to 1t. ; ad 26 And they gave forth their lots z ; and the lot fel ” upon Matthias, and he was numbred with the ele int Apoſtles *:, | bo z The manner is not ſo certain, or neceſſary to be known ; but and the whole diſpoſing of the lot being from the Lord, as Prev. 16. Con! ult, they were thus as it were immediately choſen - by Go!, and 7 were Confecrated by Chriſt himſelf: no Apoſtle ordaining another, one bur all of them being called and ordained by Chriſt. ©. The rl} Gali of the Apoſtles, and the whole Church agreeing with that Divine a choice which was made. of - H A P. II. ts The Apoſiles, on the day of Pentecoſt, filled with the holy Ginſi: and Gull ſpeak with oxher tongues, 1 12, Are admired at by ſome, d. ſeoffea at by others, x3. Peter confuteth the mockevs, ou: of tht her Prophee Joel, 14. 21. proveth that Feſus was riſen from the dai, 'A and exalted at the right hand of God, 22 — 36. The hear Pronoy being convinced. are by Peter bid to repent and be baptized, 3) men d; aſſuring them that the Promiſe is to them and their ſeed, 38—10. Erglifh Three thouſand converted and baptized, 41. They ſtedfaſtly continet m ieak, the Apoſtles Dofrine, in breaking of - brea4 and prayer: and havin Ze | their goods in common, the Church encreaſeth daily, 42 ———4) beſt. I ND when the day. of Pentecoſt « was fu 9 come, they were all with one accord 6 ina lers in place. In Pog a This feaſt-was fifty days after the feaſt of unleavened brzad 0! ej Paſſover, as Levit. 23. 16. whence it had its name, and was calle t Bitwe
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To figaifie the variety of Languagzs which th Apoſtles ſhould ts enabled ro ſpeak ; to qualifie them to Preach rhe Goſpel unto all Nations , and to remove the obſtacle which the confuſton of Tongues caus'd : g Which reprelented, x. The ligit that the Apo- Ales ſhould impart. 2dly. The fervent heat and Zeal which they thould be endued with. 3dly. The Goſpel's ſpreading in the World, :nd carrying all before it, prevailing over all errors. gthly. The nurity and bolinefs which they and all that Preach the ' Golpel ought ro appear withal. + Remained, as far as was neceflary for the found - inc of the Chriſtian Religion : and was not as the gifr of Prophecy heitowed onely occaſionally, as on Nathan, Samucl,
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; Thoſe gifts and Graces which proceeded from him. The Apo- Res having them all in a more excellent manner than formerly, and the gift of Tongues ſuperadded. k Than what were vernacular or na- -vral co them. / arophsyyedus, ſignifies more than barely to ſpeak ;
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1 Not onely conſtant Inhabitants, but ſuch as had on occaſion their Lodgings there, partly, out of a conſtant reſpect, which both -,»; an Profelyres had for that place,(for the Temple 2ni their wor- thip ſake ; it being alſo a place for Learning and Education, as ap- nezrs by the Colleges and Synagogues mentioned, Chap. 6. wer. 9 ) Bur efpecially now rhe concourſe from all parts muſt needs have been very great ; 1t being one of thoſe times in which all the Males were e1:092ar before God. To which might be added, the great ex- nation they had of the Meſſiah made them tro omit no occaſion cfinquiriag concerning him ; the Prophecies concerning the time of his coming being fu}filled, and they could not be ignorant of the many and great things concerning the true Meſſiah, » Whither the 5:9; kad been difperſed in the ewo or three greater, or other
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