...gifts of the Spirit after belief. Paul went to Ephesus, and found there twelve of John's disciples, and "said unto them, have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, \ve have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. And he said unto them, unto what then...

...original, but they all explain it by the gift of the Spirit, in their translation. And so iu Acts xix. 2. " We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost:" Which most expositors interpret merely concerning the plentiful effusion of the Spirit at Pentecost....

...remarkable passage in the nineteenth chapter of the Acts, Have ye received the Holy Ghost l—~We, have not so much as heard, whether there be any Holy Ghost. The good word, says Grotius, is the promise of God, as in the twenty-ninth of Jeremiah, / will —...

...travels and labors to spread the doclrines of the gospel. \ He had becn taught to expect the Messiah. 2 finding certain disciples, he said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Spirit since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not even heard that there is any Holy Spirit.*...

...metonymy, called the Spirit, as in Acts xix. 2. when it is said, Have ye recewed the Holy Ghost ? They Kind unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. We are not to understand it as though they had not heard whether there were such a Person as the Holy...

...Lord, and the -way of God, all mean the religion of Jesus Christ. / Cra,e, the merty & favour of God. 3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized ? And they said, Unto John's baptism. 5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And, when...

...the Deity, as from its Source, and modified according to His divine Will. t, Have ye, says St. Paul, received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? and they...not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost : ie given. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the holy Ghost came on them ; and they spake...

...bestowed upon those, who professed faith in Jesus Christ, St. Paul meeting with these men at Ephesus, asks them : " Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye...they said unto him : We have not so much as heard, that there is any Holy Ghost. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came upon...

...he said unto them, Have ye received t'ie Holy G/ust since ye believed ? And they said unto him, \\e have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy...Unto what then were ye baptized ? And they said, Unto John's baptism." According to our dialectics, there is neither pertinence nor coherency in the reply...

...Spirit, who is celebrated in so many testimonies of Scripture. The answer, therefore, which they gave, " We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost," is to be understood as equivalent to a declaration that they had never heard whether the graces of...