...says, " If any man lack wisdom, let him ask it of God ;" and Peter directed Simon Magus to repent and him, Acts viii. 22. Therefore, when God says, do thus or thus, it is not for us to make excuses, but...

...hands he may receive the Holy Ghost." Peter gave him a most stern rebuke, exhorting him to repent and " pray God, if perhaps the thought of his heart might be forgiven him," and Simon was for the moment awed ; but we shall find from after circumstances, that his repentance...

...bitterness and the bond of iniquity ; " yet St. Peter urged him to repent of his wickedness, and to pray God, if perhaps the thought of his heart might be forgiven him1 (Acts viii. 22, 23). Even of the man who after baptism had committed incest, and whom St. Paul...

...They tell us " the 'thought of foolishness is sin." For this reason the apostle Peter told Simon to " pray God, if perhaps the thought of his heart might be forgiven him." For the same reason we are urged to " bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of...

...when yet in the gall of bitterness, and the bond of iniquity, was directed by the Apostle Peter to "pray God if perhaps the thought of his heart might be forgiven him."* Thus * Acts viii. 22. Saul of Tarsus, before he knew the Lord, or had full light, prayed almost...

...with thee" — and he told him that he had neither part nor lot in this matter, and directed him to pray God if perhaps the thought of his heart might be forgiven him. — Acts viii. 20-23. Where was Philip sent to from Samaria ? — The angel of the Lord said unto...

...no such obligation. He left him standing in the presence of God. He commanded him to repent, and to pray God if perhaps the thought of his heart might be forgiven him, thus significantly reminding him that his case was one wholly between himself and his Maker, and...

...when they cast Jonah overboard, and found acceptance ? Or that Peter exhorted Simon the sorcerer to pray God if perhaps the thought of his heart might be forgiven to him ? Were not all these unbelievers — or, at least, were any of them believers, in the complete...

...Magus, still " in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity," to "repent of his wickedness and pray God if, perhaps, the thought of his heart might be forgiven him." Brethren say that Peter bids him to repent, and the least measure of that fits for prayer. But...

...to walk in the footsteps of the Lord's apostles ; and Peter admonished Simon Magus to " repent, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of his heart might be forgiven him." Acts viii. 22. But while saints pray for pardon, in this age of the world, they do not pray for...