time as to collect hastily, certain instructions; but they will be brief and carefully considered, lest you should become weary of reading to the end. As a rule, when little of a good thing is given, more is wanted. What I teach you here, I hope you will not judge from its style; but I trust that you will appreciate it, on account of its significance and because it comes from the heart. He who is not godless may promise to [write about] holy things [in so short a time], but the most learned man would