...Holy Ghoft mas given ; to which he adds 2 Tim. 1.6. Wherefore I put thee in remembrance, that tboit ftir up the Gift of God which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. Thefe two Texts are nothing to the purpofe : for we have already proved that Confirmation (to which...

...Prophecy, with the Laying on of the Hands of the Presbytery •, and I put thee in remembrance? that then ftir up the Gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. This Ceremony of laying Hands upon Perfons , to confer Power upon them as Succeflbrs , or Alfiftants,...

...with the lying on of the Hands of the 'Presbytery ; and again, Jiir up the Gifts, or Grace or Office, of God which is in thee, by the putting on of my Hands ; here is, faith he, Grace, or a Gift, plainly tied to Impojition of Hands ; but no Man can tie Grace...

...confumed us, becaufe of our iniquities. 2 Tim. i. 6. Wherefore I put thee in remembrance, that thou Rir up the gift of God which is in thee, by the putting on of my hands. AAs xxvi. 6. And now I ii ami, and am judged for the hope of the promife made of G od unto our fathers...

...under this image. For example, Quench not the fpirit, do nothing to extinguish this facred fire. Stir up the gift of God which is in thee, by the putting on of my hands. From which texts it is evident, that this holy flame might lauguijh, and become extinff, and might...

...us to reprefent the fpirit under the fimilitude of fire. Quench not the fpirit. i. Thef. v. 19. Stir up the gift of God which is in thee by the putting on of my hands, ii. Tim. i. 6. Work out your falvation with fear and trembling ; for it is God which worketh in you...

...minifters, by Tvhieh they conceive f pi ritual grace is given ; by mi (take of 2 Tim. i. 6, Wherefore I put thee in remembrance, that thou ftir up the gift...which is in thee,. by the putting on of my hands. Q^ 7. What is their fourth fuperadded facrament ? > { A. It is marriage, grounded upon thofe words...

...alfo applicable to this), that of St. Paul to Timothy r : ** Wherefore I put thee in re" membrance to ftir up the gift of God " which is in thee, by the putting on of my " hands." That the gift of God lignifies the gift of the Holy Ghoft, I think appears from the phrafe itfelf,...

...which occafioned the apoftle to put him in remembrance, that, fays he, thou ßir up the gift of Go& which is in thee, by the putting on of my hands ;...God hath not gi-ven us the fpirit of fear, but of power, of love, and of a found mind. Be not t bou therefore aftjamed of the teßimony of our Lord,...

...fpirit of Chriftianity. By William Leechman, DD Principal of the Univerfity of Glafgow. 2 Tim. i. 7. For God hath not given us the fpirit of fear ; but of power, and cf love, and of a found mind, p. 287 SERMON XVI. The fame fubject continued, - p. 312 s...