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

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Section 41

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XLI. And while we were giving the letters

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of

the

brethren

to

Paul

,

one

ran

and

told

Xanthippe

of

the

arrival

of

Polyxena

.

And

she

made

haste

and

came

to

us

,

and

seeing

Polyxena

,

was

overcome

by

an

unspeakable

joy

and

fell

to

the

ground

;

but

Polyxena

embracing

her

and

caressing

her

for

a

long

time

brought

her

back

to

life

.

Then

Xanthippe

said

to

her

,

I

,

my

true

sister

Polyxena

,

went

not

forth

at

all

for

forty

days

,

praying

much

for

thee

to

the

loving

God

,

that

thy

virginity

might

not

be

taken

away

.

And

Paul

,

the

preacher

of

God

,

said

to

me

,

Her

virginity

will

not

be

taken

away

,

and

she

will

come

quickly

.

And

Probus

said

to

me

,

It

was

assigned

to

her

by

God

to

be

thus

afflicted

.

Seest

thou

how

by

many

devices

God

saves

many

?

But

now

,

my

beloved

sister

,

having

unexpectedly

seen

thy

face

,

now

I

shall

willingly

die

.