The Laughable Stories Collected by Mâr Gregory John Bar-Hebraeus: The Syriac Text

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Luzac and Company, 1897 - 203 páginas

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Página 39 - A certain brother said unto one of the aged men, "My thoughts wage war against me and "say unto me, Thou art not able to fast and to pray, "therefore go out of thy cell, and depart and minister "unto the sick and let thy righteousness be sufficient "for thee." The aged man made answer to him, "Go, "eat, drink, and labour not, only do not depart from "thy cell," for he knew that persistent dwelling in the "cell would cut off all [his] thoughts1. "palace he prayed to God, saying, 'O Lord, direct me...

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