...Therefore, being by the right hand of God exalted/ «ays the apostle Peter, ' and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this which ye see and hear.' " pp. 75, 80. Entirely neglecting, as he doe«, the fundamental truth of God's moral...

...was the Father who poured the spirit of grace through the Son ; Acts ii. 33. ' having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this.' Therefore it was the Father whom they pierced in the Son. Accordingly, John does not say, ' they shall...

...•Johnxvi.7. h Psalm lxviii. 18. men," noting the power and fulness of his person b. " Having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which you now see and heare." Thus great, and thus certain are the benefits, which come unto the church,...

...wicked hands have crucified and slain : whom God hath raised up," &c. Acts ii. 22 — 24. And again — "This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are...promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, (that is the manifestation of the Spirit) which ye now hear and see," Verse 32, 33. And again — "...

...great exordium of their sermons. This*r*nment they oppose to all the sophisms of vain philosophy : ' This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are...witnesses ; therefore being by the right hand of God exalted he liHlh shed forth this which ye now see and hear,' Acts ii. 32, 33. They confound those who...

...on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost." Acts ii. 2-4, 33, " Having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this — ." ver. 32, " We are his witnesses of these things, and so is also the Holy Ghost whom God hath...

...which Peter makes to it in the hearing of all the Jews, a very few days after it had happened.—"This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted"— Paul bears testimony also to the ascension, when he says, that Jesus was received up into...

...into heaven ; but Peter tells us, "Being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now nee and hear." It seems that it was to be understood, that there should be some resemblance between...

...he had finished the work of our redemption, to bestow on all that he had redeemed ; Acts ii. 13. " Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted,...the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye both see and hear." So that all the holiness and happiness of the redeemed is in God. It is in the...

...miraculous manner, upon his disciples. (Acts ii. 32.) "This Jesus hath God raised up, of which we are all witnesses : therefore, being by the right hand of...of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which you now see and hear." And verily, if there had been no news heard of our Lord and Saviour Christ,...