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The Narrative of Zosimus Concerning the Life of the Blessed

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Section 1

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I. About that time there was in the desert

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a

certain

man

named

Zosimus

,

who

for

forty

years

ate

no

bread

,

and

drank

no

wine

,

and

saw

not

the

face

of

man

.

This

man

was

entreating

God

that

he

might

see

the

way

of

life

of

the

blessed

,

and

behold

an

angel

of

the

Lord

was

sent

saying

to

him

,

Zosimus

,

man

of

God

,

behold

I

am

sent

by

the

Most

High

,

the

God

of

all

,

to

tell

thee

that

thou

shalt

journey

to

the

blessed

,

but

shalt

not

dwell

with

them

.

But

exalt

not

thy

heart

,

saying

,

For

forty

years

I

have

not

eaten

bread

,

for

the

word

of

God

is

more

than

bread

,

and

the

spirit

of

God

is

more

than

wine

.

And

as

for

thy

saying

,

I

have

not

seen

the

face

of

man

,

behold

the

face

of

the

great

king

is

nigh

thee

.

Zosimus

said

,

I

know

that

the

Lord

can

do

whatsoever

he

will

.

The

angel

said

to

him

,

Know

this

also

,

that

thou

art

not

worthy

of

one

of

their

delights

,

but

arise

and

set

out

.