...? 6 Had he not already shewn what he meant by the expression, when he said, ' Stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle ?' " " I admit the fact," replied Mark ; " and I assure you I have not been a little puzzled to know how to...

...obedience of faith." c " Stand fast, brethren," saith St. Paul, * Luke i. 1—4. ' Rom. xvi. 26. " and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our Epistle :"d again, " / declare unto you" (ie in this Epistle, by writing,) " the Gospel which I preached unto...

...second letter to the Thessalonians, thus expresses himself: "Therefore, brethren, standfast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle." (2 Thess. \\. 14.) And, writing to Timothy, he says, — " The things that thou hast heard of me among...

...clear and forcible command given by the Apostle, (2 Thess. ii. 15.) "Brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions, which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle." To return. St. Paul goes on to give the reason of the usage, for the satisfaction of the weak brethren...

...by tradition) first of all that which I also received," (by tradition). Again, "Stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle 1 ." Such passages prove, as all will grant, that, at the time there mere means of knowledge distinct...

...delivered to them ?" And does he not say to the Thessalonians, " therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle ?" By whom then were these traditions sacredly preserved but by the apostolic fathers? And where can...

...previous instruction in the faith, the Teachers also were at hand by whom it should be supplied. " Hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our Epistle." Here we plainly recognize two distinct sources of instruction, the oral and the written teaching of...

...delivered them unto you." And, to the Thessalonians (2, ii, 15.) " Therefore brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle;" and again (2. iii, 6.) " Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye...

...superiority over her, even in her gifted state." Dr. ATWELL.* 2 These, ii. 15 : " — stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle." " In the apostle's writings, traditions are those doctrines and precepts which persons divinely inspired...

...all the churches." And, (2 Thess. ii. 15, and iii. 6,) " Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle," and "we command you, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother...