...magician as really believing in Jesus Christ. He must, therefore, view him as professing to believe "the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Chirst;" which profession Philip, not being able to search the heart, considered as credible, or else...

...a Believer, or an Infidel, but by his profession ? How was it known but by their profession, that " the Samaritans believed Philip, preaching the things...the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ," before they were "-baptized, both men and women?" (Acts viii. 12.) Philip caused the Eunuch to profess,...

...fifth verse, that " Philip preached Christ unto them;" and again, at the twelfth, that "he preached the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ." To preach Christ to them was to shew them their need of him ; to proclaim to them their iniquities...

...female' as for male communion. 3. There were women, also, in the church of Samaria: Acts, viii. 12. " For when the Samaritans " believed Philip preaching the...Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women." The communion of that- church, also, must have included females as well as males. 4. There is both...

...the Son of God; he baptized him." (Acts viii. 36, 37.) And before that, the Samaritans, " when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, were baptized, both men and women." (Acts viii. 12.) For as in the Acts of the Apostles there is no...

...as for male communion. 3. There were women, also, in the church of Samaria : Acts, viii. 12. " For when the Samaritans " believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the uamu of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.';. The communion of that church, also,...

...viii. 14. 4. 12. Acts iv. 4. Acts viii. 12. 2 Cor. viii. 5. were scattered abroad, went every where preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, many of them which heard the word believed, and were baptized, both men and women, and they gave themselves...

...susceptible of sincerity, a historical believer. He not only heard from the mouth of Philip the history of " the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ," but he had a strong attestation of the truth of those things in the miracles which Philip did, and...

...respecting the genuineness of the profession. When the same Philip, in the city of Samaria, " preached the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ," Simon Magus was amongst those who professed to receive his testimony : and on this profession he was...

...opened, that she attended u*i«o the things which were spoken of Paul. — Acts viii. 12. Hut when they believed Philip, preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ. thev were baptized. both men and women. of believers under the Jewish dispensation, received the seal...