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COL. iii.

20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

(f) Declaring that if only one parent believed the child was "holy": I COR. vii.

12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. 13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean: but now are they holy.

24. What argument may be inferred from the fact that the blessings symbolized in baptism are promised and granted to children?

(a) It represents regeneration in union Infants are born children with Christ. of wrath, and they can only be saved by being regenerated, and receiving of the benefits of Christ's death. They are as capable of being blessed as adults, or they are lost :

(b) Possibly the case can be thus stated. The sin at birth is not active, not known transgression; hence a child dying, or living at an age which renders it impossible that it can be chargeable with actual and known sin, may be said to be in a state of grace. Faith is not possible, and it is not in any known condition of resp sponsibility. If it die in this state, it is regenerated for heavenly reception, without which it could not be received; and this is accomplished by the Holy Spirit. If it pass beyond this state, that is, become an actual sinner, committing transgressions, it can be saved only by the application of the power of the Holy Spirit in the gift of faith, and thereby receiving Christ as the sacrifice for sin

and as its Redeemer:

MATT. xxi.

13 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased, 16 and said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

LUKE i.

41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:

42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. 43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of

thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

tized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

26. How is the objection, that faith is a prerequisite to baptism, and that infants cannot believe, to be answered? (a) The Baptists maintain that Christ commanded His disciples as follows:"Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel;" "he that believeth and is bap-derstand the sign nor contract the cove(c) And that, because they cannot un

tized shall be saved," &c. :

MARK XVI.

15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every

creature.

16 He that believeth and is bap

(b) That, since infants cannot believe, they should not be baptized:

nant:

(d) The answer is, faith is not a prerequisite in any but those who have come to an age of personal responsibility and transgression; yet infants are saved under both dispensations:

CHAPTER XL.

THE LORD'S SUPPER.

1. What are the various phrases | Beware of the scribes, which love to go used in the Scriptures to designate the Lord's Supper, and their import?

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in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, 39 and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: 40 which devour widows'

houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damLUKE xiv. 12, 16, 17.

nation.

Translated supper:

12 Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. 15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said bread in the kingdom of God. 16 Then unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat

said he unto him, A certain man made a his servant at supper time to say to them great supper, and bade many: 17 and sent that were bidden,

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38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, himself.

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REV. xix. 17.

17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God: 18 that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men.

(B) "Apiorov, was originally the meal taken at sunrise, breakfast; later it signified the mid-day meal. From pi, early, perhaps from Apns, because it was the principal meal used by soldiers. Occurs three times:

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brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. (C) Aoxn, Reception, entertainment. (B) A place of reception. From dixoμai, to receive. Occurs twice:

LUKE V.

29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them. LUKE xiv. 13.

13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: 14 and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

(D) 'Ayáπn, brotherly love, charity; natural affection. Metaphorically, the love feast, at which the primitive Christians used to assemble. The άyáraι were banquets provided by the richer Christians, and shared by the poorer Christians; evils, however, led to their being abolished by the Council of Laodicea, at the beginning of the 4th century. From άyanaw, to Occurs 117 welcome, to love dearly. times:

MATT. xxiv. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

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that a man lay down his life for his tinkling cymbal. And though I have

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the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

I COR. xiv.

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"By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned.

2 COR. viii. 7, 8, 24

7 Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also. 8I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. 24 Wherefore shew ye to them, and be

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