4.52" A SHOAT VIEW Or sCAIP'I'Uat it!STOEV. 'This appears in the wisdom of his discourses, and his daily can- duet; John vii. 1. and xi. 54. Mat. xvii. 27. Stet. V. H s calling tá'e Apostles, and instructing them. 53'. Q. What was the fifth part of the business and design of his public ministry? A. To call his apostles, and iñstruCtt them in their great commission of preaching the gospel. 54. Q'. Howmany preachers did our Saviour send forth? A. Ile first sent twelve, who were called apostles, whom he de- signed to make his chief ministers,.and he afterward sent seventy through the land of Israel on the santé errand of preaching the gospel ;, Mat. x. 1. Luke vi. 13. Luke x. 1. 55. Q. What was the commission that Christ gave them all ? A. To preach the gospel, to heal the sick, and to . cast out devils; Mat. x. 1 -8. Luke x. 0, 17. 50. Q. What were the names of the twelve, apostles ? A, Simon Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were fishermen ;. James and'Jóhn the sons of Zebedee, who were also fishers ; Philip and Bartholomeww ; Thomas, and Matthew the publican, who is also called Levi.; James the son of Alpheus, who is called the Lord's brother ;. and Jude, the brother of James, who is . alto called Lebbeus and Thaddeus ; Simon the Canaanite, who. is called Zelotest ; and Judas Iscariot, who afterward betrayed . his master.; Mat. x. 2 -4. Luke vi. 14-16. Gal.. i. 19. 57. Q. I-Iad these messengers of Christ success in their. work ? A. Yes, they had,some success, for the seventy returned. with joy, saying,." Lard, even the devils are subject unto us. through 'thy name ;" Luke x. 17. 5S. Q. How didhe train up his twelve apostles for their future service ? A. They were very frequently attending upon hint, and dwelt much.with him before and after their first mission abroad, so that they enjoyed his private instructions; his prayers, and his example continually ; Mat. x. 27. Luke xi. 1. Mark. iy. 34. 50. Q. What peculiar instructions. did he give his apostles ? A; .1. He explained the parables to them at, home which he spake to the people, and acquainted them in private what they shouldpreach in public ; Mat. x.. 27. Mark iv. 34. -2, He fore told they must expect difficulties and persecutions, .but hepro- mised the aids pf his..Spirit and his own.preseuce with Omar, and a large reward in heaven ; Mat. x. 16-33. Mat. xxviii. 20 S. He charged them to love all men, and particularly, to love one' another.; and not to affect . dominion and authority, over one * S,me suppose Bartholomew to be the same with Nathaniel. t'Simon was not .a Canaanite by nation, for the apostles were all Jews: some ther,fine think it is only the Hebrew or Syriac word Cana whirl) Signifies a Zeétot, with,a Greek termination added,
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