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Rh the illegal proceedings of magistrates cannot be attributed to private resentment on his own account, but merely to his zeal for the public good, founded upon the great Christian principle of "loving his neighbor as himself," since the maintaining of good laws is, certainly, the most effectual means of promoting the welfare and happiness of society. His resolute and free censure of the magistrates at Philippi, in the message which he sent by their own Serjeants, his spirited remonstrance to the chief captain at Jerusalem and his severe rebuke to the high priest himself, even on the seat of judgment, are remarkable instances of this observation.