| Synagogues; and did worſhip butone God, and Cid injury unto none Ot thzle we frequently read in this book; as ver. 17. and chap 13.42, 43. and 16. 14. » A conſiderable number . of theſe be- lieved; yer chap 13. 15. ſuch had ſtirred up perſecution again Pax! and Barxabas
5 T Bucthe Jews which o believed not, moved with p envy, took unto them certain q lewd fellows » of the baſer ſort, and gathered a company, and ſet all the city on an uproar. and aflaulred the houſe of s Jaſon, and ſought to bring them : out to tiie people.
oOr were nor convinced, or perſwaded by St. Paul”s Sermons and Arguments. p Or, zeal; which as fire in the chimney, its
; due place, is uſeful and neceflary ; but when fcatter'd abroad, and
out of its place, is moſt dangerous and deſtructive. q Such as ſtand in Markets, and pub]:ck places, gazing, and having nothing to do. r To what mean and baſe atts do not blind zeal, and t e of perſecutors deſcend ? 5s Some think this to be the Greek name which the_Helleniſts did uſe for Jeſbhua, or Feſw. This man was one of the diſperſion, who came from Fudea into Szria ; and from thence into Macedonia; and 15 famous ſo far as the Word of God is preach- ed, for being the Hoſt ro Pay! and $:/zs5; and is mentioned Rom. 16.21. *t For to flay them. Nothing but their blood could quench the thirſt of their perſecutors : But having no juſt cauſe for the ſpilling of it, they are willing to have others to bear the odium of it.
6 And when they « found them nar, they drew Jaſen, and certain brethren unto the rulers of che city, cry- ing *, Theſe that have w turned the world uptide down, * cy. ; < : 5
are come hither alfo ; * Being withdrawn, to avoid the popular rage againſt them,
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| they charge Innovation vpon them, as knowing how jealous Rulers
are of any alteration. Thus whatſoever miſchiets betz] the Stare, oz whatſoever was odicus and abominable, was in the Primitive times 111 charged vpon the Chriſtians. The Enemies of God's Church cloath his ſervants in beaſt skins (painting, and repreſenting them in what forms they pleaſe, ) that every one may hunt and worry
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7 Whom Jaſon hath x Teceived : and theſe all do
contrary to thedecrees y of Czlar, faying *, That there « 7 ;;.. 24.5.
is another & king, oze Jeſus. Joh. 19, 52. x Privily, and with delign. » The Romans before they were
brought under their Emperors (and after rhat,) did nor fuffer any to
be called King without their allowance and approbation; which was
alſo much valued by ſuch uaro whom that Honour was beſtowed by
them. z Bzſides Ceſar, who was called the Lord of the World.
This is like to the charge laid againſt our Saviour ; but moſt malict-
ouſly both then and now, and wholly againſt their own confciences ;
For they themſclves expetted the Metitah to be a King, John 18.
36, 37. and refuſed and rejetted him, becauſs his Kingdom was 3
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s And they troubled « the people, and che þ rulers of the city , when they heard theis chings. a Hearing ſomething to have been done »gainſt the Reman State,
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and made ule of chem : And woula we alſo lay aſide all filthineſs,
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The A or how it might be conſtrued. þ For fear of an inſarreion and | tmuit. | . :
9 And when they c had caken ſecurity of Jaſon, and ofthe other, they let them go. |
c Either being ſarisfizd with their anſwer, or having Bail for their appezrance, if need were ; the word only hinting their being fatis- fed, or contented ; as Mark 15. ſ5. ;
10 © And * the brerchren immediately ſent away Paul and Silas by nightunto Berza : who coming 15:ber, went into the e ſynagogne of the Jews.
d A City alſo of Macedonia, not far from Pella, and The:ſſalonica. e They went {till firſt unto the loſt ſheep ofthe Houſe of 1/rae!. In which Paul's invincible love which he ſpeaks of, Row. 9. 2. does manifeſtly appear. The Jews had every where endeavoured his de- ſtruction ; he ſtill requites them (what he may) in promoting their dalvatzon. , ;
11 Theſe were fmore noble than thoſe in Theſſalonica, in that they received the word with all readineſs of mind and g * fearched the þ ſcriptures daily, whether
thoſe things were fo.
f The Jews of Beraa did excel thoſe of Theſſalonica, not ſo much in birth as in diſpoſition : They were not fo prejudiced and obſtinate ; they patiently heard Paul; they ſeriouſly rhought upon what he had ſaid, and compared.it with the Scriptures. And thus God gave them the preparation of the heart; and they brought their empty Veſſel). No wonder then that the Oyl of Grace ran into them. and filled them. The Jews do call their Learned men, the ſons of Nobles ; and according to that expreſſion, theſe Bereans that had ated fo ingenuoutly and wiſely, were ſaid to be more Noble. g Truth dares abide the Teſt; only falſe Wares need a dark ſhop ro pur them off in. + The Scriptures on]y are our 1n- fallible Rule ; for they come from God, = Tim. 3. 16. who cannot
lye, Titxa 1. 2, | 12 Therefore many of them believed z: alſoof ho-
nourable women which were Greeks, and of mcn not