PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Pulpit Commentary — Acts — Volume 2
Arthur Charles Hervey [1808-1894] · 310,527 words · 337 reading sections
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far things Bliould be" _en reg-le," nnd that nothing should be wanting on his part in ordor to ~ecnre a ~rm and umted front. How m11ny throw the hindrances of eelf-will and of crotchetf' mto the way at moments the most critical, most inopportune I It is with some particularity that we arn here shown how Paul did the op…
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Lenoth nnd brendth are seen and are acknowleclged in the gospel of Christ. Tho workl'e clay has dawned, and the light of it, refused by so many, is entering into the eyes of that meeting of the chief pastor at the time at Jerusalem, and the elders. And they did well to" glorify the Lord" because of it.-ll. Vera. 20-39…
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in so doing ? If he was right, how c.an we expla:n his conduct? The circumstances may he carerully compared with those narrated concerning the prophet who was unfaithful to the commission distinctly entrusted to himself (i,ee 1 Kings xiii. 1-26). "It seems at fimt somewhat startling that St. Paul should reject what …
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Ver. 5,-171e influence of personal affection on Ohristian minietera. The scene described here may be compared with that at Miletus (eh. xx. 26, 27). The impression that it was the last time they would see the great apostle among them intensified the expression of feeling, but it could hardly be said to increase the aff…
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"I am read~; not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the Ne.me of the JJord Jesus, sounds very much like the language of St. Peter to his Master. "Lord, y,hy cannot I_ follo'.v ~he~ now'? I will lay down my life fo! thy sake." And yet there is the mos~ Vltlll d1st1nct1on between the spirit and tone an…
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ability to carry out what he so.id. He that leaneth on himself leaneth on a reed that will too surely bend beneath his weight. "It is not in man that walketh to direct his steps," And St, Peter'e own Master thus solemnly warned both him and bis fellow- disciples: "Without me ye can do nothing." Then and now, self-confi…
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hardly prudent. The leaders of the Church at Jerusalem tried tom11.ster the difficulties of the posilion by compromise, which is usually 11. sign of conscious wee.kness, 11.nd often n.ther mal.,es than settles the difficulty with which it deals. "The heads of tho Church in Jerusalem dreaded nothing but 11.n uproar, …
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bindmnce to the perfecting of Uhri~t,•s kiu~doin. Dut we need to make a careful disliuction bet'Yeen pnr~y spirit and party action. ~ectional action may be an impor- to.nt element 10 work10g, More can be accomplished by sections devotin.,. their nttention to po.rte. But party spirit, which means jealous feelincr sep…
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nnd looked down upon by the llllowy sum- hie hearers emphatically ae a Jew, To be mits of Mount Taurus; "aoentreofbusyoom- punished. (\'v« .,,,...,p11fli.la-w); whether by roda mercio I ,,nterp1·ise and politil'al power ; " "a or by death. The word ooeun in the New free o.ty, libera et immunis" (Fa1T&r, 'Life Testament…
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thou wilt 1eud." Here ft may be rendered St. Luke's (Luke xxii. 2 ; xxii I. 32; eh. ii. lndlfl'eren Uy either "choose " or " appoint." 23; v. 33, 36; vii. 28; ix. 23, 24, 29; The Righteo111 One. The designation of x. 39: xii. 2: xiii. 28; xvi. 27; xxii. 20; MeBBi11h in euoh passages as. Isa. liii. 11 : xxiii. 15, 21…
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Su&&nna H the verb hRB the simple for that, A.V.; to for and told, A.V.; and 11enl!8 of "inquiring." The ola.sl!ioal word told him, ,aying for eaying, A.V.; What are for "examining" and eapeoially by torturo, thou about t,o do t for Take heed what thou is l£•.,.ii(•1v. By H<>urging (µiia"T1(w), The dout,A.V. p.,1..,,,.…
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b1uely escaped with his !He, but not without many blows. He had heard his namo given to execration, held up to detestation as the author of blasphemies and sacrilege, and as the enemy of his race. And now he was a. prisoner in the hands of the heathen masters of bis unhappy country. His hands were loaded with cha.ins, …
