inserted the meaning of the letter as well, which says: “Noah, Daniel, and Job will not deliver the sons and daughters, but they themselves alone will be saved” [Ezek 14:18, 14]. Let none of us put trust in a just father, in a holy mother, in chaste brothers. “Blessed is the man who has hope in himself” [Ps 34:8] and in an upright life. But to those who have confidence in the saints, it is not unfitting for us to bring forward a citation: “Cursed is the man who has hope in man” [Jer 17:5], and the