then will we take our daughter,| and we will be gone. And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem, Hamor's son. And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father. And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, These men are peace able with us; ..... Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. Shall not their cattle, and their substance, and every beast of theirs, be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us. And unto Hamor, and unto Shechem his son, hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. Exod. iv, 24-26. And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him. Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision. Josh. v, 3-5, 7-9. And Joshna made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt. Now all the people that came out were circumcised; but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised; And their children whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way. And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole. And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you: wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day. Acts vil, 8. And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs. DISPUTES ABOUT CIRCUMCISION IN THE DAYS OF THE APOSTLES. 1 Cor. vii, 18, 19. Is any man righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be Acts xv, 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 24. And not circumcised; that righteouscertain men, which came down ness might be imputed unto them from Judea, taught the brethren, also: And the father of circumand said, Except ye be circumcis-cision to them who are not of the ed after the manner of Moses, ye circumcision only, but who also cannot be saved. When therefore walk in the steps of that faith of Paul and Barnabas had no small our father Abraham, which he had dissension and disputation with being yet uncircumcised. them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders But there about this question. rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses. And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law; to whom we gave no such commandment. Acts xvi, 3. Him [Timothy] would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him' because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek. Rom. ii, 24-27. For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. Therefore, if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? And shall not circumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law? called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised: is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. Gal. 1, 3-5. But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised: Aud that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. Gal. v, 6-10, 11, 12. For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be. And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased. I would they were even cut off which trouble you. Gal. vi, 12-15. As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. For neither they themun-selves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. Rom. iii, 30, 31. Seeing it is one God which shall justify the cir-1 cumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law. Rom. iv, 9-12. Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumciston only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the Phil. iii, 2, 3. Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of For we are the the concision. circumcision, which worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. PASS OVER. INSTITUTION. Exod. xii, 14, 17, 24, 42. And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations: ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this self-same day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever. And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations. Exod. xiii, 4, 5, 8-10. This day came ye out, in the month Abib. And it shall be, when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this mouth. And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt. And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD'S law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt, Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year. goats. And ye shall keep it up Exod. xxili, 15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt; and none shall appearing, before me empty.) Exod. xxxiv, 18. The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the mouth Abib; for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. Num. ix, 2. Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season. THE PASCAL LAMB. Exod. xii, 3-9, 13, 21-23. Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house. And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it, according to the number of the souls; every man, according to his eating, shall make your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the And ye Deut. xvi, 7. And thou shalt and go unto thy tents. UNLEAVENED BREAD. Exod. xii, 15, 18-20 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread, from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the mouth at even. Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. Exod. xili, 6, 7. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD. Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days: and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee; neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. Deut. xvi, 3, 4. Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; (for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste;) that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coasts seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning. Ezra vi, 22. And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made Le-them joyful, and turned the heart 2 Chron. xxxv, 11--13. And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them. And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisigns of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses: and so did they with the oxen. And they roasted the passover with fire, according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people. of the king of Assyria unto them, work of the house of God, the to strengthen their hands in the God of Israel. 1 Cor. v, 7, 8. Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. THE FEAST. Exod. xii, 10, 11, 16, 46 And ye Heb. xi, 28. Through faith he shall let nothing of it remain kept the passover, and the sprink- until the morning, and that which ling of blood, lest he that destroy-remaineth of it until the morning ed the first-born should touch ye small burn with fire. And them. thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's passover. And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. In one house shall it be eaten: thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. Num. xxviii, 18. In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein. Deut. xvi, 48. . . . Neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning. Six days thou shalt eat unleavened breid: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein. 2 Chron. xxx, 21. And the children of Israel, that were present at Jerusalem, kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD. TIME AND PLACE. Lev. xxiil, 5, 6. In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. Num ix, 3, 10, 11. In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you, or of your posterity, shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the ost not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee: But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt. 2 Chron. Xxx, 2-4. 13, 15, 23. For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month. For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests bad not sanctified themselves su ficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation. And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation. Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt-offerings into the house of the LOR. Aud the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness. Ezek. xlv, 21. In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a teast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten." PREPARATION. Exod. xii, 43-45, 47, 48. And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover; There shall no strafiger cat thereof: But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the sald unto them, Stand still, and 1 will hear what the LORD will command concerning yon. But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from his people; because he brought not the offer ing of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin. And if a stranger shall sojourn among you and will keep the passover unto the LORD; ac cording to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do; ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land. 2 Chron. xxx, 17-20. For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified; therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD. For a multitude of the people, eren many of Ephraim, and Manasse, Isaachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written: but Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people. 