...laying on the hands of the Presbytery. 2 Tim. i. 6. Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that tbou stir up the gift of God, which is' in thee, by the putting on pi' my hands. Acts xiii. 3. When they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent...

...Eunice ; and I am persuaded that in thee also. Wherefore I put 6 thee in remembrance, that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. For God hath not given us the spirit 7 of fear ; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Be not thou & therefore ashamed...

...from the apostle Paul. The passage on which he rests the argument, is, (2 Tim. i. 6.) " that thou stir up the gift of God which is in thee, by the putting on of MY hands." On this passage we observe, (1.) Paul does not deny, that other hands were also imposed on Timothy...

...additional reference which includes the laying ou of hands. " I put thee in remembrance, thatthou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee, by the putting on of my hands " : 2 Tim. i. 6. In the former quotations, we have the very word confirm ; and in this, we have "laying...

...without any mention of many others having united with him, ' I put thee in remembrance, that thou stir up the gift of God which is in thee, by . the putting on of my hands.' His expression in the other Epistle, ' of the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery,' I apprehend...

...Timothy, whom he had ordained priest by imposition of hands, 2 Tim. i. " Stir up the gift (« x^ir/n.*) of God which is in thee by the putting on of my hands ;" and 1 Tim. iv. 14. "Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, by the...

...had a share in this business. "Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift •f God, which is in thee, by the putting on of my hands." Although it is the u*uage of our church to have three Bishops at the ordination of a Bishop, yet one...

...1 Tim. iv, 14. It is true, that in the second epistle, ch. i, 6, the apostle exhorts him to " stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands." These two passages may be reconciled either by supposing that the apostle himself ordained Timothy...

...again, in 2 Timothy, i. 6, we find the following : " Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that tliou stir up the gift of God which is in thee, by the putting on of my hands." The common interpretation given of these two passages is, that they both relate to the same event,...

...elsewhere addresses Timothy in this language : Wherefore I put Ihee in remembrance, that thou stir up the gift of God which is in thee, by the putting on of my hands. 2 Tim. i. 6. They contend that, as Paul speaks of the ordination as being performed by the putting...