6. The other part of their daily service mentioned here, is _the breaking of bread_, or the _Lord’s supper_, as the phrase signifies, not in this place alone, but in many others of the New Testament. It was followed by a repast, the use of which continued long in the ♦church, under the name of _Agapæ_, or _feasts of love_. And these it is said, _They eat with gladness and singleness of heart_. In a word, all the Christians were as little children, in humility, disinterestedness and purity. By renouncing worldly good and hopes, they had cut off the occasions of passions and of the uneasinesses of life: so that their minds were wholly taken up with heaven, and their _hope full of immortality_. Thus the church of _Jerusalem_ subsisted near forty years, under the conduct of the apostles and St. _James_ (the bishop of it) in particular: till the Christians seeing the ruin of that unhappy city to approach, according to the prediction of their Master, retired out of it to the little town of _Pella_, where they continued in peace and safety.
♦ “chuch” replaced with “church”