Letter
XLIX.
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To Arcadius the Bishop
.
I
thanked
the Holy God
when I read your letter, most pious brother. I pray that I may
not be unworthy of the expectations you have formed of me, and that you
will enjoy a full reward for the honour which you pay me in the name of
our Lord Jesus Christ. I was exceedingly pleased to hear that you
have been occupied in a matter eminently becoming a Christian, have
raised a house to the glory of God, and have in practical earnest
loved, as it is written, “the beauty of the house of the
Lord,”
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and have so
provided for yourself that heavenly mansion which is prepared in His
rest for them that love the Lord. If I am able to find any relics
of martyrs, I pray that I may take part in your earnest endeavour.
If “the righteous shall be had in everlasting
remembrance,”
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I shall without
doubt have a share in the good fame which the Holy One will give
you.
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Of about the
same date as the preceding.
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Ps. xxvi. 8
, LXX.
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Ps. cxii. 6
.