Such, then, was the notice, as to have brought to the place, all the Elders--All the Elders?--good. But, these _Elders_--Elders among the _disciples in ordinary_,--on an occasion such as this, what were _they_ in comparison of the Apostles--the only known chosen servants, and constant companions of Jesus? Well, then, while--at this meeting--this formally convened meeting--those Elders were, every one of them, present--what was the number of _Apostles_ present? Answer--Besides James, not one. And--why James?--manifestly, because it was at _his_ house, that the meeting was held. And--why at _his_ house? Because, on the occasion, and for the purpose, of the _partition treaty_,--that treaty, so necessary to the peace of the Church,--on the one hand; and, to the carrying on of Paul's scheme of dominion, on the other hand;--James was one, of the only three, who could ever endure the sight of the self-declared Apostle: Peter and John, as hath been seen, being the two others:--and, because, when, for the purpose of investing the meeting, in the eyes of the disciples at large, with the character of a meeting of the ruling administrative body--the Apostles,--less than that one, if there were any, there could not be. This one, James--under the pressure of the present emergency--prevailed upon himself to be: and, to be so irksome an intercourse--notwithstanding the obviousness of the demand for as great a number, as could be collected, of that primarily influential body--of no other of the Apostles, could the attendance be obtained: not even of Peter, who, on a former occasion, had brought himself to endure the hateful presence. SECTION 3. POSTERIOR TO ALL HIS SUPPOSED MIRACLES, HIS SILENCE PROVES THEM UNREAL.