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

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II. And while they spoke thus, behold

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his

mistress

,

by

name

Xanthippe

,

overhearing

these

words

,

and

learning

of

the

teaching

of

Paul

,

said

,

What

is

the

name

of

that

physician

,

and

what

is

the

healing

to

ward

off

such

a

disease

?

The

servant

said

to

her

,

The

calling

upon

a

new

name

,

and

anointing

with

oil

and

washing

with

water

.

By

this

treatment

I

have

seen

many

that

had

incurable

pains

receive

healings

.

As

he

said

this

,

the

images

of

the

idols

that

stood

in

the

house

began

to

be

shaken

and

fall

down

.

And

his

mistress

beckoned

to

him

,

saying

,

Seest

thou

,

brother

,

the

images

of

the

idols

being

shaken

,

how

they

cannot

endure

the

power

of

the

word

?

And

his

master

,

by

name

Probus

,

arose

from

his

mid

-

day

sleep

with

a

very

gloomy

countenance

,

for

the

Devil

had

greatly

disturbed

him

,

because

the

knowledge

of

God

had

come

into

his

house

.

And

he

questioned

the

servant

of

everything

in

order

,

and

the

servant

having

been

seized

by

sickness

by

the

foreknowledge

of

God

,

disclosed

to

him

the

life

of

man

,

and

Xanthippe

was

incurable

in

her

soul

concerning

this

teaching

.

So

Probus

too

was

grieved

for

Xanthippe

,

because

from

that

time

she

was

wasting

herself

away

with

waking

and

abstinence

and

other

austerities

.