2uley, and T exrullus the Orator, 1 9. He defendeth his Faith and Doffrine, 10 ——— 21. Felix deferreth the matter until the comms down of Lyſias the chief Captain, but giveth Paul more liberty, 22, 23. He inſiruftath Felix and his Wife in the Faith of Chriſt, whereat Felix trembleth , 24, 25. yet Sſendeth for him often, in hope to get Money, 26. and leaveth him bound in Priſon to
Mleaſe the Jews, 27.
deſcended with the elders, and ith a certain ) orator, axed Tertullus, who c informed the gover- nour againſt Paul.
From the time that Paul was come to Czſarea, the malice :nd fury of the perſecutors was very great, ſtick not at any rival and pains to do miſchief with ; and ſurely we ought to be «earneſt in doing good, or their zeal will condemn us. 6 A Lawyer to form the Indiftment againſt Pavl, or to aggravate his jſt, and to defire Judgment upon him. Such Advocates uſually were the chicteſt Otators, as Demoſthenes in Greece , ind Cicero at Rome ; and Tertullus ſeems to have been his Crafts- mfr, whom the Jews hired c to draw up an accuſation againſt Paul h
2 And 4 when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accule h11, ſaying, e Secing that by thee we enjoy
\ 1. AT a alter ſive days, * Ananias the high prieſt
great quietnef(s, and chat very worthy deeds are done
untothis nation by thy providence.
d When Pax! was ſent for to appear, being under the cuſtody of tlie Soldiers who brought him to Ceſarea. e It being one of the rules of Art, which an Orator ſeldom forgets, to endeavour toobtain the Judges favour, Tertullus commends Felize, who 11- (cd had delivered that Country from fome Robbers (like ?Ban- iti, or Moſs-Troopers) that did infeſt it; but is commended
| forlittle eJſe amongſt the Hiſtorians, who brand him for extra- | gdinary Covetoulneſs and cruelty. p
; We accept ir always, and in all places, moſt
noble Felix, with all thankfulneſs.
f We commend and admire it. Tt is moſt certain, that
| mfriours enjoy many benefits by the means of their Gover-
nours, who bear the burthen for the people, watching, and ca-
| ing for them ; and thar a Lad Government 15 better than none,
| and therefore nor only Terir lus (who may well be thought to
| ſpe: kout of flatrery) but St. Paul himſelf, werſe 10. ſpeaks with vet relpect unto Felix,
4 Notwithftanding, that T be not & farther tedious
{ unto thee, I pray thee, that thou wouldeſt hear us of F tiy Clemency a few Words.
g Hinder thee, or take thee away from other occaſions ; this is mother artifice of an Orator, to promue brevity, eſpecially
| when he ſpeaks ro men of employment or buſinels.
5 For we have ound this man + a peſtilent fellow,
| anda i mover of ſcdition among all the Jews through- |-out the world, and ring-leader of the & fe of the
I Nezarens ?
h A P:P, or Plague, the Abſtritt being put for the Concrete, 3 implvins, tut no word he could ute could properly fignifie the michicy ouſnels of that man, 2 whom he falfly charges with Sedition (not that the Jews would have diſliked him for thar, had ir been true; but) ro make St. Pau! the more odious, and In dinger of his Life. k Or, Hereſie, which in common uſe was then tuken more favourably for any Dottrine. 1 Of the Chri-
ians; for they who out of Judea were called Chriſtians, in Judea were called Nazarens. The Jews did call our Saviour and bis followers thus, it being accounted an 1gnominious term ; ind they who were born at Nazarcth diſgraced by it, as appears by Nethangel's queſtion, Can there any good thing come out of Naza= rH + joh. 1,46. Yet thisname is moſt glorious, as impoſed up- en eur $:viour by God himſelf, Marth. 2. wr.
6 Whoalio hath gone about 4 tO profan2 the temple, _ wetook, and would nave judged » according to 0r iaW,
m Ly bringing into the Temple (as they fallly ſuggeſted)
| p <rcumeiſed perions : Bur Terrullus does not mention this, or {EW In What Par! had prophaned the Temple ; for Felix himlelf
129 uncircumciſed, it would have reflected upon him: too N02, tO be accounted, by the Jews, amongft tuch prophane we 'S were enough to defile their Temple and Worthip. "ay hid a Law it ſeems, whereby it was death to bring
2. $, gens intothe Temple ; and ſome think, that by the Romans
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MXF had ver ; #1 l Sor OO allowed them to pur it in execution, yvee f |
Chap. 21. 28. And this was their aim ai! alone, ws. to tike -- way his Life. :
7 But the chief captain Lytias came pron ©:
on with o great violence took 5:2 away out of hands,
? YRS, " A 6 6 : 9 So they call the bringing of Soldiers, to kind: atting violently ; and as far as they dare whom they thought nt to fivour them, *
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',* Not that the Jews would have any Witneffes produced and fairly examined ; but the Pronoun Bcing Cneular Is eos to Paul, whom Tertullus would have examined ond St tots queſtion, or Racked, that he might confeis whir they would hive had him guilty of : Or 'tis as if he had faid, (fo impudine 5: impicty) that Paul himſelf could not deny (if he were att
che accuſation which was brought again him
9 And the Jew: alſo » aiſented, ſryins, Thar thoſe things were {o.
» The High Prieſt, and the reft of the $2120 that carry wc him, acknowledged (as the menner was} that 7rinlus had ge ken their ſenſe, and whar they had to !; and foine rink (1 this their alſenr went furrher, and thar they oFercd them witneſfles to the truth of what he had (+1),
19 Then Pau}, after that the pgovernonr 243 ; beckoned unto him to ſpeak, anfivered, Foratinch 2 I know that p thou haſt been of many years a unto this nation, I co the more checitully anfiver fr my felt:
o By ſome ſign with his hand. p Though St. Paul woult! nor
. . . ! flatter Feliz with notorious untruths, as Tir:ullus had done, vet he ſpeaks very reſpe&fully, and mentions his continuance in che Government ; the rather, becauſe, if he had been fo {edirious © perſon as Tertullus world have repreſented him to have been
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Felix could not but have heard of him, and of any milchicf cl.t had been done by him.
11 Becauſethat thou mayeſt 4 nnderfand, that there are yet but » twelve days iince I went upto Jervfalem s for to worſhip.
q Either by 'what thou haſt hezrd already, or by what