Letter 114

To the same person. If the Hebrew, becoming a little child after the manner of the infant called Ishmael [the son of Hagar, Genesis 21], turns to Christ with weeping, the veil is taken away from the eyes of the understanding that is called Hagar, and close at hand he finds the living water of the divine Scripture, when it has been duly interpreted, both fit to drink and clear, and redeeming him from the death of unbelief.

Ἐὰν μετὰ κλαυθμοῦ πρὸς τὸν Χριστὸν ἐπιστρέφῃ ὁ Ἑβραῖος νηπιάζων κατὰ τὸ βρέφος τὸ λεγόμενον Ἰσμαήλ, περιαιρεῖται τὸ κάλυμμα τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τῆς διανοίας τῆς καλουμένης Ἄγαρ, καὶ ἐγγύθεν εὑρίσκει τὸ ζῶν ὕδωρ τῆς θείας Γραφῆς δεόντως ἑρμηνευθέν, ποτίμον τε καὶ διαυγές, καὶ τοῦ θανάτου τῆς ἀπιστίας λυτρούμενον.