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But, Mark, what the Success of Pauls Ministry was, in ver. 12. And from thence to Philippi, which is the Chief City of that part of Macedonia, and a Colony: And we were in that City, abiding certain days. Here's no mention of any Fruit of his Ministry: There we sat certain days, to wait what opportunity we might have to Preach the Gospel there. And in ver. 13. And on the Sabbath, we went out of the ⟨p. 218⟩City by a Rivers side, where Prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the Women which Resorted thither. Mark, It seems he had no Opportunity to Preach in the City, they had no mind to hear him: But, saith he, on the Sabbath-day we went out of the City by the Rivers side, and we sat down and spake to the Women: There were but a Company of poor Women, the great ones of the City, they would not come; but a Company of Women came to us, and yet Paul had this mighty Call of God. And when he comes to the chief City of Macedonia, he was forced to go out of the City if he would Preach; and there comes a few Women, and among these Women, saith the Text, ver. 14. A certain Woman named Lydia, a Seller of Purple, of the City of Thyatira, which Worshipped God, heard us: Whose Heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. Here's the fruit of his Ministry, A certain Woman. Among them all, none but the Women would come: And among these Women, there was a certain Woman, one poor Woman called Lydia, and it pleased God to open her Heart: Certainly, If God had opened the Hearts of any other, they would have been mentioned as well. And you shall find that Paul had very ill Entertainment among the rest of the Multitude, ver. 22. And the Multitude rose up together against them (see what Entertainment he had) and the Magistrates Rent off their Clothes, and Commanded to Beat them. And when they had laid many Stripes upon them, they cast them into Prison, charging the Jailer to keep them safely. Who having received such a charge, thrust them into the Inner Prison, and made their Feet fast in the Stocks. Here's the Man that had such a mighty Call of God by a Vision from Heaven, and yet you ⟨p. 219⟩see how his Ministry doth prevail. Thus you see, that the Gospel may be sent to Places, and that by a strange Work of Gods Providence, and yet a very few Embrace it; yea, it may be Rejected by the greatest part.

But, Mark, what the Success of Pauls Ministry was, in ver. 12. And from thence to Philippy, which is the Chief City of that part of Macedonia, and a Colony: And we were in that City, abiding certain dayes. Here's no mention of any Fruit of his Ministry: There we sat certain dayes, to wait what opportunity we might have to Preach the Gospel there. And in ver. 13. And on the Sabboth, we went out of the