for they have offer'd only part of their superfluous wealth; but she has given all that was then left for her subsistence.

Then said Jesus, Simon, Simon, satan has demanded to shake you, and my disciples, like wheat in a sieve.

but now, said he, let him that hath a purse, and a bag, take them both; and he that has no sword, let him sell his garment to buy one.

for I referr'd you to him, and you see nothing that is capital, has been made out against him.

however he urg'd it a third time, why, what crime has he done? I don't find he has done any thing that deserves death: I will therefore order him to be whipp'd, and so dismiss him.

as for us, it is with justice, that we suffer the penalty due to our crimes: but as for him, what misdemeanour has he been guilty of?

one of them, Cleopas by name, reply'd, are you such a stranger in Jerusalem as not to know what has so lately happen'd there?

behold my hands, and my feet. for I am bodily present, touch me and consider me; for a spirit has not flesh and bones, as you see me have:

then he said, this is what I told you, while I was yet with you, that what has been written concerning me in the law of Moses, in the prophets, and in the psalms, must be all accomplished.

and I am going to send you what my father has promis'd you. but continue in the city of Jerusalem, until you shall be endued with power from on high.

the sick man answered him, sir, I have nobody to put me into the pool when the water has been agitated: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

for had you believed Moses, you would have believed me: since he has spoke of me in his writings.

but if you don't believe what he has writ, how should you believe what I say?

work not for the food which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto everlasting life, and which the son of man shall give unto you, for to him it is that the father, that is God, has given his credentials.

and the will of him who sent me is this, that I should not lose any one of those he has given me, but should raise them again at the last day: this,

he that speaks from himself, has a view to his own glory: but he that has a view to his glory that sent him, deserves credit, and is a stranger to all imposture.

now Moses has ordain'd in the law, that such criminals should be stoned: but what is your opinion?

and yet if I did judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I am with the father who has sent me.

I indeed do bear testimony of my self, but the father, who has sent me, beareth witness of me likewise.

a slave has no right to be in the house for life: but the son is settled there.

but now ye seek to kill me, the man who has told you the truth, such as I have learnt it of God: Abraham did not act thus.

you, who have the devil for your father, will execute the designs of your father: he was a murderer from the beginning, and deserted the truth, since he has no love for the truth: when he lyes, he speaks like himself: for he is a lyar, and the father of a lyar.

thereupon some of the Pharisees said, this man has no divine mission, because he does not observe the sabbath. but said others, if he be an impostor, how can he do such miracles? and there was a schism among them.

Jesus said to him, not only thou hast seen him, but it is he himself that is talking with thee.

but the hireling, who is not the pastor, nor has the property of the sheep, seeing the wolf come, leaves the sheep, and flies away: so the wolf seizes some, and disperses the flock.

Jesus answered, are there not twelve hours in the day? he that travels by day does not stumble, because he has the light of this world to see by.

but some of them said, this man who has given sight to the blind, could not he have prevented Lazarus's death?

then they took away the stone from the place where the corps was laid. and Jesus lifting up his eyes to heaven said, "father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.

I know that thou hearest me always: but I say this, because of the people here present, that they may believe that thou hast sent me."

Jesus said to him, he that comes out from bathing has occasion only to wash his feet, the rest of his body being clean: so you are clean, but not every one of you.

Jesus answered him, you lay down your life for my sake! Verily, verily I say unto thee, the cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.

not that he has any thing against me, but that the world may know that I love the father, by my executing the commands which my father gave me: arise, let us go hence.

as the father has loved me, and I have loved you: so do you persevere in your love to me.

all that the father has is mine: that is the reason of my saying, "he shall communicate to you the information that I shall give him."

for thou hast given him power over all men, that he might give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

and this is life eternal, to acknowledge thee to be the only true God, and Jesus to be the Messiah whom thou hast sent.

"It is for them I pray: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me, because they are thine.

and now I shall be no more in the world, but they will be in the world, when I am come to thee. holy father keep them by that authority, with which thou hast invested me, that they may be one, as we are.

as thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

that they all may be one, as thou, father, art in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

I in them, and thou in me, that they may have a perfect union, and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me, may be with me where I am going; that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me: for thou didst love me before the foundation of the world; yet,

O righteous father, the world hath not known thee; but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

to them I have declared thy name, and will declare it: that thou mayst love them as thou hast loved me, and I have loved them."

Pilate answered, am I a Jew? your own nation, and the chief priests have delivered thee up to me: what hast thou done?

