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<HEAD>S^t^. PAULS LIFE and TRAVELS From His Conver&s;ion. And al&s;o his &s;everal Sufferings, unto His Martyrdom at <HI>Rome.</HI> Collected from Sacred SCRIPTURE and Serious HISTORIANS.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">The Life and Travels of St. <HI>Paul</HI> from his Conver&s;ion to his Martyrdom.</HEAD>
<P>AMong&s;t the <HI>Jewi&s;h</HI> N<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">tion, a certain <HI>Benjamite</HI> inhabited in the City of <HI>Tar&s;us,</HI> from whence de&s;cended that ble&s;|&s;ed Apo&s;tle St. <HI>Paul,</HI> who was by his father called <HI>Saul,</HI> in evedence that he was an <HI>Hebrew</HI> of the <HI>Hebrews.</HI></P>
<P>He was &s;ent from <HI>Tar&s;us</HI> unto <HI>Jeru&s;alem</HI> to be in|&s;tructed in &s;acred knowledge, and at the feet of <HI>Gamaliel</HI> a Doctor of the Law, he was &s;et to &s;tudy the Holy Scriptures, in which he pro|fited beyond all his Fel<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ow-&s;tudients.</P>
<P>Here eager of his Learning and Religion, he drew in the Do|ctrine of the Phari&s;ees.</P>
<P>About which time the promi&s;ed <HI>Me&s;iah</HI> appeared, <HI>Saul</HI> at <HI>Jeru&s;alem,</HI> was &s;o intent that this news of the <HI>Me&s;iah</HI> found no entertainment from him.</P>
<P>Chri&s;t being crucified at the great <HI>Pa&s;cha</HI> Fea&s;t, and at <HI>Penteco&s;t;</HI> the Holy Gho&s;t coming upon the Apo&s;tles, enabling them to &s;peak Languages, and work Miracles, many became their converts, &s;o that by the fea&s;t of Tabernacles, there was a nece&s;&s;ity to ordain Deacons, and of the&s;e &s;even were appointed, whereof <HI>Stephen</HI> was one; they were not more zealous in &s;preading the Go&s;pel, than the <HI>Jews</HI> were enviou&s;ly oppo&s;ite; among&s;t which <HI>Saul</HI> of <HI>Tar&s;us</HI> was not the lea&s;t. The fir&s;t q<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">arrel was the Synagogue of the <HI>Libertines</HI> again&s;t <HI>Stephen,</HI> &s;uppo&s;ed to have been at the next Fea&s;t, following the Fea&s;t of Tabernacles, at which time <HI>Stephen</HI> received Ordination; at which time <HI>Stephen</HI> was apprehended by tho&s;e <HI>Libertines,</HI> and before the Councel tumultuou&s;ly condemned and &s;toned to death. But devout men expo&s;ed them&s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ves to the <HI>Jews</HI> di&s;plea&s;ure by &s;ollemn lamenta|tion and convenient burial.</P>
<P>The&s;e per&s;ecutors much enraged made great havock; and under this Councel that condemned <HI>Stephen, Sau<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"></HI> was then an ement Offi|cer and gave his vote to his death, and was in &s;pecial imploy to &s;ee the Execution done, and was zealou&s;ly mad and furious to de&s;troy and impri&s;on all that fell in his way, and to accompli&s;h his de&s;ign, he got Letters from the High-Prie&s;t, directed to the Synagogues in <HI>Dama&s;cus,</HI> to bind and bring away all that &s;hould own the name of Chri&s;t.</P>
<P>But in this his ha&s;t going to <HI>Dama&s;cus,</HI> a bright light appeared round him, and he was ca&s;t upon the ground, greatly a&s;toni&s;hed, and a voice &s;peaking unto him &s;aying, <HI>Saul, Saul, why per&s;ecute&s;t thou me?</HI></P>
<P>This miraculous voice and &s;troke cooled <HI>Paul's</HI> courage, and he lay <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">mbling, his heart turned, and his note was changed, he immediate|ly became obedient to the Heavenly voice.</P>
