...to he called an A 'pox tic, because I PEHRKCTTED the church of God. [i Ep. xv. <).] And to Timothy, I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted vte JaithJ'ul, putting me into the ministry ; vho was before a blasphemer, and a PERSECUTOR, and injurious....

...what was the crime of which he accuses himself, is apparent from the verses immediately preceding : " I thank Christ Jesus, our Lord, who hath enabled me,...obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief," (chap. i. 12, 13.) The whole quotation plainly refers to St. Paul's original enmity to the Christian...

...strange cities." In Paul's first Epistle to Timothy, 1st chapter, he writes, "And I thank Jesus Christ our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted...faithful, putting me into the ministry; who was before" (that is my conversion)'^ BLASPHEMER, anda PERSECUTOR, and INJURIOUS." This, Sir, is the testimony...

...*' that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.'* And the apostle Paul, in the view of his being before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious • But I obtained mercy, because I did it horantly, in unbelief.*' ould Sarah have foreseen, that her first plaa would finally go into effect,...

...is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me,...counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry." This text, without any comment, plainly implies, that those, whom Christ furnishes for the ministry,...

...blasphemer, and a persecutor, and an oppressor ; but I obtained mercy, because I did it igno14 rantly in unbelief. And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant, with faith and love which is in. 15 Christ Jesus. This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into...

...and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. 1 Tim. i. 13. Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious. But I obtained mercy, because I did it ifenoramly, in unbelief. Ver 15. This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ...

...the law ; for sin is the transgression of the law. 1 John 3. 4. Jlgainst the grace of thy Gospel — Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and...obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 1 Tim. 1. 13. As WE FORGIVE TH1M THAT TRESPASS AGAIXST US. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses,...

...and counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; 13. Who was before a blasphemer (of Christ) a persecutor, and injurious; but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly In unbelief. 14. And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant, by faith and love, in Christ Jesus. 1 5. These...

...Andreas, on 1 Tim. i. 12, 13.- I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he conn ted-me faithful, putting me into the ministry, who .was before...obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. Upon this text he drew, and might draw, no very distant parallel between these two persecuting converts,...