Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 17:32

32 ¶ And when they heard of the resurrectio[illegible: 1 letter] of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.

The Epicureans, whom Paul had spoken against in his Doctrine of the Resurrection from the dead, and Judgment to come.

'Tis thought the Stoicks, who did not think the Resurrection to be impossible, but did acknowledg Rewards and Punishments in the world to come; yet, tho [illegible: 1 letter]his seem most likely, the Grace of God is free and powerful, and can subdue any unto its self. We are sure that there be different Soils into which the Seed of the Word is cast▪ Matt. 13