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72 LIFE OF PAUL . throughthedoublepartactedby Peter,openly rebuked him for thusdisguisinghistruesentiments . Peter saw the error intowhich he had fallen, and immediatelysetaboutrepairingitasfaras possible. God ,who knoweth the end from the beginning,permittedPetertoexhibitthisweaknessofcharacter,inorderthathe might seethat therewas nothinginhimselfwhereofhe might boast . God also saw that in time to come some would be so deluded as to claim for Peter and his pretendedsuccessors,exaltedprerogativeswhich belongonlytoGod ; and thishistoryoftheapostle'sweaknesswas to remain as a proofof his human fallibility,and ofthefactthathe stoodin no way abovetheleveloftheotherapostles. CHAPTER VII . IMPRISONMENT OF PAUL AND SILAS . In company with Silas,PaulagainvisitedLystra,where he had been greetedas a god by the heathen; where the opposingJews had followedon histrack, and by theirmisrepresentation had turned thereverenceof the peopleintoinsult, abuse, and a determination to kill him . Yet we findhim again on the sceneof hisformer danger,lookingafterthefruitof hislaborsthere. He found that the converts to Christ had not been intimidatedby the violentpersecutionof the apostles; but,on the contrary,were confirmed in thefaith,believingthatthekingdom ofChrist would be reachedthroughtrialand suffering. PaulfoundthatTimothy was closelybound to him by the tiesof Christianunion. Thisman