now I would not have you ignorant, my brethren, that I often purposed to come to you, tho' I have been hindered hitherto, that I might be useful among you as well as among other Gentiles.

now for a wicked man no one would willingly die; but for a benefactor some have readily offer'd to die.

mankind impatiently desire that the divine being would display himself to his creatures,

and if it be by favour, it is not upon the account of merit. for then mercy would not be mercy.

I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this secret, (for fear you should presume too much on your selves) that blindness has fallen upon a part of Israel, until the time when the Gentiles shall be fully come in.

for God hath manifested to all the disobedient, that he would have mercy upon all.

rulers are not a terror to virtue, but to vice. would you then live without any dread of the civil power? do what is right, and you shall have his commendation.

your christianity is very well known in the world. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you as expert in that which is good, as unpractis'd in what is evil.