that in their nature and in the feelings of their soul, which would demand that the one should exercise love and forbear ance, along with self-denial, towards the other, without, how ever, any compromise of the truth recognized by all. Hence it happens, that one and the same man, or one and the same as sembly cannot with equal facility comprehend both James and Paul. This is proved in the failure of Luther, who called the epistle of James " an epistle of straw ;" but let those who violently arraign him on this account, look at the monstrous feelings which they themselves cherish against Paul. Christ is the only Head, the only Sun ; the greatest apostles were only members ; nor did these, as individuals, all equally receive the rays of that Sun, but the whole together represented Christ in the apostleship ; cornp. on their variety, Rev. xxi. 14, 19, 20. And the affairs of the Church were so directed by its Divine Head, that James, who was more tenacious of the law, preached to the Jews ; Paul, who did not copy others, and was more eager for faith and liberty, preached to the Gentiles ; and that thus every one might bring a character and endowments as much adapted as possible to the province assigned to him.— Kqpoig, Cephas) In some way or other, I know not how, this word has the sound of greater veneration than Peter. If Peter had held that supremacy, wrhich men afterwards attributed to him, Paul would have had the strongest reason for mentioning that supremacy on the present occasion, or at least of naming him as in an exalted position. — cruXo/) This word corresponds to the He brew term Tioy Prov. ix. 1, and wherever it occurs. — dsfyag so, Supsv dzfyav, let us make peace, 1 Mace. vi. 58, etc. — ) fellowship, which refers to colleagues — Hva, that) viz. we might go, viz. with the Gospel. — s/$ ra idvq, to the Gentiles) especially. For Paul also taught the Jews, Peter and John the Gentiles, but the former followed out his career beyond Judea, the latter had continued in Judea, so long as it con tinued to exist as a nation. If Peter came to Rome, he cer tainly had no fixed abode there.
10. Tuv 'TTTU^UV, the poor) From among the Jews. — (j,nyj#vtv&- ,utv, we should remember) The antecedent for the consequent ; for Paul was forward, not only to remember, but to assist. — , I was forward [anxious, zealous]) even among the