He said in another of his writings, Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief. Hebrews 13:17 If then the grief be due to the wickedness of the disciples, the doing it with joy would be due to their advancement. As often as I remember you, I glorify God. But this he does from his being conscious of many good things in them. I both glorify, he says, and pray. I do not, because you have advanced unto virtue, cease praying for you. But I thank my God, he says, upon all my remembrance of you,
