The Fear Of Separation

Φοβοῦμαι φησὶν ὁ Ἰὼβ, μὴ γνόφῳ με ἐκρτίψει ὁ Κύριος· τουτέστι, μήποτε ἐξορίσας με τῆς μερίδος τῶν ἰκανωθέντων ἐν τῷ φωτὶ τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ, παραδῷ τῇ αἰωνᾳ σκοτίᾳ. Διόπερ μὴ χαύνως, καὶ ἀμερίμνως τὸν βίον ὀδεύσωμεν.. Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΤΙΔ' Δρακοντιῳ Source: Migne PG 79.196c-d

'I fear,' says Job,' lest the Lord cover me in darkness;' 1 that is, lest ever from the state of those who have been made fit to share in the light of His glory, separating me, He hands me over to the eternal darkness. Thus let us pass our lives neither sluggishly nor securely. Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 314, to Dracontius 1 Job 9.17