33 Theretore * being by the right hand » of Goder-'C
holy Ghoſt v, he * hath ſhed forth this, which ye now ſept an d hea g.
c » That is, by the Power of God, ſpoken after the manner of men; «(1 the right hand being char we commonly doany thing with : Some read af the right hand of God ; and then the Apoſtle Preaches Cluiſts Aſcenſion to, and his being juſtified by God, the* he had oxen condemned by men. o Pſzl. 68. 18. p In the fiery cloven tongues: 9g In the divers Languages which are ſpoken. | 34 For David is not aſcended intocke heavensy : but h? faith himſelf*, The Lord faid unto my Lord s, Sit ch0u 00 '1
my right hand. I
r Hence St. Peter here proves that theſe words ſpoken by 04% ,; were not principally to be underſtood concerning himſelf, but con cerning Chriſt the Meſiah ; for Davida, as to his body, was 10 ff Sepulchre, which on that account was kept amongſt them. e Eternal Father unto his Eternal Son, who was now made fleſh: by our Saviour proves his Divinity, Matth. 22. 45. The words here ! ferr'd to, are Pſal. 110. x.
35 Until I makethy foes thy footſtool r. ey
2 Chriſt is Commiſſionated and impowred to reign over, an bf vern all Creatures, and 'all their a&ions, till the conſummation all things, ſo long as the World laſts ; in which he, h15 peop : and truths, will have enemies, Eh. 1. 29, 21, 22 Io
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P 1 FI. The y $S k 51 $ 2 x F j P. ” FE PRES 1s os Gi 246 Therefore 1 let all the houſe of Tſrae] know affured-| now hapned ; ſo thit by this m2ans, the Apoſtles wer- bad in gre ly, that God hath made that. ſame Jeſus whom ye haye j *ſiem and reſpeC by the people jy ” cified both Lord x and Chriſt 44 Andalithat velieved were together 5, and * ho ols « co, | ! " : D = J 94 This i the concluſion which the Apoſtle infers from the premiſes, things common 7, Ee : J2: 4 ; lying what he h2d ſaid very cloſe and home ; or it would not in s Not that they lived togerher in one hore or Freer, bur thas 1ifew FF celyhood have had ſo good an effe:&. Ye have Crucifed, ye are | Mer (and that frequently ) rogethzrin the holy ex-roites uf their {fe
d e Men. | = Chriſt King over all the people of God,
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believed in 1.
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« go 4 ? x 7 " foreto!d, Zecn. 12. nar | . p Apoſt'e had given them, wer. 29. a Not what we ſhall ſay or be. id lieve ; Converſion, if real, goes further than Profeſſion, and is in or h-zrt and deed, not in ſpeech and\word onely : they defire to know or thezebe any hope, that ſuch ſinnersas they, might obtain forgive-
| þ& of their fins. : | ni .$ Then Peter ſaid unto them *, Repent, ard be bap-| : Cup tized every one of you in the Name of Jeſus c Chrift for
2 holy Ghoſt e. |
X } Which includes amendment of life, Match. 3. 7. Luke 3.8. 1d ;Not excluding the Name of the Father and_ the Holy Ghoſt; in ng whoſe name, as well as in the name of the Son, they were to Bap- cs, tize, Matth. 28. 19. but the name of Jeſus 1s here menrioned, becauſe "5 they had not yet known, (but perſecuted and ſlain him ) whom ed, h-nceforward they muſt profeſs, and that they look for pardon and ray &lation onely through him. 4 Thus Sarl or ' Paul 1s faid ro waſh the away his fins by Baptiſm, Chap. 22. 16. and this Apoſtle elſe- But whzze fays, that Baptiſm ſaves us, 2 Pez. 3, 21. which he explains 0N- t b:, not the putting away of the filth of the fleſh, bur the - anſixer of a good Conſcience, ©. e 1. His internal gifts, confirma- be.
— ſecking with tongues, which they heard ; both, or cither of theſe, _ Ra according to their conditions or ſtations, God would beſtow upon [1s 2 tem. |
B, 29 For the promiſe is unto you f, and'* toyourchildren, and to all chat are afar offg, even as many as the Lord
w our God ſhall call b. 1 , fLik taty ſhould +doubt of pardon and grace, their ſia having e& been {o great 3 St. Peter here gives them a ground of hope, they be- King ing the e-ſcendents from Abraham, un:9 whom eſpecially chis was n the promiled, Jer, JI. 3+ g That is, to the Genres as well as to the {an Ts, who were ſaid to be a people near unto God, as the Gentiles ſu wers ſ1'd tobe afar off, IJaiah 57.19 Eph. 2. 13. h Vocation, $ whether external by rhe word onely, or internal by the Sp:rit alto, | alldo depends on the pleaiure of God ; but the ſame promiſes of pardon and acceptance upon Repenrance, unto the Fews, are as cffeEtual to on of -<9 unto by any of the Gentiles, as by any formerly amongſt r af 2 And with many other words z did he teltifie, & and __ echort, Saying, ſave your ſelves / from this untoward ge- = i The S2rmons of the Apoſtles, or of our Saviour, are not all ſet i; town by the holy Writers ; bur onely ſo much as God ſaw necet-: ſary for his Church to know and believe. & Uſing Gods Name and . weall' Auhority and calling him as ic were to witneſs. / No leſs than the : ] Salvation of our Souls, depends upon our forſaking wicked and pro- . Plane perſons 1n thewr ungodly courſes. m The whole World lies al. wits n wickedneſs; but eſpecially the Scribes and Pharitces, and other n__ ſuch declared enemi2s of Chriſt Jeſus. it, a . =" wo 41 © Then they that gladly received his word », were
baptized: and the fame day there were added unto them o
about three thouſand ſouls. 2 Some ſtill remained in their unbelief and hardneſs of heart ; tho
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This was the effe& of Chriſts prayer, Luke 23. 34. tor his perfecutors;
of me" andof the promiſe of the Spirit now fulfilled, whereby in the day Chuiſ of this Power they were made willing. | 11d been 42 And they continued ſtedfaſtly p in the apoliles
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