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cruelty_n of_o the_o adversary_n be_v not_o quench_v by_o the_o blood_n of_o stephen_n but_o rather_o inflame_v confute_v and_o confound_v the_o great_a scholar_n of_o the_o synagogue_n of_o the_o libertine_n cyrenian_o alexandrian_n and_o cilician_o have_v breed_v in_o they_o so_o hateful_a a_o disdain_n of_o be_v put_v to_o a_o nonplus_n and_o his_o cut_a word_n at_o his_o death_n to_o all_o the_o people_n act._n 7.51_o 52_o 53._o have_v gall_v they_o so_o sore_o and_o especial_o his_o denounce_v of_o ruin_n to_o moses_n ceremony_n and_o to_o the_o temple_n as_o they_o charge_v he_o with_o it_o have_v so_o exasperate_v their_o blind_a zeal_n that_o it_o be_v not_o sufficient_a as_o they_o think_v to_o have_v stephen_n put_v to_o death_n only_o but_o it_o be_v not_o fit_a that_o other_o shall_v live_v who_o be_v of_o the_o same_o heresy_n and_o blasphemy_n with_o he_o for_o so_o they_o construe_v it_o hence_o arise_v a_o bitter_a persecution_n to_o destroy_v the_o church_n at_o jerusalem_n because_o it_o hold_v a_o opinion_n that_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o rite_n there_o shall_v be_v destroy_v in_o this_o tragedy_n be_v saul_n a_o chief_a actor_n spare_v neither_o place_n from_o search_n sex_n from_o apprehension_n nor_o the_o apprehend_v from_o torture_n or_o imprisonment_n such_o a_o testimony_n do_v luke_n give_v of_o he_o act._n 8.3_o and_o such_o a_o confession_n do_v he_o make_v of_o himself_o act._n 22.4_o and_o 26.11_o by_o which_o the_o epistle_n of_o lucianus_n concern_v the_o find_v out_o of_o the_o body_n of_o stephen_n may_v again_o be_v challenge_v for_o forgery_n when_o it_o make_v gamaliel_n a_o most_o zealous_a convert_v and_o professor_n of_o the_o gospel_n &_o that_o at_o this_o time_n insomuch_o that_o he_o take_v care_n for_o the_o burial_n of_o stephen_n and_o receive_v nicodemus_n when_o the_o jew_n have_v cast_v he_o out_o which_o will_v prove_v incredible_a in_o regard_n of_o his_o scholar_n saul_n for_o who_o can_v believe_v either_o 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be_v grant_v that_o they_o scatter_v through_o other_o country_n of_o the_o heathen_a yet_o to_o bring_v they_o as_o far_o as_o to_o france_n and_o england_n as_o some_o do_v be_v almost_o as_o far_o from_o reason_n as_o these_o place_n be_v distant_a from_o jerusalem_n unless_o some_o other_o cause_n can_v be_v allege_v of_o this_o their_o flight_n then_o to_o avoid_v the_o danger_n yes_o it_o it_o may_v be_v say_v they_o take_v so_o long_a a_o journey_n to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n but_o 1._o the_o text_n say_v that_o the_o disperse_v preach_v to_o the_o jew_n only_o of_o which_o i_o believe_v these_o country_n afford_v a_o very_a small_a number_n and_o 2._o the_o legend_n say_v that_o mary_n magdalen_n martha_n and_o joseph_n of_o arimathea_n and_o other_o be_v the_o traveller_n who_o where_o they_o have_v a_o call_n to_o the_o ministry_n be_v yet_o to_o seek_v these_o person_n and_o other_o with_o they_o be_v drive_v by_o the_o blast_n of_o a_o common_a report_n to_o marseils_n in_o france_n aix_n in_o province_n glasenbury_n in_o england_n and_o i_o know_v not_o whither_o it_o will_v be_v sufficient_a to_o give_v the_o reader_n but_o some_o particular_n of_o the_o legend_n and_o then_o will_v he_o easy_o judge_v of_o the_o whole_a but_o it_o be_v not_o worth_a thy_o labour_n it_o be_v