2 Chron. XXXV. 6. So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. Ezra vi, 20, 21. For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of thein were pure, children of the captivity, and for and killed the passover for all the themselves. And the children of their brethren the priests, and for Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen LORD. The fourteenth day of the LORD, let all his males be circum- of the land, to seek the LORD God second month at even they shall cised, and then let him come near of Israel, did eat. keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Num. xxviii, 16. And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD. and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land; for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. Num. ix, 6-8, 13, 14. And there were certain men, who were deDeut. xvi, 1-6. Observe the filed by the dead body of a man, month of Abib, and keep the pass-that they could not keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for over on that day; and they came in the month of Abib the LORD before Moses and before Aaron on thy God brought thee forth out of that day. And those men said Egypt by night. Thou shalt unto him, We are defiled by the therefore sacrifice the passover dead body of a man: wherefore unto the LORD thy God, of the are we kept back, that we may flock and the herd, in the place not offer an offering of the LORD which the LORD shall choose to in his appointed season among the place his name there. Thou may- I children of Israel ? And Moses John xi, 55. And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves. ACCOMPANYING SACRIFICES. 2 Chron. Xxxv, 7-9, 12, 13. And Josiah gave to the people, of the and flock, lambs kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's sub stance. And his princes gave willingly upto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah, and Zechariah, and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passoverofferings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen. Conaniah also, and Shemaiah, and Nathaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah, and Jefel, and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover-offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen. And they removed the burnt-offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses: and so did they with the oxen. And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people. And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt-offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron. INSTANCES. Num. ix, 4, 5 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinal: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. Josh. v, 10. And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even, in the plains of Jericho. 2 Kings xxiii, 21-23. And the king commanded all the people, saying. Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant. Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah: But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem. 2 Chron. xxx, 1, 5, 26. And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel. So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written. So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon, the son of David king of Israel, there was not the like in Jerusalem. be killed. And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water, follow him into the house where he entereth in. 2 Chron. xxxv, 1, 16-19. More- And ye shall say unto the goodover, Josiah kept a passover unto man of the house, The Master the LORD in Jerusalem: and they saith unto thee, Where is the killed the passover on the four-guest-chamber, where I shall eat teenth day of the first month. So the passover with my disciples? all the service of the LORD was And he shall show you a large prepared the same day, to keep upper room furnished: there make the passover, and to offer-burnt ready. And they went and found offerings upon the altar of the as he had said unto them: and LORD, according to the command- they made ready the passover. ment of king Josiah. And the And when the hour was come, he children of Israel that were pres- sat down, and the twelve apostles ent kept the passover at that time, with him. And he said unto and the feast of unleavened bread them, With desire I have desired seven days. And there was no to eat this passover with you bepassover like to that kept in Israel fore I suffer: For I say unto you, from the days of Samuel the pro-I phet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept. Luke ii, 41, 42. Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. feast of the Jews, was nigh. John vi, 4. And the passover, a CHRIST'S LAST PASSOVER. Matth. xxvi, 17-20. Now, the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover? And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him. The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover. Now, when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. Mark xiv, 12, 16, 17. And the first day of unleavened bread. when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?... And they made ready the passover. And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. Luke xxii, 1, 7-16. Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. 2.-UNDER NEW TESTAMENT. BAPTISM. INSTITUTION. fore, and teach all nations, bapMatth. xxviii, 19. Go ye theretizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 1 Cor. i, 13-17. Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; Lest any should say that I baptized in mine own name, And I baptized also the housenot whether I baptized any other. hold of Stephanas: besides, I know For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel; not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. Eph. iv, 5. One Lord, one faith, one baptisin. Matth. xx, 22. 23. But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with. . . . . Mark x, 38. 39. But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what yo ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? And they say unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal when she was baptized, and her 1 Cor. x, 1, 2. Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed though the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 1 Cor. xli, 13. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 1 Cor. xv, 29, 30. Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? And why stand ye in jeopardy every hour? INSTANCES. Acts vill, 12, 13. 36-38. But when they believed Philip, preaching the things concerning the king dom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done. And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. Acts ix, 18. And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales, and he received sight therewith, and arose and was baptized. Acts x, 46-48. For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy And he Ghost as well as we? commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. Acts xvi, 14, 15, 33. And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. And Acts xviii, 8. And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord, with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. BLESSINGS. Mark xvi, 16. He that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. Acts xxii, 16. And now, why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. Rom. vi, 3. 4. Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death; that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Gal. iii, 27. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ. ye are Col. ii, 12. Buried with him in 1 Peter lil, 21. The like figure BAPTISM OF CHRIST. Mark 1, 9. And it came to pass DISPENSED BY CHRIST. John iv, 1, 2. When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees more disciples than had heard that Jesus made and (Though Jesus himself baptized John. baptized not, but his disciples.) BY JOHN. Matth. iii, 5, 6. 11, 12. Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan, And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. And there Mark 1, 4, 5, 8. John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. went out unto him all the land of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins. I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. John iii, 23 And John also was baptizing in Enon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came and was baptized. Acts i, 5. For John truly bap tized with water: but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. was Acts xviii, 25. This man instructed in the way of the Lord; and, being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. And he said Acts xix, 2-5. He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto Johu's baptism. Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. THE LORD'S SUPPER. ITS INSTITUTION. Matth. xxvi, 26-29. And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and |