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812 HISTORY OF T~IC NEW TRSTAMRKT.
CHAPTER LXXXIII.
A Lng?re Bfitjr Cyi1.d fiy Z'eter and Johtl.--Thcy irlce b~vrr~ht
befort the Co~mcil.
Tho worlcs that I do, he a180 ~Liall do, and greater than these
shall be do.-Jolw 14, 1.2.
NE day, Pctcr and John were going up to the tcmple to
() pmy. Therc WM at Wle gate cnlhd the Bcnutiful, a
man who was lame from his Lirtb, and who lV\.ns carried every
day to the g&te of the tcn~plo to beg dn~s from thoue who
went in. Secing Peter a.11~1 John he asked tlicm for an alms.
Rut Poter said to him : " Silvcr nntl gold I havc none, bul
what 1 have I give thee: In thc name of Jefiu~ Christ of
Nnxareth, rise up and wnllr I"
2. TIlcn having tnben thc man by the right hand, Peter
lifted him up, aid ir~~rneclintcly
firm. Then, Icaping up, hc storrtl nnil walked, ant1 entered
with them into the ternple, prising :ird blessing (3od. All
tllc pcople were filled wilh amazement to see the Inme man
~vdlsing and leaping.
3. But I'cter szid to them : '( Ye mcn of Israel, why woncler
you at this? or why look you upon us %# if by our
strength we hail made this ~nan to wdk. Tl~c Oocl of our
fathers hath glorified IIiu Son Jesus, whom you clcliverecl up
his feet and soles becan~e
to death. The hith which is by Him has given this perfect
~oundness in the sight of you nll. I: know that you did it
through ignorance. Be penitcat, therefore, anci bc converted,
that your sins mny be blotted out ! "
4. Many of those who Iicard these rvords were converted.
Dul while the apostles were yct spctllring to the pcople, tile
priests and the ofIicers nf the tcmple came and laid 11nnds an
them, and cast them illto prison, where they remained till
thc follolving day,
5. Then the chief-priests and thc ancients ]lad the npostlea
brought before them, and asked : " By what pawer, or in