(152) SERMON VII. Cf a Con,f'cience void of Offence. Accs xxiv. 16. And herein do I exercife myfelf to have al, ways a ccnfience vcid of ?fie. nce towards Cod and towards men. S E R M. VII. H E S E words are a part of St Paul's apology for himfelf before Felix the Roman governor. He was vehe- mently accufed by the Jews as an heretick, a mover of fedition, and guilty of profan- ing the temple of .7 erufalem. But, the particular crime ebje ted to him, and which p"incipally ftir'd up their rage, was his be- i..g a ring - leader of the felt of the Naza- renes; fo they called the chriftians. In his defence he expressly denies the fa &s charg'd upon him ; fuch as his having mov'd fedi- tion in Jerufdem, and profan'd the temple : But, for what they called herefy, he frankly acknowledged it, at the fame time infifting, that it was innocent both with refpea to re- ligiotl
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