grieved, rurned and faid ro by . 254 wh Ls of ſuffering a-more cruel death : for all Jaylors, who Ice apy p. thee x in the name of Jeſus Chriſt ro come out of her. ſoner eſcape, were to ſuffer the ſame punuthment that the Prifhn. * Mar. 16.17. And he* came out the ſame hour. < | werethought to have deſerved ; and felf-murder was very Colas u St. Paul was grieved ; either, for the Maids lake, who ſuſtered ſo | amongſt boththe Romans and Grecians. But whatſoever their py; much by her being poſſelſed with this ſpirit ; or, for their fakes who | Joſophers have ſaid of it, it muſt necds have been a very grey Pro. were fedaced by him. w St. Paw (as our Saviour had done, AAark | vocation againſt God, to ſhew fo great an averſion from Gods Wil 3. 25.) refuleth the teſtimony of the Devil ; for he being the Father | giſpoſing of them and their concerns in this World, and challenging of Lves, John 8. 44. makes every thing he ſays to bz ſulpeCted ; as | or daring of him to do worſe by them in the World to come. Mes *is an uſval puniſhment of Lyars, that they are not believed when | myſt have {ad comforts, and take deſperare reſolutions, that coy. they ſpcak the truth ; and the Devil never ſpeaks any truth, bur | rgthis once. ; ; | EET intention to deceive. x By the Authority and Power of 28 But Paul cryed with a loud VoICE, ſaying, Do thy Clift, ſelf no harm : for we are 7 all here. ; 195 And when her maſters ſaw that the hope » The other Priſoners were ſmitten with amazement ; neither 31 of their 3 gains was gone, they caught Paul and they mind (or it might have been kept from thei) thar the door Stlas, and drew them into the {| market-place, unto the | were opened, and their chains looſed : bur as for the Apoſtie, th: - $2'ers. | ſame God who wrought this deliverance for them, might infor 3 For ſhe was a ſervant, or ſlive ; and being very advantageous, them of _ -— i Ey _— _ 79 oy is of the might have many that had a ſhare in her. z The profit could not Jaylor and mis GY Tn = _ erty: - cir VoGtrine might bur be contidersble, for -they were to come with the rewards of | Þ© magnified, which 4 NCAIIS FLSKANS= ; aivinition in tacir hands ; as they did to Balaam, Numb. 22.7. a See 29 Then he called s for a light, and ſprang In, and the next Yerſe. , |camer trembling, and # fel] down before Pau] 2n/ 20 Ang brought them to the þ magiſtrates, faying, | Silasj;
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