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quite the contrary. 2. That no one could possibly h11ve weightier re11&one for changing hie mind than he had. First came a heavenly vision, arresting him In his path ol pel"IN!Cuti~n, a~d for~idding him ,to continue (vers_. 6-11). Then came I\ powerful confirmation, in a miracle of healing of which be himself was the e…
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just) in his sight; and we yielcl ourselves to him and his service that his righteousness me.y be reproduoecl in us e.nd in our human liTeB. Thus we come to do-- III. THAT WORK o• JIAN WHICH IS TBll wn.L o• Goo. Paul wu to" know his will" sver. 14). and was to do that will by the accomplishment of hia life-work, viz. …
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bystanders, he apologizes for the exclame.tion. Either he did not recognize Ananias for tho presiding high priest; or, recognizing, he mee.nt to intimate that, while he had nil respect for the office, he he.d none for the person who thus abused it. "If Paul," sl\ys Luther, "thus BBsnils the pries~ who ".V'as ordained.a…
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I. Tm: PO'IVEII OF PREJUDICl!I. The very word "G1lntile" exasperates Jews. Yet they were ~erarated from Gt!ntiles, not to hate them, but to save them. II. 'l'he close connection between IGNORANCE AND VIOLENOL Knowledge helps patience ; patience promotes knowledge. III. Tim CRUELTY OF POWER when it is exercised withou…
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length of lt • connected confession to • change wrought by Christ. The change was a. great one. The pride of man offered every conceivable hindrance to it. The surrender wu one that meant the profoundest e.cknowledgment of the opponent's victory. And Ohriet was the victor's Name. When Panl, therefore, defends his al…
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(eh. iii. 14); of Stephen (eh. vii. 62); and of Anani&s In the special quotation ol Paul now (ver. H). These testimonies are noticeable for the directness of their language, IIfor the epecial identification of Christ as II this just Man," or " th&t just M&n," or the Just One," and for the chl\re.cter in each case of…
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They are wHneesee to a living One, a Personage, and not to a mere truth, 2. They aro witnesses to him of the things that they know of "the Word of life" (1 John i. 1), through having seen him, heard him, looked upon him, and handled him, all in the deepest sense. 8. '!'hey are witnesses "to e.ll men," as far e.s they …
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Ver. 8.-The sincerity of St. Paul's Jwiaism. "I am verllJ,• a man whioh am a Jew." This remarkable speech wu addressed to a particular audience, under particular circum- stances, and it was precisely adapted to that audienoe. It took careful account of their knowledge and of their prejudices. It was conciliatory in ton…
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Vere, 6-10,-The claims of a personal Dimine r61Jelati®, The incidents hero nC1rrnted have been previously considered in their bearing on St. Paul's conversion. The apostle now repeats the story, with a definite purpose. He is on his defence, and he ie striving to show that throughout, his life he had been loyal to Juda…
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account (co1:11~· the ne.rrative in eh. xxvi. 17). It is to be noticed that, though St. Pou! thus d1stmctly knew whe.t his mission was, he waited patiently until Divine directions or Divine providence clearly opened the way for him. And, while ho waited he cheerfully did the work which came to his hand. We proceed t…
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(Paxton). Compare the excitement of the multitudes assembled in the Ephesian the11tro (eh. xix. 29-84). I. TIIJll PERILOUS INFLUENCE 011' POl'ULAR SENTIMENT. Masses readily take up prejudices 11nd give w11y to mere feeling, and so are led to do terrible things. Jllus- tmte from the riots of country towns in the old…
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great thin~ he must suffer for my Name's sake." So to hie early disciples Christ spoke of persecution and suffering as pa.rt of his disciples' necessary lot, Oompare hie tea.oh- ings in the sermon on the mount (Mntt. v. 10-12) with John xv, 18--21, 1. As an historical fact, t!Je earlier apostles found suffering attend …
