Quote from Letter 9.5 to Amandinus. September-October 598
And as for what we found in the letters of your Glory, you took those matters badly, which you should not have done, since we cannot remember having written anything harsh, but we encouraged you to feel love and gratitude for him.
But since you wrote that you were prevented by a dream from sending that letter to us, as you replied to these harsh remarks, we thank almighty God, who guards you while awake so as to warn you even when you are asleep.
But as you write that in the same dream you were also criticized by me for the same reason, gather even from this what sort of person I am towards you, and when I address you with a fatherly encouragement, you ought not to receive it with ill grace, since, as I am pure to those asleep, I clearly cannot be two-faced to those who are awake.
And as for what we found in the letters of your Glory, you took those matters badly, which you should not have done, since we cannot remember having written anything harsh, but we encouraged you to feel love and gratitude for him.
But since you wrote that you were prevented by a dream from sending that letter to us, as you replied to these harsh remarks, we thank almighty God, who guards you while awake so as to warn you even when you are asleep.
But as you write that in the same dream you were also criticized by me for the same reason, gather even from this what sort of person I am towards you, and when I address you with a fatherly encouragement, you ought not to receive it with ill grace, since, as I am pure to those asleep, I clearly cannot be two-faced to those who are awake.
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