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great is the distance between God and men, and of sinning against God; and that one must not distrust God in anything. For all things are possible for him. ΛΓʹ. Concerning distrust. Λ∆ʹ. Concerning the double-tongued. ΛΕʹ. Concerning unbribed judges, and those who have clean hands. Λ ϛ. Concerning judges who accept bribes, and who judge unlawfully. ΛΖʹ. Concerning good masters. ΛΗʹ. Concerning wicked masters. ΛΘʹ. Concerning good servants. Μʹ. Concerning evil servants. ΜΑʹ. Concerning those who are displeased. ΜΒʹ. Concerning glory and honor; and that one must not give one's own glory to another. ΜΓʹ. Concerning good lenders. Μ∆ʹ. Concerning evil lenders. 96.452 ΜΕʹ. Concerning borrowers; and that one must be grateful to the creditors. Μ ϛʹ. Concerning borrowers and those who are grateful. Letter E. Αʹ. Concerning the commandments of God; that they are saving and life-giving, and in all things straight, and holy, and just. Βʹ. Concerning those who do not keep the commandments of God. Γʹ. Concerning those who prosper in their works. ∆ʹ. Concerning those who do not prosper. Εʹ. Concerning works and actions; that before every task one must be sanctified by the remembrance of and thanksgiving to God. ϛʹ. Concerning authority and power; that all dominion is from the Lord. Ζʹ. Concerning praise and eulogies, and those who rejoice in them; and that one must not praise anyone before trial. Ηʹ. Concerning abandonment; that to be bereft of God's help and protection is more grievous than any terror. Θʹ. Concerning want and poverty. Ιʹ. Concerning inflictions brought upon us according to the just judgment of God. ΙΑʹ. Concerning the avenging and exaction of sins; that our philanthropic Lord will not punish twice for the same sin for those who correct themselves. ΙΒʹ. Concerning blame. ΙΓʹ. Concerning desire; that one must not follow one's own desires indiscriminately and unexamined, even if they seem to be good. For by these we are lured, being weaker, towards things that are not profitable. Ι∆ʹ. Concerning the desires of holy men. ΙΕʹ. Concerning helping; that it is good to help those in need. Ι ϛʹ. Concerning a good deed or offering made from unjust gains; that it is unacceptable to God. ΙΖʹ. Concerning those who attack one another. ΙΗʹ. Concerning the inventive, and the resourceful, and the experienced, and the quick-to-learn. ΙΘʹ. Concerning a pledge and a guarantor. Κʹ. Concerning securities. ΚΑʹ. Concerning enemies; that one must not remain irreconcilable towards those who have erred, nor rejoice at their misfortune and falls. ΚΒʹ. Concerning self-control. ΚΓʹ. Concerning common matters. Κ∆ʹ. Concerning one who reproves and rebukes; that such a person must offer the reproof covertly and not harshly, for it is corrosive; but should lead the responsible one toward better things