Chap.2o. A Commentary upon the ACTs . 179 . CHAP. XX. Verfe r. Into Macedonia]. Reat Alexanders country, calledat this dayAdbany;and is rub., jed to the Turk. Verfe 2. Into Greece ] fc. To Corinth , whence hewrote the Epiftle tothe Romans. Verfe 3. And there abode three j Gr. Was doing there, he was Itrñ0.04; in continual! action. Life coníftsinaEtion; fo doth fpirituall life, Flay 38.i6.And by this reafon,oneman may live more in a moneth, then another in many yeares.In this fenfe Seneca faith, uamuis vi- tie pauco.rfecerimu.r dies. See the famewordufed thus, Matt. 20.12. Epia. 67. Verfe 7. ContinuehisJ eech till midnight]1lMedia noElevigilabitnt, ist eos condemnent qui mediadie dormiunt, faith C'hryfoflome. 7aco6 fearing hisbrother flept not all that night. IfBzsúznel had thought ii hadbeen God that fpake tohim,hewould not have lept.Whiles IJhbofheeh flept, Baanah and Rechabtook ofhis head. After the di- fciples-flept, being biddenwatch, they fled fromChrift and for= fware him,Matt.26.4o. Verfe 8, And thereWere many lights] Night-meetings are law. full, and, in force cafes, necdfull : though'carnall menwill calùm- niate,andmufe as they ure : Caligula thought therewas not a chaft man upon earth, becaufehimfelfwas moftdeteftablyunchaft. Verfe 9. Beingfallen into a deepfleep] Woebetomany now-a- dayes, whenGod flail once fend outfunamonsforfleeper.r. Verfe ro. Hù life is in him] After that Paul praid forhim life returned' : or elfe becaufe he knew it fhould return, he fpeaks of it asa done thing. Verfe rr. And-eaten] After diekelebration ofthe LordsSup- per, followed the ufe ofdaily food, Animantis cujufque-vita of in fuga, faith the Philofopher : fo that were it not for the repair of nutrition, naturail life wouldbe loon extinguithed. So wouldfpiri- <tuall:lifealfo.. Verfe 1t9. Serving the Lord ce.] Here's a mir=rour for Minifters, Verfe 20. With many tearer] Hewent weeping from houfeto houfe, befeeching them tole reconcile&to God, perfwadiug:them, asknowing the terrour ofthe Lord;wC'or.5do. Vtirfe c2. Igo bound in theef/sirit]Pauls fpirit did.not hangloofe, but it .wa6 "-trt up in a refolution to go thorou with'the work, p g Z ZZ 2 what.. s
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