Nilus of Ancyra→Maurianus|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To the same person.
And how, you say, might I exact the penalty from myself? I will say: humble yourself, mourn, and groan over your transgressions; for it is no small punishment, and a torment to the soul, to reckon up and lament one's own faults. Indeed in this there is great pain, and shame, and chastisement. For this very reason there is also a prize. God grants righteousness to the person who wears himself down through confession. For tell your sins first yourself, Scripture says, before another accuses you, that you may be justified. [cf. Isaiah 43:26 LXX]
And how, you say, might I exact the penalty from myself? I will say: humble yourself, mourn, and groan over your transgressions; for it is no small punishment, and a torment to the soul, to reckon up and lament one's own faults. Indeed in this there is great pain, and shame, and chastisement. For this very reason there is also a prize. God grants righteousness to the person who wears himself down through confession. For tell your sins first yourself, Scripture says, before another accuses you, that you may be justified. [cf. Isaiah 43:26 LXX]
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