{"passage":["Acts 7"],"results":[{"document":"wcf1646","id":"2.2","url":"/api/v1/documents/wcf1646/paragraphs/2.2","segments":[{"text":"glory,","proofs":["Acts 7:2"]}]},{"document":"wcf1646-modernized","id":"2.2","url":"/api/v1/documents/wcf1646-modernized/paragraphs/2.2","segments":[{"text":"glory,","proofs":["Acts 7:2"]}]},{"document":"orthodox1679","id":"11.1","url":"/api/v1/documents/orthodox1679/paragraphs/11.1","segments":[{"text":"with a fleshly Body, and a Reasonable (and Invisible, or Spiritual, Angelical, and Immortal) Soul,","proofs":["Acts 7:59"]}]},{"document":"orthodox1679","id":"49.1","url":"/api/v1/documents/orthodox1679/paragraphs/49.1","segments":[{"text":"and see Corruption; but their Souls, or Spirits, which neither die nor sleep, having an Immortal Subsistence, immediately return to God who gave them;","proofs":["Acts 7:59"]}]},{"document":"aoc1680","id":"47","url":"/api/v1/documents/aoc1680/questions/47","segments":[{"text":"No; for seeing his Divinity is incomprehensible, and","proofs":["Acts 7:48,44"]}]},{"document":"aoc1680","id":"81","url":"/api/v1/documents/aoc1680/questions/81","segments":[{"text":"It is so: And appeareth plainly, if we do first consider the Practice of the Primitive Saints, we may read in Acts 8:12–19, of Men and Women that were baptized by Philip in Samaria, which when the Church at Jerusalem heard thereof, they sent down St. Peter and St. John (two Apostles) to them, who when they came thither, laid their Hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.","proofs":["Acts 7:38"]},{"text":"What, them! some may say? were these they that were baptized which were Men and Women? So likewise in Acts 19:6–7. When Paul came to Ephesus he found certain Disciples there who were baptised, but had not heard whether there was any Holy Ghost, nor I conceive of the Promise of the Holy Ghost mentioned in Acts 1:4 then the Apostle layeth his Hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost; and it is said the number of them was about twelve; and Reason sheweth us from this place, and Acts 8 where St. Peter and St. John laid hands on Men and Women, that had here bin twelve score, he would have laid his Hands on them all. And whereas ’tis objected, we do not find the three thousand in Acts 2 under this Ordinance, nor many others which were baptised. As to the three thousand ’tis plain enough they had bin taught it, and doubtless so practised this Ordinance, if we consider the Apostle writing to the Jews, in Hebrews 5 telleth them they had need be taught again the first Principles of the Oracles of God, of which Oracles, Laying on of Hands was one. And as for others which were baptised, where mention is not made of their being under this Ordinance, we may also say many hundreds were baptised which we have no mention of. Shall we conclude many of the Apostles were not baptised, because it is not particularly mentioned? so we must conclude the primitive Saints were not short in this point, although it be not always specified; forasmuch as it is called one of God’s Oracles, as we all know the Moral Law was, wch is perpetually binding, and universally obliging; also called a","proofs":["Acts 7:38"]}]},{"document":"aoc1680","id":"86","url":"/api/v1/documents/aoc1680/questions/86","segments":[{"text":"of Christ, although according to the manner of Sacraments, and","proofs":["Acts 7:8"]}]},{"document":"aoc1680","id":"88","url":"/api/v1/documents/aoc1680/questions/88","segments":[{"text":"his Father, and there will be","proofs":["Acts 7:55–56"]}]},{"document":"aoc1680-modernized","id":"47","url":"/api/v1/documents/aoc1680-modernized/questions/47","segments":[{"text":"No; for seeing his Divinity is incomprehensible, and","proofs":["Acts 7:48,44"]}]},{"document":"aoc1680-modernized","id":"81","url":"/api/v1/documents/aoc1680-modernized/questions/81","segments":[{"text":"It is so: And appears plainly, if we do first consider the Practice of the Primitive Saints, we may read in Acts 8:12–19, of Men and Women that were baptized by Philip in Samaria, which when the Church at Jerusalem heard thereof, they sent down St. Peter and St. John (two Apostles) to them, who when they came thither, laid their Hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.","proofs":["Acts 7:38"]},{"text":"What, them! some may say? were these they that were baptized which were Men and Women? So likewise in Acts 19:6–7. When Paul came to Ephesus he found certain Disciples there who were baptized, but had not heard whether