Letter 313
To the same person.
With a hidden hand God wars against Amalek [Exodus 17:16; the desert enemy of Israel], as Moses says. For our Master invisibly wards off the devil on our behalf; but as for us, for the sake of his name and of his own mercy, he does us good, and he warms us, and builds us up, and equips us, and fences us round within and without, and shelters us over, and saves us—the compassionate and man-loving Lord.
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Latin / Greek Original
Κρυφίᾳ χειρὶ ὁ Θεὸς πολεμεῖ τὸν Ἀμαλήκ, ὡς λέγει ὁ Μωϋσῆς. Ὁ γὰρ Δεσπότης ἡμῶν ἀοράτως ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἀμύνεται τὸν διάβολον· ἡμᾶς δὲ χάριν τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ, καὶ τοῦ οἰκείου ἐλέους εὐεργετεῖ, καὶ θάλπει, καὶ οἰκοδομεῖ, καὶ καταρτίζει, περιφράττει τε ἔσωθεν, καὶ ἔξωθεν, καὶ περισκέπει, καὶ σώζει ὁ φιλοικτίρμων, καὶ φιλάνθρωπος Κύριος.
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