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NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works - Holy Bible Institute

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Without address.Letter XXXV. 2018Without address.I have written to you about many people as belonging to myself; now I mean to writeabout more. The poor can never fail, <strong>and</strong> I can never say, no. There is no one more intimatelyassociated with me, nor better able to do me kindnesses wherever he has the ability,than the reverend brother Leontius. So treat his house as if you had found me, not in thatpoverty in which now by God’s help I am living, but endowed with wealth <strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong>edproperty. There is no doubt that you would not have made me poor, but would have takencare of what I had, or even added to my possessions. This is the way I ask you to behave inthe house of Leontius. You will get your accustomed reward from me; my prayers to theholy God for the trouble you are taking in shewing yourself a good man <strong>and</strong> true, <strong>and</strong> inanticipating the supplication of the needy.2018 Placed before 370.423

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