with gentleness. ΚΕʹ. Concerning good fortune and misfortune. Κ ϛʹ. Concerning those deserving of death; and that no one will die for another, not parents for children, nor children for parents. ΚΖʹ. Concerning one who lies in wait to plot against his neighbor; and that he himself will fall into it. ΚΗʹ. Concerning commerce; and that constant occupations with the things of this life confuse our life, and deprive us of spiritual and eternal goods. ΚΘʹ. Concerning dreams, and divinations, and omens. Λʹ. Concerning those who avenge themselves; that one must not. ΛΑʹ. Concerning voluntary and involuntary things, whether right actions or sins, done with or without knowledge. ΛΒʹ. Concerning thanksgiving to God; that one must not be forgetful of His benefits. ΛΓʹ. Concerning those who do not give thanks, but are ungrateful and ungracious. Λ∆ʹ. Concerning eunuchs and the unmarried. 96.453 ΛΕʹ. Concerning ventriloquists, and enchanters, and augurs. Λ ϛʹ. Concerning idols and idolaters. ΛΖʹ. Concerning happiness and calling blessed; that one must not call anyone blessed before his end. ΛΗʹ. Concerning hope in God; that one must hope in God, and not in the protection of men; that no one who has hoped in God has been put to shame. ΛΘʹ. Concerning those who do not have their hope and trust in God; but trust in wealth and men. Μʹ. Concerning the church of God, and the altar; and that one must not eat in church. ΜΑʹ. Concerning a feast. ΜΒʹ. Concerning the blessing given by the Lord, and by the prophets, and by the apostles. ΜΓʹ. Concerning prayer; how many things are accomplished for us through prayer. Μ∆ʹ. Concerning almsgiving and doing good to

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πολὺ τὸ μέσον Θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπων, καὶ τοῦ ἁμαρτάνειν εἰς Θεόν· καὶ ὅτι οὐ χρὴ δυσπιστεῖν ἔν τινι τῷ Θεῷ. Πάντα γὰρ δυνατὰ αὐτῷ. ΛΓʹ. Περὶ δυσπιστίας. Λ∆ʹ. Περὶ διγλώσσου. ΛΕʹ. Περὶ δικαστῶν ἀδικάστων, καὶ καθαρὰς ἐχόντων τὰς χεῖρας. Λ ϛ. Περὶ δικαστῶν δωροδεκουμένων, καὶ ἀθέσμως κρινόντων. ΛΖʹ. Περὶ δεσποτῶν χρηστῶν. ΛΗʹ. Περὶ δεσποτῶν μοχθηρῶν. ΛΘʹ. Περὶ δούλων χρηστῶν. Μʹ. Περὶ δούλων πονηρῶν. ΜΑʹ. Περὶ δυσαρεστουμένων. ΜΒʹ. Περὶ δόξης καὶ τιμῆς· καὶ ὅτι οὐ χρὴ τὴν ἰδίαν δόξαν ἑτέρῳ παρέχειν. ΜΓʹ. Περὶ δανειστῶν χρηστῶν. Μ∆ʹ. Περὶ δανειστῶν πονηρῶν. 96.452 ΜΕʹ. Περὶ δανειζομένων· καὶ ὅτι χρὴ εὐγνωμονεῖν τοῖς κυριοχρέοις. Μ ϛʹ. Περὶ δανειζομένων καὶ εὐγνωμονούντων. Στοιχεῖον Ε. Αʹ. Περὶ ἐντολῶν Θεοῦ· ὅτι σωτήριοι καὶ ζωοποιοὶ, καὶ κατὰ πάντα εὐθεῖαι, καὶ ἁγίαι, καὶ δίκαιαι. Βʹ. Περὶ τῶν μὴ φυλασσόντων τὰς ἐντολὰς τοῦ Θεοῦ. Γʹ. Περὶ εὐοδουμένων ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτῶν. ∆ʹ. Περὶ τῶν οὐκ εὐοδουμένων. Εʹ. Περὶ ἔργων καὶ πράξεων· ὅτι χρὴ πρὸ πάσης ἐργασίας τῇ τοῦ Θεοῦ μνήμῃ καὶ εὐχαριστίᾳ ἁγιάζεσθαι. ϛʹ. Περὶ ἐξουσίας καὶ δυναστείας· ὅτι παρὰ Κυρίου πᾶν κράτος. Ζʹ. Περὶ ἐπαίνων