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

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Section 34

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XXXIV. And he going on his way lamented

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,

saying

,

Woe

is

me

,

wretched

and

abominable

one

.

Woe

is

me

that

thought

to

do

good

,

but

now

I

have

wrought

mischief

.

Woe

is

me

that

my

trouble

and

my

running

were

unacceptable

.

Would

that

I

had

died

before

yesterday

,

that

I

might

not

have

met

with

these

maidens

at

all

.

But

why

troublest

thou

me

,

O

wretched

soul

?

Let

us

go

to

Philip

the

apostle

of

God

.

If

there

is

not

forgiveness

for

me

,

it

is

better

for

me

to

choose

death

in

whatsoever

fashion

than

to

live

with

such

evil

and

bitter

conscience

.

So

he

went

and

found

Philip

the

apostle

of

Christ

,

and

said

to

him

,

O

disciple

and

preacher

of

Christ

,

thus

and

thus

it

has

happened

to

me

and

befallen

me

.

Has

my

soul

salvation

?

Philip

the

apostle

of

Christ

said

,

Be

not

distressed

concerning

this

,

my

son

,

it

is

impossible

for

them

to

be

dishonoured

,

seeing

that

no

one

ever

overcomes

God

;

for

this

same

Polyxena

,

when

she

first

came

from

the

sea

,

I

entrusted

to

a

certain

brother

,

who

also

was

greatly

distressed

because

of

her

running

away

secretly

from

his

house

.

Him

also

I

persuaded

not

to

grieve

,

for

through

her

tribulation

and

wanderings

many

shall

know

God

.