lippi
he was close to the confines of Thracian barbarism, and on the spot
where the last battle was fought in defense of the republic; at Berea
he was near the famous battleground of Pydna, which reduced Macedonia
to a Roman province.
[End illustration]

{429}

"Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in the which the Holy
Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of God, which he
purchased with his own blood. I know that after my departing grievous
wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among
your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away
the disciples after them. Wherefore watch ye, remembering that by the
space of three years I ceased not to admonish everyone night and day
with tears. And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace,
which is able to build you up, and to give you the inheritance among all
them that are sanctified. I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or
apparel. Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my
necessities, and to them that were with me. In all things I gave you an
example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the
words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, 'It is more blessed to
give than to receive.'"

And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and
prayed with them all. And they all wept sore, and fell on
Paul's neck, and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the
word which he had spoken, that they should behold his face
no more. And they brought him on his way unto the ship.

And when it came to pass that we were parted from them, and had set
sail, we came with a straight course to Cos, and the next day unto
Rhodes, and from thence to Patara: and having found a ship crossing over
unto Phoenicia, we went aboard, and set sail. And when we had come in
sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left hand, we sailed to Syria, and
landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unload her cargo. And having
found the disciples, we tarried there seven days: and these said to Paul
through the Spirit, that he should not set foot in Jerusalem. And when
it came to pass that we had accomplished the days, {430} we departed and
went on our journey; and they all, with wives and children, accompanied
us on our way, till we were out of the city: and kneeling down on the
beach, we prayed, and bade each other farewell; and we went on board the
ship, but they returned home again.

And when we