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

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To Antiochus.Letter CXLVI. 2481To Antiochus. 2482I cannot accuse you of carelessness <strong>and</strong> inattention, because, when an opportunity ofwriting occurred, you said nothing. For I count the greeting which you have sent me inyour own honoured h<strong>and</strong> worth many letters. In return I salute you, <strong>and</strong> beg you earnestlyto give heed to the salvation of your soul, disciplining all the lusts of the flesh by reason, <strong>and</strong>ever keeping the thought of God built up in your soul, as in a very holy temple. In everydeed <strong>and</strong> every word hold before your eyes the judgment of Christ, so that every individualaction, being referred to that exact <strong>and</strong> awful examination may bring you glory in the dayof retribution, when you win praise from all creation. If that great man 2483 should be ableto pay me a visit, it would be a pleasure to me to see you here with him.2481 Placed in 373.2482 Nephew of Eusebius, who had written a salutation in his uncle’s letter. cf. Letter clxviii.2483 i.e. his uncle Eusebius.597

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