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If one of the priests has been found eating or drinking in a place of public resort, let him be removed, except if it be in an inn for strangers on account of the needs of travel. And if one of those ordained curses a bishop, let him be deposed ; for it is said, " Thou shalt not curse the leader of thy people." And if one of the lower clergy curses an elder or a deacon, let him be expelled. THE APOSTOLIC CANONS, TRANSLATED FROM THE ETHIOPIC. 69 And if one of the priests ridicules a person that is deaf or lame or blind or deformed at his feet, let him be expelled ; and thus also in the case of a layman, if he does this.

If one of the priests has been found eating or drinking in a place of public resort, let him be removed, except if it be in an inn for strangers on account of the needs of travel. And if one of those ordained curses a bishop, let him be deposed ; for it is said, " Thou shalt not curse the leader of thy people." And if one of the lower clergy curses an elder or a deacon, let him be expelled. THE APOSTOLIC CANONS, TRANSLATED FROM THE ETHIOPIC. 69 And if one of the priests ridicules a person that is deaf or lame or blind or deformed at his feet, let him be expelled ; and thus also in the case of a layman, if he does this.

If one of the priests has been found eating or drinking in a place of public resort, let him be removed, except if it be in an inn for strangers on account of the needs of travel. And if one of those ordained curses a bishop, let him be deposed ; for it is said, " Thou shalt not curse the leader of thy people." And if one of the lower clergy curses an elder or a deacon, let him be expelled. THE APOSTOLIC CANONS, TRANSLATED FROM THE ETHIOPIC. 69 And if one of the priests ridicules a person that is deaf or lame or blind or deformed at his feet, let him be expelled ; and thus also in the case of a layman, if he does this.

Concerning the bishop or elder who does not teach the people to serve the Lord. A bishop or an elder who neg- lects the clergy and the laity and does not teach them the service of the Lord, let him be removed ; and if he continues in his neglect, let him be deposed.

If a bishop or an elder is neglectful in reference to him who is poor from among the clergy, and he does not make him his equal by giving to him according to his desire, let him be removed. And if he continues in his neglect, let him be deposed like him who slays his brother.

If a bishop or an elder is neglectful in reference to him who is poor from among the clergy, and he does not make him his equal by giving to him according to his desire, let him be removed. And if he continues in his neglect, let him be deposed like him who slays his brother.

If there is one who spreads the writings which heretics in falsehood have written, and brings them into the Christian church as holy writings, in order to entrap the people and the clergy, let him be deposed.

If there is one who spreads the writings which heretics in falsehood have written, and brings them into the Christian church as holy writings, in order to entrap the people and the clergy, let him be deposed.

If a bishop or an elder or a deacon or one of the ordained clergy eats meat in which there is the blood of its life, or which has not been slaughtered, or of which an animal has been biting, or which has been found dead, let him be deposed, as the law com- mands in regard to this. And if he be a layman, let him be expelled.

If a bishop or an elder or a deacon or one of the ordained clergy eats meat in which there is the blood of its life, or which has not been slaughtered, or of which an animal has been biting, or which has been found dead, let him be deposed, as the law com- mands in regard to this. And if he be a layman, let him be expelled.

If one of the clergy or a layman enters the synagogue of the Jews or the place of the heretic in order to pray, let the priest be deposed and the layman be expelled.

Concerning him who strikes a man until he dies 70 JOURNAL OF THE EXEGETICAL SOCIETY. and him who overpowers a virgin. If a priest has a quarrel with another and strikes him, and he dies, let him be deposed on account of the hardness of his heart ; and in the case of a layman, let him be expelled. And if a layman has destroyed a virgin before she has been promised, and has cohabited with her, let him be expelled. And he shall not marry another, but he shall abide with her whom he has forced, even if she is poor and deformed.

Concerning him who does not fast in the forty days and on the fourth and on the sixth. If a bishop or an elder or a deacon or a reader or a psalm-singer does not fast in the holy forty days and on the fourth and the sixth, let him be deposed, except if illness of body prevents him ; and in the case of a layman, let him be expelled.

Concerning him who does not fast in the forty days and on the fourth and on the sixth. If a bishop or an elder or a deacon or a reader or a psalm-singer does not fast in the holy forty days and on the fourth and the sixth, let him be deposed, except if illness of body prevents him ; and in the case of a layman, let him be expelled.

