The Canonical epistle, with the Commentaries of Theodore Balsamon and John Zonaras

VII.—Fragment.²³⁸⁴

Wretch that I am! I have not remembered that God observes the mind, and hears the voice of the soul. I turned consciously to sin, saying to myself, God is merciful, and will bear with me; and when I was not instantly smitten, I ceased not, but rather despised His forbearance, and exhausted the long-suffering of God.