These things, brethren, I write to you con- cerning righteousness, not because I take any- thing upon myself, but because ye have invited me to do so. For neither I, nor any other such one, can come up to the wisdom -' of the blessed and glorified Paul. He, when among you, ac- curately and stedfastly taught the word of truth in the presence of those who were then alive. And when absent from you, he wrote you a let- ter,^- which, if you carefully study, you will find to be the means of building you up in that faith which has been given you, and which, being followed by hope, and preceded by love towards God, and Christ, and our neighbour, " is the mother of us all." -^ For if any one be inwardly