He was writting descriptively however he was not describing Nero. Romans 13 was written about a civil govt which a christian could conscientiously submitt to (that did not yet exist) to those who anabaptisticly rejected the ordinance of magistracy in toto .

[Edited on 8-3-2005 by Peter]

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*Peter Gray* Elkins Park RPCNA

"Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. " Mk 9:24
"The greatest thing we can desire, next to the glory of God, is our own salvation; and the sweetest thing we can desire is the assurance of our salvation. In this life we cannot get higher than to be assured of that which in the next life is to be enjoyed. All saints shall enjoy a heaven when they leave this earth; some saints enjoy a heaven while they are here on earth." Joseph Caryl