Concerning him who does not fast in the forty days and on the fourth and on the sixth. If a bishop or an elder or a deacon or a reader or a psalm-singer does not fast in the holy forty days and on the fourth and the sixth, let him be deposed, except if illness of body prevents him ; and in the case of a layman, let him be expelled.

If a bishop or an elder or a deacon or any of the clergy fasts with the Jews or celebrates the Passah with them or accepts from them the gifts of their festival, leaven or whatever is like it, let him be deposed ; and in the case of a layman, let him be expelled. And if a layman brings oil or lamps into the temple of the gentiles or the synagogue of the Jews, let him be expelled.

That they shall not listen to the testimony of a here- tic against a bishop, and shall not listen to a single person. The testimony of a heretic shall not be received against a bishop, and the testimony of a single person shall not be received ; for " everything shall stand by the mouth of two and three." Nor shall it be lawful for a bishop to bestow the office of bishop upon his brother or his son or his kindred, nor shall he ordain whomsoever he pleases ; for it is not right that the episcopal dignity shall be inherited : nor shall he give away the property of the Lord for the sake of the will of men, for it is not allowed to make the church of Christ an inheritance. For if they do thus, and thus take to themselves of the office, they will be as though they were naught ; and [the guilty one] himself shall be condemned by a punishment. He who is one-eyed or lame in his foot and is worthy of the episcopal honor, shall be ordained. For a defect of the body does not corrupt him, but a defect of the soul [does]. A deaf and a blind man, however, shall not be ordained as a bishop, not as being unclean, but less the property of the church be scattered. He who is possessed of a devil shall not be ordained, and he shall not pray with the believers. And if he is purified, they shall admit him ; and if he be worthy, he may be ordained as one of the clergy.

He who has lately been baptized shall not be or- dained as a bishop. He who has come from among the gentiles, or has been living in sins and has been baptized, shall not be ordained as bishop at once ; nor is it allowed that he who has not been tried, shall become the teacher of other men, but he shall become this by the grace of God. Nor shall it be allowed the bishop that he shall gather and accumulate wealth, but he shall be found to be a servant of the church ; but if not, he shall not perform episcopal functions. "There is no one who can serve two masters," according to the com- mand of our Lord. And we command that no servant shall be ordained but with the consent of his master, lest his master be offended, for in this way the families are diminished. If ever there is found a servant in his time who is worthy of the station of ordination, as there has appeared to us Onesimus, and his master sets him free and lets him go forth from his family, let him be ordained.

He who has lately been baptized shall not be or- dained as a bishop. He who has come from among the gentiles, or has been living in sins and has been baptized, shall not be ordained as bishop at once ; nor is it allowed that he who has not been tried, shall become the teacher of other men, but he shall become this by the grace of God. Nor shall it be allowed the bishop that he shall gather and accumulate wealth, but he shall be found to be a servant of the church ; but if not, he shall not perform episcopal functions. "There is no one who can serve two masters," according to the com- mand of our Lord. And we command that no servant shall be ordained but with the consent of his master, lest his master be offended, for in this way the families are diminished. If ever there is found a servant in his time who is worthy of the station of ordination, as there has appeared to us Onesimus, and his master sets him free and lets him go forth from his family, let him be ordained.

He who has lately been baptized shall not be or- dained as a bishop. He who has come from among the gentiles, or has been living in sins and has been baptized, shall not be ordained as bishop at once ; nor is it allowed that he who has not been tried, shall become the teacher of other men, but he shall become this by the grace of God. Nor shall it be allowed the bishop that he shall gather and accumulate wealth, but he shall be found to be a servant of the church ; but if not, he shall not perform episcopal functions. "There is no one who can serve two masters," according to the com- mand of our Lord. And we command that no servant shall be ordained but with the consent of his master, lest his master be offended, for in this way the families are diminished. If ever there is found a servant in his time who is worthy of the station of ordination, as there has appeared to us Onesimus, and his master sets him free and lets him go forth from his family, let him be ordained.

Concerning which books of the Old and of the New [Testaments] are to be received in the Christian church. And these books shall all be sacred and honored to the clergy and laity. And these indeed are of the Old Testament :

Concerning the Canons of the Apostles. This we command you, O bishops, in reference to the Synodus : for if ye listen to it, ye shall be saved and delivered, and there shall be peace unto you forever. But if ye do not obey this and do not receive what is in this, [the Lord] will scorn you, and there shall be sadness in your midst forever, and afterwards ye shall meet with the judgment which ye deserve on account of your transgression. And may God, the only one, and his only begotten Son, and the Holy Spirit, the Maker of all Creation, give unto each one of you peace, and may he help you with all good things, and may ye not faint, but be ye without stain, having no sin. And may he make you worthy of a place in eternal life, through his Son whom he loves, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Living one, the Savior, to whom is glory with the Father and with the Holy Spirit to all eternity, Amen. This is the Synodus of the Apostles, which we have sent with Clemens, and glory [be] to God to all eternity, Amen.

