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60 LIFE OF PAUL . been readyto worshiptheapostlesas divinebeings,now consideredthem worsethan murderers, and that whoever shouldput them out of the world would do God and mankind good service. Those who believe and teach the truths of God'sword intheselastdays,meet with similar oppositionfrom unprincipledpersonswho will not acceptthetruth,and who do not hesitateto prevaricate,and even to circulatethemost glaring falsehoodsin orderto destroythe influence and hedge up the way of thosewhom God has sentwith a messageof warning to the world. While one class make the falsehoods and circulatethem, anotherclassare so blindedby the delusions of Satan as to receive them as the words of truth. They are in the toilsof the arch-enemy, whilethey flatterthemselvesthat theyare thechildrenof God. "For thiscause God shallsend them strongdelusion,that they should believea lie; that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasurein unrighteousness." The disappointmentexperiencedby the idolatersin being refusedthe privilegeof offeringsacrificesto the apostles, preparedthem to turn againsttheseministersof God with a zealwhich approached that of the enthusiasm with which theyhad hailedthem as gods. The malicious Jews did not hesitateto takefulladvantageof the superstitionand credulityof thisheathen people,tocarryout theircrueldesigns. They incitedthem toattacktheapostlesby force; and theychargedthem notto allowPaulan opportunityto speak,allegingthatiftheydid so he would bewitchthepeople. The Lystriansrushedupon theapostleswith