Let us then also pray for those who have fallen into any sin, that meekness and humility may be given to them, so that they may submit, not unto us, but to the will of God. For in this way they shall secure a fruitful and perfect re- membrance from us, with sympathy for them, both in our prayers to God, and our mention of them to the saints.* Let us receive correction, beloved, on account of which no one should feel displeased. Those exhortations by which we admonish one another are both good [in themselves] and highly profitable, for they tend to unite 5 us to the will of God. For thus saith the holy Word : " The Lord hath severely chast- ened me, yet hath not given me over to death." ^ " For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth." ^ " The righteous," saith it, " shall chasten me in mercy, and reprove me ; but let not the oil of sinners make fat my head." ^ And again he saith, " Blessed is the man whom the Lord re- proveth, and reject not thou the warning of the Almighty. For He causes sorrow, and again restores [to gladness] ; He woundeth, and His hands make whole. He shall deliver thee in six troubles, yea, in the seventh no evil shall touch thee. In famine He shall rescue thee from death, and in war He shall free thee from the