but hi! ? This ſpeaks the reality of their Converſion, 'and that they were chou 001 ndt onely for the preſent aff:&ed with whar they had heard and ſeen. I5 q Theſe three parts of worſhip were frequently, it not always in thoſe | David puter times u{ed rogether: tho ſome underſtand by breaking of bread, but col = avi fellowſhip and community ;: yer 67-%z;g being a holy rite «as in tht *r _ our daviour, at the inſtitution of his Supper, Marth. 26. 26. \ 5 The + _—_ of bread being here pur in conjuntiion with Preaching ſh: henc* fchien? "8: the ceicbration of the Eucharif, 1t not oncly meant, 1s here If uly to be underſtood 1n this place. (Prayers) all rhoſe kind of "ay*1s mentioned by -St, Pa. 1 Tim. 2. 1.4s alſo their frequent Praying, is implyed ; thus by an united force, they laboured ro pull . and $0 the jo orcs upon themſelves and others, and ro do vioence unto \marion © | ingdom of Heaven. nis pep. Wl 43 And fear came upon every ſoul r : and * many y Cor. iy Wonders and fins were done by the apoſtles,
ea _ 3 IS, Upon every man; not only on them that were preſent, harely” " P*!1waded ro believe on Chriſt, whom the Apoſtles Preached ; 0a luch 21/0 os were inforny'd of thoſe miraculous things which
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"them ; for to this purpoſe he was the Chriſt, or the anointed : Yet known in th: Church. - This was one!y at thr plc:
k od in their heart 9, and. ſaid unto Peter, and to the reſt and brethren 'z, What ſhall we | meu and 22: now : nay, after this, the ooitiiion v; hich p21. 2s
the remiſſion of ſins 4, and ye fhall receive the gift of the
never men ſpake as the Apoſtles now ſpake, with divers tongues, |
" Terufalens, 1: Clarity Of 9th ers, ; may well bepreſumed to be extraordinary : and there is nn fuck . | thing as community of goods here requi-el or profiifed. Chriſt; Gotipt] does nor deitoy the Lav? ; and the ergith Commandment is
{ fall in force, which ir could nor be, if there were no propriery, or
ts
- | and at that time, when the wants of ſome, nd :!
j . . . ? ' . , | fold, 15 adjudg'd by 'this Apoſtle to nave been Azaxins his own, ad
Fo great and true their grief,, they were cogcern<d as if they had ' fo ION the money too which he had reccived tor it, C bps 5. 4: b2©n run thorow 3 (the pains the mind ſuiFrs are moſt acute) this wes | And theſe,” all things which they had in commen, muſt cither be
chan that any of their poor brethren ſhontd have
45 And ſold their poſſeſſions and goods, and * parted * 14. 53 +
them to all men, asevery man had necd.
_# Thoſe proportions of their eſtzte they ſet apart to this cliuritable work; whether they "Cid ariſe our of the file of Houſe and Land, called pofefſions, or of any Chartels or moveable eſtate, called here | goozts ; bat that they did nor diveſt themſelves of all propriety, ap-
pears in that vre find ſoon zfter this, Chap. 15. 12. Mary thz motk<r
of 5t, Mark to have a houſe, and - Lydia after the was baptized,
did not renounce any propriety in her howule, Chap. 16, 15. bur intreated St. P.au!, and thoſe who were with him, to come i1ito her Hoſe, &7.; | -: net 2 ' 46 And they continued daily with one accord in the
temple x, and . breaking bread y [| trom houſe to houſe 2, !| 07, At | did eat their meat with gladnels a and finglencl of vos, heart. | x In the Court and porches of rhe Temple, whither the peop'e
tion, and Rirengrbning in the faith, 2. External gitts, as that cf! qijq uſe to reſort, at the tims of the Morning 2nd Evening S2cct-
| fice, and Prayers ; that by mezas of the great concoufs ar fol ; times, they might have the better opportunity to Preach the Goſpel L_— them ; caſting char ner where they found moſt Bih, » Not | onely Celebrating the Euchariit, bur their Love-feafts which they uſually had at that ume, a3 1 Cor. Ii. 2 33. 2 Now ere. NOW there, as they couli conveniently; the Richer alſo entertainiag ''their Poorer brechren ar theic Tables. a If the former word bz | underſtogd of the Sacramear of the Lozds Supper, then theſe words {peak the grear Spiritual ſtrength, cheer and comfort they got by it: if we underſtand them of the ordinary meat which chey will- ingly beftowed one upon ancther, the Rich were more than recom- penced with inward peace and ſ{atizfation, for what they gave un- ro their poor br=thren.
45 Praiſing God b, and * having favour with ell the * Lake 2.5 peopie c, And t the Lord added tothe Church d daily ſuch <93Þ- 4+ 3 25 ſhovid be ſaved. Rom. 14.1
} Chap. 5.
b Acknowledging him who teacheth one to want, and another to ; abound : & that 15 generally to be underſtood amongſt them that ©
| continued yet without the pale of the Church ; the goodneſs, meck- ; ; nels, and patience of the Apcttles, and. rhe reſt of rhe believers, tration 772, ' did wonderfully prevail ro beget a good opinion of them. d Salvari-
{ on'15 ( to be ſure ) onely from the Lord : Not Peters Sermons, no, . norathe Miracles of fiery cloven tongues, and rhe ruſhing mighty winds, could have converted any, buc Ag 7: #rJoy that which was ſignifizd there, wiz. the powerful operation of the Spircic of God in
their hearts, CHAM ML
Peter and John going up to the Temple, cure a lame man-: he walketh and praiſeth God the people jil'd with wonder and amaz:ment, 1—10. eter profeſſeth, this work was nos done by their power and holineſs, but by faith in the name of Jeſus, whom they had denied , crucified, and God raiſed from the Dead, 11—18. He exhovteth them to ve= pert ance, that their ſins might be blotted out, by Jeſus Chriſt whg
was (ent ta tern thera from their iniquities, 19—26.
1 Ow Peter and John went up together into the temple a at the hour of praycr 6, being the ninth hour c,