wi ; : no o which St. Paul would have his Caſe determined « Though and Jgrippa was not as Judge in this place, yet his Opinion and ner ſudgment could not but prevail much with Feftus,
; Eſpecially , becauſe I Know thee to be expert uty i; «1 all .*. cuſtoms and queſtions which are among ves ir the Jews: wherefoie I beſeech thee to hear me d £110) natiently.
«a \v 4 t . : . , erſon; - This 1s not flattery, bur a plain confeſſion of what was »l. the true ; for Agrippa by reaſon of his birth and breeding, could ;. 18) nor be wholly ignorant of thoſe things in queſtion: 1. About prefers he Meſſiah : 2. About the Reſurrection : 3. About the gt- e With ving of the Holy Ghoſt a It being a matter that concerned iforace Religion, and the Lite. and Liberty of a man , nothing bur :cnorance or imyiety could take him off from attending unto if, mn 4 e My manner of life from my youth, which was po at the firſt among mine own nation at Jeruſajem, "_ * know allthe Jews, 15 that | | e Pan] appeals to his enemies, the Jews themſelves, whethe! they could tax him with any enormity whilſt he was of their gleat & pcr{vwation : whereby he vindicates his holy Religion from being Lonſter, the fink and off-ſcouring of other Religions, as lfome would ad men; make it; as alſo to intimate , that it was his Religion which efficacy mzde 1:in1 to hateful unto them, and not any ill practices done d of th by kim. y c Which knew me from the beginning, (if they mitted k would reſtifie) that after * the moſt f ſtraiteſt ſet of If hath 236 our religion, I lived a Pharifee.
© fend f This Herelie, Se&, Opinion, or way of the Phariſees
P” G& Peru rightly commends, it we conlider it comparatively with the other Se&s of the Saddnuces and Efſenss ; he had called
mM of Y
making this before, wiz. Chap. 22.3. the moſt exaff manner of the Law pointed! of bis Fathers: For it is certain it was more learned and ſtrict, df Lyfas, ind came nigher to the Truth in many things than the other z0vernor, did, 119Þa too, w
g hg 6 And now s I ſtand and am judged for the -
: they 0 =— : hope * ot che promiſe mace of God unto our fa-
? thers : » The poſture of ſuch az arz held for guilty. & St. Paul : brings in the diſcourſe of the Reſurre&tion, which, as hat?
U7108 UN! it torth
\ orippa . - a. Rt | been obſerved, 1s the foundation of all Religion, r Cor. 15. 14. god” Chap. 23. 6. and 24. 15. now it is called the hope of the promiſe ;
becauſe God's Promiſe did raiſe them up to this hope ; for
fg Wi! 31, God having promiſed to be the God of Abraham, Iſaac, and ©a-
ors refuſc & ab, gave them rather leſs than other in this world, neither had
neſs : the they any propricty inall the Promiſed Land, bur only to a bury- y an)
- ing place ; whence they might certainly infer, that there was inother Life to Le expected, in which God would make this ;. his ord goGd. Par! was alto judged for the hope of the Pro- ; mile, taking this hope tor the Salvation which Chriſt did pur- Clue, and Part Preach, which was alſo promiſed unto the ÞFa-
up mn the is bulineſs
the Judg?
0 {end 2 \7. 1.15, though moſtly under types, and oblcure repretenta- INVES 63% tens, The lum 1s, Pau! was judged for one of thoſe two
. Articies of our baith, vis the Reſurreou of the Boely , or a 1 Lafe eucrla) ting,
fer all this Paul, and
7 had been: God day and night, hope to come :
at durſtnot tor which hoes fake, king Agrippa, I am accuſed of F the pov! thn fn r y » Ly CVS 6 i © Cr, Part Nill reckons them, notwithſtanding that Ten
*
Cries had been Jed captive , without returning again to this dy. Yer, r. There were many lett by the King of Alſyria in their ov-n Land ; and though for a while they joined them- ted his Lij telvcs nnto the Sama" itans rather than to the Jews, yet a Century a; or tw 0 before our Saviour's time, they returned to the Jewith and ſufferi!, Religionand Worſhip at leaſt a very many of them. 2. Though h too min the Ten Tribes never returned (as Tribes) intirely back again ; ” turneth his many of them doubtleſs had thar love for their Reli-
bo a Chriſtian Len and Country ; as they tock all opportunities of com- 29. All the
+
»L.
Ing back. 3. At their firſt defection in Jeroboam's time, God Wiched the hearts of a great many, who rather changed tur Tabitation than their Religion : So that St. James might wel] dedicate his Epiſtle ro the Twelve Tribes, for there
ormit» LED 3 . art perm we ſome who at the diſperſion were ſcattered out of e-
«ſtretches "ar Tribe, k Now theſe with greit intention and earneſt=
nd of define, (as when any ſtretcherh himſelf ro his ur-
_— Os vii 'enoth to take ho!d of ought) endeavoured to obtain
obtain Tree It Gy Salvation which God had promiſed, and the Goſpel '$ INNOCENCE; IEYEN it d -
cher Orato! - Providence;
dens 9 { Why ſhould ic be thought a thing incredible with ) publiſh th
| ICU, that God ſhould raiſe the dead ?
| # This St. Paul ſeems to have ſpoken in regard of Feſtus, {UL MUAY other there preſent, who were Heathens ; or to ©) Of the Sadauces (if any ſuch were amongſt them); as k £2rippa, He believed the Prophets, ver. 27. and had out | them learn'd and obſerved this promile, wer. 7. However, OL! Wid not leave himſelf withour a Witneſs to rteſtifie ſo |
k becgulc [ e- touching
C es,
T he A C ſh S$:
; Paul thought it to be his advantage to ſpeak before 4zrippo,
(1a
credible, whenſoever it ſhon!d be revealed nnto them. The Works of Creation evidence it ; for he that can give Life unt.» that which had ir nor, can reftore it unto that which bh: i; and the Works of Providence atte® it: In evc 'y Sorins there is » ReſurreQion of ſuch Plants or Trees as feeme'} dead. Nay , the Bread which we daily feed vi was mad of that grain, which ourckiued except it dicd ; GO. $4. 36. F
9 I verily thought with my {eli, that do many things contrary to the 2 name 7» Nazareth,
- The Rcligion which teacheth Chiift 15 to be Worſhipped, and his Name ro be Magnulied. » Sv of which ſee, Chap. 22. 8.
17716 7718
210T.
+]
'*% Ss -_ ; > - ' ns wICY Cailzd OL Jt 1\::
10 * Which thing 1 alſo did in Jeruſdtem: ant 3 1 many of the ſaints did ] thuc up in piiſen, tovin; received authoriry from the chief priefts; and, whe: they were put to deati, I gave », my voice atzinit them,