Chapter 2

1Paul to Seneca Greeting . 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:
2For you know when, and by whom, at what seasons, and to whom I must deliver every thing which I send.
3I desire therefore you would not charge me with negligence, if I wait for a proper person.
4I reckon myself very happy in having the judgment of so valuable a person, that you are delighted with my Epistles:
5For 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.