Discourses on several subjects Author:Samuel Seabury Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: DISCOURSE III. OF BAPTISM. Matt, xxviii. 19, 20. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptising them In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and o... more »f the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things "whatsoever I have commanded you ; and lo, I am with you afaay, even unto the end of the world. JLjEFORE I enter on the consideration of this text, I have to observe, that the marginal translation in our bible is more agreeable to the Greek testament: ' Go ye therefore and make disciples, or christians of all nations :' the Greek word signifying not only to teach, but also admit as a scholar ; and it is different from the word rendered teaching, in the middle of the text, which properly signifies, to teach, or instruct. The same commission is, in different words, recorded by St. Mark. And, as the two passages throw mutual light on each other, I witthere recite it : ' Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptised, shall be saved ; but he that believeth not shall be damned'—left in that state of condemnation-,: to which all men are by nature subject. The meaning of the text may therefore be thus expressed : In virtue of that supremacy of power which the Father Mark svi. 15, 16. Vol, J. M hath given to me, I send you into the world to preach my gospel to those of all nations who will hear you ; and to make disciples or christians of all those who shall receive your testimony, by baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: And, in the execution of this commission, I will be with you always, even unto the end of the world.' Thus understood, the text presents several considerations to our attention. I. The extent of the commission ; or, who the persons were, who wer...« less