and Saul...and laid their hands on them, they sent them away." I think it cannot fail to be seen, that if this instance of the laying on of hands means ordination,...

...upon them, qualified them for it; and accordingly he speaks in a style truly divine, in Acts xiii. 2. The Holy Ghost said, separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the work whereunto I have called them; and, in Acts xx. 28. the apostle tells the elders, or ministers of the church at Ephesus, that the Holy...

...Barnabas and Saul, for the work tohereimto I have called thetn." And how was this ordination performed ? " When they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away." (Acts chap. 13, verses 1—3.) " Laid their hands on them !" What ! Lay their hands on two men whom...

...had been brought up with Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul. As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said: Separate me Barnabas and Saul,...and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. So they being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia, and thence they sailed to Cyprus."...