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The Narrative of Zosimus Concerning the Life of the Blessed

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Section 11

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XI. And there is no count of time,

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neither

weeks

nor

months

nor

years

,

for

all

our

day

is

one

day

.

In

our

caves

lie

the

leaves

of

trees

,

and

this

is

our

couch

under

the

trees

.

But

we

are

not

naked

of

body

,

as

ye

wrongly

imagine

,

for

we

have

the

garment

of

immortality

and

are

not

ashamed

of

each

other

.

At

the

sixth

hour

of

every

day

we

eat

,

for

the

fruit

of

the

tree

falls

of

itself

at

the

sixth

hour

,

and

we

eat

and

drink

our

fill

,

and

again

the

water

sinks

into

its

place

.

We

also

know

you

who

are

there

in

the

world

,

and

who

are

in

sins

,

and

your

works

,

for

every

day

the

angels

of

the

Lord

come

and

tell

them

to

us

,

and

the

number

of

your

years

.

But

we

pray

for

you

to

the

Lord

,

because

we

also

are

of

you

and

of

your

race

,

except

that

God

has

chosen

us

,

and

has

set

us

in

this

place

without

sin

.

And

the

angels

of

God

dwell

with

us

every

day

,

and

tell

us

all

things

concerning

you

,

and

we

rejoice

with

the

angels

over

the

works

of

the

just

,

but

over

the

works

of

sinners

we

mourn

and

lament

,

praying

to

the

Lord

that

he

may

cease

from

his

anger

and

spare

your

offences

.