Letter 420
To Marinus the Monk.
Do not be at all vexed, nor be distressed, when you are weighed down by the prolonging of temptations, and do not be astonished at the burden, and at the constant assault, and at the plundering and persecution of the spiritual barbarians [the demons]. For we hope that, if we endure with thanksgiving, we shall find deliverance all the more from our enemies and from those who hate us [echoing Luke 1:71].
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Latin / Greek Original
Μηδαμῶς δυσχέραινε, μηδὲ δυσφόρει, τῇ παρατάσει τῶν πειρασμῶν πιεζόμενος, μηδὲ ξενίζου ἐπὶ τῷ βάρει, καὶ τῇ συχνῇ ἐπιθέσει, καὶ τῇ ἐκπορθήσει, καὶ διώξει τῶν νοητῶν βαρβάρων. Ἐλπίζομεν γὰρ, ἐὰν μετ’ εὐχαριστίας ὑπομείνωμεν, σωτηρίαν μᾶλλον ἐκ τῶν ἐχθρῶν εὑρίσκειν, καὶ τῶν μισούντων ἡμᾶς.
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