The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption, William ... - Adkinshorton.net

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5n their lin-
;7>. 4. and thtnthey conielTVd their i^»s. T^.irdly,
They impo'c hands upon their racriHcesotpraireZf2.i.', 5. 2,8. 15.
U' .d then they made confeiijcn of luch mercies as they hid rcceivc
.f.thcjefore this j^ of impofi:ionjmuft needcs repreienc their tairh
ot depeudaiice in reftingaadi.aningupon the nivdiatoriali Sa-
as the procuring caufe ot'Gods favcuraUlc Atonc-
ctitlce or C hrill,
inenr and acceprance, and in thiN rs'pcd the Father doth teflilic his
acceptation ot allthcElct^ that depend upon the medi.uor by
faith, (di^'m^y Behold my ftrvatit whtm 1 have choferiy my beloved
iKhimJhdll the Heathen truj}:
itj wh^m triy fettle is rrell pleafeJ :
Mar. 12. 18.21. that is to lay , in his mediatorial! perfon andSacri/icejlliall
the Heathen triirt, or depend for their acceptance.
Secondly, Wh:n our Saviour afcended into Heaven, he gave
I'.is nif.iplcs po.vcr to cure difeafcs, by inipofingtiieir ha.ids upon
the fick, AIdirl^i6.jS. but our Saviour did not meanethat they
(h ^uld cure (3ck pcrn»n>: by the bareacf^ of laying their hands upon
ih.: lick, but by their faith efpecially, which tliey teflificd by the .i£t
cf laying on their hands.
Thirdly, VVnen/'f/r' and /o/^» came to i'.mwrM, they prayed
fjrctitain bcleever^ , that they might receive the Holy Ghoft,
rami Iv, that they might receive miraculous faich , and other fuch
I i:k^- ^irifis of the Holy Ghoft , y^Hs 8. 15. ir- ^^'s 19. 6. and after
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pr.^ycr as foone as they did but lay their iands upon them, tl^ey rc-
ceived the Holy Ghoft : and many oth^r flgnes and wonders were
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UTOijgr.i amongft the people by the hands