Isaac Sírio — Tratados Místicos
Traduzidos para o inglês por A. J. Wensinck; obra publicada em 1923
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THE STRUGGLE OR RATHER THE DANGER OF FALLING THAT EXCELLENT WORKS INCUR
It is not possible to vanquish the bad deliberations that accompany the bodily allurements; or rather it is hardly possible. They have been called by some a double weapon ( directed ) against us. There is no rest from them as long as there is satiety of bread, water and sleep, and access to the things that cause emotions by their accidental character. It is better to depart life than to bear shame in it. When we are anxious to fulfill our duties, the influence of the flesh will be extinguished from our limbs.
It is not possible to have care for apperceptive things and to correct our personal affections ( at the same time ). For without affectionate beseechings and constant bending ( of the knees ) it is not possible to draw ( divine ) compassion towards us; and thus it is necessary to practise them constantly. Without painstaking in small things it is not possible to escape great evils.
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