[125]. Matthew, vii. 26.
[126]. Dialogue, p. 74.
[127]. Isaiah, lxiv. 4; 1 Cor., ii. 9.
[128]. John, xiv. 2, 23.
[129]. Dialogue, p. 42.
[130]. Wisdom of God in the Worlds of Creation, vol. iii. p. 265.
[131]. Monthly Magazine, A.D. 1798—art. “Walpoliana.”
[132]. Matthew, vii. 24.
[133]. This must evidently mean Loufti Pasha, who was grand vizier from A.D. 1539 to 1541.
[134]. This passage may be admitted as a proof that the tribute of children was not regularly exacted from the population of the capital. The difficulty Mohammed the Second found in repeopling Constantinople explains the exemption.