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 were a company of rude illiterate men; but we find that these unlearned men and innocent apostles, by the assistaneeassistance [sic] of the Almighty, suddenly and powerfully prevailed over the learned world. Our Saviour designing to eleetelect [sic] some peeuliarpeculiar [sic] persons to propegate his gospel through all nations, made choieechoice [sic] of twelve to be his apostles, and Simon Peter is by the Evangelists put in front of them.

It may be enquired when, and by whom the apostles were baptized; Nicephorus relates. That of all the apostles, Christ baptized none but Peter with his own hands, and Peter baptized Andrew, and the two sons of Zebedee, and the rest of the apostles. Among the twelve, our Saviour choicedehoieed [sic] three, who seem to be his near intimate eompanionscompanions [sic], and whom he let into the most seeretsecret [sic] passages and transaetionstransactions [sic] of his life, namely Peter, James and John, they being with him at the rising of Jarius daughter, as also at his transfiguration on the mount, where Peter desired our Lord, that he might build three tabernaelestabernacles [sic] in memory of that great transaction; One author writes, that in pursuaneepursuance [sic] of his petition, there were afterwards three churches built upon the top of this mountain; and one writer reports, that in his time, they shewed the ruins of these three tabernacles, which were built aceordingaccording [sic] to St Peter's desire.

After our Lord had entered Jerusalem in triumph, he retired to Bethany, and dispateheddispatched [sic] Peter and John to make a preparation for the passover; aeeordinglyaccordingly [sic] they found the person whom he had described to them and followed him to his house, which whether it was St John the Evangelist's, situate near Mount Sion, or Simon the leper, or Nicodemus, or Joseph of Arimathea is uncertain. These two, with St James, aeeompaniedaccompanied [sic] him to the garden in his agony; and Eusebius writes, that even at this time, Christians were wont to come hither solemnly to offer up their prayers to