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

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XXXI. And Andrew went his way rejoicing and

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glorifying

God

.

Then

said

Polyxena

,

Whither

shall

we

go

,

sister

?

Rebecca

said

,

Let

us

depart

whither

thou

wilt

,

lest

my

mistress

send

and

separate

us

.

Polyxena

said

,

Come

,

let

us

depart

into

the

mountain

to

the

lioness

.

Rebecca

said

,

It

is

indeed

better

for

us

to

live

with

wild

beasts

and

perish

of

hunger

than

to

be

compelled

by

Greeks

and

idolaters

to

fall

into

the

filth

of

marriage

.

So

they

began

to

journey

,

and

,

behold

,

by

the

providence

of

God

,

they

met

a

man

driving

asses

,

who

seeing

them

said

,

Ye

are

not

of

this

country

,

and

,

as

I

see

,

ye

wear

not

its

dress

.

Command

therefore

of

your

servant

to

eat

bread

and

receive

one

piece

of

silver

that

ye

may

remember

your

servant

when

ye

buy

bread

.

And

he

made

haste

and

took

the

sacks

off

his

asses

and

spread

them

on

the

ground

,

and

made

the

maidens

to

sit

upon

them

and

said

to

them

,

Seeing

that

the

wine

which

your

servant

carries

is

gathered

by

Greeks

,

tell

me

of

what

faith

ye

are

,

that

thus

we

may

taste

of

it

.

Polyxena

said

,

We

,

brother

,

taste

no

wine

,

and

are

of

the

God

of

Paul

.

The

ass

-

driver

said

.

Is

this

God

upon

earth

?

Polyxena

said

to

him

,

God

is

everywhere

,

both

in

heaven

and

on

earth

.

The

ass

-

driver

,

being

desirous

to

learn

clearly

,

said

,

Does

this

Paul

then

have

the

same

God

that

is

preached

by

Philip

?

Polyxena

,

learning

that

he

was

a

Christian

,

said

,

Yea

,

brother

,

this

is

the

God

of

all

,

whom

Paul

and

Philip

preach

.