praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added the saved ones daily to the church.

And great awe fell on all the Church, and on all who heard these things.

This is he, who was with the church in the wilderness with the angel who spake to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the oracles of life to give unto us:

BUT Saul was delighted with his execution. Now on that very day commenced a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and all, besides the apostles, were dispersed through the regions of Judea and Samaria.

But Saul ravaged the church, entering into the houses, and dragging men and women, cast them into prison.

And the report concerning them was heard in the ears of the church which was at Jerusalem: and they dispatched Barnabas, to go as far as Antioch.

and having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that during a whole year they were jointly employed in that church, and taught a vast multitude, and they called for the first time in Antioch the disciples Christians.

NOW at that time Herod the king stretched forth his hand to treat cruelly certain persons belonging to the church.

So then Peter was kept in prison: but fervent prayer was offered up by the church to God for him.

NOW there were at Antioch, according to the established church, prophets and teachers; such as Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger the black, and Lucius a Cyrenian, and Manaen, Herod the tetrarch's foster-brother, and Saul.

So when they arrived they called the church together, and related what great things God had done by them, and that he had opened to the heathen the door of faith.

They therefore being sent on their way by the church, passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving a particular narrative of the conversion of the Gentiles: and they gave great joy to all the brethren.

Then when they arrived at Jerusalem, they were cordially received by the church, and the apostles and presbyters, and they related how great things God had done by them.

Then it was determined by the apostles and presbyters with the whole church, to send select men from themselves unto Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren;

And landing at Cesarea, he went up, and having saluted the church [at Jerusalem], he went down to Antioch.

So he sent to Ephesus from Miletus, and called the presbyters of the church to attend him.

Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost hath made you bishops, to feed as shepherds the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.