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

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To Count Jovinus.Letter CLXIII. 2546To Count Jovinus.One can see your soul in your letter, for in reality no painter can so exactly catch anoutward likeness, as uttered thoughts can image the secrets of the soul. As I read your letter,your words exactly characterized your steadfastness, your real dignity, your unfailing sincerity;in all those things it comforted me greatly though I could not see you. Never fail, then,to seize every opportunity of writing to me, <strong>and</strong> to give me the pleasure of conversing withyou at a distance; for to see you face to face I am now forbidden by the distressing state ofmy health. How serious this is you will learn from the God-beloved bishop Amphilochius,who is both able to report to you from his having been constantly with me, <strong>and</strong> fully competentto tell you what he has seen. But the only reason why I wish you to know of my sufferingsis, that you will forgive me for the future, <strong>and</strong> acquit me of lack of energy, if I fail tocome <strong>and</strong> see you, though in truth my loss does not so much need defence from me ascomfort from you. Had it been possible for me to come to you, I should have very muchpreferred a sight of your excellency to all the ends that other men count worth an effort.2546 Placed in 374.622

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