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

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Section 8

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VIII. Now Probus heard her words, and

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straightway

ran

out

by

himself

into

the

street

,

and

laying

hold

of

Paul’s

hand

said

to

him

,

Man

,

who

thou

art

I

know

not

,

but

deign

to

enter

into

my

house

;

perchance

thou

mayest

be

to

me

a

cause

of

salvation

.

Paul

said

to

him

,

It

will

be

well

with

thee

,

son

,

after

thy

request

!

And

they

went

in

together

to

Xanthippe

.

When

Xanthippe

therefore

saw

the

great

Paul

,

the

intellectual

eyes

of

her

heart

were

uncovered

,

and

she

read

upon

his

forehead

,

having

as

it

were

golden

seals

,

these

words

,

Paul

the

Preacher

of

God

.

Then

exulting

and

rejoicing

she

threw

herself

at

his

feet

,

and

twisting

her

hair

together

she

wiped

his

feet

,

saying

,

Welcome

,

O

man

of

God

,

to

us

humble

ones

,

that

live

as

shadows

among

shadows

.

For

thou

hast

looked

upon

those

who

were

running

into

Hades

as

into

something

beautiful

,

who

addressed

the

crooked

serpent

and

destroyer

as

provider

and

protector

,

who

were

running

into

the

dark

Hades

as

to

their

father

,

those

that

were

fashioned

with

a

rational

nature

but

have

become

like

irrational

creatures

.

Thou

hast

sought

me

,

lowly

one

,

having

the

sun

of

righteousness

in

my

heart

.

Now

the

poison

is

stayed

,

when

I

have

seen

thy

precious

face

.

Now

he

that

troubled

me

is

flown

away

,

when

thy

most

beautiful

counsel

has

appeared

to

me

.

Now

I

shall

be

considered

worthy

of

repentance

,

when

I

have

received

the

seal

of

the

preacher

of

the

Lord

.

Before

now

I

have

deemed

many

happy

who

met

with

you

,

but

I

say

boldly

that

from

this

time

forth

I

myself

shall

be

called

happy

by

others

,

because

I

have

touched

thy

hem

,

because

I

have

received

thy

prayers

,

because

I

have

enjoyed

thy

sweet

and

honeyed

teaching

.

Thou

hast

not

hesitated

to

come

to

us

,

thou

that

fishest

the

dry

land

in

thy

course

,

and

gatherest

the

fish

that

fall

in

thy

way

into

the

net

of

the

kingdom

of

heaven

.