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period Paul was a prisoner in fifcnig ^ - ^ Wie pl&ce is the same , bec&iiie' We iipostle says that the gospel was made ? fcnowri in the \ vfib 1 e pal act ? , that is , in the very
bouse where Epaphroditus resided as a secretary * df state . Moreover it appears probable from the Romarr historians , that Epaphroditus Was a Christian , for they couple
fifth with Clement , who was known tbfaeso . On the other hand , it is tier tain from the apostle , ( liat fte ^ was a believer in Christ . It is allowed tbat the Epaphroditus of Stifetoriius and Dion , is the same
with * tirfe patron of Joseph us : and the iifiBleihished honour ascribed tb Biiri hy the Wfier , accords with tfie ' Iftiaghatiinifty and purity of diteracter observabtein the friend fe
^ fli&pt > stfe PsluH . Further still , frBiAF tHfe ^ Rotnan auth&rs we iiifet t ^ t ^ Ep ^ bro ditus did not , like < JNm ^ and"btlier 3 , withdraw , on Ms ^ nver&fon , from the duties of public iffev Hts continuance in tfie s ^ vi ^ e of the emperor exposed h ( tm to the t ensure of those who
tflfotJght his office incompatible vffth a / belief in Christianity . Paul j ^ c&s hfs conduct in this interesting pciiniTofl ^ V and h old s him f&rth tb the Philippians as a man f $ > be reyefed and imitated , not for ^ profession , but for his work
ip Christ . Epeiphrodittis as an dfftcei uhder Nero , though at first a slavey was a soldier and a miti ^ teK The apostle alludes to tliedejpebutfarities in the character dTtas tibblft friend , and to take
away the odium wbich belonged to Ins rank and employment under tttc ebpefor , lie applies them metiphoncally to bis charactefr as a Christian . TBifs he calfs hiiri as a ^ tme ^ Cmii ^< M . iv . l $ i my fittbw Soldier &n& "minister of my
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wants , PhiL ii . « 5 . Finally , Epnphroditus as a minister of * tate , po ^ Jessed wealth and hi g ^ ihfltience with the emperor ; anilF we find htm supply the wants of Paul , who was now in bonds ;
and that he went nigh unto death in the work of Christ , that U , risked his life , in defending ( He apostle , and averting from him the hatred of the emperor . The Antiquities of Josephu ? were therefore written with views favourable
to the gospel , because executed under the auspices of an eminent believer in Christ , 9 . Josephus in various parts of his tvorks , relates the progress of
the gospel , under those name $ which designate the religion of Moses and the prophets . In tb ^ book of the Acts , vi . l 6 , we ste told that certain Jews ^ prc&ched the Lord Jesus at Antioch . The
same fact is thus recorded by Joseph us : u The Jews at AntiopE were continually bringing over a great multitude of Greeks to thenr worship , and making them a part of themselves . " The satae
author assorts that all the women of Damascus with few exceptions were become converts to the Jewish worship ; and no douBt can beeDteitained from the nature
of the case , an < F from the circu ^ mstance of the Apostle Paul and his brethren having beetx preaching Christianity sqtne yeais
in that city , but the Jewish worship here meant was the Christian religion . The gospel , wherever it prevailed , had the happiest effects on the condition of the
female sex ; and the women in general took the 16 ad of the mer&m embracing it . The same historian has related the conversion to JUdafsm oftbie rdyal family af th «
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Review . —Jones ' s Bccle&iasticai Researches * 4 $
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1814, page 49, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2436/page/49/
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