The question about eating of blood stated and examin'd; in answer to two dissertations in a book entitled, Revelation examin'd with candour [by Patrick Delany] / [John Averill].

  • Averell, John, 1713-1771.
Date:
1732
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Credit: The question about eating of blood stated and examin'd; in answer to two dissertations in a book entitled, Revelation examin'd with candour [by Patrick Delany] / [John Averill]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    had been brought up with Herod the Tetrarchy and Saul. As they miniftred unto the Lord, and fafted^ the Holy Ghoft /aid, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. And when they had fafted, and prayed> and laid their hands on them, they fent them away. So they being fent forth by the Holy Ghoft, departed into Seleucia, and from thence they failed to Cyprus. And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word in the fynagogue of the Jews. And when they had gone through the ifle unto Paphos, they there converted Sergius Paulus, who was a Gentile profelyte of the gate, as appears from his intimacy with Barjefus the Jew, and his calling for Barnabas and Saul, and defiring to hear the word of God; fince it is plain, that he muft believe in God, before he would defire to hear the word of God, the word of God and the gofpel of Chrifi being always ufed in the New Teftament as fynonymous terms. Ver. 13, 14, 15, 16. Now when Paul and his com¬ panions loofed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia. But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pifidia, and went into the fyna¬ gogue on the fabbath day, and fat down. And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue fent unto them, faying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, fay on. Then Paul food up, and beckening with his hand, faid, Men of Ifrael, and ye that fear God, give audi¬ ence ; and ver. 26. he fays, Men and brethren, chtlr~ dren of the flock of Abraham, and whofoever among you feareth God. Where, by the words, ye that fear God, and whofoever among you fear eth God, it is ma» nifeft he directs his difcourfe to the Gentile profe- lytes of the gate, who were not men of Ifraef nor children of the flock of Abraham, and yet were ad* mitted into the fynagogue. I have been fomewhat particular in the quotati¬ ons which I have made out of this 13th chapter of the AtlSj becaufe our author feems to triumph mightily