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The A 3 But g Peter ſaid, Ananias, why hath þ Satan fille thine heart [| co ; lye to the holy Ghoſt,and to keep back par: of the price of the land? _ | g Peter knew this deceit by the infpiration of the holy Ghoſt; it beiny moſt probably, not otherwiſe likely ever to be difcovered. As when the heart is filled with hor ſpirits, 1t is daring and bold, to when Saran filled their heart, theſe wretches venture upon deiperate courſes, and provoking fins. z This tin 1s £41d to be Iyingeo tas Holy Ghoſt, becauſe they againſt their own cenſciences, and the Spirit of
God too witneſſing with their ſpirits, Ru. g. 1. As allo 2dly, be- he Spirit
cauſe they pretended onely tolerve their own turns , now The Sp1r 3s in a peculiar manner the Spirit of holineſs, and the author of it in us, whom they pretended to bave been moved by, bur faifly. And Liftly, defrauding the poor members of Chriſt of ther right (for ſo by their vow it became to be ) they Iyed to the holy Ghoſt, who confticutes and eſtabliſhes the Church, and accepreth theſe gitts as given to God, and not to men. ;
4 k Whiles it remained, was it not thy own? and / after it was ſold, was it not in thine own power ? Why haſt thou » conceive this thing in thine hearc ?
Thou haſt not o lyed untomen, but unto God.
þ A ſufficient argument, that there was no command (even then) to neceſſitate them to part With their Eſtates; but onely what the preſent and eminent neceſſity of the Church did perſwade them vo- Juntarily unto. / The doubling of thisexpoſtulation, makes the con- viction the more forcible. »» As a Steward under God, to do what thou wouldeſt with it according to his Will ; and none are, or can be otherwiſediſpoſers of what they poſlels. » It ſeems hence, that it was a deliberate, and prepenſed iniquity. 0 In thar lying unto God is ſooften charged, and no expreſs mention is made of Ananias”s vow; ſome excuſe him of Sacril:ge, and charge him the deeplier with Ambition, Covetouſneſs, Lying and Hypocriſie, to the Apo- ſtles, whom he intended to deceive.
5 And Ananias hearing theſe words, fell down and p oave up the ghoſt: and qgreat tear came on all them char heard theſe things.
p Expired, and dyed. Some inſtances of Gods extraordinary Judgments upon finners, werein the beginning of the Jewiſh Church; 25 upon the man that gathered ſticks on the Sabbath-day, Nuns. 15. 25. and upon Nadab and 4b:bu, Levit. 10. 1. Andſo here inthe be- ginning of the Chr:ſiian Church, to be as marks to teach usto ſhun iuch ſins, and to teach us, that the God with whom we have to do, 1s greatly to be feared; and this miraculous way of puniſhing no- rorious ſinners in the Church, was accommodated to ſuch a time, in which Magiſtrates were ſo far from defending the Church, thar they themſelves were the greateſt enemies unto it. q Let others alſo hear, and fear, and do fo no more.
6 And the r young men aroſe 5s, wound him up, and
carried him out, and buried /1;m.
r Such as were preſent at that time, and fitteſt for that employ ; s According as they were wont to do to ſuch they intended to pre- pare for Sepulture. Read what was done to the body of our Savi- our, Mark 15. 46.
= And it was abcur the ſpace 7 of three hours after, when his wife, not « knowiig what was done, x came in.
z This circumNtance is expreſſed to confirm thetruth of this Hi- ſtory : * Not ſuſpeQing any fuciithing, the was the lels inquiſitive; and ſuch a conſternation and dicad wa: upon all that were there, that they durſt not tel] her, I-{t they thou'd offend Peter ; as alſo pro- bably, 1:t they ſhould with fo iucden and fad news grieve her. * Into the Church or place, where they were met together.
8 And Peter z aniwered unto her, Icll me whether ye ; ſold the land & for fo mucin. And ſhe ſaid a, Yea, for ſo much.
7 An ordinary Hebraiſm, by which one that ſpeaketh, firſt is ſaid to anſwer, it it be tending towards any diſcourſe eſpecially. z The certain price iS not mentionsd, as not being neceſſary to the inten | ofthe Holy Ghoſt in this Narrative ; but be it more or leſs, it was the fame which her husband had {aid the land was ſold for. a She had agreed with her husband what to fay ; and one tin draws on a- nother, till it ends in perdition. |
9 And Peter ſaid unto her, How is it thar ye have agreed together 6 to tempt the Spirit of the Lord ? Behold c, the feer of them which have buried thy husband, are at the door, and d ſhall carry thee
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