they do
not seem to have had the means of immersing their converts. See also
Acts x. 47. The text John iii. 23, indicates the difficulty of baptizing
by dipping.

[221:4] Isa. lii. 15; Ezek. xxxvi. 25; I Pet. i. 2; Heb. ix. 10;
Rev. i. 5.

[221:5] 1 Cor. v. 7, 8.

[221:6] Acts xx. 7.

[221:7] Acts xx. 7; 1 Cor. x. 16.

[222:1] It was in use before the end of the second century. See Kaye's
"Tertullian," p. 431, 451.

[222:2] 1 Cor. x. 17.

[222:3] 1 Cor. v. 11.

[222:4] See Lightfoot's "Works," iii. 242, and xi. 179. Vitringa
"De Synagoga," p. 550.

[222:5] Acts xx. 28.

[223:1] Heb. xiii. 17.

[223:2] Heb. xxi. 17.

[223:3] 1 Tim. iii. 5.

[223:4] 1 Tim. v. 19, 20.

[223:5] Heb. xiii. 17.

[223:6] 1 Cor. v. 1,13.

[223:7] 2 Cor. ii. 6.

[224:1] See Period I. section i. chap. v. p. 88.

[224:2] 1 Cor. v. 2, 6.

[224:3] 1 Cor. V. 3-5.

[224:4] 1 John v. 19, [Greek: en to ponero].

[225:1] In the above passage respecting delivering unto Satan there may
be a reference to Job ii. 6, 7, and it may be that some bodily
affliction rested on the offender. In that case there would be here an
exercise of supernatural power on the part of Paul. According to
Tertullian, to deliver to Satan was simply to excommunicate. "De ceteris
dixit qui illis traditis Satanae, id est, extra ecclesiam projectis,
erudiri haberent blasphemandum non esse."--"De Pudicitia," c. xiii.

[225:2] 1 Cor. i. 11,12.

[225:3] That the Church of Corinth at this time was organized in the
same way as other Christian communities is evident from various
allusions in the first epistle. See 1 Cor. iv. 15, vi. 5, xii. 27, 28.
Crispus, mentioned Acts xviii. 8, was, no doubt, one of the eldership.
There is a reference to the elders in 1 Cor. xiv. 30. See Vitringa, "De
Synagoga," p. 600.

[225:4] In the apostolic age, censures were pronounced in presence of
the whole church. See 1 Tim. v. 20. It is to be noted that Paul himself
does not excommunicate the offender. He merely delivers his apostolic
judgment that the thing should be done, and calls upon the Corinthians
to do it; but he expects them to proceed in due order, the rulers and
the people performing their respective parts.

[227:1] 2 Cor. ii. 7, 8. The mode of proceeding here indicated is
illustrated by what took place in the Church of Rome about the middle of
the third century. There certain penitents first appeared before the
presbytery to express their contrition, and then i