( 261 ) brews, efpecially in the 7th. and 8th. Chapters: The Teachers of this fort greatly troubled the Churches, even after the Declaration of the Mind of the Holy Ghofi in theee things, by the Apofiles; . ' . 15. Thofe who continued obfiinate in this Perfwafion, became at: terwards'to be Ebionites and kazarenes, as they were called, wholly forfaking the Chrifiian Church of the Gentiles. Thefe were generallyofthe Seer of the Pha- r f es, and feem to be the leafs fort of the three ; For, (3.) There were others, who acquiefcing in the Li- berty ofthe. Gentiles, declared by the Apofiles, .fía. 15. yet judged themfelves and all other Circumcifed Jews, obliged unto the Obfervation oftheLaw and its Tnftitu- tions. Thefe legal Obfervances were of two forts; (r.) Such as were confined and limited unto the Temple, and unto the Land ofCanaan ; And (2.) Such as might be obferved any where among the Nations ; they actedaccordingly. Thofe who lived at Jeruflem adhered unto the TempleWorfhip, thewhole Church there did fo. Their Judgement in there things- is declared, A&s 21. 20. 21. Thou feeefi 'Brother, how many thoufands of the Jews there are which believe, and they are all Zealous of the Law ; and they are informed of thee, that thou teachefi all the .Yews which are among the Gentiles, to forfke alofees,. laying; that they:ought not tocireumeif their Children, neither to walkofter the C:jiomes. They were notat all offended'' with `Paul, that he did not impofe the Law , on the Gentiles (ver. 2 5.) but only that (as they had been in- formed) he taught the yews to forfake the Law, and to rejeC all the Infiitution& of it. This they thought unlawful for them. And this they fpake principally withrefpeC unto the Temple Service,, as appears by the',. Advice.
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