Concerning the Canons of the Apostles. This we command you, O bishops, in reference to the Synodus : for if ye listen to it, ye shall be saved and delivered, and there shall be peace unto you forever. But if ye do not obey this and do not receive what is in this, [the Lord] will scorn you, and there shall be sadness in your midst forever, and afterwards ye shall meet with the judgment which ye deserve on account of your transgression. And may God, the only one, and his only begotten Son, and the Holy Spirit, the Maker of all Creation, give unto each one of you peace, and may he help you with all good things, and may ye not faint, but be ye without stain, having no sin. And may he make you worthy of a place in eternal life, through his Son whom he loves, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Living one, the Savior, to whom is glory with the Father and with the Holy Spirit to all eternity, Amen. This is the Synodus of the Apostles, which we have sent with Clemens, and glory [be] to God to all eternity, Amen.

Concerning the Canons of the Apostles. This we command you, O bishops, in reference to the Synodus : for if ye listen to it, ye shall be saved and delivered, and there shall be peace unto you forever. But if ye do not obey this and do not receive what is in this, [the Lord] will scorn you, and there shall be sadness in your midst forever, and afterwards ye shall meet with the judgment which ye deserve on account of your transgression. And may God, the only one, and his only begotten Son, and the Holy Spirit, the Maker of all Creation, give unto each one of you peace, and may he help you with all good things, and may ye not faint, but be ye without stain, having no sin. And may he make you worthy of a place in eternal life, through his Son whom he loves, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Living one, the Savior, to whom is glory with the Father and with the Holy Spirit to all eternity, Amen. This is the Synodus of the Apostles, which we have sent with Clemens, and glory [be] to God to all eternity, Amen.

Concerning the Canons of the Apostles. This we command you, O bishops, in reference to the Synodus : for if ye listen to it, ye shall be saved and delivered, and there shall be peace unto you forever. But if ye do not obey this and do not receive what is in this, [the Lord] will scorn you, and there shall be sadness in your midst forever, and afterwards ye shall meet with the judgment which ye deserve on account of your transgression. And may God, the only one, and his only begotten Son, and the Holy Spirit, the Maker of all Creation, give unto each one of you peace, and may he help you with all good things, and may ye not faint, but be ye without stain, having no sin. And may he make you worthy of a place in eternal life, through his Son whom he loves, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Living one, the Savior, to whom is glory with the Father and with the Holy Spirit to all eternity, Amen. This is the Synodus of the Apostles, which we have sent with Clemens, and glory [be] to God to all eternity, Amen.

And we returned answer, saying, Lord,* what is the Holy Ghost, and what is His power, whom Thou badest® us to ask for? And our Lord said unto us, Verily I say unto you that ye shall not be the children of the light? except by the Holy Ghost. And we returned answer to Him, and said, O our Lord, give us this [Spirit]. And immediately Jesus ° breathed on us.’ And after we had received the Holy Ghost, He said unto us, Verily® I say unto you, that ye who have been made disciples unto the kingdom of heaven, and who have believed in Me with undoubting heart, and have cleaved unto Me, shall be with Me; and all those who through you know and do the will of My Father, who keep My words and know My sufferings,® shall be made holy, and shall dwell in the habitations ! of My Father, and shall be delivered from the evil days that are about to come; and I will be with them, shewing them My ways in which they shall live.

And we returned answer, saying, Lord,* what is the Holy Ghost, and what is His power, whom Thou badest® us to ask for? And our Lord said unto us, Verily I say unto you that ye shall not be the children of the light? except by the Holy Ghost. And we returned answer to Him, and said, O our Lord, give us this [Spirit]. And immediately Jesus ° breathed on us.’ And after we had received the Holy Ghost, He said unto us, Verily® I say unto you, that ye who have been made disciples unto the kingdom of heaven, and who have believed in Me with undoubting heart, and have cleaved unto Me, shall be with Me; and all those who through you know and do the will of My Father, who keep My words and know My sufferings,® shall be made holy, and shall dwell in the habitations ! of My Father, and shall be delivered from the evil days that are about to come; and I will be with them, shewing them My ways in which they shall live.

