"Wherefore the present age is given up as a reproach to the heathen, and for what cause the people whom thou hast loved is given over unto ungodly nations?!"

"Why the law of our forefathers are brought to nought, and the written covenants come to none effect-"

"We pass away out of the world as grasshoppers, and our life is astonishment and fear, and we are not worthy to obtain mercy."

"What will he then do unto his name whereby we are called? ...of these things have I asked."

"The more thou search, the more thou shall marvel; for the world hast fast to pass away-"

"The world hast fast to pass away- And cannot comprehend the things that are promised to the righteous in time to come: for this world is full of unrighteousness and infirmities."

"As concerning the things whereof thou asked me, I will tell thee; for the evil is sown, but the destruction thereof is not yet come."

"If therefore that which is sown be not turned upside down, and if the place where the evil is sown passes not away, then cannot it come that is sown with good?"

"The grain of evil seed had been sown in the heart of Adam from the beginning, and how much ungodliness had it brought up unto this time? and how much shall it yet bring forth until the time of threshing come?"

"Ponder now by thyself, how great fruit of wickedness the grain of evil seed had brought forth. And when the ears shall be cut down, which are without number, how great a floor shall they fill?"