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EXPOSITION. OHAPTER XXIIL Ca.mydus (' Ant. Jnd.,' xx. r. 3: v. 2), appears to have been actually high priest Ver. 1.-Looking steadfastly on for earnest- a.t this time. He wa.s a violent, haughty, ly beholding, A.V.; brethren for men and gluttonous, and rapacious man, e.nd yet brethren, A.V.; I have lived bef<>re God…
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w&Ile of their own houses, only beButif'ul Ver. 6.-Brethre,a tor men and brethren, 011 the c,utside." "Wl1&t &re our gilt roofs A. V. (e.s in ver. 1); 11 son of Pharisee, for but lies? for we well :know tb&t under the the son of a Pharisee, A.V. and T.U.; touoh- i::iI,ling unseemly beams are couce&led." ing for of, A. …
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In oh. xii. 15, "It le his an\!'el" (eee nr. eeoo.pe if they failed to keep the TO?Z 9)? For the eto.tement regarding the Phari- Lightfoot, on this passage, quotes from the see& ond Badducces, aee Luke xx. 27. Talmnd : " He that bath made a vow not tn Ver. 9.-0lamour for ory, A. V.: BO'IM of eat anything, woe to him i…
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• I ,,,a,..., only here and in oh. xrv. 8 in the sisted of thitty-three men-here possibly of New Testament; but common in the Books thirty-five. Spearmen i 3ef,o;>.d,Bo,. Thla of J0&hue. andJudgee in the LXX., aud also word occurs nowhere else in Scripture or in in olusical Greek. any ancient Greek author. It. ls first…
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xxvil. 2) nnd Foll.a were proouratore, Irr•· his zeal in defence of a Roman citizen, and µ&vu, only in n looeer eonse, as the more also to anticipate any nnfayourable rop')rt exaot na.mo of their office was i1r[-rpo.,,.or that Paul might give as to his threatened procurator. • Only, as they were appointed scourging.) b…
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pntrie. mo~t of the wny being downhill from Ver. 85.-Thy oa'IU6 for thee, A. V. : al,o 01'6 ihe hill cNmtry of Ephraim to the plain of for are al,o, A..V.; palaoe for jurl!fment hall, i--haron. After a halt of two or three houre, A.V. I will he&r thy oause; 3,a1e0Jo-01'4( """• n, me.rob of ~,x hours would bring them…
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has ad<led one to many other examples, that the safety of the righteous lies in the disunion of sinners. It mny be added that the vision, wi,h its message, in ver. 11, docs not look as if St. Pan! bad sullied his bright consdence by any unworthy shifts when he etood before the cC'Uncil. Vere. 12-36.-Bpecial providence…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Ver. 1.-" Good conscimce before God." Those first words of Paul's defence, which so ~eatly excited and angered the high priest, are capable of being taken in more senses than one. We may regard them in- I. THE BEl!>"BE IN wmoa THEY HUST BE FALSR. It. is certain that Paul did not intend …
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provoked, at this time, into a resentment which he arterwards wished he had been able to master. 3, Whether he was right in classing himself with. the Pharisaic party (ver. 6). Though with them in those respects in which they differed from the Saddllcees, and though, therefore, hie words were formally correct, hie spi…
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tions (obedience, pity, courage, aspiration, eto.); (3) ~hose who han 1plrltul\l affinities wit.b us, to whom we e.re brethren or fe.tbere "in the Lord." IV. THE DIVINE. (Ver. 16.) At this troublous e.11.danxiou1 time, tvhen Paul was out of! fro!11 fellows~ip with the discipll'S, the MRSter himself drew nea~ to him. …
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proof, like the orucifixlon of Jesus, that the Jewish state wa.s ripe for judgment. The Messia.hship of Christ rested on the facts of the Resurrection. IV. Tm: HOLLOW HYPOCRISY OF UNBELIEF. The Sadducees were not open to convic- tion. Nor are unbelievers generally. Their professed love of truth is sincere. They will i…
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How different from fataliem I Such a oaee ae Livingstone in the dangers of hie Atrlcan mission reminds us that there is a feelincr of confidence in our weakness which ie like a vision in the night. Notice- " I. THE GUILT OF FANATIOISM:. The forty conspirators thought that they were doing God service. They divulged …
