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

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Section 24

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XXIV. While she said these words, those

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that

were

dragging

her

away

walked

in

haste

,

and

coming

to

the

shore

they

hired

a

ship

and

sailed

for

Babylonia

,

for

he

that

carried

her

off

had

a

brother

there

,

a

ruler

of

a

district

.

But

the

wind

blew

against

them

,

so

that

they

could

not

proceed

by

reason

of

it

,

and

as

they

were

rowing

on

the

sea

,

behold

the

great

apostle

of

the

Lord

,

Peter

,

was

sailing

past

in

a

ship

,

being

urged

by

a

dream

to

go

to

Rome

,

because

when

Paul

departed

for

Spain

there

had

entered

into

Rome

a

certain

deceiver

and

magician

,

Simon

by

name

,

and

had

broken

up

the

church

which

Paul

had

established

.

And

,

behold

,

as

he

journeyed

he

heard

a

voice

from

heaven

saying

to

him

,

Peter

,

to

-

morrow

there

will

meet

thee

a

ship

coming

from

Spain

;

arise

,

therefore

,

and

pray

for

the

soul

that

is

troubled

in

it

.

As

soon

therefore

as

Peter

saw

the

ship

,

remembering

the

dream

,

he

said

,

O

Jesus

,

that

hast

care

for

the

troubled

,

whom

the

tribulation

of

those

in

a

strange

land

moves

to

compassion

,

whom

the

weeping

of

those

in

captivity

made

to

come

upon

the

earth

,

who

givest

us

at

all

time

whatsoever

we

desire

,

and

never

turnest

away

from

our

request

,

show

now

also

pity

and

assistance

to

the

soul

that

is

tossed

about

in

that

ship

,

because

thou

,

O

Lord

,

pitiest

at

all

time

those

in

pain

.

The

demons

then

,

perceiving

his

prayer

,

said

to

the

magicians

,

Avoid

ye

the

course

of

that

ship

,

for

if

we

meet

with

it

,

we

cannot

move

.