For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."

Isaiah is very bold, and says, "I was found by those who did not seek me. I was revealed to those who did not ask for me."

According as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day."

For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God's service, attending continually on this very thing.