at length coming to himself, how many, said he, does my father keep in pay, who have bread in abundance, whilst I am dying here with hunger?

yet heaven and earth may sooner pass away, than any part of the law be unaccomplish'd.

And as they were presenting children to him, for the imposition of hands, his disciples observing it, rebuk'd those that brought them.

so they brought it to Jesus. and throwing their garments upon the colt, they mounted Jesus thereon.

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

Now the feast of unleaven'd bread, which is call'd the passover,

The day of unleaven'd bread being come, when the paschal-lamb was to be sacrific'd,

then he took bread, and having given thanks, he brake it, and gave it to them, saying, this represents my body which is given for you: do this in remembrance of me.

As soon as it was day, the rulers of the people, the chief priests and the Scribes being assembled, they order'd him to be brought before their council,

and as he was at table with them, he took bread, and gave thanks, then brake it and gave it to them;

Thereupon the two disciples related what had hapned on the road, and how they first discover'd who Jesus was at his breaking of bread.

and he brought him to Jesus. and when Jesus beheld him, he said, "thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas," which is by interpretation, a stone.

the bridegroom is he that hath a right to the bride: as for the friend of the bridegroom, who is nigh his person and heareth him, he greatly rejoyces at the voice of the bridegroom: upon this account my joy is compleat.

upon which the disciples said one to another, hath any man brought him any thing to eat?

Jesus then lifting up his eyes, and seeing a great company coming to him, said to Philip, where can we buy bread to feed this people?

Philip answered him, two hundred penny-worth of bread is not sufficient to furnish every one of them a little.

When even was come, his disciples went to the sea, and going on board a ship,

there came other barks from Tiberias, nigh the place where they had eaten bread, after the Lord had given thanks.)

the people likewise seeing that Jesus was not in those barks, nor his disciples, went on board them, and cross'd to Capernaum in quest of Jesus.

our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, "he gave them bread from heaven to eat."

Jesus answer'd, I assure you, Moses did not give you the celestial bread; but my father gives you the true celestial bread.

for he who is descended from heaven, and gives life to the world, is the bread that is truely divine.

then said they, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

Jesus answer'd, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me, shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me, shall never thirst.

The Jews then murmured against him, for having said, "I am the bread which came down from heaven."

I am the bread of life,

but this is the bread which came down from heaven, that he who eats thereof should not die.

I am the living bread, that is come down from heaven: whosoever shall eat of this bread, shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give, is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

this is that bread which came down from heaven: very different from that manna, which your fathers did eat but died nevertheless: he that eateth of this bread, shall live for ever.

when the officers return'd to the chief priests and Pharisees, they asked them, why have ye not brought him?

then the Scribes and Pharisees brought a woman surprized in adultery; and when they had set her in the middle of the assembly,

This very man that had been blind, was at length brought to the Pharisees.

I say not this of you all; for I know whom I have chosen: and that passage of the scripture must be fulfilled, "He that eateth bread with me, hath lift up his heel against me."

they brought him first to Annas; for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was the high priest at that time:

Pilate therefore hearing them talk at this rate, order'd Jesus to be brought forth, and then sat down in a place of Mosaic work on his tribunal, in Syriac call'd Gabbatha.

The soldiers, after they had crucified Jesus, took his garments (and made four parts, to every soldier a part) and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

Nicodemus, who formerly went to Jesus by night, came likewise and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.

when Simon Peter said to them, I am going a fishing. they reply'd, we likewise will go with you. so they departed and went on board a vessel,; but that night they caught nothing.

assoon as they were come to land, they saw fish frying upon a fire of coals there, and bread.

Jesus then advanc'd, and taking bread, he gave them some, and fish likewise.

but ye shall receive the influence of the holy spirit, which will descend upon you: and ye shall be witnesses for me, in Jerusalem, in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the remotest part of the earth.

they continued stedfastly in the apostolical doctrine of a community, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

and continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they did eat their meals with gladness, and simplicity of heart,

for there was no poor among them, because as many as bad lands or houses, sold them, and brought the value,

sold an estate he had, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles feet.

and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought the rest which he laid at the apostles feet.

upon which Peter said, Ananias, how could satan inspire thine heart to lye to the holy ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

insomuch that they brought the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least, the shadow of Peter might cover some of them, as he pass'd by.

but an angel of the Lord opened the prison-doors by night, and having brought them out, said to them,

upon which the captain went with his officers, and brought them, without offering any violence, for fear of being stoned, he and his men by the people.

when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,

and they stirred up the people, the senators, and the doctors of law, who came and seiz'd him, and brought him to the council,

"make us gods, said they to Aaron, to be our guides: for as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him."

at length Saul rose from the ground; and when he opened his eyes, he could not see: so that they led him by the hand, and brought him to Damascus,

which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Cesarea, and sent him away to Tarsus.

then Peter went down to the messengers; and said, I am the person you look for: what occasion brought you hither?

then Cornelius said, it is now four days ago that I was fasting, and while I was at prayers in my house, about the ninth hour, a man in bright attire presented himself before me,

and perceiving that the Jews were pleas'd with this, he proceeded to secure Peter during the feast of unleavened bread:

having apprehended Peter, he put him into prison, appointing a detachment of sixteen soldiers to guard him, intending to have him brought to publick execution, after Easter.

but he made a sign to them with his hand, to be silent: and related to them, how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. go, said he, and acquaint James and the other brethren with this affair. after which he departed and went to another place.

