...children of men. To Judas, with VOL. XII. G the rest of the apostles, he gave commandment to preach, to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, and cast out devils, Matt. x. 4 — 8. To others he gives knowledge, understanding, the speech of men and angels, faith...

...disease. They were commissioned, as they went, to preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand — to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, and cast out devils. And they were directed to impart to others the miraculous gifts of the Gospel, with the same freedom...

...those to whom they preached. Now you must observe that the power he gave them of working miracles ' to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, and cast out devils, was chiefly in order to a farther end, viz. to prove their mission, to gain attention, and give authority...

...not precisely in the predicament of the twelve Apostles. Waiving his not being indued with the power to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, and cast out devils, — endowments which would still ensure for their possessor, not merely the rites of hospitality, but...

...commission as any of the apostles; and in that commission, he, in common with the others, was empowered "to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, and cast out devils." Matt. 10. 8. Now our Lord himself clearly proves, that the devil cannot cast out devils. Matt. 12....

...apostles, is a mere fiction, and ends in nothing but words ; if they were really sent out with power to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, and cast out devils freely, || and had performed these labours faithfully, we would have got some account of their success...

...suitably observed that on occasion of Bending forth the twelve apostles and the seventy disciples, to " heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, and cast out devils, there was no power given them to baptize ; and the reason appears very obvious : " the Holy Ghost was...

...their mission, by awakening the general attention to the character of their Master, they were empowered to " heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, and cast out devils." The authority with which they were thus invested was such as might strengthen their ambitious expectations....

...work of preaching the Glad News of his Salvation to every people and every creature, giving them power to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, and cast out devils, (the physical in the Scriptures is figurative also of the spiritual;) he commanded them, 'Freely ye have...

...apostles, at the time He commissioned them to go and preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand, to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, and cast out devils. In this discourse He gave them particular instructions how they should proceed, in order faithfully...