Ch. 27. Paul's dangerous The is unknown to him, being things openly done and famed abroad. 28. KingAgrippa, believeft thou the prophets ? I know that thou be- lieveft. 27. Ifthou believe the Prophets, thou mayeft fee that they Prophefied this ofChrift. zS. ThenAgrippa Paid untoPaul, Almoft thou perfwadeft me to be a Chriftian. 28. A little thou perCwadea, ere. Nate, It is uncertain whether he fpake this fe- rioully as inclining to believe in ChriftI Or in contempt? Thou would perfwade me that I ash almcIi aChriftian. 29. And Paul faid, I would to God, that not only thou, but alto all that hear me this day, wereboth al- mofti and altogether fuch as I am, except there bonds. 29. Note, True Miuifters thiia for Mens Con. verfion and Salvation. 3o. And when he had thus fpokens the King rofe up, and the gover- nour, and Bernice, and they that fat with them. 3 r. And when they were gone alide,they talked between them- (elves, laying, This man doeth no- thing worthyof death, or of bonds. 32. Then laid Agrippa unto Feftus, This man might have been let at li- berty, if he had not appealed unto Çefar. r? o. They acquit him, but difchargehim nor. CHAP. XXVII. ANd when it was determined that we a. fhould fail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prifoners, unto one named Julius, a centurion of Auguftus band. z. And entring into a lhip of Adra- myttium, we launched, meaning to fail by thecòafts ofAlia, one Ariftarchus a Mace- cedonianof Theffalonica, being with us. And the next day we touched at Sidon. AndJulius courteoufly entreated Paul, and gave him liberty rogo untohis friends to refreth himfelf. g. Heathen Soldiers are icfs cruel than Jewith fuperftitious Pricfts and Hypocrites. h. Andwhen we had launched from thence, we failed under Cyprus, hecaufe thewinds were contrary. f .And when we had failed Ads. Voyage. Ch. 2,7. over the tea ofCilica and Pal aphylia, we came to Myra acityofLycia. 6. And there the centurion found a (hip of Alexandria failing into Italy; and he put us therein. 7. And when wehad failed !lowly many days and fcarce were come over againft Cnidus, thewind not fufferingus,wefail- ed under Crete, over against Salmone ; 8. And hardly palling it, cameunto aplace which is called, The fair havens, nigh whereuntowas thecity of LaCea. Nae, God eauCeththefe difficulties to manila his merciful Providence. 9. Now when muchtimewas fpent,and when failing was nowdangerous, becaufe the fait was now already paft, Paul ad- monifhed them, Io. And laid unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this ;Voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the ladingand !hip, but alfo of our lives. 9. At the time ofthe yews yearly Fall of Ex- piation, which was in part of our Oâoár,failing ufed to be very dangerous on thofe Seas. I i. Neverthelefs, the centurion believed the mailer and theowner of the !hip, more then thofe things which were fpoken by Paul. iz. And besaufe the heaven was no commodious to winter in, the more part advifed to depart thence alto, if by any Means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward thefouth-weft, and north-weft. 12. Note, Phaine a Haven-Town is defcribed, cadittinguith it from the Country called Phamee. 13. And when the fouth-wind blew loft- ly,. fuppoling that they had obtained their purpofe, looting thence they failed dare by 54. But not long after there arore agamft ita tempeftuous wind, called Euro., dydon. i p. Andwhen the (hip was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive. 16. And runningundera cer- tain Iflandwhich is called Clauda, we had much work to come bythe boat : t .Which when they had taken up, they ofed helps, undergirding the !hip; and rearing left they fhould fall into the quick-fands,itrake fail, and fo were driven. 18. Andwe be- ing exceedingly tolled with a tempeft, the next day they lightenedthe !hip ; a9. And the third day we cart out with our own hands the tackling ofthe (hip. jda,, They cart away all to fave themfeh-es; All that a man hash will he give for his life, Andyet the ungodly fell th^_ir foals for nochiaz; zo. Andwhen neither fun nor (tars in many days appeared, and no (mall tem- peft
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