<P>B<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ing led into <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">he City, for he was &s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">uck blind with the light; three days after <HI>Ananias</HI> by Divine appointment baptized him, and con&s;tit<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ted him a Go&s;pel preacher, and <HI>Saul</HI> immediately began to preach up that Doctrine in the <HI>Jewi&s;h</HI> Synagogues, and confounded his <HI>Jewi&s;h</HI> adver&s;aries by Scripture arguments out of the Law and Prophets, proving that that Je&s;us that they had &s;o lately crucified was the very Chri&s;t.</P>
<P>For which the <HI>Jews</HI> in&s;tead of being convinced, go about to kill him, but few days after he left <HI>Dama&s;cus,</HI> and went into <HI>Arabia,</HI> and there he continued the &s;pace of three years.</P>
<P><HI>Saul</HI> returning back to <HI>Dama&s;cus</HI> about the 23 of <HI>Tiberius,</HI> but here again he finds the &s;ame malicious &s;pirit remaining in the <HI>Jews,</HI> and to e&s;cape wi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">h his life, was fain to be let down in a Basket over the Town Wall, and f<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">om thence he went to <HI>Jeru&s;alem</HI> abou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> the Fea&s;t of Tabernacles.</P>
<P>All this time had he &s;een none of the Apo&s;tles, but now coming to <HI>Jeru&s;a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">em</HI> he met with St. <HI>Peter,</HI> who at fir&s;t with others &s;hunned <HI>Paul</HI> But <HI>Barnabas</HI> wrought his Introduction am<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ng them. <HI>Paul</HI> af|ter fifteen days labour and pains be&s;towed to little purpo&s;e, left <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">e|ru&s;alem,</HI> and went down to <HI>Ce&s;aria,</HI> and from thence through <HI>Phoe|nicia, Syria,</HI> and <HI>Cylicia,</HI> and &s;o to <HI>Tar&s;us. Saul</HI> goes with <HI>Barnabas</HI> to <HI>Antioch,</HI> where he continued one whole year, and after a la<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> col|lect<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">on, made for the poor Saints at <HI>Jeru&s;alem,</HI> it was carried by the hands of <HI>Barnabas</HI> and <HI>Paul,</HI> where they both continued.</P>
<P><HI>Paul</HI> being in an exta&s;ie as he was praying in the Temple, was caught up into the third Heaven, where he heard words un&s;peakable, and was commanded quickly to be gone out of <HI>Jeru&s;alem,</HI> and to go to the Genti<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">es.</P>
<P><HI>Saul</HI> returns back to <HI>Antioch,</HI> where the Holy Gho&s;t &s;pake openly by vi&s;ion, &s;aying, <HI>Seperate me</HI> Barnabas <HI>and</HI> Paul, <HI>for the work of the Mini&s;try:</HI> and from henceforward he was called <HI>Paul.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Paul</HI> and <HI>Barnabas</HI> leave <HI>Antioch,</HI> and at fir&s;t come to <HI>Selucia</HI> neer the Sea, and from thence &s;ailed unto <HI>Salamis</HI> in the I&s;le of <HI>Cyprus,</HI> and after &s;ome &s;tay journeyed over the I&s;land unto <HI>Paphos,</HI> where <HI>Sergius Paulus</HI> the Governour held his &s;eat, and was by them conver|ted to the faith by miracle, having fir&s;t &s;mote <HI>Barje&s;us</HI> a Sorcerer with blindne&s;s, who oppo&s;ed them.</P>
<P>In the Spring they cro&s;t the Sea to <HI>Perga</HI> in <HI>Pamphilia,</HI> from hence <HI>John Mark</HI> returns to <HI>Jeru&s;alem,</HI> and <HI>Paul</HI> goes as far as <HI>An|tioch</HI> in <HI>P&s;idia,</HI> where Preaching in vain to the <HI>Jews,</HI> he returns to the <HI>Gentiles,</HI> where crowds of converts come in.</P>
<P>From hence they travail to <HI>Iconia,</HI> the principal City of <HI>Lycaonia.</HI></P>
