...accounts interesting, and very susceptible of moral improvement. The sacred historian informs us, that " when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid...came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his band. And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves,...

...reptile, that " he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly •" and it was observed by them, " no doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath...escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live." In their view of it, Isis had sent her avenger, the asp, (which is often associated with her,) to take...

...recent escape of Paul from shipwreck, seemed to have struck their minds as a divine interposition. " They said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the seas, yet vengeance suflereth fiot to live." From the chain that he wore, they had before been led...

...things, without due examination; as the Barbarians did, when they saw the venomous beast hang on Paul's hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, &c. Acts xxviii. 4. Q. 7. When may we utter what is false through misinformation, and not be guilty...

...kindness, for they kindled a fire, and received us, every one, because of the present rain and the cold. And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and...' No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.' But he shook off the beast into the fire,...

...shipwrecked on the island of Melita. When he had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the Jire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on...escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. And he shook off the beast into the Jire, and felt no harm. Howbeit they looked when he should have...

...they had kindled ; and we are told that "when he had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them upon the fire, there came a viper • out of the heat,...whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suifereth not to live." How remarkable it is, that in the most unenlightened minds, there is still...

...were all proclaimed by a voice from heaven to have been cleansed by their God. (Acts x. 11, 12, 15.) "And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and...viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm." (xxviii. 3, 5.) Thus eliciting the power imparted...

...xvi. 18. Behold, I give unto you (that believe) power to tread on serpents and scorpions. Luke x. 19. And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and...viper out of the heat and fastened on his hand; and he shook off the beast in the fire, and felt no harm. Acti xxviii. 35. The poison of asps it under...

...they had thrown on the tire, and fastened on Paul's hand, the natives instantly concluded, "No douht this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance sutitreth not to live."* They supposed him to he some notorious criminal, whom an offended Deity had...