καὶ ἐγκωμίων, καὶ τῶν χαιρόντων ἐν αὐτοῖς· καὶ ὅτι οὐ δεῖ πρὸ πείρας ἐπαινεῖν τινα. Ηʹ. Περὶ ἐγκαταλείψεως· ὅτι τὸ ἐρημωθῆναι τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ βοηθείας καὶ σκέπης, παντὸς δεινοῦ χαλεπώτερον. Θʹ. Περὶ ἐνδείας καὶ ἀπορίας. Ιʹ. Περὶ ἐπαγωγῶν κατὰ κρίσιν δικαίαν Θεοῦ ἐπιφερομένων ἡμῖν. ΙΑʹ. Περὶ ἐκδικήσεως καὶ εἰσπράξεως ἁμαρτιῶν· ὅτι οὐκ ἐκδικήσει δὶς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἐφ' ἁμαρτίαις ὁ φιλάνθρωπος ἡμῶν Κύριος διορθούντων ἑαυτούς. ΙΒʹ. Περὶ ἐπαιτίας. ΙΓʹ. Περὶ ἐπιθυμίας· ὅτι οὐ χρὴ ἀκρίτως καὶ ἀνεξετάστως ταῖς οἰκείαις ἐξακολουθῆσαι ἐπιθυμίαις, κἂν δοκῶσιν ἀγαθαὶ εἶναι. Ἐκ τούτων γὰρ δελεαζόμεθα, οἷα ἀσθενέστεροι πρὸς τὰ μὴ λυσιτελοῦντα. Ι∆ʹ. Περὶ ἐπιθυμιῶν ἁγίων ἀνδρῶν. ΙΕʹ. Περὶ ἐπικουρείας· ὅτι καλὸν τὸ ἐπικουρεῖν τοῖς δεομένοις. Ι ϛʹ. Περὶ εὐεργεσίας ἢ προσφορᾶς ἐξ ἀδίκων γινομένης· ὅτι ἀπρόσδεκτος παρὰ Θεῷ. ΙΖʹ. Περὶ ἐπιχειρούντων ἀλλήλοις. ΙΗʹ. Περὶ ἐπινοήτου, καὶ εὐμηχάνου, καὶ ἐμπείρου, καὶ εὐμαθοῦς. ΙΘʹ. Περὶ ἐγγυῆς καὶ ἐγγυητοῦ. Κʹ. Περὶ ἐνεχύρων. ΚΑʹ. Περὶ ἐχθρῶν· ὅτι οὐ δεῖ ἀδιαλλάκτως μεῖναι πρὸς τοὺς ἐπταικότας, οὐδὲ χαίρειν ἐπὶ τῇ κακοπραγίᾳ καὶ πτώμασιν αὐτῶν. ΚΒʹ. Περὶ ἐγκρατείας. ΚΓʹ. Περὶ ἐπικοίνων πραγμάτων. Κ∆ʹ. Περὶ ἐλέγχοντος καὶ ἐπιτιμῶντος· ὅτι χρεὼν τῷ τοιούτῳ συνεσκιασμένως καὶ μὴ ἐμβριθῶς προσάγειν τὸν ἔλεγχον, ὅτι διαβρωτικόν· ἀναβιβάζειν δὲ πρὸς τὰ βέλτιστα ἡμερότητι τὸν ὑπεύθυνον. ΚΕʹ. Περὶ εὐπραγίας καὶ δυσπραγίας. Κ ϛʹ. Περὶ ἐνόχων θανάτου· καὶ ὅτι οὐδεὶς ὑπὲρ ἑτέρου ἀποθανεῖται, οὐ γονεῖς ὑπὲρ τέκνων, οὐ τέκνα ὑπὲρ γονέων. ΚΖʹ. Περὶ ἐνεδρεύοντος εἰς ἐπιβουλὴν τοῦ πλησίον· καὶ ὅτι αὐτὸς ἐμπεσεῖται. ΚΗʹ. Περὶ ἐμπορίας· καὶ ὅτι αἱ περὶ τὰ βιωτικὰ ἐνδελεχεῖς ἀσχολίαι συγχέουσιν ἡμῶν τὴν ζωὴν, καὶ ἀποστεροῦσι τῶν πνευματικῶν καὶ αἰωνίων ἀγαθῶν. ΚΘʹ. Περὶ ἐνυπνίων, καὶ μαντειῶν, καὶ οἰωνισμῶν. Λʹ. Περὶ τῶν ἑαυτοὺς διεκδικούντων· ὅτι οὐ χρή. ΛΑʹ. Περὶ ἑκουσίων καὶ ἀκουσίων, εἴτε κατορθωμάτων, εἴτε ἁμαρτημάτων ἐν γνώσει καὶ ἀγνοίᾳ γινομένων. ΛΒʹ. Περὶ εὐχαριστίας πρὸς Θεόν· ὅτι οὐ χρὴ ἀνεπιληθήτως ἔχειν τὰς εὐεργεσίας αὐτοῦ. ΛΓʹ. Περὶ τῶν μὴ εὐχαριστούντων, ἀλλὰ ἀχαριστούντων καὶ ἀγνωμούντων. Λ∆ʹ. Περὶ εὐνούχων καὶ ἀγάμων. 96.453 ΛΕʹ. Περὶ ἐγγαστριμύθων, καὶ ἐπαοιδῶν, καὶ οἰωνιζομένων. Λ ϛʹ. Περὶ εἰδώλων καὶ εἰδωλολατρῶν. ΛΖʹ. Περὶ εὐδαιμονίας καὶ μακαρισμοῦ· ὅτι οὐ δεῖ πρὸ τελευτῆς μακαρίσαι τινά. ΛΗʹ. Περὶ ἐλπίδος εἰς Θεόν· ὅτι χρὴ εἰς Θεὸν ἐλπίζειν, καὶ μὴ εἰς τὰς τῶν ἀνθρώπων προστασίας· ὅτι οὐδεὶς ἐλπίσας εἰς Θεὸν κατῃσχύνθη. ΛΘʹ. Περὶ τῶν μὴ εἰς Θεὸν τὴν ἐλπίδα καὶ πεποίθησιν ἐχόντων· ἀλλὰ πεποιθότες ἐπὶ πλούτῳ καὶ ἀνθρώποις. Μʹ. Περὶ ἐκκλησίας Θεοῦ, καὶ θυσιαστηρίου· καὶ ὅτι οὐ δεῖ ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐσθίειν. ΜΑʹ. Περὶ ἑορτῆς. ΜΒʹ. Περὶ εὐλογίας ὑπὸ Κυρίου, καὶ τῶν προφητῶν, καὶ τῶν ἀποστόλων γινομένης. ΜΓʹ. Περὶ εὐχῆς· ὅσα δι' εὐχῆς κατορθοῦται ἡμῖν. Μ∆ʹ. Περὶ ἐλεημοσύνης καὶ εὐποιίας εἰς