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Identifier: lifeofourlordsav00flee (find matches)
Title: The life of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ : containing a full, accurate, and universal history from his taking upon himself our nature to his crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension: together with the lives, transactions, and sufferings of his holy evangelists, apostles, disciples, and other primitive martyrs. To which is added the history of the Jews
Year: 1830 (1830s)
Authors: Fleetwood, John Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885, engr
Subjects: Jesus Christ Apostles Martyrs Jews -- History
Publisher: New Haven, Conn. : Nathan Whiting
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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iththey had embraced ; but being hindered by the enemies of theGospel, he sent Timothy to comfort them, and put them inmind of what they had at first heard, namely, that persecutionwould be the constant attendant on their profession. On Timothys departure, St. Paul left Athens, and travelledto Corinth, a very populous place, and famous for its trade. After some stay at Corinth, the apostle was joined by Silasand Timothy, and disputed frequently in the synagogue, reason-soning and proving, that Jesus was the true Messiah. During his stay at Corinth, he wrote his Second Epistle tothe Thessalonians, to supply his absence. In this ppistleheagain endeavors to confirm their minds in the truth of the Gos-pel, and prevent their being shaken with those troubles whichthe wicked and unbelieving Jews would be continually raisingagainst them. St. Paul, on his leaving the church at Corinth, took ship atCenchrea, the port of Corinth, for. Syria, taking with him PAUL PREACHING AT ATHENS. (Page ir:0.)
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Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars-hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I per-ceive that in all things i/e are too superstitious. ■^ For as I passed b^, and behdd your devotions, I found aji altar with this in-scription, TO THE UNKNOfV^r GOD. Whom thtrefo.eye igmrantly iconhip,him declare I unto you.^—Acts, xvii, 22, 23. ./i LIVES OF THE APOSTLES. 461 Aqnlla and Prlscilla ; and on his arrival at Epliesns, he preach-ed awhile in the synapc^gne of the Jews, promising to return tothem, after keepinj^ the passover at Jerusakm. Accordingly,he again took ship, and landed at Ca?sarea, and from thencetravelled to Jerusalem, where he kept the feast, visited thechurch, and then repaired to Antioch, Here he staid sometime, and then traversed the countries of Galatia and Phr^gia,confirming the newly converted Christians, till he came toEphesus, where he fixed his abode for three years, bringingwith him Gains of Derbe, Aristarchus, a native of Thessalonica,Timotheus and Erastus of Corinth, and

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