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

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III. And Xanthippe going away to her couch

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and

groaning

,

said

,

Woe

is

me

,

wretched

one

,

lying

in

darkness

,

that

I

have

not

learned

the

name

of

the

new

teacher

,

that

I

might

summon

his

prayer

to

help

me

,

and

what

to

say

I

know

not

.

Shall

I

call

upon

him

by

the

name

of

his

God

?

but

I

cannot

say

,

The

God

that

is

preached

by

such

a

one

.

Nevertheless

I

shall

say

thus

by

conjecture

,

O

God

,

giving

light

in

Hades

,

and

guiding

those

in

darkness

,

Lord

of

free

men

and

kings

,

and

preached

by

worthy

servants

in

all

the

world

,

called

upon

as

a

brother

by

sinful

men

and

quick

to

hear

,

to

whom

not

even

archangels

can

send

up

worthy

songs

of

praise

,

who

hast

shown

to

me

,

humble

and

unworthy

,

the

ever

-

living

and

abiding

seed

(

though

my

ignorance

permits

me

not

to

receive

it

)

,

hasten

also

the

things

that

concern

me

,

Lord

,

since

by

thy

will

thou

hast

made

thyself

heard

by

me

,

and

in

thy

compassion

show

me

the

proclamation

of

thy

herald

,

that

I

may

learn

of

him

what

is

pleasing

to

thee

.

Yea

,

I

beseech

thee

look

upon

my

ignorance

,

O

God

,

and

enlighten

me

with

the

light

of

thy

countenance

,

thou

that

never

overlookest

any

of

those

that

call

upon

thee

in

truth

.

Probus

,

her

husband

said

to

her

,

Why

troublest

thou

thyself

so

much

,

lady

,

and

dost

not

at

all

turn

to

sleep

?

Xanthippe

said

,

I

cannot

sleep

,

for

there

is

in

me

an

incurable

pain

.

Probus

said

to

her

,

And

what

is

thy

pain

or

grief

,

O

lady

,

that

I

am

not

sufficient

to

comfort

thee

?

All

that

thou

hast

wished

unto

this

day

I

have

served

thee

in

,

and

now

what

is

it

that

thou

hast

,

and

dost

not

tell

me

?

Xanthippe

says

to

him

,

I

beseech

thee

this

thing

only

,

my

lord

,

permit

me

for

a

little

and

for

this

day

only

to

sleep

apart

from

thee

.

And

Probus

said

to

her

,

Be

it

as

thou

wilt

,

lady

;

only

leave

off

thy

groaning

.