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Life and Conduct of the Holy Women, Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca

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Section 11

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XI. And Xanthippe said to Paul, Teacher

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,

my

heart

is

greatly

consumed

because

I

have

not

as

yet

received

baptism

.

And

after

this

Probus

being

again

moved

by

the

devil

,

cast

Paul

out

of

the

house

and

shut

up

Xanthippe

in

her

chamber

.

Then

one

of

the

chief

men

,

Philotheus

by

name

,

besought

the

great

Paul

to

come

into

his

house

,

but

the

great

Paul

was

unwilling

to

do

so

,

saying

,

Lest

Probus

trouble

thy

house

on

my

account

.

Philotheus

said

to

him

,

Nay

,

father

,

I

am

not

at

all

subject

to

him

,

for

in

no

other

thing

is

he

greater

than

me

,

except

in

rank

,

and

that

because

the

parents

of

Xanthippe

are

above

me

.

But

if

Probus

come

to

me

,

I

am

above

him

in

riches

and

in

war

.

Then

Paul

,

the

great

apostle

of

the

Lord

,

was

persuaded

,

and

went

into

the

house

of

Philotheus

the

ex

-

prefect

.

All

this

was

done

by

the

Evil

one

that

Xanthippe

might

receive

holy

baptism

with

tribulation

,

and

be

faint

-

hearted

concerning

the

commandments

of

Christ

.