...laying on of the hands of the presbytery," I Tim.iv, 14: "Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God which is in thee by the putting on of my hands," 2 Tim. i, 6. For the elucidation of this, the following remarks are offered : — The word ^apta/ta,...

...speaking, as it seems, of the same transaction, the Apostle says, " I put thee in remembrance, that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee, by the putting on of my hands;" chapter i. 6. These passages are of equal authority, and therefore prove, that the presbytery joined...

...different opinion. Speaking of the text, 2 Tim. i. 6. Wherefore I put thee in remembrance, that thou stir up the gift of God which is in thee, by the putting on of my hands, he observes, " If the gift in the latter place may signify the HOLY GHOST, why not in the former ?...

...joined with others. In conformity with this suggestion, we find St. Paul writing to Timothy, " that thou stir up the gift of GOD, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands."r Now, the same reasons which make the passage respecting the laying on of the hands of the...

...he was to fulfil." The ordination of Timothy may be alluded to by St. Paul in the second epistle, " the gift of GOD, which is in thee, by the putting on of my hands.'"1 If so, it was an ordination by an Apostle, as is the uniform record elsewhere in the New...

...mother Eunice ; and I am persuaded that in Kiee also. 6 Wherefore I put thoe in rememhrance, that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. 7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear ; but c:f power, und of love, and of a .nип'1 mind....

...women, to raise up excellent instruments in his church. 6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that ilion stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. Observe here, 1. St. Paul's care in putting Timothy in remembrance of his duty, though he very well...

...adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. Ro. viii. 15. Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou s not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one 13 He rejoicet For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 2 Ti....

...and in another place it is said of the same Timothy, " Wherefore I put thee in remembrance, that thou stir up the gift of God which is in thee by the putting on of my hands" (2 Tim. i. 6). And again, in reference to his gift or his office, it mattereth not which, it is said...

...elsewhere declaring, that he himself was the person by whom Timothy was ordained. " Stir up," says he, " the gift of God which is in thee, by the putting on of my hands." In conformity with this high example, ordination by a Bishop, and his assistant Presbyters, is the...