[295] The word used in the original denotes a female friend.—Tr.
[296] See whether a criminal is pardoned, if he is not willing to amend his ways.
[297] Many think they are good Christians, because they do not steal or commit murder, and because they do not perpetrate violence or highway robbery, or because they refrain from evils which they can or dare not do; however, this is no virtue in their case.
[298] That no one say: We cannot be perfect; except to those who say that they are perfect. There is nothing so good as that men will not contradict it, even with the Scriptures.
[299] The reader will observe that this rendering of the passage alluded to here (Heb. 10:24), does not fully coincide with the one found in the English version of the Bible; which may be attributed either to the author’s having used an imperfect translation, or to an error on his part, in quoting said passage from memory.—Trans.
[300] See preceding foot note.
[301] Respecting said letters it has not been possible for us to obtain any of them.
[302] Piersom was a teacher [minister] of the church of God called Mennists.
[303] Perhaps St. Bartholomew’s day.—Trans.
[304] Evidently a misquotation.—Trans.