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| insolent | 7 and super | cilious | 7 with | out | punishment. |||

But with regard to | those | whom I have of | fended, I am of opinion | 7 that | if I had | acted a | borrowed part, I should have a | voided their | censure. ||| 1 The | heat that of | fended them | 1 is the | ardor of conviction, | 1 and that | zeal for the | service of my country, | 7 which | neither | hope, | 7 nor | fear, 7 shall influence me | 7 to sup❘ press. ||| 1 I will not sit | uncon | cerned while my | liberty | 7 is invaded: | 7 nor | look in silence | 7 upon | public | robbery. ||| I will ex | ert my endeavors | 7 (at what ever hazard) | 1 to re | pel the ag | gressor, | 7 and | drag the thief to | justice, || what | power so ever | 7 may protect the villainy, | 1 1 and who ever | 7 may par | take | 7of the | plunder. |||

EXERCISE II.

ST. PAUL'S DEFENCE BEFORE AGRIPPA.

Acts xxvi. 1.

THEN A grippa | said unto | Paul, || Thou art per mitted to speak for thy | self. ||| Then | Paul | stretched forth the hand, | 7 and | answered | 7 for him | self.|||

7 I think myself | happy,|| King A | grippa, | 1 | be cause I shall answer for my self this day | 1 before thee, touching | all the | things | 7 where | of 7 I am accused | 7 of the | Jews: || wherefore | | 7 I beseech thee | 1 to | hear me | patiently. |||

7 My

manner of life | 1 from my youth, ||

which was at the first | 7 among mine | own | nation | 7 at Je | rusalem, | know | all the | Jews; || 7 which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify; | 7 that | after the most straitest | sect 7 of our religion | 7 I lived a | Pharisee. ||| |

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7 And now | 71 | stand | 7 and am | judged [1 for the hope of the promise | made of | God | unto our | fathers: 7 unto | which | promise | 7 our | twelve 1 | tribes, | instantly | serving | God | day and | night, | hope to come. || 7 For | which | hope's King Agrippa, || I am ac | cused | 7 of the ||| Why | should it be | thought | 7 a | thing in | credible 7 with you, 7 that God | 7 should | raise the dead? ||| I | verily thought with my | self, | 7 that I ought to do many things contrary 7 to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. ||| 7 Which | thing | 7 I also | did | 7 in Jerusalem: 7 and many of the saints | 7 did I shut up in | prison, || having received au | thority from the | chief | priests; || 7 and | when they were put to death, | 7 I gave my voice | 7 against them. ||| 7 And I | punished them | 7 oft | 7 in every | synagogue, | 7 and compelled them 7 to blaspheme; || 7 and | being exceedingly | mad against them, | 7I persecuted them even unto | strange cities. [| Whereupon as I went to Da | mascus, || 7 with authority, 7 and commission | 7 from the chief | priests, | 7 at | mid | day, |O| king, | 7 I saw in the way | 1a | light from | heaven, | 7 a | bove the | brightness | 7 of the | sun, || shining | round about me, | 7 and | them which | journeyed 1 | with me. ||| 7 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice | speaking unto me, | 1

and saying in the Hebrew | tongue, || Saul, | | Saul, why | persecutest thou | me? || 7 it is hard | for thee | 7 to kick against the | pricks. ||| 7 And I | said, | Who | art thou, | Lord? ||| 7 And he | said, | 1 I am | Jesus, || whom thou | persecutest. ||| 7 But | rise | 7 and stand upon thy | feet; || 7 for | I have appeared unto thee | 7 for this purpose, | 7 to | | make thee a minister | 7 and a witness || both of these things which thou hast | seen, | 7 and of | those | things 7 in the | which | 7 I will appear unto thee; 7 delivering thee | 7 from the people, | | and from the Gentiles, 7 unto | whom | now I send thee; 7 to open their eyes, | 7 and to turn them | 7 from darkness | 7 to | light, | 7 and from the power 1 of Satan 7 unto God; | 7 that | they may re | ceive | 7 forgiveness of ❘ sins, | 7 and in | heritance 1 among them which are | sanctified, | 7 by | faith | 7 that is in me. | Whereup | on, | O| king Agrippa, || I was not disobedient | 7 unto the heavenly vision: ||7 but showed first 7 unto them of Damascus, || 7 and at Jerusalem, | 1 and through out all the coasts of Ju | dea, | 1 and then 7 to the

