Nilus of Ancyra→Nemertius|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Nemertius the Silentiary. [a silentiarius was an usher and chamberlain of the imperial court]
Never grant yourself any rest from any work that conduces to piety; for it is in times of rest and idleness that what is errant and base fastens upon a man all the more. Rather, pray the more frequently, and give heed to the reading of the ordinances of the Lord, and drag and pull your own mind around toward acts of beneficence to those in need and toward the protection of the oppressed. And in this way you will easily escape not only the active working of sin, but even, in all likelihood, its very assaults, and the memories and the stirrings-up of unseemly things.
To Nemertius the Silentiary. [a silentiarius was an usher and chamberlain of the imperial court]
Never grant yourself any rest from any work that conduces to piety; for it is in times of rest and idleness that what is errant and base fastens upon a man all the more. Rather, pray the more frequently, and give heed to the reading of the ordinances of the Lord, and drag and pull your own mind around toward acts of beneficence to those in need and toward the protection of the oppressed. And in this way you will easily escape not only the active working of sin, but even, in all likelihood, its very assaults, and the memories and the stirrings-up of unseemly things.
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