Letter 6015: The providence above arranges things well: while I am making my request of you from one direction, events themselves...
To Faustus, from Ennodius.
The providence above arranges things well: while I am making my request of you from one direction, events themselves are pushing the same cause from another. What I ask, circumstances confirm.
I take this as a sign that the matter is just, and I trust you will take it the same way. When God and reason agree, the man who hesitates does so at his own risk.
Act as your conscience directs. I know it will direct you well. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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