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The Narrative of Zosimus Concerning the Life of the Blessed

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Section 20

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XX. Saying these things the Devil departed from

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me

,

and

after

eight

days

he

brought

with

him

one

thousand

three

hundred

and

sixty

demons

,

and

dragged

me

from

the

cave

as

I

prayed

,

and

they

beat

me

,

tossing

me

about

between

them

,

for

forty

days

.

And

after

the

forty

days

the

devil

lamented

before

me

and

said

,

Woe

is

me

that

through

one

man

I

have

lost

the

world

,

for

he

has

vanquished

me

by

his

prayer

.

And

he

began

to

run

from

me

,

but

I

laying

hold

of

him

stayed

him

and

said

,

Thou

shalt

not

run

away

and

flee

from

me

until

thou

swearest

to

me

never

again

to

tempt

man

.

And

lamenting

with

great

and

violent

lamentation

he

swore

to

me

by

the

firmament

of

heaven

,

So

long

as

thy

dwelling

is

here

,

and

after

thee

,

I

will

not

come

upon

this

place

.

Then

I

let

him

go

,

sending

him

and

the

demons

with

him

into

eternal

fire

.

Then

the

angel

came

,

who

had

companied

with

me

at

the

table

,

and

led

me

into

my

cave

with

great

glory

.