3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.



Ver. 3. Ministered by us] Who are devoted to the service of your faith, and are the Lord Christ’s secretaries.



But in fleshy tables] In the softened heart God writes his law, puts an inward aptness, answering the law of God without, as lead answers the mould, as tally answers tally, as indenture answers indenture.