 | 1802 - 610 pages
...masterly induction of particulars, is inferred to have been of ft two-fold nature ; namely, • ? I. To relate in what manner the gifts of the Holy Spirit were,, communicated on the day of Pentecost, and the subsequent miracles performed by the apostles, by which the truth of Christianity... | |
 | 1805 - 574 pages
...was not to write a hif»ory of the Chnilian Church, nor even ol ail the tranfaciion* of St. Paul ; but, 1. " To relate in what manner the gifts of the Holy Spirit were communicated on the ila) of Pentecoft, and the (ublequenl mi rae lex performed bv the Apoflles, by which the truth of Chriftianity... | |
 | John Aikin - 1807 - 684 pages
...selected was not necessary for the object which he had in view. That object seems to have been twofold : to relate in what manner the gifts of the Holy Spirit were communicated on the day of Pentecost, and the subsequent miracles performed by the apostles, by which the truth of Christianity... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1815 - 572 pages
...Grotius. Hammond. ' He appears to have had two principal objects, 1. To relate the manner in which the gifts of the Holy Spirit were communicated on the day of Pentecost; and the subsequent miracles performed by the apostles through its influence. This was essential;... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1817 - 746 pages
...See more particulars in Lardner and Michaelis. The object of St. Luke appears to have been twofold, 1. To relate in what manner the gifts of the Holy Spirit were communicated on the day of Pentecost, and the subsequent miracles performed by the Apostles, by which the truth of Christianity... | |
 | Johann David Michaelis - 1823 - 776 pages
...complete history of St. Paul in particular. He seems to have had a two-fold object in view, namely : 1. To relate in what manner the gifts of the Holy Spirit were communicated on the day of Pentecost, and the subsequent miracles performed by the Apostles, by which the truth of Christianity... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1825 - 626 pages
...examine the Acts of the Apostles, we shall perceive that Saint Luke had two objects in view : — I. To relate in what manner the gifts of the Holy Spirit were communicated on the day of Pentecost, and the subsequent miracles performed by the Apostles, by which the truth of Christianity... | |
 | Esther Copley - 1829 - 742 pages
...relation of such facts as bear chiefly on one of the two following objects : First, the manner in which the gifts of the Holy Spirit were communicated on the day of Pentecost ; and the subsequent miracles performed by the apostles, by which the truth of Christianity... | |
 | Gregory Townsend Bedell - 1830 - 212 pages
...examine the Acts of the Apostles, we shall perceive that Saint Luke ' had two objects in view: — 1. To relate in what manner the gifts of the Holy Spirit were communicated on the day of Pentecost, and the subsequent miracles performed by the Apostles, by which the truth of Christianity... | |
 | Manual - 1832 - 480 pages
...complete history of St. Paul in particular. He seems to have had a twofold object in view ; namely, 1st, To relate in what manner the gifts of the Holy Spirit were communicated on file day of Pentecost, and the subsequent miracles performed by the Apostles, by which the truth of... | |
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To relate in what manner the gifts of the Holy Spirit were communicated on the day of Pentecost, and the subsequent miracles performed by the Apostles, by which the truth of Christianity was confirmed. 
