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

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Section 12

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XII. Xanthippe therefore, with tears, said

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to

her

servants

,

Have

ye

learned

where

Paul

is

gone

to

?

They

said

,

Yea

,

in

the

house

of

Philotheus

the

ex

-

prefect

,

and

Xanthippe

rejoiced

greatly

that

Philotheus

also

believed

,

being

able

,

as

she

said

,

to

persuade

Probus

also

.

Then

Probus

called

Xanthippe

to

supper

,

and

when

she

consented

not

,

Probus

said

,

Think

not

that

in

bed

also

thou

wilt

keep

away

from

me

.

But

when

he

lay

down

to

supper

,

Xanthippe

bending

her

knees

,

prayed

to

the

Lord

,

saying

,

Eternal

and

immortal

God

,

that

didst

take

dust

from

the

ground

,

and

didst

not

value

it

according

to

the

nature

of

its

creation

,

but

didst

call

it

the

son

of

immortality

,

thou

who

didst

come

from

the

heart

of

the

father

to

the

heart

of

the

earth

for

our

sake

,

on

whom

the

cherubim

dare

not

fix

their

gaze

,

and

for

us

wast

hidden

in

the

womb

that

by

taking

up

thy

abode

in

a

mother

thou

mightest

make

good

the

offence

of

Eve

.

Thou

that

didst

drink

gall

and

vinegar

,

and

wast

pierced

in

the

side

by

a

spear

,

that

thou

mightest

heal

the

wound

given

by

the

rib

to

Adam

.

For

Eve

being

his

rib

wrought

a

blow

for

Adam

,

and

through

him

for

all

the

world

.

Thou

that

gavest

a

sleep

without

perception

to

the

serpent

,

so

that

he

might

not

know

thy

Incarnation

,

remember

also

my

groaning

and

tears

,

and

grant

fulfilment

to

my

sleep

,

and

bring

sleep

upon

Probus

until

I

shall

be

deemed

worthy

of

the

gift

of

holy

baptism

,

for

I

vehemently

desire

to

obtain

this

,

to

the

glory

and

praise

of

thy

holy

name

.

Notes

1
So the text; perhaps “prayer” ought to be read.