...baptism : One 6 God, and Father of all, who is above all, and through all. 7 and in us all. But to every one of us is given grace, § according to the...measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he saith, * Having ascended on high, he led captivity 9 captive, and gave gifts to men. (Now this expression,...

...Christ, we partake of his grace, even as they who pretend to more extraordinary endowments. " That unto every one of us is given grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ ;^f which grace is sufficient for us, if we grieve not the holy spirit, whereby we are sealed...

...he saith, When lie ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. Ver. 9. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lowerparts of the earth 1 Ver. 10. He Uiat descended is the same also that ascended up far above all...

...grace for the particular purpose of uniting all his followers in the belief of the same truths. "But to every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors...

...; Eph. iv. When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. Now he that ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower farts of the earth ? which most evidently intends our blessed Saviour. Psalm xcvii. 1. " The Lord,...

...is to the Son, alone, that God is affirmed not to have given the Spirit by measure. John, »i. 34. Unto every one of us is given grace, according to the measure of the gift of Chris*' Ephes. iv. 7- Christians, therefore, are now endowed only with such aid as is needful; with...

...that cometh from heaven is above all.* JESUS knowing that he came from GOD, and was going: to GOD.f Now that he ascended, what is it, but that he also...descended first into the lower parts of the earth. J To those texts may be added what the apostle says, " The first man is of the earth, earthly; the...

...the gift of the grace of God given unto me, by the effectual working of his power." Eph. iv. 7- " But unto every one of us is given grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ" Ver. 11, 11, " And he gave- some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and...

...anguish. from the dead?' 'Nov. ," says this same apostle in another place, speaking of Christ, 'that l> ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower part* of the earth.'' Suppose then we grant that most of the passages on the subject, describe the...

...ye blessed of my Father, inherit the Jtinsrdom prepared for you from the foundation *if the world. one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. The gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Paul, a servant of God,...