the fo:mer Wo:d-., and ſhews us whence remiſſion of fins is to be had. If any will rake this Word , as ſignifying alto to be purged from ſin, yer 'tis evident, that the Law can bring neither of theſe bene- firs unto us : The Law declares what is ſin, and what the curle 15 that is due unto fin, but not how to be delivered from them ; it ſhews the ſpor, but not how to waſh it off; and the ſore, but not how to heal it ; bur on the other ſide we are bidden to glory 1n the Lord ( Jeſus ) ( Who of God 15 made unto u wiſdom , righteouſneſs, ſar&ification, and redemprion, 1 Cer. 1. 30, o To which may be
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added, that there were ſome fins which by the Ceremonial Law thete was no Sact ifice appointed for : And for ſuch ſins which a Sa- crifice was appointed for, it was not 'poſſible that the blood of bulls and goats ſhou'd rake them away, Heb 10. 4. which, may make more to admire the g:ace of the Goſpel, by which we are SanCified though the offzring of the body of Jeſus Chriſt once for all, Heb.
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42 Beware therefore, leſt that come upon you which
is ſpoken of p inthe prophets,
p Habakkuk 1.5. He cautions theſe Jews, leſt the ſame thing thiezrncd by the Prophet to their Fathers, come alſo upon them xz for fin is as odious unto God as ever , and God is as jealous of his honour which ſin r6bs hun of, as Ever he was,
41 q Behold, ye r deſpiſers, and swonder, and r pe- riſh : tor | work a # work in your days, a work which x ye ſhall in no wiſe believe, though a man declare it
UNtO You. g Thetz Wordsgre cited from that place in Habakkak, accord- iny to the read;ng of the Septuagint; St. Payl nog being willing to alter the Words, the Jews that were diſperſed, being ſo uſed to that t:anflation. eſpecially the ſenſe being the ſame with the origi- nal H:brew : This quotation of the Apoſtle, might alſo be taken from Iſa. 28. 14, 16. + For which cauſe,. in that place of Ha- bakt&sk they are commanded to conſider the Heathen, and are ſent to School unto them they contemned ſo much, who had had God for their Teacher, had they - not deſpiſed his Word. s Grow pale ©1 ſhare and fear. 7 Ye ſhall be deſtroyed by the Romans your enemies, as your Anceftors were by their enemies. © This Work was a Work of Gods juſt revenge on them then, by the Chaldeans ; but threatned to come on thele ( without repentance ) by the Ro- »ans. x \Vhich deſtruttion thould be ſo great, though it was incredible ro them now, though ic ſhould have becn told them. 42 And y when the Jews were gone out of the ſyna- gogUve, the 2 Gentiles belought that theſe words might t Or. 11 44s bs preached tothem @ the | next ſabbath.
gwerh yy Oras fomeread, the Apoſtles, Parl and Barnabes, were gone ercen, or im gut of the Synagogue of the Jews. z Proſelites, or ſuch devour the Sabbath perlons tormerly tpoken of, who had relinquithed Paganiſm, and between. came to b- initructed in the knowledge of the true God by the Jews. a Orin ſome day betwixt the Sabhaths; The Apoſtles took all advantages, if there were a Feſtival ( which was alſo called a Sab- bath, L-viz. 16. 31, and in the 23. Ch1>, of Lever. frequently) they would Preach in ieaſon and out of ſeaſon ; howſoever, becauſe we find the Apoſtles did meet again with chem on that day ſeven-nighr atter, it 15 moit probable that their defire was 1o to be underſtood, Yee verſe 4...
43 Now when the congregation b was broken up, many of the J-ws, and c religious proſelytes followed Pauland Barnabas ; who ſpeaking to them, * perſwaded (2 5 continte d in the grace of God.
b The Congregation was diſſolved , by the offence the Jews general- ly hal taken ar the DoArine of the Apoſtles. c Theſe Proſelytes were fo called, from rheir coming over from Paganiſm, to own the true (rod, ive Chap, 2.10. d This grace of God, the Apoſtlesſo earneſt- iy exhorted them to conrtinne in; was, 1. Their preſent ſtate of be- Ws trmlyrelolved toterve God, whatſoever oppoſition or temptation tazy thonld meer with to th= contrary, which was wrought 1n them by the grace of God. 2. The Dottrine of Juſtifhcation by the grace of tod, Winch Sr. Paul had Preached unto ther, werſe 39. Or, TP The whole Golpel, and Doctrine therzin contained, which is cal-
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47 For fo hath the Lord m» commanded us, ſayin, [ haveſetthee to be » a light * of the Gentiles, thi thou ſhouldeſt be for falvation unto the ends of the
earth,
» Becauſe that Prophecy muſt be fulfilled which we find, 1;, 49.6. the Apoſtle infers aright, that they were commanded publiſh Chriſt unto the Gentiles; For how ſhall they believe in hin if whom they have not heard? and how ſball they hear without a Preach? Rom. 10. 14.' » All knowledge is ignorance, and all light i$duk, neſs without Chriſt.
48 And when the Gentiles heard this o, they were glad, and p glorified the word of the Lord : and #4 manyas were ordained to eternal life, believed.
o There can be no true reſt or peace in any, to whom Catiſtis not manifeſted; the apoſtle telling us, that we have peacewith God through our Lord Jeſus Chriſt, Rows, 5. 1. And the Kingdom of God 1s peace and joy in the Holy Ghoſt. p They magaitid the goodneſs of God, which appeared in the Goſpel unto them. 9 (Go who ordereth the end, ordereth the means, and giveth then opporcunities to hear the Word, and by it gractouſly worketh Faith in them whom he hath appointed to Eternal Lite ; wit- -=_ Es Faith, purging the heart, there is no hope of lik
ternal.
49 Andthe r word of the Lord was publiſhed chrougt-
out all the region.
r Concerning Salvation to be found onely by Chriſt, and theGw- til:s, to be admitted to partake of that Salvation. s Like Leen which a Woman took and hid in three Meaſures of Meal till the whole was Leavened, Marth. 13. 33.
5o But the Jews ſtirred upz the devout and « honour- able women, and x the chief men of the city, and **: raiſed perſecution againſt Paul and Barnabas, and ew"
pelled them out of their coaſts.