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Epistles of Paul the Apostle to Seneca, with Seneca's to Paul: Chapter II

Paul to

Seneca

Greeting.

1. I RECEIVED your letter yesterday with pleasure: to which I could immediately have wrote an answer, had the young man been at home, whom I intended to have sent to you:

2. For you know when, and by whom, at what seasons, and to whom I must deliver every thing which I send.

3. I desire therefore you would not charge me with negligence, if I wait for a proper person.

4. I reckon myself very happy in having the judgment of so valuable a person, that you are delighted with my Epistles:

5. For you would not be esteemed a censor, a philosopher, or be the tutor of so great a prince, and a master of every thing, if you were not sincere. I wish you a lasting prosperity.