74 Chaim. .ACemom s:tarievpon . quAlions are to be demaunded. The firflis, ofwhich of his iourneies mull this be vnderftood? (for he made fiuc iournies to Ierufalem.)Thefiat, from. Arabia: the fecond,whcn he and Rarnabas were tent by the Church of the Gentiles to carric aimes to Ierufalem: the third, whenhe went to the Councell at Ierufalem : the Fourth, when hewent vp for the keepingofhis vowe : the laff, is mentioned Ail. z 9.2 z, Anfrö. Thcfe words arc not fpokenof the fit fl, For that was but three }Tares after his conunt Pion : neither can they well bevnderffood of the fe- cond, becaufe Paul thenwas fent by the Church,arad therefore he went not by reuelation. And they cannot well be vndcr- floodofthe third : for then Paul wouldhere haue mentioned the Councell of Ierufalem, whereof he wasa principal! mem- ber, fpeciaily Peeing he hathoccafion fo to doe , and it ferued much for his purpofe. The fourth, & fifth iourncys were after a longer time then fourteene yeares. It is likely therefore, that this iourney here mentioned, anddefcribed byPaul, is noneof the firementioned byLuke,but Come other. The fecond que- {lion is,When three fourtceneveares mutt beginne ? Anf. It is vnccrten. Somethinke,- theymullbeginneathisconuerfion; fame threeyeares aFter,when Paul went firfl to Ierufalem : and either may be a truth.None mull here takeoffece. For though circumilances of time, and place, beeing thingsof lefle mo- ment , cannot alwaies be certenlygathered , yet hiflories for their fubftanccanddoftrinespertaining to faluatton.areplain, ly Pet downe. And here we arc put in minde, to be content to be ignorant in frame things , becaufe the fpirit of God hath more darkly cxprefáed them, or againcbecaufc we cannot, by reafun ofour bltndnes, gather them. The third point is, concerning the companions of Paul in this inurr?ey1namelyRarna!su,abdTim.And Paul takes them with him, that theymight be witnefíes to the levees of the do- tirine he taught among the Gentiles : and againe, to the Gen- tiles of the ardent that was betweenehim,and the ref} of the ApoIlles. For the lawofG od is , that euery matter (hall be e- flabhfhedby the teflimonieoftwo, or three witnefles. Hence we learne , that if a queflion arifc of the doctrinewhich is deli- acted in the publike Minifferie , then the hearers that are able to iud e,rttufl ie witnefífes,and the trial! is to bemade by them. Thus faithChrifl in the likecafe ,Whaakeyt me?a rhemt htard 5 t 0 t5 20" 2, 30' 35
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