Letter 24
From Letter 24
(For 352.)
And at that time when they went forth and crossed over Egypt, their enemies were the sport of the sea; but now, when we pass over from earth to Heaven, Satan himself henceforth falls like lightning from Heaven.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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