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DISCOURSE
tZ
THE DIVINE
COMMISSION
OE ST.
PAUL EXAMINED AND
ESTABLISHED.
Acrs. xxv. 18,
19.
Ot
one Jesus, who
was
dead,
whom
faul
affirmed
to
be
alive..
THE SECOND PART.
SECONDLY.:
The next
thing
to be
enquired
is,
what
special
and particular
reasons
Paul
had to believe the
re-
surrection of
Christ,
and
thus constantly
to
preach
it.
Here
I
shall
not
run
through
all
the various proofs
of
the resurrection
of
Christ,
which
are often
summed
up'
together
on this occasión
;
but
only
mention those which
convinced
St.
Paul,
and
gave him this full
assurance,
that
Jesus
was
risen from the
dead.
1.
He
saw
Jesus»Christ
after
his
resurrection, and
spake
with him
more
than
once;
Acts ix. 4,
5.
And
d
voice
said
unto
him,
Saul, Saul,
why
persecutest
thou
me?
And
he said, who
art
thou,
Lord
?
And
the
Lord
said,
I
am
Jesus,
whom
thou
persecutest. And
xxii.
17.
While
I
prayed
in the
temple
I
saw him,
saying
unto'
Me
make
haste,
c.
1
Cor.
xv.
4
8.
He
was seen
of
Ceplaas,
then
of
the
twelve;
after
that,
of
above
five
hundred
brethren
a
once
; after that
he
was
seen
óf-
James;
then
of
all
the
Apostles; and last
of
all,'
he
zeias
seen
of
me
also.
FIe
appeals
to this
sight
of
Christ, for
the
truth of
the
resurrection
of
Christ.
It
belongs to the
character of an
apostle,
that
he
must
be
one
who
had
seen
the
Lord
;
therefore
he
partly
proves
his
apostleship
that way:
1
Cor.
ix.
1;
Api not
I
an apostle?
have
I
not
seen
Jesus
Christ our
Lord.
The
first
time
he saw
Christ,
after
his
resurrection,
was on
the
road to Damascus,
when
there
were
sevërl
with him
accompanying
him on
the road,
who were also
surprized with the descending
glory,
though they were
-,not
permitted
to
hear the
words,
He
saw
him again ;