Jesus said to him, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they who have not seen, and yet have believed.

saying, "thou Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show us which of these two thou hast chosen,

thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy by thy presence."

therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the father the promise of the holy spirit, he has diffused that spirit, the effects of which ye now see and hear.

it is the faith which we have in him, that has procured strength to this man whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him, hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

but thus it is that God has accomplished what he had foretold by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer.

who has been beforehand prepar'd thereto,

but must reside in heaven, till the time of the restitution of all things, of which God has spoken from the beginning by the mouth of his holy prophets.

at the relation of which they unanimously lift up their voice to God, and said, Lord, thou art the God who hast made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that is therein:

who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, "why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

for it was truly against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, that Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, united themselves in this city,

was not the estate your own estate? and was not the price for which it was sold, all in your own hands? how came such a design as this in your heart? thou hast not lyed unto men, but unto God.

thou hast no manner of share in this gift: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

in his humiliation he was judged, he was taken off: and who shall describe the men of his time? for the land has taken away his life."

then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many that this man has done a world of mischief to thy saints at Jerusalem: he is now here,

they answered, Cornelius the centurion, a man of probity and piety, one that has an universal good character among the Jews, was divinely admonish'd by an holy angel to send for you to his house, to hear what you had to say to him.

and said, "Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and God has approved thine alms.

immediately I sent to you; and you have done well to come. now here we are all in the presence of God, to hear whatever he has given you in charge.

but the voice from heaven address'd it self to me again, and said, don't call that impure, which God has purified.

if therefore God has bestow'd the same favour upon them, as on us, after we had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, how could I make any opposition to the divine will?

Having heard this, they were appeas'd, and glorified God, saying, God has then granted salvation likewise to the gentiles, on the terms of their repentance.

said he, I know for certain, that the Lord has sent his angel, and has deliver'd me from the hands of Herod, and from what the Jews were in expectation of.

it is of his posterity that God, pursuant to his promise, has rais'd up Jesus to be the saviour of Israel.

to you therefore we declare, that the promise which God had made to the fathers, he has now perform'd to us, who are their children, by his having raised up Jesus again.

for thus has the Lord commanded us, "I have appointed you to be a light to the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the remotest parts of the earth."

who in past ages has let all Nations proceed in their own ways.

God who knows their hearts has granted them a testimonial, by giving them the holy spirit, even as he did to us:

Simon has related how God began to visit the Gentiles, to chuse from among them a people consecrated to his name.

he that does all these things, is the Lord himself that has said it." for the works of God are all known to him from the beginning of the world.

for as to the law of Moses, that has been published in every city a considerable time, being read in the synagogues every sabbath-day.

that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the flesh of strangled animals, and from fornication: you will do well to preserve your selves from these practices. farewel.

he he has deduced all mankind from one parent, to inhabit the surface of the whole earth, having pre-establish'd the appointed periods, and the boundarys of their dominions:

since then we are the offspring of God, we should not imagine that the Deity bears any resemblance to the form which Gold, or Silver, or Stone has receiv'd from human art and industry.

God has been pleas'd to over-look this state of ignorance: but now he enjoins all men every where to repent:

because he has fix'd the day, when he will judge in equity, by that man, whom he has appointed thereto: of which he has given full proof to all the world, by having raised him from the dead."

yet your own eyes and ears have inform'd you, that not only at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul by his persuasions has turn'd the heads of a world of people, asserting, that these are Gods of our own making, and not really such.

be therefore upon your guard to secure your selves, and the whole flock over which the holy spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood.

my constant example has shown you that the disabled should be assisted by your labours, remembring the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, "it is a greater happiness to give than to receive."

these take, and perform the rites of purification with them, contributing to the expence of having their heads shav'd: this will convince them, what has been reported of you, is all groundless, and that you stick to the observances of the law.

then he said, the God of our fathers has singled you out to be acquainted with his will, to see the just one, and to hear the words of his mouth:

and the Scribes taking part with the Pharisees, grew warm in the debate, and said, "we find no harm in this man; perhaps a spirit or an angel has spoke to him."

who having sent for one of the centurions, said, introduce this young man to the tribune, for he has something to communicate to him.

accordingly he went along with him, and having introduc'd him to the tribune, he said, Paul, who is in custody sent for me, and desired me to introduce this young man, who has something to tell you.

and has attempted to prophane the temple: we secur'd him, and would have try'd him by our law:

the most considerable, said he, among you may go with me, and if he has committed any crime, let 'em begin the process.

As he was thus making his defence, Festus broke out into this exclamation, "Paul, you are mad: much study has turn'd your brain."

they declar'd to one another, "this man has done nothing that deserves either death or imprisonment:"

take courage then, my friends, for I have this confidence in God, that what has been told me, shall be effected,

among whom Jesus Christ has also called you:

the reward is not counted as a favour to him that has done good actions, but as a debt:

whereas he that trusts in God to be made righteous, tho' he has not done such actions, shall find his faith accounted as righteousness.

who has given us access by faith to that degree of favour, we are in, by which we triumph in the hopes of divine glory.

for the christian dispensation of a spiritual life has set me free from the legal state of sin and death.

for we are saved but by hope: but hope supposes things not yet present; for how can a man hope for what he has now in possession?

We know too, that all things co-operate for the good of those who love God, who, pursuant to his purpose, has now called them: