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* Now (note :)Paul with Barnabas is again the second time appointed apostle of the Gentiles , not of man , neither by man , but by an extraordinary commandment of the Holy Spirit .(:note ) there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers ; as Barnabas , and Simeon that was called Niger , and Lucius of Cyrene , and Manaen , which had been brought up with This was the same Antipas who put John the Baptist to death . Herod the tetrarch , and Saul . * As they (note :)While they were busy doing their office , that is , as Chrysostom expounds it , while they were preaching .(:note ) ministered to the Lord , and fasted , the Holy Ghost said , Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have The Lord is said to call , from which this word «called » comes from , which is common in the Church , when he causes that to be which was not , whether you refer it to the matter itself , or to any quality or thing about the matter : and the use of the word «call » has come about because when things begin to be , then they have some name : and furthermore this also declares God 's mighty power , in that he spoke the word , and things were made . called them . * * * And when they were at Salamis , they preached the worde of God in the Synagogues of the Iewes : and they had also Iohn to their minister . * So when they had gone throughout the yle vnto Paphus , they found a certaine sorcerer , a false prophet , being a Iewe , named Bariesus , * Which was with the Deputie Sergius Paulus , a prudent man . He called vnto him Barnabas and Saul , and desired to heare the woorde of God . * * Then Saul (which also is called Paul ) being full of the holy Ghost , set his eyes on him , * * And now , behold , the (note :)His power which he shows in striking and beating down his enemies .(:note ) hand of the Lord [is ] upon thee , and thou shalt be blind , not seeing the sun for a season . And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness ; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand . * Then the Deputie when he sawe what was done , beleeued , and was astonied at the doctrine of the Lord . * * But when they departed from Perga , they came to Antioch in (note :)This distinguishes between it , and Antioch which was in Syria .(:note ) Pisidia , and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day , and sat down . * * * The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers , and (note :)Advanced and brought to honour .(:note ) exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt , and with an Openly and with strong power , breaking in pieces the enemies of his people . high arm brought he them out of it . * And about the time of fourtie yeeres , suffered he their maners in the wildernesse . * And he destroied seuen nations in the land of Chanaan , &amp ; deuided their lad to them by lot . * And after that he gave [unto them ] judges about the space of (note :)There were from the birth of Isaac until the destruction of the Canaanites under the governance of Joshua four hundred and forty-seven years , and therefore he adds in this place the word «about », for three years are missing ; the apostle , however , uses the whole greater number .(:note ) four hundred and fifty years , until Samuel the prophet . * And afterward they desired a king : and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis , a man of the tribe of Benjamin , by the space of (note :)In this space of forty years the time of Samuel must be counted and included with the days of Saul , for the kingdom did as it were include his administration .(:note ) forty years . * And after he had taken him away , he raised vp Dauid to be their King , of whom he witnessed , saying , I haue found Dauid the sonne of Iesse , a man after mine owne heart , which will doe all things that I will . * * When John had first preached (note :)John as a herald did not show Christ coming from afar off , as the other prophets did , but right at hand and having already begun his journey .(:note ) before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel . * And when Iohn had fulfilled his course , he saide , Whom ye thinke that I am , I am not he : but beholde , there commeth one after me , whose shooe of his feete I am not worthy to loose . * * * And though they found no cause of death in him , yet desired they Pilate to kill him . * And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him , they tooke him downe from the tree , and put him in a sepulchre . * * And hee was seene many dayes of them , which came vp with him from Galile to Hierusalem , which are his witnesses vnto the people . * And we declare vnto you , that touching the promise made vnto the fathers , * God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children , in that he (note :)For then he appeared plainly and manifestly as the only Son of God , when he left behind his weakness and came out of the grave , having conquered death .(:note ) hath raised up Jesus again ; If Christ had remained dead , he would not have been the true Son of God , neither would the covenant which was made with David have been certain . as it is also written in the second psalm , Thou art my Son , this day have I begotten thee . * And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead , [now ] no more to return to corruption , he said on this wise , I will give you the (note :)The Greeks call those things «holy things » which the Hebrews call «gracious bounties »: and they are called David 's bounties in the passive voice , because God bestowed them upon David . Moreover , they are termed «sure », after the manner of speech which the Hebrews use , who terms those things «sure » which are steady and certain , and such things which never alter or change .(:note ) sure mercies of David . * * Howbeit , Dauid after hee had serued his time by the counsell of God , hee slept , and was laid with his fathers , and sawe corruption . * But he whom God raised vp , sawe no corruption . * * And by him all that believe are justified from (note :)Whereas the ceremonies of the Law could not absolve you from your sins , this man absolves you , if you lay hold of him by faith .(:note ) all things , from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses . * * Behold , ye despisers , and wonder , and vanish away : for I woorke a woorke in your daies , a woorke which yee shall not beleeue , if a man would declare it you . * * Now when the congregation was broken up , many of the Jews and (note :)Who had forsaken their heathen religion , and embraced the religion set forth by Moses .(:note ) religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas : who , speaking to them , persuaded them to continue in the grace of God . * And ye next Sabbath day came almost the whole citie together , to heare the worde of God . * * * For so hath the Lord commanded vs , saying , I haue made thee a light of the Gentiles , that thou shouldest be the saluation vnto the end of the world . * And when the Gentiles heard this , they were glad , and glorified the word of the Lord : and as many as were (note :)Therefore either all were not appointed to everlasting life , or either all believed , but because all did not believe , it follows that certain ones were ordained : and therefore God did not only foreknow , but also foreordained , that neither faith nor the effects of faith should be the cause of his ordaining , or appointment , but his ordaining the cause of faith .(:note ) ordained to eternal life believed . * Thus the worde of the Lord was published throughout the whole countrey . * * * And the disciples were filled with ioy , and with the holy Ghost .

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