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

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Section 16

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XVI. And as she spoke thus the Lord

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was

again

hidden

from

her

,

and

Xanthippe

,

coming

to

herself

,

said

,

Woe

is

me

wretched

one

,

that

no

one

has

told

me

what

is

the

gratitude

of

slaves

towards

their

master

.

If

Paul

the

preacher

of

the

Lord

were

here

,

how

could

he

give

praise

?

But

perchance

in

the

face

of

such

favors

and

gifts

they

are

silent

,

possessed

only

with

tears

,

for

it

is

not

possible

worthily

to

praise

any

one

according

to

his

favour

.

Saying

this

she

was

seized

with

great

faintness

from

lack

of

food

,

for

having

been

strongly

possessed

with

desire

for

Christ

she

had

forgotten

to

take

nourishment

.

Therefore

,

being

greatly

exhausted

by

abstinence

and

the

vision

and

want

of

sleep

and

other

austerities

,

she

was

unable

to

rise

from

the

ground

.