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Epistle of Theonas

Theonas of Alexandria

Chapter 9

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Author: Theonas of Alexandria

IX.

And do thou, my dearest Lucianus, since

thou

art

wise

,

bear

with

good

-

will

the

unwise

;

and

they

too

may

perchance

become

wise

.

Do

no

one

an

injury

at

any

time

,

and

provoke

no

one

to

anger

.

If

an

injury

is

done

to

you

,

look

to

Jesus

Christ

;

and

even

as

ye

desire

that

He

may

remit

your

transgressions

,

do

ye

also

forgive

them

theirs

;

and

then

also

shall

ye

do

away

with

all

ill

-

will

,

and

bruise

the

head

of

that

ancient

serpent

,

who

is

ever

on

the

watch

with

all

subtlety

to

undo

your

good

works

and

your

prosperous

attainments

.

Let

no

day

pass

by

without

reading

some

portion

of

the

Sacred

Scriptures

,

at

such

convenient

hour

as

offers

,

and

giving

some

space

to

meditation

.

And

never

cast

off

the

habit

of

reading

in

the

Holy

Scriptures

;

for

nothing

feeds

the

soul

and

enriches

the

mind

so

well

as

those

sacred

studies

do

.

But

look

to

this

as

the

chief

gain

you

are

to

make

by

them

,

that

,

in

all

due

patience

,

ye

may

discharge

the

duties

of

your

office

religiously

and

piously

—

that

is

,

in

the

love

of

Christ

—

and

despise

all

transitory

objects

for

the

sake

of

His

eternal

promises

,

which

in

truth

surpass

all

human

comprehension

and

understanding

,

and

shall

conduct

you

into

everlasting

felicity

.

A happy adieu to you in Christ, my Lord Lucianus.

Notes

1
2 Cor. xi. 19.
2
Mark xi. 25.
3
Rom. xvi. 20.
4
[Blessed spirit of primitive piety! Is not this rule too much relaxed in our own Laodicean age?]
5
Phil. iv. 7. [How much there is in this letter which ought to prick the consciences of wealthy and “fashionable” Christians of our day!]