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

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XVIII. Then the wise Barandus said, By

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the

grace

of

God

I

shall

tell

the

things

sent

into

the

world

by

the

Lord

.

The

king

whom

thou

sawest

is

the

Devil

,

and

the

multitudes

of

his

servants

are

the

demons

,

and

the

throngs

about

him

are

they

that

worship

the

gods

.

Whereas

he

thought

to

have

no

successor

,

he

looked

not

for

the

coming

of

Christ

.

The

raven

betokened

the

weakness

of

his

kingdom

,

for

the

raven

kept

not

obedience

to

the

righteous

Noah

,

but

loved

pitiful

things

.

The

eagle

that

arose

and

took

away

his

kingdom

and

carried

it

up

into

heaven

,

and

that

there

came

a

protector

of

those

that

fled

to

the

eagle

,

having

a

staff

,

that

is

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

,

who

left

to

them

his

staff

,

that

is

,

his

precious

cross

;

and

that

he

washed

those

that

fled

to

him

signifies

the

invulnerable

breast

-

plate

of

baptism

,

and

therefore

they

were

not

overcome

.

The

capable

men

sent

into

the

world

with

the

cross

are

the

preachers

of

God

like

Paul

who

is

now

with

us

,

against

whom

that

king

has

no

power

.

This

was

made

known

to

thee

because

even

on

those

who

are

hard

of

belief

God

has

compassion

in

some

way

.

See

therefore

whether

even

thou

wilt

be

able

to

injure

Paul

though

thou

desirest

,

for

the

mighty

power

that

shields

him

has

been

shown

thee

by

the

Lord

.

Therefore

,

understand

what

has

been

said

to

thee

by

me

,

and

serve

not

that

king

of

darkness

,

for

as

thou

sawest

his

kingdom

vanish

away

,

so

shall

all

his

servants

perish

with

him

.

Come

now

,

therefore

,

my

Lord

,

let

us

go

to

Paul

and

receive

baptism

from

him

,

lest

Satan

have

mastery

over

us

also

.

Probus

said

,

Let

us

first

go

to

Xanthippe

and

see

whether

she

still

lives

,

for

behold

there

are

twenty

-

nine

days

since

she

has

tasted

anything

;

for

I

saw

her

face

in

the

evening

,

and

it

was

as

of

one

prepared

to

depart

.