[1] Cf. Eccles. viii. 11: 'Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is emboldened to do evil.' Ps. x. 11: 'He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten.' Wisd. xi. 23: 'Thou overlookest the sins of men to the end they may repent.' Ecclus. v. 4: 'Say not, I sinned, and what happened unto me? For the Lord is longsuffering.' 2 Pet. iii. 9: 'The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to youward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.' Cf. also Isa. lvii. 11. [2] Or rather 'their own conscience bearing witness with them and, in their mutual relations, their reflections accusing or even excusing them.' [3] It is certainly misplaced as it stands (John vii. 53-viii. 11). [4] Mark xii. 40; Luke xx. 47; Matt. xxiii. 25. [5] Cf. S. and H. _in loc._ [6] See for Seneca, Lightfoot, _Philippians_, 'St. Paul and Seneca,' pp. 278-280. [7] See _Pseudo-Heracleitus_, Letter ix, p. 91 (Bernays). [8] Acts xvii. 28. [9] See Rom. i. 32 as well as Rom. ii. 14. [10] 'Conscience,' as used by St. Paul's contemporaries and by himself, is not a repository for positive moral guidance, but rather a faculty for reflecting upon our own already accomplished actions. See further, app. note B, on the idea of conscience. [11] See on this subject _Life and Letters of Dr. Hort_ (Macmillan), vol. ii. p. 337: 'Faith itself, not being an intellectual assent to propositions, but an attitude of heart and mind, is present in a more or less rudimentary state in every upward effort or aspiration of man.' Also Gibson, _Thirty-Nine Articles_ (Methuen), ii. p. 420. [12] Rom. viii. 4. [13] Isa. lii. 5. [14] See in Ezek. xxxvi. 22: 'My holy name, which ye have profaned among the nations, whither ye went.' [15] Dr. Gifford suggests that the LXX was subsequently modified by St. Paul's citation (as in the next chapter, iii. 10-18), instead of his citation being moulded by the LXX. Is there any evidence in support of this view? {114} DIVISION I. § 3. CHAPTER III. 1-8. _Jewish objections._