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

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Section 36

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XXXVI. And as she was yet praying,

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the

attendants

came

to

lead

her

to

the

couch

of

the

prefect

.

But

Polyxena

said

to

them

,

Brethren

,

make

not

haste

to

any

one’s

destruction

,

for

this

time

shall

quickly

pass

away

,

and

they

that

work

together

with

the

destroyers

shall

perish

with

them

.

Rather

assist

strangers

,

that

ye

be

not

found

strangers

to

the

angels

of

God

.

The

men

,

being

shamed

by

these

words

,

went

to

the

prefect

and

said

,

The

maid

from

fear

is

seized

with

a

violent

fever

.

And

the

prefect

said

,

Let

her

alone

.

And

,

behold

,

the

son

of

the

prefect

came

to

Polyxena

by

night

,

and

she

seeing

him

was

afraid

,

but

the

youth

said

to

her

,

Fear

not

,

girl

.

I

seek

not

to

be

wedded

with

thee

as

the

bridegroom

of

destruction

,

for

I

know

from

thy

prayer

that

thou

art

the

bride

of

the

God

of

heaven

.

I

know

this

God

who

is

never

overcome

by

any

one

,

for

a

certain

man

of

glorious

countenance

lately

in

Antioch

preached

this

God

,

and

a

certain

maid

,

whose

name

was

Thecla

,

believing

him

followed

him

,

and

encountered

dangers

on

account

of

her

beauty

,

of

whom

I

have

heard

that

she

was

condemned

to

the

wild

beasts

.

I

therefore

continually

gazed

upon

the

man

,

and

he

having

observed

me

said

to

me

,

God

give

heed

to

thee

,

my

son

.

From

that

time

therefore

by

the

grace

of

Christ

I

have

not

gone

into

the

sacrifices

of

idols

,

but

sometimes

feigning

illness

and

sometimes

involving

myself

in

some

business

,

my

father

said

to

me

,

Because

thou

hast

no

zeal

for

the

sacrifices

of

the

gods

,

therefore

neither

art

thou

in

health

,

not

being

worthy

of

the

gods

.

But

I

rejoiced

,

hearing

that

I

was

not

worthy

of

the

sacrifices

to

idols

;

and

,

by

the

grace

of

God

,

art

thou

come

hither

as

a

providence

to

me

.

Polyxena

said

,

And

what

is

the

name

of

that

man

?

The

youth

said

,

Paul

is

his

name

.

Polyxena

said

,

He

is

in

my

city

.

The

youth

said

,

Come

then

,

girl

,

put

on

my

appearance

,

and

go

down

to

the

shore

and

wait

me

there

;

I

having

taken

money

will

come

quickly

.