o The Profeilors of the Religion of the IToly Jeſus, are callcd to be Saints, Rom. 1. 7. and hive hiin for thc great example of holinels, who fulfilled all right. wathetk , and from him they have the Spirit of holinets, being funrcti« fied in him, 1 Cor. 1. 2, and whoſyever hath not his Snirir, he is none of his, Rom. 8.,g9, p Paul was nur one of ths Council; nor, that we read of, in any Otihce or Plice to judge any Perion. Beſides, the 'ews are thought ro hive had no power of Life and Death; and that Se, Sto ben eas ſlain rather in a popular cumult, than legally ; but Pas! may. be ſaid to do this, by carrying rhe Suifrages or rence to the Roman Prelident, or any others to get it ex2ce..d (tor to the Words will bear) and howſoever by lis apy ovins; rejot- cing at, and delighting in their condenmation (which was in- deed giving his voice, as much as he could, againit them) this was verified,
1: AndT puniſhed chem oft in every {ynagogue, and q compelled them r torblaſpheme ; and being exceding- ly mad againſt them, I perſecuted them even unto s [trange cicies.
when they expelled him from Jeruſalem , Go, and fſerye other Goas, 1 Sam. 26, 19,
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have been now, when he appeared from Heaven with his glo- rious body ? And if the righteous ſhall ſhine as the Sun, Dan. 12. 3. Matth. 13. 43. how much more does their Prince and Saviour ? See concerning this Hiltory, Cap. 9. 3, &sc, and Chap. 22,6.
9 Paul confeſſes that he compelled them to blaſpheme, cither 7. By the Torments he made them to be pur unto ; or, 2.. Py his own example; for he confeſſed, that he had been a bliſb!1cs mer himſelf, 1 Tm. r, 13, :r This blaſphemy was citucr. 1, D&- nying of Chriſt to be the. Meſſiah ; or, >. Curling or Exe- crating of Chriſt, and acknowledging rhat he was juflly con- demned. s Drove them out of Jeruſalem and Jude ; and xccordins to what Paul then believed, he drave thei from the worthip of the true God, and ſaid, in effe&, as David's Adverirics
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Eph. 1.18. *Col.1.13. iPct.2.25.
z The Foot is trod upon on Earth, and the Head cries out from Heaven, as Chap. 9. 4.
16 Bvt riſe, end 4 ſtand upon thy feet : for I have avncared unto thee forth15 purpole, to make thee a mi- nijter and a wieneb both of theſe things which thou haſt {:en, and of thoſe things in the which 5 I will appear unto thee ;
a As Daniel was bidden by the Ange], Dan. 10. 11. to mit1- care his conſternation and fear. 6 St. Paul accordingly had inanv Viſions and Revelations, Chap. 18, 9. and 23. I. 2 Cor. 12. 2. as he was more abundant in his ſufferings for Chriſt, ſo in conlolations from Chriſt, 2 Cor. 1. <.
1> Delivering thee c from the people, and from the Gzntiles, unto whom now I ſend thee,
c From this people of the 7ews, ſo in ſome Copies it 18 ex- preſied ; zhowſoever by the Antitheſis (and from the Gentiles) it is plainly to be underſtood : and God undertakes no Jeſs hereby, -than to deliver Par! (and all his fairhful Servants) from all evils 2nd enemies. Burt how 1s this performed ? and where is the Promiſe * St Par! was ſorely perſecuted by the Fews, and at Jaſt put to death by the Genr:/es, But fo long as it would be a mercy, and a true deliverance to Paul, God wrought many ſuch for him; and that, rather than fail, mi- raculoufly too; no Chains, no Iron Gares could detain him. When he had finiſhed his courſe, and done the Work he was ſent for, it wou'd not have been then a deliverance, to have been kept Jonger trem his reward, and the prize he had ran for.
i? 7] To ® open their eyes, and to * turn 1h: frem da'kneſs e to lichr, and from f the power of Satan uvto God. thar tl ey may receive g forgiveneſs of fins, and inheritance among them that are ſanified by h faith that 1s In M2.