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me.y be me.de to one thing-the fair fa.me of truth. Nor do we think that anythina less than this ie the truth hero of Paul. If his utterance were the result of personal resentment simply, it certainly could not have had the remotest cha.nee of working well for him personally. If the utterance were the child of personal…
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I. Tm!: HOPE HERE INTENDED. The expression may mean simply "the hope of Israel" (eh. xxvi. 6-8; xxviii. 20). But if it do mean this, it is instanced ns having for its chief implication the revelation of immortality in and by Jesus. Or it may mean more specifically Israel's "hope in and for the resurrectiou of the de…
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I. Tnm Lonn DIMIIEU .APPEARS, What an honour I What a. kindness I What a. comfort I II. 'l'Hm Lonn HIMIIE1,J' "STAND& BY" PAUL, What a condescension I What a really brotherly helping I ~II. 'l'HE Lonn HIMSELF SPEAKS wonns OF ~JO0D OHEEn. What a. help for Paul, that vo!cel He had known differ?nt tones of vowe_ of J…
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me.ke decisions 1md t.elltimonies in a firm, decided way, with no uncertainties or doubt- ings, no "maybe" or "perhe.ps." Conduct is greatly dependent on prompt, cle&r deoi• 11ions of tbe judgment, and these follow simple witnes8 of the oon&clence to the right Rnd wrong, the true and the beautiful. 2. The term "clear" …
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worldly maxims and moral rules which guide ordinary men. It may be right to resent insult, but, from the Christian standpoint, it is much more right to bear it, and be patient under it, and forgive it. And suc/1 righteousness is illustrated in the scenes of our Lord's trial, when contumely was heaped upon him. Show tha…
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rcsurrcdion of their Lord, whiob was t.o a spiritual, incorruptible, and eternal life.-R. T. Ver. 11.-Dimne cheer in ana:ious hour,. One of St. Paul's marked peculiarities wu aensitivene~s to Divine visions and communications. Suoh visions are indeed granted only in the sovereignty of Divine grace; but we may see th…
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Ver. 16.-Providential protection,. There is a time for miracle to work, and a lime for providence to work, and the appropriate times the Lord of infinite wisrlom and knowledge alone can arrange. It seems very strange to us that St. Peter should havo been brought out of prison by the mirac?lous deliverances of an angel,…
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which me.de crimes where there were none. 8o his testimony to the e.postle is impor- te.nt. Indeed, it is always well for us to feel that the world e.nd the stranger e.re sure to judge us, and form impressions from our character aud conduct, We cannot be indilferent to their opinion. Our walk and conversation ought …
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sooner wits Felix rece.lfod from hia goYernment in this sense by classical writers. A mover tbitn the chief men omong the Jewe at of inllllrreotions (a-,,-ifa-m, R.T.). This wa11 Orosaree. went up to Romo to e,ccnse him the charge most likely to weigh with a before Noro, when be narrowly escaped Roman procnrator in the…
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'Ver. 10.-.And tDMII fM gooernor, et<I., neither raieing up the people, A.V.: nor ... Paul a-llM"ed for then Paul, after that tlui nor for neitJier . .• nor, A.V. Btl.rring up a gorerno,-, et.o., an81l!ered, A.V.; aheerf,t.lly orowd. The reading of the R.T. le brltrTatr111 for tM mo,-e cheerfully, A.V. and T.R.; ,..…
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Law, and . , . the prophet, (a.s Me.tt. v. 17: Ver. 19.-To mak6 accusation for obje~, Luke :uiv. 27, 44), A.V, The ser.ae is exactly the same. Ver. 16.-Having for and hat1e, A.V,: Ver. 20,-Men them~elves for same here, lhue auo themRelvea lool, for for they them- A.V.; 'lllhat !"f'O'flg-doing they found for ,1 •elv…
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(2 Cor. ii. 13 ; vii. 5; viii, 13 ; 2 These. i. fm·o1tr with the Jet11a for willing to ahoto the 7). DoubtleBB St. Luke WIL8 thus enabled Je,os a pleaiitU'B, A.V.; in bonds for bouhd, t.o be muoh with St. Paul during his imprison- A. V. ; Fe'lk ia also tre llsposed. We.a IUO• ment, n.nd, &B suggested above, to have …