more_o pertinent_a to_o consider_v who_o they_o be_v that_o the_o evangelist_n mean_v and_o who_o story_n he_o follow_v when_o he_o say_v here_o they_o be_v all_o scatter_a and_o in_o chap._n 11.19_o that_o they_o travailde_v as_o far_o pâ—enice_n etc._n etc._n certain_o it_o can_v be_v mean_v of_o the_o whole_a church_n of_o jerusalem_n or_o of_o all_o the_o member_n of_o it_o which_o be_v now_o many_o thousand_o but_o of_o the_o 108._o that_o be_v of_o the_o presbytery_n or_o society_n with_o the_o apostle_n for_o 1._o the_o evangelist_n set_v himself_o to_o follow_v the_o story_n of_o the_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o from_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o the_o book_n and_o he_o 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when_o he_o have_v now_o sit_v emperor_n about_o two_o year_n for_o that_o the_o scripture_n sometime_o reckon_v from_o such_o unnamed_a date_n may_v be_v show_v from_o ezek._n 1.1_o 2_o sam._n 15.7_o 2_o chron._n 22.2_o and_o that_o it_o be_v so_o to_o be_v understand_v may_v be_v confirm_v out_o of_o josephus_n antiq._n lib._n 20._o cap._n 7._o etc._n etc._n so_o that_o this_o time_n be_v fix_v of_o paul_n apprehension_n at_o jerusalem_n to_o be_v in_o nero_n second_o as_o eusebius_n and_o other_o have_v well_o hold_v and_o his_o writing_n the_o second_o epistle_n to_o corinth_n prove_v to_o be_v about_o the_o begin_n of_o that_o year_n and_o so_o the_o fourteen_o year_n mention_v 2_o cor._n 12.2_o measure_a out_o vi_o we_o must_v now_o count_v backward_o from_o this_o time_n to_o the_o council_n at_o jerusalem_n and_o as_o near_o as_o we_o can_v cast_v up_o what_o time_n may_v be_v take_v up_o betwixt_o those_o two_o period_n in_o the_o motion_n and_o station_n of_o the_o apostle_n that_o the_o text_n have_v express_v betwixt_o the_o 15_o chapter_n of_o the_o act_n and_o the_o twenty_v or_o rather_o let_v we_o count_v forward_o for_o the_o more_o facile_a and_o methodical_a proceed_n and_o take_v up_o what_o may_v be_v guess_v to_o be_v every_o year_n work_v and_o passage_n as_o it_o come_v to_o hand_n paul_n come_v from_o jerusalem_n to_o antioch_n with_o judas_n silas_n and_o barnabas_n act_v 15.20_o judas_n and_o silas_n stay_v there_o a_o space_n verse_n 33._o paul_n stay_v after_o they_o be_v go_v away_o verse_n 35._o some_o day_n after_o he_o depart_v verse_n 36_o 40._o he_o go_v through_o syria_n &_o cilicia_n confirm_v the_o church_n verse_n 41._o to_o derbe_n and_o lystâ—a_n chap._n 16.1_o through_o the_o city_n &_o deliver_v the_o apostle_n decree_n ver_fw-la 4._o throughout_o phrygia_n ver_fw-la 6._o throughout_o the_o region_n of_o galatia_n vers_fw-la 16._o to_o all_o these_o journey_n we_o may_v allow_v one_o year_n and_o certain_o if_o the_o moving_n and_o staying_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o the_o distance_n of_o the_o place_n and_o the_o work_n he_o do_v be_v consider_v there_o can_v no_o less_o than_o a_o whole_a year_n be_v allow_v for_o all_o this_o progress_n after_o his_o passage_n through_o galatia_n paul_n go_v to_o mysia_n act_v 16.7_o to_o troas_n verse_n 6._o to_o samothrace_n neapolis_n and_o philippi_n ver_fw-la 11_o 12._o at_o philippi_n he_o continue_v many_o day_n ver_fw-la 13_o 16_o 18._o thence_o he_o pass_v through_o amphipolis_n and_o apollonia_n chap._n 17.1_o come_n to_o thessalonia_n and_o be_v there_o three_o sabbath_n day_n in_o quiet_a ver_fw-la 2._o afterwards_o