A Reply to his Chap. 49.
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CHAP. 49. A Reply to his Chap. 49.
Discusser.
Why then did Paul himself appeal to Caesar (Acts 25.) unless that Caesar (though he was not yet, yet he) ought to have been a fit Judge in such matters?
VVHy then did Paul himselfe appeale to Caesar (Acts 25.) unlesse that Caesar (though he was not yet, yet he) ought to have been a fit Judge in such matters?
Answ. Paul appealed to Caesar, not to judge the cause of his Religion: but to defend him from civill violence, and slanderous accusations about sedition, mutiny, civill Disobedience, &c. From which Caesar (as a supreme civill Magistrate) ought to defend him.
Defender.
This appeal of Paul to Caesar doth evidently hold forth three things.