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^umstantially related in the epistle, and entirely omitted in 

 the Acts ; and we are at liberty to repeat the observation 

 which we before made, that the omission of so material a 

 fact in the history is inexplicable, if the historian had read 

 the epistle; and that the insertion of it in the epistle, ii 

 the writer derived his information from the history, is not 

 less so. 



St. Peter's visit to Antioch, during which the dispute 

 arose between him and St. Paul, is not mentioned in the 

 Acts. 



If v.-e connect with these instances the general observa- 

 tion that no scrutiny can discover the smallest trace of tran- 

 scription or imitation, either in things or words, we shall be 

 fully satisfied in this part of our case ; namely, that the two 

 records, be the facts contained in them true or false, come 

 to our hands from independent sources. 



Secondly, I say that the epistle thus proved to have 

 been written without any communication with the history, 

 bears testimony to a great variety of particulars contained 

 in the history. 



1. St. Paul, in the early part of his life, had addicted 

 himself to the study of the Jewish religion, and was distin- 

 guished by his zeal for the institution, and for the traditions 

 wdiich had been incorporated with it. Upon this part of his 

 character the history makes St. Paul speak thus : "I am 

 verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city ol 

 Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, 

 and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of 

 the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this 

 day." Acts 22 : 3. 



The epistle is as follows : " I profited in the Jews' relig- 

 ion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more 

 exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers." Chap. 

 1 :14. 



2. St. Paul, before his conversion, had been a fierce per- 

 secutor of the new sect. "As for Saul, he made havoc of 



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