Isidore of Pelusium→Zosimus|c. 403 AD|Isidore of Pelusium|To Zosimus (recipient)|AI-assisted
monasticism
To Zosimus.
On the divine sojourn [the Incarnation, God's coming to dwell among men].
The [...] of human sins [...].
The incarnate manifestation of the Son of God struck everything with fear, both men and demons: the former it persuaded to spare our nature, as having been united to God; the latter it compelled to refrain from their plot against men, as that nature had now become free of sin. But you, none of these things softened, nor disposed to fear, nor trained to live soberly. If, then, you are a man, be instructed by the first; but if a demon, be taught by the second, and do not lay violent hands upon the noblest nature, dragging it down into the passions. For you will come to judgment, there to render account for all these things, and for your long insensibility a long reckoning will be exacted of you.
On the divine sojourn [the Incarnation, God's coming to dwell among men].
The [...] of human sins [...].
The incarnate manifestation of the Son of God struck everything with fear, both men and demons: the former it persuaded to spare our nature, as having been united to God; the latter it compelled to refrain from their plot against men, as that nature had now become free of sin. But you, none of these things softened, nor disposed to fear, nor trained to live soberly. If, then, you are a man, be instructed by the first; but if a demon, be taught by the second, and do not lay violent hands upon the noblest nature, dragging it down into the passions. For you will come to judgment, there to render account for all these things, and for your long insensibility a long reckoning will be exacted of you.
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