Letter 3: To Sergius the doctor on the report of a disease

Letter 3: To Sergius the doctor on the report of a disease — Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene To Sergius the doctor concerning the report of a disease.

To the God-loving and honoured brother Mārī Sergius.

Ishoʿyahb, by the Lord, salutes.

The sign of the interior, O my brother, is the equalities in the force of the molars.

By means of the equality of the molars, they are, when they are in their natural order.

They are impelled to act, whether by variation and addition to the growth.

of the constitution of the body, or in the generation of oppressive pains.

of the body. In such cases, then, the customary pains occur.

When the physicians heal together, also the souls of all are healed with difficulty.

The uproar of the reports, the contradictory and confused rumors of the disease.

As it was, or from what necessity it was that it was: that it came with

All that is hidden from you, investigate: in a great disease, be compelled to be.

When you receive the report of your see and of those who love you.

And especially, may the grace of God be prolonged over you in the conduct of your affairs.

lest you be again afflicted with a sudden severe illness.

Against the disease. A foolish care, O my brother: remember the knowledge.

Now, then, concerning how I am to write to you about the folly.

of the grace of God: great joy will be found in the will.

It is fitting for me to be anxious about your well-being, for when

the report of your illness reached me, it filled me with sorrow and concern for you.

In every difficulty, the friends of God are with you. For he

by his grace he will preserve you from all afflictions at all times. Amen.