Letter 117
To the same person.
Do not consent, amid the misfortunes that have come upon you, to slacken your good hope, nor let down the horn of divine expectation [the "horn" is a scriptural image of strength and exaltation, as in the Psalms]. For it is an easy thing for God, when He so wills, to transform the gloomier circumstances into what is glad and bright.
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Latin / Greek Original
Μὴ καταδέχῃ ἐν ταῖς ἐπελθούσαις συμφοραῖς παραλῦσαι τὸ εὐελπι, μηδὲ χαλάσῃς τὸ κέρας τῆς θείας προσδοκίας. Ῥᾷον γὰρ τῷ Θεῷ βουληθέντι τὰ σωθρώπτερα ἐπὶ τὸ ἱλαρὸν καὶ φαιδρὸν μεταενέγκαι.
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