<P>This year happened the Famine &s;poken of by <HI>Agabus.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Paul</HI> and <HI>Barnabas</HI> continue Preaching at <HI>Iconia,</HI> but were quickly driven away by the Tumultuous Envious <HI>Iews,</HI> and went on Preach|ing at <HI>Ly&s;tra,</HI> where they cure a lame man miracu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ou&s;ly, but they were pur&s;ued with Malice, and here they &s;toned <HI>Paul,</HI> who was by Miracle re&s;tored to l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">fe again, and went with <HI>Barnabas</HI> for <HI>Derbe,</HI> where having &s;etled the Church, they return to <HI>Ly&s;tra.</HI></P>
<P>Where having Ordained Elders, they return to <HI>Iconium,</HI> and from thence they came to <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ntioch</HI> in <HI>P&s;idia,</HI> from thence they came back to <HI>Perga,</HI> and from thence to <HI>Attalia,</HI> thence they return th ough <HI>Cilicia,</HI> and <HI>Syria,</HI> unto <HI>Antioch</HI> in <HI>Syria,</HI> and whil&s;t they continued at <HI>Antioch,</HI> certain <HI>Iews</HI> di&s;turb the Church, whence aro&s;e great di|&s;putes, <HI>Barnabas</HI> and <HI>Paul</HI> thereupon are &s;ent to <HI>Ieru&s;alem,</HI> to deter|mine tho&s;e controver&s;ies, where it was ordain<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">d and decreed, and they both return to <HI>Antioch,</HI> to the full &s;atisfaction of the Churches.</P>
<P><HI>Paul</HI> after &s;ome fa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ling out, parts with <HI>Barnabas,</HI> and <HI>Iohn, Mark,</HI> and <HI>Paul,</HI> and <HI>Silas,</HI> depart into <HI>A&s;ia. Paul</HI> travails through <HI>Syria,</HI> and <HI>Cilicia,</HI> unto <HI>Derbe,</HI> unto <HI>Lyconia,</HI> and &s;o through <HI>Phrygia</HI> and <HI>Gala|tia,</HI> and <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ithinia,</HI> and &s;o to <HI>Troas,</HI> in <HI>My&s;&s;ia:</HI> from hence &s;hipt to the I&s;le of <HI>Samothraet,</HI> and thence to <HI>Neopolis,</HI> and &s;o to <HI>Phi|lippine</HI> in <HI>Macedonia, Lydia</HI> converted, and others, al&s;o the Jaylor, on the morrow being di&s;mi&s;t they went to <HI>Amphipolis,</HI> and &s;o to <HI>Appo|lonia,</HI> and thence towards <HI>The&s;&s;alonica,</HI> but being per&s;ecuted at <HI>Per|&s;ia, Paul</HI> &s;ailed away by Sea to <HI>Athens,</HI> where <HI>Paul</HI> had many di&s;|putations, and converted <HI>Diony&s;ius,</HI> and one <HI>Damaris,</HI> and others; from hence <HI>Paul</HI> wrote the Fir&s;t and Second Epi&s;tle to the <HI>The&s;&s;a|lonians,</HI> and from <HI>Athens</HI> he went to <HI>Corinth,</HI> at <HI>Corinth Paul</HI> had a Vi&s;ion, to encourage his Preaching. Here he made Tents with <HI>Aquilla</HI> and <HI>Pri&s;cilla</HI> preaching in the hou&s;e of <HI>Ju&s;tus. Paul</HI> leaves <HI>Silas</HI> to govern the Church of <HI>Corinth,</HI> and &s;ails to <HI>Ephe&s;us,</HI> in <HI>A&s;ia,</HI> leaving <HI>Timothy</HI> to govern, he &s;ailed to the I&s;le of <HI>Creta,</HI> where having &s;etled a Church he left the care to <HI>Titus,</HI> and &s;o &s;ailed to <HI>Ce&s;aria</HI> in <HI>Canaan,</HI> and &s;o went up to <HI>Jeru&s;a em,</HI> and thence to <HI>Antioch,</HI> and &s;o began a third voyage, through <HI>Ga<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">atia,</HI> &amp; <HI>Phrygia,</HI> and &s;o to <HI>Ephe&s;us,</HI> where he preached two whole years in the School of <HI>Tyrannus,</HI> where he did many miracles, and foiled &s;even &s;ons of <HI>Sc<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">va,</HI> a Jew attempting to ca&s;t out Devils. St. <HI>Phillip</HI> being dead, St. <HI>Pau</HI> was called to be an <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">|po&s;tle, and was reckoned among&s;t the Twelve, and ever after writ him&s;elf an <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">po&s;tle, many burnt their books, but <HI>Demetrius</HI> the