be_v persecute_v ver_fw-la 5._o go_v to_o berea_n and_o convert_v very_o many_o vers_n 10_o 12._o go_v from_o thence_o to_o athens_n ver_fw-la 15._o there_o wait_v for_o silas_n and_o timothy_n ver_fw-la 16._o from_o thence_o go_v to_o corinth_n act_v 18.1_o for_o all_o these_o journey_n and_o action_n we_o will_v allow_v he_o half_o a_o year_n and_o i_o can_v see_v how_o they_o can_v take_v so_o little_a at_o corinth_n he_o continue_v a_o year_n and_o a_o half_a act_v 18._o verse_n 11._o and_o this_o make_v up_o 3_o year_n since_o the_o council_n at_o jerusalem_n after_o this_o long_a stay_n at_o corinth_n he_o be_v persecute_v yet_o tarry_v a_o good_a while_n after_o act_v 18.18_o from_o thence_o he_o sail_v to_o ephesus_n but_o stay_v little_a ver_fw-la 19_o go_v thence_o to_o caesarea_n to_o jerusalem_n to_o antioch_n and_o spend_v some_o time_n there_o act_v 18.22_o 23._o go_v over_o all_o the_o country_n of_o galatia_n and_o phrygia_n in_o order_n act_v 18.23_o to_o these_o passage_n i_o suppose_v there_o be_v hardly_o any_o that_o can_v allow_v he_o less_o than_o a_o whole_a year_n that_o shall_v but_o serious_o consider_v of_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v mention_v and_o the_o length_n of_o the_o journey_n after_o his_o pass_v through_o phrygia_n he_o come_v to_o ephesus_n act_v 19.1_o and_o there_o continue_v three_o year_n act_n 19.8_o 10_o 21_o 22._o &_o 20.31_o after_o this_o he_o go_v into_o macedonia_n act_v 20.1_o from_o whence_o he_o write_v that_o second_o epistle_n to_o corinth_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o 2_o year_n of_o nero._n so_o that_o yield_v these_o seven_o year_n for_o the_o travail_n of_o this_o apostle_n betwixt_o that_o time_n and_o the_o council_n of_o jerusalem_n act_v 15._o and_o less_o than_o seven_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a to_o allow_v see_v that_o four_o year_n and_o a_o half_a of_o that_o space_n be_v take_v up_o in_o the_o two_o city_n of_o corinth_n and_o ephesus_n and_o it_o will_v result_v that_o the_o council_n at_o jerusalem_n be_v in_o the_o nine_o year_n of_o claudius_n now_o paul_n himself_o reckon_v seventeen_o year_n from_o his_o conversion_n to_o this_o council_n gal._n 1.18_o &_o 2.1_o which_o seventeen_o count_v backward_o from_o the_o nine_o of_o claudius_n it_o fall_v out_o almost_o past_a all_o controversy_n that_o paul_n conversion_n be_v in_o the_o next_o year_n after_o our_o saviour_n ascension_n as_o may_v be_v see_v by_o this_o ensue_a table_n christ._n tiberius_n 33_o 18_o christ_n ascend_v 34_o 19_o paul_n convert_v 35_o 20_o go_v into_o arabia_n 36_o 21_o come_n up_o to_o jerusalem_n 37_o 22_o 38_o 1_o caius_n 39_o 2_o 40_o 3_o 41_o 4_o 42_o 1_o claudius_n 43_o 2_o the_o famine_n act._n 11.28_o paul_n rapt_v into_o the_o three_o heaven_n 44_o 3_o 45_o 4_o 46_o 5_o 47_o 6_o 48_o 7_o 49_o 8_o 50_o 9_o the_o council_n at_o jerusalem_n paul_n go_v to_o antioch_n syria_n cilicia_n etc._n etc._n 51_o 10_o paul_n the_o latter_a half_n this_o year_n at_o corinth_n the_o former_a half_n in_o athens_n beraea_n thessalonia_n etc._n etc._n 52_o 11_o paul_n all_o this_o year_n at_o corinth_n 53_o 12_o paul_n in_o phrygia_n galatia_n antioch_n jerus_n caesarea_n ephesus_n corinth_n 54_o 13_o paul_n at_o ephesus_n 55_o 14_o paul_n at_o ephesus_n 56_o 1_o nero._n paul_n at_o ephesus_n 57_o 2_o paul_n write_v the_o second_o 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