*2 Cor. 11. and the magyſtrates ren oft their clothes, * and com- onely when God 1s pleated ro ſzaftity ſuch fears and diſaſters ; 6 | 1: M manded to beat her. therwiſe all the plagues of Epgypr do but harden them the mor. | 1 Thel. 2.2, « rar} p_ _—y oe cannot Authorize Opinions ! Exod. 7. 3. or Prattices. 7 Pau!'s and S:lzs's Clothes, ro diſgrace them the more, -y Cad ® : 6 or in order unto their being ſcourged, though ſome think thar the | x37, AN FÞEY faid *, Believe z on the LordJeliss Magiſtrates rent their own Clothes in deteſtation of the pretended | Chrit, anc Ly0U {halr b-ſaved a, and thy houic. 3 ; Biaſphemy whica was aid to Paul's charge ; as the High Pricſt did, z This is the ſum of the Goſpel. Chrift apprehended by faith,1 Mark 14 63. ſerves for Wiſdom, Righteoulnels, SanCiification, and Redzmprion, t 1/'Y 23 Ani whenthey hadlaids many ſtripes upon them, us ng ROE: Tag es gopher mw g - t wo , 4 : _ BY. PX - 4 . we, > Þi , ap. . 9, V es TH. , a they Caſt rhe into prifon , charging the þ Jaylor to * Soba . OE a.quench:s the fiery darts of the devil, Eph. 6. 16. 1 1 | keep tnem ſafely, is deſervedly called, a moſt holy fairh, Jude 20. @ Thea fhaltly Y _ & Partly, by the Littors or Execurioners; and partly, by the | this means come to obtain that life thou doſt ſoenuch deſire aite!; KM furious Ravble. 4 This Jaylor (of whoſe Converſion we read here- | an4 not on:y thy ſelf, but ( God that gives more than we 2 k) tay after) nis name was S'c2/anas, as may appear if you compare 1 Cor. | children and family ſhall be ſaved; in as much as the Covenants 7. 16. with what follows by St. Zuke in this Story, Of him alſo we | where it is entred into, is not only with them , but with tell r22d, 1 Cor. 16. I5, 17. children. P;
4 oo Fav - ; pPhary jm . S 3 Who Baving —_ war ging thruſt them} +2 And they ſpake unto him the þ word of the Lord, 6 fog 1NNET prion, and made their teet faſt in the ! and to c all that were in his houſe he | oC hs 1 | b Expounding more at large that which they had brie!!z Pt Z Thus tney dealt with Joſep, Gen 39. 20. compared with Pſz}. | pounded in the foregoing verſe, as concerning the Natures 21 105. 13. and with Jeremiah, and with Fohn Baptiſt. SanForum ſors | Offices of Chriſt ; e{pecially his ſuffering for our ſins, and riling eft, © non moleſie fercnaa. ; again for our juſtification. c Their fellow Priſoners not exemp*” 25 « And ar & mid-night Paul and Silas prayed, | unto whom it was a joyful confinement, being by this means M#* ana lang / praiſes unto God: and the priſoners heard | G99 5 Freemen. . them. 33 And he took them 4 the ſame hour of che night : * No — or _ where Prayer agg EI_ \g God, and waſhed their ſtripes!; and was baptized, he and f a @ prevalent with Om : nay, it faunds the ſweeter when on the | his ſirai ; Waters of afliftion a good Man pours it forth unto God. 7 That , aightway ; | oof his faith, and real they were counted worthy to ſuffer for Chiiſt: And being all things a He did not delay to ſhew forth the fruits 0 K p Ms are over-rulcd for the good, and conduce to the advantage of them converſion. e Which his ſtripes had made, uſing Tuch menmel no that love God , Rem.8. 28. they owe unto God thanks for all ms 12" rw o- —_— cpm £ -_— pon their po things through Jeſus Chriſt ; which is alſo requir : 32. O: Baptiſm adminiftred withour any day, 9, and W - 2c Sh) 4 ch is allo required of them, Eph, ſeſſion of Faith in Chriſt, we have had Examples, Chap. 8. 3% © : 10. 47. andin the 1574. verſe of chis Chapter. " ww;
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