Letter 6010: God, who planted in your soul the desire for good works, will Himself watch over their fulfillment.

Ennodius to Faustus. God, who planted in your soul the desire for good works, will Himself watch over their fulfillment. I trust in that — and I trust in you, which in this case amounts to the same thing. The cause we serve together requires both patience and action, and I know you are equal to both. I will not rehearse the difficulties; you know them better than I do. What I offer instead is the assurance that on my side, the commitment has not weakened and will not weaken. Let us continue as we have begun, and let God bring the harvest in His own time. Farewell.

X. ENNODIVS FAVSTO. Deus, qui bonorum operum animo uestro inseruit affectum, ipse obsequentem sibi longa felicissimum aetate tueatur, quia VIII. 5 obligastes B domine BTb (i add. B m. rec.) 7 adtendas L impitias L 8 mihi BL V VIIIL 18 tutellam B comis B 15 me om. Bb 18 anteBtitem B 19 uix T 20 exiget Bb 22 praegrauatis Bb quatinuB LTV . X. 28 tuaeatur L quamuis innocentia quam fouetis indesinentes pro uobis ducat excubias, obligati tamen beneficiis uestris non possunt quae pro uobis deo debent uota conprimere, quia pro inpensis gratias non referre et deus in carne constitutus exhorruit. utinam tantum ualerem pro rebus uerborum tribuere, quantum sentio me debere! his tamen, quod ad aliam mercedem uestram pertineat, suggerere non omitto, ut cartam, quam in causa Laurenti tabularii Comensis fecistis, inpletam mihi transmitti iubeatis et pro illa caeca muliere, quam Martinus conductor de Modicia obprimit, comitis patrimonii litteras tollatis, quibus iubeatur quod ei abstulit mancipium sine dilatione reformare, quia quod in praesenti in mandatis accepit facere pro rustica temeritate contemnit.