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According as the situation of these places is set forth ,
the distance between Ephesus and Miletus was almost 50 miles or 80 km .(:
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Miletus he sent to Ephesus ,
and called the elders of the church .
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Seruing the Lorde with all modestie ,
and with many teares ,
and tentations ,
which came vnto me by the layings awaite of the Iewes ,
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how I kept (
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I did not refrain form speaking ,
neither did I conceal my motives in any way at all ,
either for fear or for wicked gain .(:
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back nothing that was profitable [
unto you ],
but have shewed you ,
and have taught you publickly ,
and from house to house ,
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Witnessing both to the Iewes ,
and to the Grecians the repentance towarde God ,
and faith toward our Lord Iesus Christ .
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Saue that ye holy Ghost witnesseth in euery citie ,
saying ,
that bondes and afflictions abide me .
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But I passe not at all ,
neither is my life deare vnto my selfe ,
so that I may fulfill my course with ioye ,
and the ministration which I haue receiued of the Lorde Iesus ,
to testifie the Gospell of the grace of God .
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And now behold ,
I know that henceforth ye all ,
through whome I haue gone preaching the kingdome of God ,
shall see my face no more .
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Wherefore I take you to record this day ,
that I [
am ] (
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If you perish ,
yet there will fault with me . {{
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pure from the blood of all [
men ].
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Take heed therefore unto yourselves ,
and to all the flock ,
over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers ,
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To keep it ,
to feed and govern it .(:
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feed the church of God ,
which A notable sentence for Christ '
s Godhead :
which shows plainly in his person ,
how that by reason of the joining together of the two natures in his own person ,
that which is proper to one is spoken of the other ,
being taken as deriving from one another ,
and not in the original :
which in old time the godly fathers termed a communicating or fellowship of properties or attributes ,
that is to say ,
a making common of that to two ,
which belongs but to one .
he hath purchased with The words «
his own »
show forth the excellency of that blood .
his own blood .
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Also of your own selves shall men arise ,
speaking perverse things ,
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This is great misery ,
to want the presence of such a shepherd ,
but it is a greater misery to have wolves enter in .(:
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draw away disciples after them .
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Therefore watche ,
and remember ,
that by the space of three yeres I ceased not to warne euery one ,
both night and day with teares .
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Yea ,
ye knowe ,
that these handes haue ministred vnto my necessities ,
and to them that were with me .
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I have shewed you all things ,
how that so labouring ye ought (
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As it were by reaching out the hand to those who otherwise are about to slip and fall away ,
and so to steady them .(:
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to support the weak ,
and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus ,
how he said ,
It is more blessed to give than to receive .
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And when he had thus spoken ,
he kneeled downe ,
and prayed with them all .
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Being chiefly sorie for the words which he spake ,
That they should see his face no more ;
they accompanied him vnto the shippe .