De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini

And I admire that guardian of the laws, Moses, who, thinking it a great and noble task to be a shepherd, has attributed that employment to himself; for he manages and conducts the doctrines of Jethro, leading them from the tumultuous vexations of political [*](Genesis xlvii 3. )

affairs into the desert, for the purpose of avoiding all temptation to injustice. "For he led the sheep into the wilderness." [*](Exodus iii. 1. )