Twice, accordingly, between the first of his Visits,--his Reconciliation Visit--and this his last interview with Peter,--we see him visiting that inviting spot: each time, protected and escorted by the munificent Barnabas and his influence--to make him endurable: each time with a public commission--to make him respected:--the first time with money in his hand--to make him welcome. That, all this while, neither _good faith_ nor _prudence_ were capable of opposing to the violence of his ambition, any effectual check,--is abundantly manifest. That _good faith_ was not, we learn distinctly from himself. For though, from the very nature of the two correlative situations, it is out of all question, as above, that, without some agreement to the effect above mentioned, he could not, even with the benefit of every possible means of concealment, have been preserved for two days together from the vengeance which pressed upon him, from _below_ as well as from _above_; yet still was he, by his secret intrigues, Gal. 1:11, violating the treaty, at the expense of those upright, patient, and long-suffering men, to whose observance of it, he was every day indebted for his life. SECTION 4. PETER AND THE APOSTLES JUSTIFIED AS TO THE FINANCIAL STIPULATION IN THE TREATY, AND THE SUCCEEDING MISSIONARY LABOURS OF PETER AMONG THE GENTILES. Of the financial stipulation, the account we have has been seen:--an account given by one of the parties to it--Paul:--the other party being--the Apostles. In the instance of Paul, in the demonstration, supposed to be given of it, the worldliness, of the motives which gave birth to it, has in a manner been taken for granted. Well, then, if in the one instance such was the character of it,--in the other instance, can it have been any other? The question is a natural one; but not less so is the answer. For note, the stipulation is express--that, by Paul--by Paul out of the profits of his vocation--the poor, meaning the poor of Jerusalem--the poor among the disciples of the Apostles--should be remembered. Remembered, and how? Remembered, by payment of the money--into the hands, either of the Apostles themselves, or, what comes to the same thing, some other persons, in connection with them, and acting under their influence. Now, then, once more. Of the man, by whom the money was to be _paid_--of this man, the motives, you say, were worldly: is it credible then, that they should have been less so, in the instance of the men by whom they were to be _received_?