Philip Schaff

“ Well has God ordained that His counsel should be incapable of being received by you, foreseeing you to be unworthy, as appears manifestly to such of those who are now present as have minds capable of judging. For whereas now heralds of His counsel have been sent forth, not making a show of grammatical art, but setting forth His will in simple and in artificial words, so that whosoever hear can understand what is spoken, and not with any invidious feeling, as though unwilling to offer it to all ”

“ The preachers are exposed to danger even to the loss of life, [4] and that by the men who are called to salvation.
Footnotes ↑ The Vatican ms. and Epit. have “the power of speaking well.”↑ Lit., “I met each one beforehand secretly.” The Latin has, “unicuique prævius occurri.”↑ The Greek is βίου, “life.”↑ The Paris ms. reads φθόνου, “envy,” instead of φόνου, “murder.” ”