Silver|&s;mith rai&s;eth a tumult. Hence <HI>Paul</HI> wrote the fir&s;t Epi&s;tle to the <HI>Corin|thians,</HI> and &s;ent it by <HI>Timothy, Paul</HI> left <HI>Timothy</HI> at Ephe&s;us, and went into Macedonia, pa&s;&s;ing by Troas, whence he wrote the &s;econd Epi&s;tle to the Corinthians, thence he wrote to Titus in Crete, from Nicapolis, Paul come to Corinth, whence he wrote the Epi&s;tle to the Romans. Hence he went to Philipi, from whence he went by Sea <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 word"> T<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">oas in A&s;ia, where he re&s;tored Eutechus to life, thence went he to Affos, and &s;o to Mytelene, to the i&s;le of Chios, to Samos, to Trogilium, to Micales, to Miletus. Hence &s;ailed he away to Chaos, and &s;o to Rhoodes, hence to Cyprus, unto Tire.</P>
<P>Hence &s;ai<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ed he again to Ptolamais; and thence to Ce&s;aria, here he was told of the ill u&s;age he &s;hould meet with at Jeru&s;alem, yet went he on thither, and being found in the Temple, he was apprehended and buffeted, but was re&s;cued by Ly&s;ias the chief Captain, and found to be a Roman, and was &s;ent to Ce&s;aria before Felix, who condi&s;|cended to hear Paul preach, and after two years left Paul in pri&s;on, Fe&s;tus prefect of Judea, Paul is accu&s;ed a fre&s;h, but appeals to Ce&s;ar, King Agripa hears Paul, Paul is &s;hipt for Rome, &s;ails by Zidon, to Cyprus, Mira, in Pamphilia, where he is &s;hipt of Alexandria, and came to Guida, thence by Salmona, and &s;o We&s;t-wards to the Haven in Creta, called fair-Heavens, neer the City of La&s;ea, not wintering here, they &s;ailed on to Winter in Phenix, where for fourteen days they had a &s;o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">itary journey, all hope of life was pa&s;&s;ed, and the Ship peri&s;hed, but all the per&s;ons e&s;caped &s;afe, and landed at the I&s;land of Melita, where the Governour Publius was converted, thence they &s;ailed to Syracu&s;e, thence to Rhegium, thence to Pu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">edi; thence tra|velled to Apiforum, thence to the three Taverns, and &s;o to Rome, here Paul fir&s;t preached to the Jews, but they being hardned, he prea|ched two full years to the Gentiles, in his own hired hou&s;e, the &s;oul|diers being his guard, he continues pri&s;oner at Rome, whence he wrote the Epi&s;tle to the Galatians, and likewi&s;e that to the Ephe&s;i|ans.</P>
<P>Epaphroditius brings him relief from the Philipians, being pri&s;on|er, by whom he returned his Epi&s;tle to them: Timothy al&s;o delivers him <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">he alms of Ephe&s;us, and after came One&s;imus from his Ma|&s;ter, by whom St. Paul returns his Epi&s;tle to Philemon. Then came Epaphras al&s;o to Rome, and after two years impri&s;onment, he was heard before Nero. Being &s;et at liberty, he goes into Spain, Paul in Gallia ordained Cre&s;ceus, from whence he &s;ailed into Greece.</P>
<P>St. Paul vi&s;its the Churchei&s;m Macedonia, and lands at Troas, in A&s;ia, where Carpus was Bi&s;hop, where he left his cloak and parch|ments, and went up into Phrygia, unto Laodecea, and from thence wrote his Epi&s;tle to Timothy at Ephe&s;us, and from thence went to Miletum; hence &s;ailed to Corinth, and hence he &s;ailed to Rome, hence he wrote his &s;econd Epi&s;tle to Timothy. Paul is impri&s;oned, being betrayed by Alexander the Copper-&s;mith of Ephe&s;us: Paul was beheaded at Rome, and with him &s;uffered his companions, A|riffarchus, Trophimus, and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">udeus.</P>
<P>He &s;pent 32 years in preaching the Go&s;pel before he &s;uffered Martyrdom for the Te&s;timony of Je&s;us.</P>
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