“How should we deal with the body when it is encircled in misery when the will, which is joined together with the body, is diminished in its desire for the good and loses the strength it had at the beginning? This happens generally to those who follow God but have only partially escaped from the world while they also r…”
Isaac of Nineveh, 7th c. — ASCETICAL HOMILIES 37
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28Distrust not the fear of the Lord when thou art poor: and come not unto him with a double heart.
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26If thou desire wisdom, keep the commandments, and the Lord shall give her unto thee.
27For the fear of the Lord is wisdom and instruction: and faith and meekness are his delight.
— Sirach 1:28 —
29Be not an hypocrite in the sight of men, and take good heed what thou speakest.
30Exalt not thyself, lest thou fall, and bring dishonour upon thy soul, and so God discover thy secrets, and cast thee down in the midst of the congregation, because thou camest not in truth to the fear of the Lord, but thy heart is full of deceit.