...elect that have been from the beginning of the world ; Adam, Abel, Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the prophets of the Old Testament, and the apostles of the New ; and the four and twenty elders, the representatives of gospel-churches ; and even all those ancient...

...hath been poured out upon the scripture versifiers of these last centuries, than was conferred upon the Prophets of the Old Testament, and the Apostles of the New ; or indeed upon the whole aggregate of the Church, during a space of fourteen hundred years ? Now,...

...inspiration, but not that fulness of the Spirit, or that high degree of inspiration, which was afforded to the prophets of the Old Testament, and the apostles of the New. It seems very evident, from the catalogue of the books of the Old Testament left us by * Melito bishop...

...opens to us the sealed book, and anoints our eyes by bis blessed Spirit. The Spirit of Christ inspired the prophets of the Old Testament, and the apostles of the New, in writing the Scripture, and ministers in preaching the gospel, and believers in discerning the meaning...

...Dr. Gill says that these fro) 1 Pet. ii. 7. (.r) (Jill on Acts iv. 11 (comp. ulso 1 IVt, it, vi.) are "The prophets of the Old Testament, and the " apostles of the New, who agree in laying ministerial" ly the one and only foundation, Jesus Christ." Now let any reasonable...

...nevertheless when it," (that is the heart) " shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away." The prophets of the Old Testament and the Apostles of the New, again and again give us the same assurance. The Apostle Paul tells us, that " blindness in part has...

...inspiration, but not that fulness of the Spirit, or that high degree of inspiration, which was afforded to the prophets of the Old Testament, and the apostles of the New. It seems very evident, from the catalogue of the books of the Old Testament left us byr Melito bishop...

...he cannot flatly contradict what he himself has said, (i. 8,) — he cannot flatly contradict both the prophets of the Old Testament and the apostles of the New Testament — he cannot flatly contradict the doctrine taught by Jesus Christ. During this life the...

...his inspired Council ! First, you have a new Bible, not that of the Fathers of Christendom ; next, the Prophets of the Old Testament, and the Apostles of the New, are believed by you to speak their own sense more clearly in a Latin Version, than in their own tongue...

...converts to this new sect, wrought up to the highest pitch of enthusiasm, taking for their example the prophets of the Old Testament and the apostles of the New, went about under a divine impulse, or illumination, as they supposed, vehemently denouncing existing...