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Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 25:5

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Acts25:5

5. Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.

Fit to prosecute Paul in your behalf; as Tertullus was, whom the Iews had carried with them formerly, Chap. 24.1.

Because Ierusalem was in a Mountainous part of the Countrey, and much of it built upon an Hill.

The word properly signifies a foolish thing; but it is also taken for a wicked thing; all Sin being Folly, and Grace Wis [illegible: 3 letters]; as they are frequently called in Scripture, tho the World hath another Opinion of them, many abhorring to be accounted Fools, and yet care not tho they appear most wicked.

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