Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 4:19

19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them. Whether it be right in the sight of God , to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye .

Both spake by one and the same Spirit, and agreed in one and the same answer; they are not sollicitous what will best bring them off at present, but

from whom nothing is hid, and who is the avenger of all wrong. The Apostles seem to refer to a commonly received rule amongst their Rabbins, which also they make use of, Chap. 5.29. We ought to obey God rather than men.

In the greatest matters of our most holy Religion, God hath not left himself without a witness, or a thousand witnesses in our own breasts and consciences, Amos 2.11.