Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 20:22
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Acts20:22
22 And now behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
As powerfully perswaded by a divine instinct, to undertake this Journey, as if I were led or drawn to it by forcible means; being bound to obey God in all things, whom I take to be my God and Guide, my Sun and Shield: And I do not desire so much to act, as to be acted by him. This St. Paul says, not as if that he was drawn unto this Journey against his will, but lest any should attempt to disswade him from it, or that he should seem to hav[illegible: 1 letter] slighted the predictions of the Prophets, mentioned, [illegible: 1 span] 11, 12. Nay, he might say this, as being as certain of his bonds as if he felt them already. Such things as are foretold to such as know the Veracity of God, they are as present. Howsoever, he was content to be bound, to suffer, nay, to die for Christ. And as he is poor in spirit who crucifies the World, and is willing to want, if God sees good; so he is bound in spirit, who is thus willing to be bound for the Name of Christ. Howsoever, these words speak his firm Resolution to take this Journey upon him.
What the event shall be, in what measure he should be bound, and how long, he left in unto God's good Will and Pleasure.
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