Letter 9: To an Anonymous Correspondent.
To an Anonymous Correspondent.
Your piety is troubled and distressed at the sentence that has been passed on me unjustly and without a hearing. It comforts me that you feel this way. Had the condemnation been just, I would have been sorry for having given my judges reasonable cause — but as it is, my conscience is clear. I find myself joyful and even exultant, and I look forward to the remission of other sins on account of this particular injustice. Naboth lives in memory only because he died that unjust death.
Pray only that God does not abandon us, and let the enemy do his worst. The goodwill of God is enough to keep my spirits high. If he is on my side, I count all my troubles as nothing.
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