Matthew Poole and continuators on Galatians 1:13

13 For ye have heard of my conversation in times past, in the Jews religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the Church of God, and wasted it ,

It will be no difficult thing for you to believe, that I had never preached the Gospel without a Divine Revelation of the truth of it, if you do but reflect upon my former conversation, for you cannot but have heard, that I was born a Iew, Educated in the Iewish Religion, and was a zealous defender of it, so as I persecuted the Christians beyond measure. This unmeasurable persecution is expressed by Luke more particularly, Acts [illegible: 1 letter].3. He made havock of the Church, entering into every house, and ha[illegible: 1 letter]ing men, and women he committed them to prison, and 9.1. He breathed out threatnings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, &c. He wasted the Church like an enemy that useth fire and sword, and all means to destroy. The word here used is [non-Latin text not transcribed], which signifies to make a devastation, the word used in Acts 8. is [non-Latin text not transcribed]: Both words signifie the most ruinating hostile actions, and this he saith was his conversation, or constant practice, so as they might reasonably think, that something more then humane had made a change in him, that he should now be a preacher of that Doctrine, which he had before so abominated, as that his whole business was to root out those that profest i[illegible: 1 letter].

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word] 22.4.