Herod was then making warlike preparations against the Tyrians, and Sidonians: but they unanimously sent a deputation to court: where having gain'd Blastus the king's chamberlain, they brought matters to an accommodation: for their country was subsisted by the king's territorys.

Now there were several prophets and teachers in the church of Antioch, as Barnabas, Simeon surnam'd Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

even the priest of Jupiter, whose statue was at the city-gates, brought oxen and garlands there, and together with the people, would have offer'd sacrifice to the apostles.

so they set out, accompanied part of the way by the church, and pass'd thro' Phenicia and Samaria, relating the conversion of the Gentiles, which gave great joy to all the brethren.

from thence we marched to Philippi, the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony. having stopp'd there some days,

so they came, and by persuasions brought them out, and desired them to leave the city.

this he continued for two years; so that the Jews and proselytes of that part of Asia heard the doctrine of the Lord Jesus.

many that had practis'd magical arts, brought the books and publickly threw them into the fire: the value by computation amounting to fifty thousand pieces of silver.

there the mob were in the utmost riot, some bawling out in one cry, some in another, and the greatest part at a loss to know why they were met.

for the men you have brought here, have neither plunder'd your temples, nor inveigh'd against your goddess.

after the feast of unleaven'd bread we sail'd from Philippi, and in five days we join'd them at Troas, where we stay'd seven.

on the first day of the week we assembled to break bread, when Paul, who was to depart on the morrow, gave them a sermon, which lasted till midnight.

then Paul went up again, and having broken bread and eaten, he reassumed his discourse till break of day, and then departed.

but the young man was brought in alive and well, to the joy of the whole assembly. As for us, we embark'd, and sail'd to Assos,

bawling out, "men of Israel, help: this is the man that every where inveighs upon all occasions against the people, against the law, and against this place, where they have brought Greeks too to profane this holy place."

when the commanding officer order'd him to be brought into the castle, and put to the question by the lash, in order to find out the reason of their exclamations against him.

as he was resolv'd to know for certain, the next day, what the Jews laid to his charge, he took off his chains, and summon'd the chief priests, and the council to appear, when Paul was brought, and presented before them.

But as Paul knew that one part of the Sanhedrim were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out, my brethren, "I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee, and I am now prosecuted for believing the resurrection of the dead."

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."

having been informed he was a Roman, I had him brought before their Sanhedrim, to hear what crime they laid to his charge.

or let these now declare, if they could convict me of any misdemeanor, when I was brought before the Sanhedrim:

Having staid above eight, nay ten days, he went to Cesarea, and on the morrow mounting the tribunal, he order'd Paul to be brought before him.

the next day after they were come, to avoid delay, I mounted the tribunal, and order'd the man to be brought.

On the morrow Agrippa and Bernice came in great state, and being introduc'd into the court attended by the officers and the principal men of the city, Festus gave the word, and Paul was brought to the Bar.

what course of life I led at Jerusalem, where I was brought up from my youth among those of my own nation, is known to all the Jews.

there the centurion met with a ship of Alexandria, bound for Italy, and put us on board.

for as that haven could not cover us from the storm, most were of opinion to bear away, and try to put in at Phenice, where we could ride safe, the port lying by south-west, and north-west.

the next day the storm work'd the ship with great fury; they threw some of her lading over board:

you must be brought before Cesar: and upon your account, the whole company now with you, will God preserve.

having said this, he took bread, and gave thanks to God, the whole company present: then he broke it and began to eat,

the whole number then on board being two hundred and seventy six.

when they had eat enough, they threw the wheat over board to ease the ship:

After having been there three months, we embark'd on board the Castor and Pollux from Alexandria, that had put in there by hard weather:

whisperers, backbiters, enemies of God, injurious, proud, vain, inventers of vices, disobedient to parents, void of judgment,

therefore the inheritance is of faith, that it might be meerly of favour, to the end the promise might be assured to all his posterity, not to that part only who have the law, but to that also who have the faith of Abraham, the father of us all, as it is written,

was it then good that brought death upon me? no, but it was sin, that sin might show it self by being able to bring death upon me by means of that which is good; that sin, I say, by the commandment might appear to be exceedingly destructive.

for I experience, that in the carnal part of me dwells no good: for it is familiar to me, to will, but not to execute that which is good.

but I perceive in the animal part of me another law warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin, which is in my animal part.

and as Esaias said before, "except the God of heaven had left us a remnant, we had been as Sodoma, and brought to the state of Gomorrha."

I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this secret, (for fear you should presume too much on your selves) that blindness has fallen upon a part of Israel, until the time when the Gentiles shall be fully come in.