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them with his preſence, John 20.19, 26. And when he was aſcend- ed, this day was appointed for the Chriſtians to meet in, 1 Coy. 16. 2. which muſt neceſl:rily infer the abrogarion of the Saturday or Fewiſh Sabbath ; For it being part of the Command, Six days JÞzlr thou Iabour, they could not in ordinary have reſted the laſt day of the week and the firſt roo, without fianiag againſt that Law of God. 5 To take a meal in common cogether ; which they called ape, or the Love-Feaſt; 1o great an harmony and natural love was maniteſted in it ; which was concluded with celebrating the
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Conſcience does not accuſe him. Sr. Paul Ipake not this, as tins of what hz had done, or how he had been amongſt them : | «+ ſetring his example before them and others, to be umicated - a calling them for to witnels the trurh of IC, b- 19 Serving the Lord with : all humility * mind, and with many # tears, and 2 temptations which hefel me by thelaving in wait of the Jews : | * In bis Apoſtleſhip or publick Miniftry ; of which, it any ©- vr could, he might have gloried: yer in this Office he cloathes himſelf with humility, as the moſt becoming garment for a Mt- nfter of Jeſus Chriſt ; though {o high, yerlo low. We need not -ry (as one did, though lronically,) Fic St. Paul,: but fic upon all ſuch as pretend to ſucceed in his dignity, and do not at all mmicate Mimin his humility, « He ſhed tcars of compaition over the ig- rojant and blind, hard and perverſe. It grieved him to fee how iroe a Dominion the God of this World had. and what a little rt was left for his dear Lord and Maſter Chrift Jeſus. w AfMi- ; REN ind troubles which befe] him for Chriſt and the Goſpel's {ke : which are fo called, James 1.2. 1 Pet. 1.6. 20 4nd how 1 kept back nothing that was x profita- Me unto Fer, bu: have ſhewed you, and have taught
01-7 pubiickly, and trom =. houſe to houle. " - Uſeful in order to Fternal Life to be known orhoped for, or 0 be. done ; {hunning no Jabour or danger; concealing nothing our of fear or hope of advantage, »y In the publick Synagogues nd Schools, =» Privately, as Chep. 2, 46. from houſe to houle ; not only ſpeaking publickly, and in general, but ſecretly and par- ticularly, as every ones condition did require, exhorting ſome, -cnroVIng others. And indecd a g00d ſhepherd will labour to wnderftind the Nate of his lock, and ro ſupply them with whar 15 receflary and fnitable for them. Jacob ſays, Gen. 31. 39. that he bare the loſs, and was Fain to anſwer for all the ſheep unto Laban. And of how much more value re the ſouls of men, to be ſure in God's light, who will require an account of them ?
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« Giztks *, b repentance toward God, and « faith toward our ] ord Jeſus Chriſt.
« To all ſorts and conditions of men : for there 15 no differente
with God. 6 That Repentance would be accepted from them by God, and that he was ready to give Repentance unto them ; as Ca>. 14,18. c And that Faith in the Lord Jeſus Chriſt, was the tec ſaving Faith, there being no other Name given, whereby we maybe faved. Upon theſe Two depends the whole Goſpel], and our alyation by it. |
22 And now behold, T go d bound in the ſpirit unto ſrufilem, not knowing the things e that fhall befal me —_—— -
i As powerfully perſwaded by a divine iaftine, to undertake tlis Journey, as it I were led or drawn to it by forcible means ; bring bound to obey God in all things, whom I take to be my God and Gaide, - my Suu and Shield : And I do not detire fo much to it, as to-be ated by him. This Sr. Par ſays, not as if that he ws drawn unto this Journey againſt his will, but leſt any ſhould ncmpr to difiwade him trom 17, or that he ſhould ſeem ro have liohteed the prediCtions of- the Prophets, mentioned, Chap, 21, 11, 12. Nay, he might ſay this, as being as certain of his bonds as if he felt them already: Such things as are foretold to ſuch as know the Veracity of God, they ar: as preſent. Howſoever, he was coritent to be bound, to ſuffer, nay, to die for Chriſt. And 35 he is poor in ſpirie who crucifies the World, and is willing to want, if God fees good ; fo he is bound in ſpirit, who 1s thus wil- ling ro be bound for the Name of Chriſt. Howlſoever, theſe words ſpeak his firm Reſolution to tak? this Journey upon him. e What the event ſhall be, in what meaſure he ſhould be bound, mdhmy long, he left it unto God's good Will and Pleaſure.
23 Save that the holy Ghoſt witnelſerh f in every city,