ABSTRACT

These are the defenders I have obtained for you, holy people, who may benefit all and harm no-one. Such were the defenders I wanted and such are the soldiers I have, soldiers not of the world but of Christ. I fear no ill-will from them, whose support is both great and safe. May they also aid those who bear me illwill! Let them come and see my bodyguards, for I do not deny that I am surrounded by such arms. 'Some in chariots and some in horses, but we shall be made great in the name of the Lord our God'. (cf. Ps. 20:7)

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Here I ask whether they envy me or the holy martyrs. If it's me, have other miracles been happened through me, through my work, in my name? Why, then, do they envy me something which is not mine?