Nilus of Ancyra→Cyriacus (correspondent of Nilus of Ancyra)|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
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.
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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