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Excerpt from The Miscellaneous Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Conyers Middleton, D. D, Vol. 2: Principal Librarian of the University of Cambridge, Containing All His Writings, Except the Life of Cicero
This faé'c is not mentioned in any other part of the New Tefta-i ment: for St. Lulze, who wrote the A575 of the fife/hes, under the immediate direétion of St. Paul, and defcribes the a€tions Of this Apoftle more largely than of all the reft, has not given the lcail hint of it, fo that it is difficult to determine the time when it hap pened. We read indeed of great numbers converted to the faith of Chrifi at Antzoch, by the minifiry of Paul and Barnabas, and of very high debates fubfif'ting there, between the Jewifh and Gentile con verts, about the obfervance of the Mofaic rites [a]. But it is certain, that Peter was not concerned in thofe debates, for Barnabas, who was now carried away by his authority into the fame difiimula tion with him, was, at the time of mole other difputes, a fire nuous Advocate for Chrifiian liberty, and being fent up with Paul to jerufalenz, to confult the Apofiles and\elders concerning this very quzeftion, found Peter there, the firf'c and forwardefi in that Council, to declare his Opinion, which the ref): of them followed, that fince an end was now put to the d firence between few and Genti,le they ought not to tempt God, by zmpo/ing that yeah upon the Gentiles which the jews themjelves had not been able to hear [b]. And 1n truth, all that we read concerning Peter, ex cept in this fingle infiance related by Paul, is intirely confonant to that declaration at jerufalem, and fhews him, to have been more eminently convinced than the reft of his brethren, of the utter abolition of the Jewifh ceremonies. For this was fignified to him by a particular revelation from heaven, in confequence of which, he was the firfi, who opened the door of faith to the Gentiles, by baptizing Cornelius and his family [c] And in the Council at jerufalenz, was the mover of that Opinion and Apoftolic decree, by which the Gentile converts were fet free from the Yoak of Mtg/es Yet notwithftanding all this conviétion and heal for Chriftian liberty, we find him temporizing fiill for fear of the jews, and on that account openly accuf'ed of hypocrify and pre varication by St. Paul.
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Excerpt from The Miscellaneous Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Conyers Middleton, D. D, Vol. 2: Principal Librarian of the University of Cambridge, Containing All His Writings, Except the Life of Cicero Several of these pieces, which compose this Volume, were written, by me many years ago; chiefly for my own-information, on the occasion of certain controversies, then warmly agitated, concerning the grounds and reasons of the Christian religion and especially on the prophecies of the Old Testament, which are cited in the New, and applied to the particular acts and circumstances of our Saviour's life. For when the enemies of revelation attempted to discredit those citations, as being neither fairly made, nor rightly applied; and our Divines, on the other hand, had nothing to offer in the defence of them, in which a man of sense could reasonably acquiesce; I was willing to try, whether, from my own examination the case, I might not be able to draw out something more satisfactory and if no solution of the difficulty could be found in the citations themselves, whether it might not be drawn from the characters of the Evangelists, who made and applied them - for this topic, I knew, tho' intimately connected with the question, was, what none of our common Advocates would venture to touch upon: whose fortunes in the Church depend, not on seeking out what is true, but on defending what is established; and on inventing expedients to puzzle, where they cannot confute an Adversary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, re
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