15 Jan y 1816

Not Paul

Ch. 4. Paul’s Motives

Simon Magus

But the mere receipt of the Holy Ghost the object of desire of the commercial speculation was not accomplished.

Note Of his desire a further and[?] as it appears the ultimate object was - the power of conferring the Holy Ghost: in a word the very power which Philip though an Apostle did not possess, but which by deputation from the rest of the Apostles who were at Jerusalem Simon Magus saw the two Apostles Peter and John exercising.

To obtain this power it was that this man by trade a sorcerer, and whom Philip found engaged in the exercise /exercising/ /carrying on/ of that his trade and exercising it /carrying it on/ in a most brilliant[?] stile, offered money. Why offer money for it?- For this plain reason, that by the exercise of it he saw that profit was made, and therefore was to be made. To use the language of modern times profit by surplice fees.