it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;
      Now observe here, I. Why St. Luke wrote this gospel. It is certain that he was moved by the Holy Ghost, not only to the writing, but in the writing of it; but in both he was moved as a reasonable creature, and not as a mere machine; and he was made to consider,