...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...

...there were in the Church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers. . . As they ministered and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, separate me Barnabas...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,...

...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...

...were in the church that is at Antioch certain prophets and teachers, as Barnabas, and Simeon that is called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which...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."...

...this ordination, or appointment, at Antioch, was to a particular work or service. " As they ministred to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate...and laid their hands on them, they sent them away." And it might be said, that " here is no consecration to an office, but rather a benediction for the...

...for you read in the Acts of the Apostles, " The Holy Ghost said, separate me " Barnabas and Paul, for the work whereunto I have " called them. And when...and laid their hands on them, they sent them away." These, it is allowed, had already got the Spirit; but they were not permitted to go abroad to preach,...

...the Lolrd and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, « Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work \\hereunto I have called them. And when they had fasted and prayed,...and laid their hands on them, they sent them away." The designation here spoken of is to a particular work or ministry ; not an investing with apostolical...