Sermons preached

I. In the Occasion I observe,

1. That Paul was now at Caesarea in Philip's House. ver. 8. Philip was one of those that was scattered and driven out of his dwelling by Paul's Persecution, Acts 8. 4, 5. and now he received him into his own House. Philip, that was injured by Paul a Persecutor, is easily reconciled with Paul a Convert. 'Tis an ill office to rake in the filth which God hath covered, and it argueth some envy at the Divine Grace to upbraid Men with sins committed before Conversion. Former miscarriages and Injuries should be forgotten. If Christ hath taken them into his Bosom; we should not be strange to them.

1. That Paul was now at Cesaria in Philip's House. ver. 8. Philip was one of those that was scattered and driven out of his dwelling by Paul's Persecution, Acts 8. 4, 5. and now he received him into his own House. Philip, that was injur'd by Paul a Persecutor, is easily reconciled with Paul a Convert. 'Tis an ill office to rake in the filth which God hath covered, and it argueth some envy at the Divine Grace to upbraid Men with sins committed before Conversion. Former miscarriages and Injuries should be forgotten. If Christ hath taken them into his Bosom; we should not be strange to them.

2. There Agabus comes to him, and prophesieth of Paul's Bonds at Jerusalem. Agabus was a Prophet, but by what appears of him in Scripture, ever a Prophet of evil tidings; he ⟨p. 270⟩