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The Narrative of Zosimus Concerning the Life of the Blessed

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Section 5

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V. And having ended this discourse the man spoke

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again

,

Hast

thou

come

hither

out

of

the

vanity

of

the

world

?

I

said

to

him

,

Wherefore

art

thou

naked

?

He

said

,

How

knowest

thou

that

I

am

naked

?

Thou

wearest

skins

of

the

cattle

of

the

earth

,

that

decay

together

with

thy

body

,

but

look

up

to

the

height

of

heaven

and

behold

of

what

nature

my

clothing

is

.

And

looking

up

into

heaven

I

saw

his

face

as

the

face

of

an

angel

,

and

his

clothing

as

lightning

,

which

passes

from

the

east

to

the

west

,

and

I

was

greatly

afraid

,

thinking

that

it

was

the

son

of

God

,

and

trembled

,

falling

upon

the

ground

.

And

giving

me

his

hand

he

raised

me

up

,

saying

,

Arise

,

I

also

am

one

of

the

blessed

.

Come

with

me

,

that

I

may

lead

thee

to

the

elders

.

And

laying

hold

of

my

hand

he

walked

about

with

me

and

led

me

toward

a

certain

crowd

,

and

there

were

in

that

crowd

elders

like

sons

of

God

,

and

young

men

were

standing

beside

the

elders

.

And

as

I

came

near

to

them

,

they

said

,

This

man

has

come

hither

out

of

the

vanity

of

the

world

;

come

,

let

us

beseech

the

Lord

and

he

will

reveal

to

us

this

mystery

.

Surely

the

end

is

not

at

hand

,

that

the

man

of

vanity

is

come

hither

?

Then

they

arose

and

besought

the

Lord

with

one

accord

,

and

behold

two

angels

came

down

from

heaven

and

said

,

Fear

not

the

man

,

for

God

has

sent

him

,

that

he

may

remain

seven

days

and

learn

your

ways

of

life

,

and

then

he

shall

go

forth

and

depart

to

his

own

place

.

The

angels

of

God

having

said

this

ascended

into

heaven

before

our

eyes

.