...in the house of Cornelius would have been supeifluous and unnecessary. The Bereans were commended " in that they received the word with all readiness...the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so ( I) ; " and it is immediately added, " therefore many of them believed : " hence it appears, that...

...prayer to be enabled to understand, believe, and obey the word of God. Thus the Bereans " received the word with all '' readiness of mind, and searched...whether those things were so; therefore many of them " belie ved."J P. xx. 1. 16. ' These men,§ however reluctantly, ' believed that Jesus was the Messiah,...

...question was that of the Jews at Berea, to whom St. Paul bears this decisive and honourable testimony, " These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,...things were so : therefore many of them believed." Observe the several particulars here mentioned in their favour. " They received the word with all readiness...

...distinguished by their bigotry and intolerance; and others, by a higher, and more generous disposition. " These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,...mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those tbings were so." The means to which these deluded people at R , resorted in their opposition, did no...

...conduct of the Bereans, " These were more noble " than those in Thessaloiiica, in that they re" ceived the word with all readiness of mind, " and searched...to be determined by the oracles of God, constituted ' * 2 the honest and good heart, which suits the good word of the kingdom ; and this essentially distinguished...

...brethren sent away Paul and Silas unto Berea ; who, coming thither, went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica ;...whether those things were so. Therefore many of them believed1. We have also a more sure word of prophecy ; ivhereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as...

...said — and to their everlasting honor too-^-of the Bereans, that they "were more noble than those of Thessalonica, in that they received the word with...of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether these things" — which they had heard — "were so." And if we would imitate them, and gain that honorable...

...them with respect to that fundamental truth of our religion, the Messiahship of Jesus. " They received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched...the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so; and therefore many of them .believed*." Few comparatively, we trust, are they, who do not acknowledge...

...the exercise of this private judgment of discretion by the people, is highly commended by St. Paul in the Bereans ; " These were more noble than those in...the scriptures daily, whether those things were so," Acts xvii. 11. This liberty is not allowed in that latitude in any religion, as it is in the Christian...

...Search the Scriptures." (John v. 39.) It is recorded in terms of high commendation of the noble-minded Bereans, " These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,...of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily whether these things were so.'' (Acts xvii. 11.) Their object was to satisfy themselves in reference to the...