Christian Gottlob Barth

A Brief History of the Church of Christ: from the German Christian Gottlob Barth

The Apostolic A ge, It is presumed that our youthful readers are acquainted with the A cts of the A postles, and that they take delight in this interesting and precious book of Scripture. They will, therefore, be glad to see the narration continued whereS t. Luke, who wrote it, leaves off, which bon St. PauV sarrival at Rome. But before we commence relating the events which followed immediately after this, we must refer to parts of St. Luke snarrative. Our history will require the best attention of all young persons, especially as it will bring before them many things which probably they have never heard of before, although the accounts we have of them are not new, but very ancient. Our Lord had promised to bis disciples that he would make them fishers of men ;and, in Matt. xiii. 47, he shows them, by a parable,.what sort of a capture they were to make :not one for the hurt or destruction of those who should be brought into the gospel net, but for the salvation of many from the great Leviathan ;and this salvation an everlasting one. Neither was it to be a capture made, as it were, with the hook, by which those who should be caught would only be deceived and wounded; but it was to be made as with.
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