there was any Holy Ghost, nor I conceive of the Promise of the Holy Ghost mentioned in Acts 1:4 then the Apostle lays his Hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost; and it is said the number of them was about twelve; and Reason shows us from this place, and Acts 8 where St. Peter and St. John laid hands on Men and Women, that had here bin twelve score, he would have laid his Hands on them all. And whereas ’tis objected, we do not find the three thousand in Acts 2 under this Ordinance, nor many others which were baptized. As to the three thousand ’tis plain enough they had bin taught it, and doubtless so practised this Ordinance, if we consider the Apostle writing to the Jews, in Hebrews 5 tells them they had need be taught again the first Principles of the Oracles of God, of which Oracles, Laying on of Hands was one. And as for others which were baptized, where mention is not made of their being under this Ordinance, we may also say many hundreds were baptized which we have no mention of. Shall we conclude many of the Apostles were not baptized, because it is not particularly mentioned? so we must conclude the primitive Saints were not short in this point, although it be not always specified; forasmuch as it is called one of God’s Oracles, as we all know the Moral Law was, which is perpetually binding, and universally obliging; also called a","proofs":["Acts 7:38"]}]},{"document":"aoc1680-modernized","id":"86","url":"/api/v1/documents/aoc1680-modernized/questions/86","segments":[{"text":"of Christ, although according to the manner of Sacraments, and","proofs":["Acts 7:8"]}]},{"document":"aoc1680-modernized","id":"88","url":"/api/v1/documents/aoc1680-modernized/questions/88","segments":[{"text":"his Father, and there will be","proofs":["Acts 7:55–56"]}]},{"document":"heidelberg","id":"48","url":"/api/v1/documents/heidelberg/questions/48","segments":[{"text":"Not at all; for since the Godhead is incomprehensible and omnipresent,","proofs":["Acts 7:49"]}]},{"document":"heidelberg","id":"78","url":"/api/v1/documents/heidelberg/questions/78","segments":[{"text":"though agreeably to the nature and properties of sacraments, it is called the body of Christ Jesus.","proofs":["Acts 7:8"]}]},{"document":"heidelberg","id":"80","url":"/api/v1/documents/heidelberg/questions/80","segments":[{"text":"and will there be worshipped by us:—","proofs":["Acts 7:55"]}]},{"document":"wlc","id":"7","url":"/api/v1/documents/wlc/questions/7","segments":[{"text":"glory,","proofs":["Acts 7:2"]}]},{"document":"wlc","id":"105","url":"/api/v1/documents/wlc/questions/105","segments":[{"text":"resisting and grieving of his Spirit,","proofs":["Acts 7:51"]}]},{"document":"wlc","id":"132","url":"/api/v1/documents/wlc/questions/132","segments":[{"text":"envying the gifts,","proofs":["Acts 7:9"]}]},{"document":"wlc","id":"145","url":"/api/v1/documents/wlc/questions/145","segments":[{"text":"and stopping our ears against just defense;","proofs":["Acts 7:56–57"]}]},{"document":"wlc-modernized","id":"7","url":"/api/v1/documents/wlc-modernized/questions/7","segments":[{"text":"glory,","proofs":["Acts 7:2"]}]},{"document":"wlc-modernized","id":"105","url":"/api/v1/documents/wlc-modernized/questions/105","segments":[{"text":"resisting and grieving of his Spirit,","proofs":["Acts 7:51"]}]},{"document":"wlc-modernized","id":"132","url":"/api/v1/documents/wlc-modernized/questions/132","segments":[{"text":"envying the gifts,","proofs":["Acts 7:9"]}]},{"document":"wlc-modernized","id":"145","url":"/api/v1/documents/wlc-modernized/questions/145","segments":[{"text":"and stopping our ears against just defense;","proofs":["Acts 7:56–57"]}]},{"document":"explicatory1675","id":"2","url":"/api/v1/documents/explicatory1675/entries/2","segments":[{"text":"3. Concomitantly, The Multitude of evident uncontrolled Miracles, wrought for this very end to confirm it","proofs":["7:36–38"]}]},{"document":"explicatory1675","id":"69","url":"/api/v1/documents/explicatory1675/entries/69","segments":[{"text":"6. Pride and Envy.","proofs":["Acts 7:9"]}]},{"document":"flavel1692","id":"75","url":"/api/v1/documents/flavel1692/entries/75","segments":[{"text":"And resisting his Spirit,","proofs":["Acts 7:51"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"28","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/28","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Stephen said, I see the Heavens open’d, and the Son of Man standing on the Right Hand of God,","proofs":["Acts 