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| caught me in the | temple, || 7 and | went about | 7 to kill me. Having | therefore | 1 ob | tained | help 이 of God, I continue 1 unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, || saying | none other things 7 than those | 7 which the prophets | 7 and Moses 7 did | say, 7 should | come, ||| 7 that Christ | 7 should | suffer, | 7 and that he should

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be the first | 7 that should | rise from the | dead, | 7 and should show | light | 7 unto the people, and to the Gentiles. ||| 7 And as he | thus | spake for himself, || Festus | said with a loud | voice,|| Paul, | thou art beside thyself; || much | learning | 7 doth | make thee mad. ||| But he said, | 7 I am not | | mad, 7 most noble | Festus, | 7 but speak forth the | words of truth | 7 and | soberness. ||| 7 For the king | knoweth of these | things, | 7 be | fore | whom | also | 7 I speak | freely; || 7 for | I am persuaded | 7 that none of these things | 7 are | hidden from | him; || 7 for this | thing | 7 was not | done in a | corner. ||| King A | grippa, | 7 believest thou the prophets? ||| 7 I know | 7 that thou be | lievest. | || Then 7 Agrippa | said unto | Paul, | Al | most | thou persuadest me | 7 to be a Christian. ||| And | Pau! said, I would to God, 7 that not only 7 thou, | 7 but also all that | hear me | this

day, | 1 were both almost, | 7 and | alto | gether | such as | I am, 1 except these | bonds. |||

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THEN Sang Moses | 7 and the children of | Is| rael | this song |7 unto the Lord, | 7 and | spake, | saying, 7 I will sing unto the Lord, | 7 for he hath | triumphed gloriously: || 7 the | horse | 7 and his | rider hath he thrown into the sea. || 7 The | Į

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Lord | 7 is my strength and song, become my sal | vation; || he is my God, | 7 and I will prepare him an | habitation; ||7 my | father's | God, | 7 and | I will ex | alt him. ||| 7 The Lord | 1 is a man of war: |7 Je | hovah | 7 is his name. ||| Pharaoh's, | chariots | 7 and his | host 7 hath he cast into the sea : || 7 his chosen captains also 7 are | drowned in the Red Sea. | | | 7 The depths | 7 have covered them: || 7 they | sank into the bottom | 7 as a stone. ||| Thy | right | hand, |O| Lord, | 1 is be | come | glorious in power: || thy | right | hand, | O | Lord, | 7 hath | dashed in | pieces | 7 the enemy. |||7 And in the greatness of thine | excellency | thou hast | over | thrown | them |7 that rose up against thee; || 7 thou | sentest forth thy wrath, 7 which consumed them | 7 as stubble. And with the blast of thy nostrils | 1 the | waters 7 were gathered together,|| 7 the floods stood upright | 7 as an | 7 heap, | 7 and the | depths 7 were congealed | 7 in the heart of the | sea. 1 The | enemy | said, I will pur | sue, I will | over | take, | I will divide the | spoil; | 7 my | lust | 7 shall be | satisfied | 7 up on them: || 7 I will draw my sword, | 1 my hand shall destroy them. ||| Thou didst | blow with thy | wind, | 7 the | sea covered them: || 7 they | sank as | lead | 7 in the mighty | waters. ||| Who is like unto thee, | O 1 Jehovah | 7 a | mong the | gods? || Who is | like | thee, | | glorious in | holiness, || fearful in | praises, || doing | wonders? ||| 7 Thou | stretchedst า out thy right | hand, | 7 the earth | swallowed them. || Thou | 7 in thy | mercy | 7 hast | led forth

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