Sketches from the Life of Paul (1883) — PDF Scan 244
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TRIAL AT CÆSAREA . 237 theworldling'sstand-point,insteadof seeingasGod sees. " What communion hath lightwith darkness ? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believethwith an infidel?" God's peoplewillsee as he sees. Thepureandgoodwillbehonoredand lovedby thosewho are good. In hisspeechagainstPaul,Tertulluscharged thathe was a pestilentfellow, who created seditionamong theJews throughoutthe world,and who was consequentlyguiltyoftreasonagainstthe emperor; thathe was a leaderof thesectof Nazarenes,and chargeablewith heresyagainstthe law of Moses; and thathe had profanedthe temple,virtuallyan offensenotonlyagainstthe Jewishbut theRoman law, which protectedthe Jewsintheirreligiousworship. He thenfalsely statedthat Lysias,the commandant of the garrison,had violentlytakenPaul from theJews as theywere abouttojudge him by theirecclesiasticallaw,and had thus improperlyforcedthem to bringthe matter beforeFelix. These lying statementswere skillfullydesignedto induce theprocuratortodeliverPaul over to the Jewishcourt. All the chargeswere vehemently supportedby theJews present,who made no effort toconcealtheirhatredagainsttheprisoner.Felixhad sufficientpenetrationto read the dispositionand characterof Paul's accusers. He perceivedthe motivesof theirflattery,and saw alsothat they had failedto substantiate theircharges. Turning totheaccused,he beckoned to him to answer for himself. Paul wasted no words in fulsome compliments, but simply statedthat he couldthe more cheerfullydefend himselfbefore Felix, since the latterhad been