athers. a A tree, or wood, which is rather mentioned than a Crols, tht rhe alluſion co Der . 21. 23, might be more full ; wherehe thar 1s hanged on atree is accuried ; and in that Chriſt was made a curſe ior 1s, Gal. 3.10. . 3! * Him hath God exalted with iis © right hand tobe : for to e give repentance to Iſrael, and ft torgivenehs of lins. O 5 : 0 See Chap. 2.33. c To conquer and ſubine all his enemies, to G&trpd and prote&t his ſubje&s. 4d To ſave from fin according to hs naine Jefus, Matth. 1. 21. viz. from the condemnation that 1s ee uno it, and the poilution that is required by 1. Repentance 15 tle gift of God - and aothins does more avail with us to repent, than the love of Chriſt, ( his bicer ſuffering and death ) by whom tle world is crucified unto us, Gal. 6. 14. and if repentance 1n-
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named Gamaliel m1, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apoſtles 7 forth a little ſpace.
{ This Sect was accounted more mi!d than the Sadducer, wm Tis thought that this man was the ſame, at whoſe feer Paul ſate, Chap.
many other ſtories concerning him are doubtful; howloever God made uſe of him, tho as yet an enemy to his Church and people, to plead for, and proteCt them to his Power ; God can effe& any thing withour, or againſt means, and ſuddenly to make ſuch as were a- gainſt him, to be for him and his truth. » That they might con- ſult amongſt themſelves what to do with them : thus Chap. 4.
i5. 35 And faid unto them, Ye men of Iſrael o, take heed to your ſelves, what ye intend to do as touching theſe
men,
0 A wiſe and good c2ution ; for he that injures another, brings the worſe miſchief upon himſelf; both in the ſenſe of having done evil, and in being expoſed to the revenging hand of God, whoſe property vengeance 15, Hcbr. 10. 30.
36 For p before theſe days roſe up, -7 Theudas boaſting himfelf to be ſome body, to whom a number of men, a-
bout four hundred, joyned themſelves : who was ſlain, and
to nought. | Þ Probably under the reign of Auguſt, as hewhom Foſephus men- tions, was another under the reign of Claudirs, g Some tuppoſe it a contrated name of Theodorws, as Deas is thought io be of Demerrizs tho others think it to be of an Hebrew original, = 37 Afterthis man roſe upr Judas of Galilee, inthe days of the s taxing, and drew away much people after him : he alſo periſhed and all, even as many as obeyed him, were diſpcrſcd. 7» Whether this was the ſame Judas, who was called Gau/onire , from the place of his birth, a Town in or 1car Galilee ; and Galller,s from the Province it felt in which he was born, isnot fo mate: jal ro diſcuſs. Joſephus makes mention of rwo of this name. 5 Setting down all their names at the command of the Row.un Emperor; where. by, 1. They profeil2d themſelves to be his ſubjefts. 2. They pay- ed him a certain rate, in tok-n of ſubjection, for every head, as Poll-money. 3. By this means he knew che number ofhis ſubjeQs, and the ſtrength or weaknels of every Province; this was another vr than that, mentioned, Zvuke 2.2. which is there called the lk, 28 And tnowl ſay unto you #, Refrain from theſe men, and let them alone : * for x 1f this conſe], or this work
be y of m-n, it will come to nought :;
partly, out of his moderate and mild difpoſirion ; partly, our of fear, Jeſt if they flew the Apoſtles, they might incenſe the Romans, who were very jealous of their Auchority ; and had taken away thz power of Capital puniſhments from the Jews. x This Argument, or Dilemma, which Gamaliel ules tor the iparing of the Apoſtles, is of force either way ; (as that queſtion our Saviour propounds con- cerning the baptitm of John, Marth. 21.25 ) » This firſt part is evi- dent, tor that building alt needs fall which 1s built upon the fand, Matth. 7. 27.
39 2 Bur if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow
God.
z. The other part of the D:I:-mma, Prov. 19. 21.*1/aiah 46. 10. The counſel of the Lord, that ſhall ſtand ; and it mult needs be fo, for all power 1s his, in whom we live an] move, Cap. 17. 28. @ Phev who afflit, and conrend with people unjuſtly, tho they little think {s, ſet themſelves againſt God who will overcome ac the laſt, and triumph over his, and Ins peoples enzmies.
40 And to him b they agreed ; And when they had cal- led the apoſtles, and c beaten them, they commanded thac
they ſhould not ſpeak in the name of J-ſus, and let them
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p : p Fo fy > : W : : WE. YN 4 4 , | Can 1njo7 aim ? tht doing as he did, we rey come at laſt to be f Which never fuls ro accompan; true repent:nce;
Z They refuſe not to bear their teſtimony for Chiiſt, who witzeTel þ The holy Ghoſt does witneſs, 2, . By the Apoſtles, through his grace and ſtrength they bear their record, 2. By all che miracles thar were wrought, for they were onely done y embling any to believe theſe things, which belief is his work. 4. Not to tay that the boly Gli” was 1 witneſs of the things concerning Chriſt at his Baptiſm, and the ſeveral a:- teſtarions he gave, ſaying, This is my beloucd Sou. Matth. 3. 17. z Some read, believe in 2im, which is tothe lame purpoſe ; for thers 1s no true repentance where there is no faith ; nor no ſaving faith
& They grinned with their teeth, yiſibly thewing the rage ar.d fury that was within them, by which they were as ſawn and divided alunder ; malice ail rage being a grievous torment to the crueland
34 Lhen ſtood there up one in the council, a / Phariſee,
22. 3, that he was the inſlruQtor to Barnsbas and St. Stephen, with
ap. Y
; a theſe rh:ings, and jo * John 75 z alſo the þ holy Gloft tf, whom God bath given to them
26,” 27. + Ch. 2
33 * When they heard that, they were & cut to th;* Clzp 7.50.
all, as many as {| obeyed him, were fcattered and brought ji 0+, 2; lived.
*. Prov. 27.
30. # He undertakes to adviſe them what they ſhould do in the pre- 154, g. x». ſentcafe. « Have nothing to do with them, as Pilate's wife adviſed Marth, 1 «. him concerning our Saviour, Match. 27. 19. Gamaliel interpoſes, \ ,_ :
it; It haply ye be found © even to fight a againlt *.Chap. o. «.
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