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The Narrative of Zosimus Concerning the Life of the Blessed

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Section 2

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II. And I, Zosimus, issuing from my

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cave

with

God

leading

me

,

set

out

not

knowing

which

way

I

went

,

and

after

I

had

travelled

forty

days

my

spirit

grew

faint

and

my

body

failed

,

and

being

exhausted

I

sat

down

,

and

continued

praying

in

that

place

for

three

days

.

And

,

behold

,

there

came

a

beast

from

the

desert

,

whose

name

is

the

camel

,

and

placing

its

knees

on

the

ground

,

it

received

me

upon

its

neck

and

went

into

the

desert

and

set

me

down

.

There

there

was

much

howling

of

wild

beasts

,

and

gnashing

of

teeth

,

and

deadly

poison

.

And

becoming

afraid

,

I

prayed

to

the

Lord

,

and

there

came

in

that

place

a

great

earthquake

with

noise

,

and

a

storm

of

wind

blew

and

lifted

me

from

the

earth

,

and

exalted

me

on

its

wing

,

and

I

was

praying

and

journeying

till

it

set

me

upon

a

place

beside

a

river

,

and

the

name

of

the

river

is

Eumeles

.

And

behold

when

I

desired

to

cross

the

river

,

some

one

cried

as

if

from

the

water

,

saying

,

Zosimus

,

man

of

God

,

thou

canst

not

pass

through

me

,

for

no

man

can

divide

my

waters

:

but

look

up

from

the

waters

to

the

heaven

.

And

looking

up

I

saw

a

wall

of

cloud

stretching

from

the

waters

to

the

heaven

,

and

the

cloud

said

,

Zosimus

,

man

of

God

,

through

me

no

bird

passes

out

of

this

world

,

nor

breath

of

wind

,

nor

the

sun

itself

,

nor

can

the

tempter

in

this

world

pass

through

me

.