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The Narrative of Zosimus Concerning the Life of the Blessed

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Section 10

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X. Hear, ye sons of men, hear

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the

way

of

life

of

the

blessed

.

For

God

placed

us

in

this

land

,

for

we

are

holy

but

not

immortal

.

For

the

earth

produces

most

fragrant

fruit

,

and

out

of

the

trunks

of

the

trees

comes

water

sweeter

than

honey

,

and

these

are

our

food

and

drink

.

We

are

also

praying

night

and

day

,

and

this

is

all

our

occupation

.

Hear

,

ye

sons

of

men

;

with

us

there

is

no

vine

,

nor

ploughed

field

,

nor

works

of

wood

or

iron

,

nor

have

we

any

house

or

building

,

nor

fire

nor

sword

,

nor

iron

wrought

or

unwrought

,

nor

silver

nor

gold

,

nor

air

too

heavy

or

too

keen

.

Neither

do

any

of

us

take

to

themselves

wives

,

except

for

so

long

as

to

beget

two

children

,

and

after

they

have

produced

two

children

they

withdraw

from

each

other

and

continue

in

chastity

,

not

knowing

that

they

were

ever

in

the

intercourse

of

marriage

,

but

being

in

virginity

as

from

the

beginning

.

And

the

one

child

remains

for

marriage

,

and

the

other

for

virginity

.