A vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat lux

14 years after, that is, either after his first going up to Jerusalem, or rather 14 years after his first Conversion, he went up again to Jerusalem, and found Peter still there, which was in the 52d year of Christ, and the 13th of laudius. Or if you should take the date of the 14 years mentioned by him shorter by 5 or 6 years, and reckon their beginning from the passion and Resurrection of Christ, which is not improbable; then this going up of Paul to Jerusalem, will be found to be the same with his going up to the Council from Antioch, about the 6th or rather 7th year of Claudius. Peter was then yet certainly at Jerusalem. That is, about the 46th year of Christ; some while after you would have the Church to be founded by him at Rome. After this, when Paul had taken a long progress through many Countries, wherein he must needs spend some years, returning unto Antioch, Act. 18. 22. he there again met with Peter, Gal. 2. 11. Peter being yet still in the East to wards the end of the Reign of Claudius. At Antioch where Paul found him, if any of your Witnesses may be believed, he abode 7 years. Besides he was now very old, and ready to lay down his mortality, as our Lord had showed him; and in all probability after his remove from Antioch, spent the residue of his days in the Eastern Dispersion of the Jews. For, 9ly, much of the Apostles work in Palestine ⟨p. 175⟩among the Jews was now drawing to an end; the elect being gathered in, troubles were growing upon the Nation; and Peter had, as we observed before, agreed with Paul to take the Care of the Circumcision, of whom the greatest number by far, excepting only Judea its self, was in Babylon and the Eastern Nations about it. Now whether these and the like observations out of the Scripture concerning the Course of St Peters life, be not sufficient to outbalance the Testimony of your disagreeing Witnesses, impartial and unprejudiced men may judge. For my part, I do not intend to conclude peremptorily from them, that Peter was never at Rome, or never preached the Gospel there; but that your Assertion of it is improbable, and built upon very Questionable grounds, that I suppose I may safely conclude.

14 years after, that is, either after his first going up to Jerusalem, or rather 14 years after his first Conversion, he went up again to Jerusalem, and found Peter still there, which was in the 52d year of Christ, and the 13th of laudius. Or if you should take the date of the 14 years mentioned by him shorter by 5 or 6 years, and reckon their beginning from the passion and Resurrection of Christ, which is not improbable; then this going up of Paul to Hierusalem, will be found to be the same with his going up to the Councel from Antioch, about the 6th or rather 7th year of Claudius. Peter was then yet certainly at Hierusalem. That is, about the 46th year of Christ; some while after you would have the Church to be founded by him at Rome. After this, when Paul had taken a long progress through many Countreys, wherein he must needs spend some years, returning unto Antioch,