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HOMILETICS. Vere. 1-27.-" Not thu man, but Barabbas." Thew are m11ny gradations of the truth etatod in 1 Sam. xxi. 7, "Tho Lord seeth not as man seeth," and the correspond. Ing truth, "That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God." But both passages mark distinctly how often the judgment …
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Cllll!ama, and it was a most humiliating thing, to which they were utterly averse, for the ~igh pr!eet and the elders to appear before the Roman judge to get their countrymen moo their own power; nevertheleBS the undying hatred, the animosity which did not diminish by time carried them through their dist.asteful wor…
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"I exercise myself,'' '·"·"I strenuously end88:vour," "I put forth my whole enerr,;y," 11 I labour." Paul's action amounted to something vastly more than an occnsional senti- ment or a feeble futile effort; it we.a an earnest aspiration spending itself in vigorous exertion. He cultivated his spiritual powers; he train…
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the stwng cable which the giant's strength will be onable t.o divide. Well does Scrip- ture speak of "the deceitfulness of sin." 3. It is a fatal, thing, If 'rice hl\s slain ita thousands, and pride its thousands, surelv procrastination has slain ita tens of thousands, The man who is consciously and deterniinately refu…
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II. WIIY MANY NEVEn DEOOME AERIOUB CHRil!TIANB. 1. They have not the resolution for thorough repentanco, to break utterly with the evil past. 2. They neglect the acceptable time and the day of salvation. "The golden grace of the day " flees, and never comes be.ck to them. 8. They thrust a.side the thought of jndgment t…
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L The apostle et.ood firmly on the ground of LIBERTY OF OONSOIENOE. They accused him of heresy ; he msintained that his oonecience was void of offence towards God and me.n. II. Th_e_ foundation of oonfi.dence is THB WoRD oF Goo-t)ie Law, the prophets, the troe trad1t1on of the fathera. All these things the apostle b…
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'.wo fails not to give eome new expression to the countenance. What a mournful ,ommentnry on human nature, that it is necessary to contemplate its worst expression of countenance, and to study, not the model to copy, but the type false and debased to avoid I Consider, therefore- I. WHAT IT 18 THAT 18 UNDERLYING THE FA…
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ffi. 1TB ENTIRE ADBTINENOE FROII ANYTHING BEARING THE BEMOTE!l'l' REBEMBLANOB '1'0 ABUl!E OF RIB AOOUBEBII. Paul denies the allegations laid to his ohargc, shows to an experienced judge that there was very little time in which the things alleged could possibly have occurred, and challenges, by a direct contradiction, t…
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tho humbling prophecie9 of the Messiah. Paul's" heresy" was, in fact, that he believed "all." '£he Jews' ruining sin was that they would not believe" all." This quietly spokon sentence of Paul gave the key to all. And it is another comment upon the Jews in harmony with that uttered by Jesus himself, "Had ye believed Mo…
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Men would never lJ<,ar to be edd1'8118ed on any other subject whatsoever in the way end in the tone and with the persistency to which they readily yield themselves in the mat.ter of the appeals of religion, And that they sufficiently know nothing but their own deepest advantage is aimed at, is the sufficient account of…
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people'e eakee. Buch a ruler eecures peace from external quarrels and internal diaaen- sions, and, in eecuring peace, bears directly on the people's well-being. He effects all rco.sonable reforms, so as to remove everything that hinders the national prosperity. Show that it becomes us to pray for good rulers; to seek g…
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they call a Feet, ao ,erve I the God of our fathers.'' St. Paul's teachings the Jewish J)l\rty certainly regarded as herel!y, and did not hesitate to call hcr11sy. St. Paul urges that he did no more th1m belong to a sect1 or section, of the Jews, who, while worship- ping Recording to the Mosaic system, had reccived,…
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