...prayer with, what follows, we see, or at least we may infer, what was its particular end and purpose. "And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples...twelve, whom also he named apostles; Simon, (whom he aleo named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, Matthew and Thomas,...

...him. ii. 52, And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man. vi. 12, And it came to pass in those days that he went out into a...to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. ix. 20, He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am ? Peter answering, said, The Christ (anointed)...

...they were filled with madness,f and consulted one 12 with another what they might do to Jesus. And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into...mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.J 13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples : and of them he chose twelve, 14 whom...

...he was about to execute. The manner in which Saint Luke states diis instance is thus : — " And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into...them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles." From this statement I infer, that the night, passed by our Lord in prayer, was preparatory to the office...

...direction from heaven. Which is very agreeable to what St. Luke writes, chap. vi. 12, 13. " And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into...to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God:" or, in an oratory of God. " And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples. And of them he chose...

...mentions him, ' and then Thomas, as does d Mark likewise. The words of the former are these: " And when 4 it was day, he called unto him his disciples, and...twelve, whom also he ' named apostles; Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, and John; 'Philip, and Bartholomew; Matthew, and Thomas,"...

...filled with madness ; and communed one with another, what they might do to Jesus. 12 Ч[ с And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into...to pray ; and continued all night in prayer to God. Mark 3. 1. See ch. 13. 14. & 14. 3. John 9. 16. « Matt. 14. tí watched him. This is the import of...

...ONE OF HIS APOSTLES. Luke, it is evident they were selected from the whole company of hie followers. "And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples:...them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles." The act of Christ, in choosing these twelve men, was a different thing from his electing them to be...

...OWE OF BIS APOSTLES. Lake, it is evident they were selected from the whole company of his followers. "And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also lie named apostles." The act of Christ, in choosing these twelve men, was a different thing from his...

...8. Some Galilee, time after he withdrew into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer ; and when it was day, he called unto him his disciples, and of them he chose twelve, whom he named Apostles, or Messengers, he ordaining them to this special end, that he might send them forth...