...of God hath made me. Job xxxiii. 4. Thou •endest forth thy Spirit, they are created. Ps. civ. 30. Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost. — Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God ? How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the...

...Another express scripture we have for it in Acts v, 3, 4 ; where St. Peter propounds this question to Ananias, Why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost ? and then tells him in the next verse, Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God : and so expressly asserts...

...lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained was it net thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power ? Acts v. 3, 4. b He that honoureth his Maker, hath mercy on the poor. Prov. xiv. Give alms of...

...monstrous !" Mr. A. incorrectly quotes the words of Peter to Ananias. They read thus : Acts v. 3, *' Why hath Satan filled thine heart, to lie to the Holy Ghost ?" It is observable, that Peter here charges it upon Ananias, as his fault, that Satan had filled his...

...Jerusalem, had no existence. All was voluntary. For Peter says to Ananias, "why hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part...remained, was it not thine own ? and after it was sf Id, was it not in thine own power ?" The sin of these persons lay, not in giving only a part of...

...the consummation of Grace, — the grant of eternal life. * jfrom Scripture* SECTION I. ACTS v. 3, 4. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine...Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land ? Whiles it remained, was it uot thine own ? And after it was sold, was it not in thine own power ?...

...devil having now put into the heart o£ Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him.) John xiii. 2. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath satan filled thine...Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land P Acts v. 3. T» open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of satan...

...simplicity and unity amid so many temptations to tumult and glare, Apostle's address to Ananias : " While it remained, was it not " thine own ? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own "power?". We had marked for observation several passages of a similar nature, and others presenting...

...that he had not lied unto men only, but unto God. He mildly expostulated with him, saying, " Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? And after it was sold, was it not in thine own power ?" This reasoning of the Apostle, by the way, gives additional force to a remark I made the last...

...they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them. Acts v. 4. Whiles it remained, was it not thine own ; and after it was sold was it not in thine own possession ? Why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto...