...us out of our senses ; and next produce the words of our Saviour to his apostles, where he says, " Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whosesoever sins ye remit,...unto [them : and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." Giving us to understand, that they have equal authority to forgive sins as to celebrate...

...intermediate Mediator, (if the expression may be used)? Let us examine: John c. 20, v. 22, 23 — " Receive ye the Holy Ghost, whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them, and whosesoever sina ye retain, they are retained" — from whiph promise it would appear, that Christ hat appointed...

...Christ breathed on his disciples, and said, "Receive ye the Holy Ghost," he added, "Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained:" (John xx, 22, 23.) Mathew appears to be describing the same, or a similar, delegation of...

..." and preach the Gospel to every creature *." At another time " He breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost : Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose* Mark xvi. 15. soever sins ye retain, they are retained *." Finally, he pronounced,...

...All unrighteousness is sin ; and there is a sin not unto death." John xx. 23. " Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain they are retained." Acts iii. 19. " Repent ye, therefore, and be converted that your sins may be blotted out,...

...given. Our Saviour did not say, as on the former occasion to Peter, " I will give thee," &c., but — " Receive ye the Holy Ghost; whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted," &c. We think the Pope somewhat too hasty in his simile of a king giving one of his officers the keys...

...Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said until them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost — whosesoever sins...unto them, and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained.^. These passages form the grand commission under which all lawful ministers have acted from...

...Father hath sent me, even so send I you : and when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said, Receive ye the Holy Ghost : Whosesoever sins ye remit,...unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." (John xx. 21.) Even of the seventy it is said, " He that heareth you, heareth me ; and he...

...Father hath sent me, even so send I you : and when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said, Receive ye the Holy Ghost : Whosesoever sins ye remit,...unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." (John xx. 21.) Even of the seventy it is said, " He that heareth you, heareth me ; and he...

...said this, he breathed on them, and said unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost—whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them, and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained.^ These passages form the grand commission under which all lawful ministers have acted from...