9. For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. His burning ardor, like the flame of a candle, fed on his strength and
consumed it. Some men are eaten up with lechery, others with covetousness, and
a third class with pride, but the master-passion with our great leader was the
glory of God, jealousy for his name, and love to the divine family. Zeal for
God is so little understood by men of the world that it always draws down
opposition upon those who are inspired with it; they are sure to be accused of
sinister motives, or of hypocrisy, or of being out of their senses. And the reproaches of them that reproached thee have fallen upon me. Those who
habitually blasphemed God now curse me instead. I have become the butt for
arrows intended for the Lord himself.
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