comprehends all. Giving therefore the judgment to Him, let us
sympathise with each other; and let us bear each other's burdens,
and examine ourselves; and what we are behind in, let us be eager to
fill up. And let this, too, be my counsel for safety against
sinning. Let us each note and write down the deeds and motions of
the soul as if he were about to relate them to each other; and be
confident that, as we shall be utterly ashamed that they should be
known, we shall cease from sinning, and even from desiring anything
mean. For who when he sins wishes to be harmed thereby? Or who,
having sinned, does not rather lie, wishing to hide it? As
therefore when in each other's sight we dare not commit a crime, so
if we write down our thoughts, and tell them to each other, we shall
keep ourselves the more from foul thoughts, for shame lest they
should be known. . . . And thus forming ourselves we shall be able
to bring the body into slavery, and please the Lord on the one hand,
and on the other trample on the snares of the enemy." This was his
exhortation to those who met him: but with those who suffered he
suffered, and prayed with them. And often and in many things the
Lord heard him; and neither when he was heard did he boast; nor when
he was not heard did he murmur: but, remaining always the same,
gave thanks to the Lord. And those who suffered he exhorted to keep
up heart, and to know that the power of cure was none of his, nor of
any man's; but only belonged to God, who works when and whatsoever
he chooses. So the sufferers received this as a remedy, learning
not to despise the old man's words, but rather to keep up heart; and
those who were cured learned not to bless Antony, but God alone.

For instance, one called Fronto, who belonged to the palace, and had
a grievous disease (for he gnawed his own tongue, and tried to
injure his eyes), came to the mountain and asked Antony to pray for