Tell me not, said he, that the Apostle calls him 'a brother beloved,' and 'one of you;' these honeyed phrases are but coatings to a deadly poison.

Slavery is evil, and only evil and that continually.

Disguise it as you will, Philemon holds property in Onesimus.

By the laws of Phrygia, he could put Onesimus to death for running away.

He deplored the act as a heavy blow at Christianity.