...required which was given by him. So Moses is frequently used for the law given by him, Actsxv. 21. ' For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach...him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath-day ;' that is, the law. Moses then sprinkled the tabernacle, in that by an everlasting ordinance he appointed...

...abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach...him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath-day." A letter embodying these views was sent to Antioch, where the difficulty had arisen, by Paul and Barnabas,...

...of the church. After the sentence was pronounced, it immediately follows, in the 21st verse, « for Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day." The connection here I take to be this ; the instructions now given are intended for the...

...things strangled, (that died with the blood in them) and from blood. 21. For Moses from ancient times hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath. 22. f Then it pleased the apostles and elders, •with the whole church, to send chosen men...

...he attaches to the word ' preach.' The apostle James reminds the Church of Jerusalem, (Acts xv. 21.) that " Moses of old time hath in every city them that...him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath-day." If we reflect, that the prophets too were thus preached ; and what an effectual preparation this afforded...

...considerable number dwelt. Thus we find it was in the time of Christ and the apostles. Acts, 15 : 21. " Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach...him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath-day." This custom is universally supposed, both by Jews and Christians, to have been begun by Ezra. There...

...them to understand it, Nehem. viii. And this also, James the apostle witnesseth, Acts xv. 31. saying, Moses of old time, hath in every city, them that preach...him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath-day. So that the faithful prophets of the Lord, during all the Old Testament, had the chief care in their...

...time of the Maccabees ; and it is to no later date than this that the words of bt James allude, (g) " Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach...him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath-day." Upon the whole, therefore, we may infer, that if proper places for religious instruction were not as...

...considerable number dwelt. Thus we find it was in the time of Christ and the apostles. Acts xv. 21. Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach...him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath-day. This custom is universally supposed, both by Jews and Christians, to be begun by Ezra. There were doubtless...

...from pollutions of idols, and. front fornication, and from things strangled, andyVom blood. 21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, beiug read in thé synagogues . every sabbathday. 22 Tlieii pleased it thé apostles and elders, with...