The question about eating of blood stated and examin'd; in answer to two dissertations in a book entitled, Revelation examin'd with candour [by Patrick Delany] / [John Averill].
- John Averell
- Date:
- 1732
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The question about eating of blood stated and examin'd; in answer to two dissertations in a book entitled, Revelation examin'd with candour [by Patrick Delany] / [John Averill]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![C *3 ]i from the Jew in nothing but his birth, being circum- cifed, and obliged to conform himfelf to all the ce¬ remonials of the Jewifh law, and of confequence admitted into the full poffeffion of all the benefits and advantages of the Jewifh religion. The profe- lyte of the gate, who, in the language of the Old Teftament, is called the fir anger that Jojourneth with¬ in thy gates, was only admitted into fome of the pri¬ vileges of the Jewifh church, and only obliged to conform to fome of the ceremonies of the Jewifh re¬ ligion : They were admitted into the Synagogues, and into the outward court of the temple, which was therefore called the court of the Gentiles; and in the 17th chap, of Leviticus, are peremptorily prohi¬ bited from eating of things offered unto idols, from things ftfangled, and from blood, Thefe profelytes of the gate are, in the language of the New Teftament, fometimes called Gentiles, fometimes Greeks, fometimes worjhippers, fometimes devout, piousi or prudent men, and fometimes they are denoted by the appellation of thofe who fear God. This decree is plainly directed to thofe, who from among the Gentiles are turned unto God. The queftion therefore is, whether this was an univerfal decree to all Gentiles, or only intended for thofe who were profelytes of the gate in the Jewifh religion ? In order to determine which, it will be neceffary to look a little into the life of St. Paul, and fee what fort of Gentiles they were, whether idola¬ trous Gentiles, or Gentile profelytes of the gate which he had hitherto converted; and of confequence, who they were that gave occafion to this decree, both being indifferently ftyled by the common appellation of Gentiles. In the 13th chap, of the Acts is the firft mention of St. Paul's million to the Gentiles, where it is faid, ver. 1,2, 3, 4, y, 6,That there were in the church, that was at Antioch, (in Cede-Syria) certain prophets and teachers, as Barnabas and Simeon that was called and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30350517_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