7:56"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"37","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/37","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Lord Jesus receive my Spirit,","proofs":["Acts 7:59"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"41","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/41","segments":[{"text":"Yes. They received the Law by the disposition of Angels,","proofs":["Acts 7:53"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"92","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/92","segments":[{"text":"Yes. He gave him the Covenant of Circumcision,","proofs":["Acts 7:8"]}]},{"document":"beddome1752","id":"9","url":"/api/v1/documents/beddome1752/entries/9","segments":[{"text":"Lord Jesus, receive my Spirit,","proofs":["Acts 7:59"]}]},{"document":"beddome1752","id":"46","url":"/api/v1/documents/beddome1752/entries/46","segments":[{"text":"He spake to our fathers in Mount Sinai,","proofs":["Acts 7:38"]}]},{"document":"beddome1752","id":"46","url":"/api/v1/documents/beddome1752/entries/46","segments":[{"text":"They received the law by the disposition of angels,","proofs":["Acts 7:53"]}]},{"document":"beddome1752","id":"107","url":"/api/v1/documents/beddome1752/entries/107","segments":[{"text":"For the Most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands,","proofs":["Acts 7:48"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"32","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/32","segments":[{"text":"(2) Because, the Spirits of Just Men after Death return to GOD, and are received by GOD;","proofs":["Acts 7:59"]}]},{"document":"bastingius1591","id":"48","url":"/api/v1/documents/bastingius1591/entries/48","segments":[{"text":"Not a whit, for seeing the Godhed cannot be contained in any compasse, and is present in all places, it followeth necessarilie, that it is without the nature of man which it hath taken, & yet neuertheles, is in it also, and","proofs":["Acts 7:49"]}]},{"document":"bastingius1591","id":"78","url":"/api/v1/documents/bastingius1591/entries/78","segments":[{"text":"maner of speach which the holy Ghost vseth in speaking of these thinges, the bread is called the body of Christ.","proofs":["Acts 7:8"]}]},{"document":"bastingius1591","id":"80","url":"/api/v1/documents/bastingius1591/entries/80","segments":[{"text":"worshipped of vs. But in the Masse it is denyed, that the quick and dead haue forgiuenes of sinnes, for the onelie suffering of Christ, vnlesse Christ be still euery day offered for them by the Priests: and then it is taught, that Christ is bodily vnder the appearance of bread and wine, and therefore ought to be worshipped in them. And so the very foundation of the Masse is nothing els, but a denying of that onely sacrifice, & suffering of Iesus Christ, and a most cursed Idolatrie.","proofs":["Acts 7:55–56"]}]},{"document":"rogers1607","id":"9","url":"/api/v1/documents/rogers1607/entries/9","segments":[{"text":"and in the will and heart of man, there is concupiscence, and rebellious affections against the law of God.","proofs":["Acts 7:39"]}]},{"document":"rogers1607","id":"25","url":"/api/v1/documents/rogers1607/entries/25","segments":[{"text":"Of Christianitie. For, as Circumcision in the old Lawe, was a token how the corrupt, and carnall affections of the minde should be subdued; and that the Lord required not so much an outward of the Body, as an inward circumcision of the heart,","proofs":["Acts 7:51"]}]},{"document":"ursinus1587","id":"60","url":"/api/v1/documents/ursinus1587/entries/60","segments":[{"text":"No: for seeing his diuinity is incomprehēsible, & euery where present: it followeth necessarily that the same is without the bounds of his human nature which he took vnto him, and yet is neuertheles in it, &","proofs":["Acts 7:49"]}]},{"document":"ursinus1587","id":"90","url":"/api/v1/documents/ursinus1587/entries/90","segments":[{"text":"forme of speaking of them which is vsuall vnto the holy Ghost, the bread is called the body of Christ.","proofs":["Acts 7:8"]}]},{"document":"ursinus1587","id":"92","url":"/api/v1/documents/ursinus1587/entries/92","segments":[{"text":"worshipped of vs. But in the Masse it is denied, that the quicke and the dead haue remission of sins for the onely passion of Christ; except also Christ bee daily offered for them by their Sacrificers. Further also it is taught, that Christ is bodilie vnder the formes of breade and wine, and therefore is to bee","proofs":["Acts 7:55–56"]}]}]}