An exposition of the pretensions of Baptists to antiquity; as viewed from scripture and history

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Printed at the Southern Methodist Publishing House, 1861 - Baptism - 424 pages
 

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Page 256 - And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
Page 249 - Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many ; but as of one. And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Page 57 - Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.
Page 249 - Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all...
Page 85 - Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. But John forbade him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now; for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.
Page 265 - CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Page 218 - And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
Page 216 - That he would grant unto us, that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve him, without fear, In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
Page 216 - Blessed be the Lord God of Israel ; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, and hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David ; as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began...
Page 244 - Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

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