And we returned answer, saying, Lord,* what is the Holy Ghost, and what is His power, whom Thou badest® us to ask for? And our Lord said unto us, Verily I say unto you that ye shall not be the children of the light? except by the Holy Ghost. And we returned answer to Him, and said, O our Lord, give us this [Spirit]. And immediately Jesus ° breathed on us.’ And after we had received the Holy Ghost, He said unto us, Verily® I say unto you, that ye who have been made disciples unto the kingdom of heaven, and who have believed in Me with undoubting heart, and have cleaved unto Me, shall be with Me; and all those who through you know and do the will of My Father, who keep My words and know My sufferings,® shall be made holy, and shall dwell in the habitations ! of My Father, and shall be delivered from the evil days that are about to come; and I will be with them, shewing them My ways in which they shall live.

And Peter and John answered and said unto Him :—Tell us, O our Lord, the signs of the end,!? and all the deeds which shall then be [done] by them™ who live in this world, so that we also may make [them] known to them who believe in 1 Eph. v. 8; 1 Thess. v. 5; St. Luke xvi. 8; St. John xii. 36. ? Isa. xi 2. Lagarde reads : ‘‘ of glory and of perfection” (ris S6ns kal ris Tedecérynros). This is due to a recent hand in S, Thy Name in all the nations, that those? generations may observe * [them] and live. But Jesus answered and said :— ‘Did I not, before I suffered for those that dwell on the earth, tell you some things about the end?? We answered and said, [Yea,] O our Lord; but now we desire to know the deeds which [are] the signs of the end of this world, if our Lord hath judged that this is fitting for us to know *—for us, and for those who [shall] hear.

And Peter and John answered and said unto Him :—Tell us, O our Lord, the signs of the end,!? and all the deeds which shall then be [done] by them™ who live in this world, so that we also may make [them] known to them who believe in 1 Eph. v. 8; 1 Thess. v. 5; St. Luke xvi. 8; St. John xii. 36. ? Isa. xi 2. Lagarde reads : ‘‘ of glory and of perfection” (ris S6ns kal ris Tedecérynros). This is due to a recent hand in S, Thy Name in all the nations, that those? generations may observe * [them] and live. But Jesus answered and said :— ‘Did I not, before I suffered for those that dwell on the earth, tell you some things about the end?? We answered and said, [Yea,] O our Lord; but now we desire to know the deeds which [are] the signs of the end of this world, if our Lord hath judged that this is fitting for us to know *—for us, and for those who [shall] hear.

And Peter and John answered and said unto Him :—Tell us, O our Lord, the signs of the end,!? and all the deeds which shall then be [done] by them™ who live in this world, so that we also may make [them] known to them who believe in 1 Eph. v. 8; 1 Thess. v. 5; St. Luke xvi. 8; St. John xii. 36. ? Isa. xi 2. Lagarde reads : ‘‘ of glory and of perfection” (ris S6ns kal ris Tedecérynros). This is due to a recent hand in S, Thy Name in all the nations, that those? generations may observe * [them] and live. But Jesus answered and said :— ‘Did I not, before I suffered for those that dwell on the earth, tell you some things about the end?? We answered and said, [Yea,] O our Lord; but now we desire to know the deeds which [are] the signs of the end of this world, if our Lord hath judged that this is fitting for us to know *—for us, and for those who [shall] hear.

And Peter and John answered and said unto Him :—Tell us, O our Lord, the signs of the end,!? and all the deeds which shall then be [done] by them™ who live in this world, so that we also may make [them] known to them who believe in 1 Eph. v. 8; 1 Thess. v. 5; St. Luke xvi. 8; St. John xii. 36. ? Isa. xi 2. Lagarde reads : ‘‘ of glory and of perfection” (ris S6ns kal ris Tedecérynros). This is due to a recent hand in S, Thy Name in all the nations, that those? generations may observe * [them] and live. But Jesus answered and said :— ‘Did I not, before I suffered for those that dwell on the earth, tell you some things about the end?? We answered and said, [Yea,] O our Lord; but now we desire to know the deeds which [are] the signs of the end of this world, if our Lord hath judged that this is fitting for us to know *—for us, and for those who [shall] hear.

And Jesus answered and said:—In the time when I was in the world,® I spoke unto you before I should be glorified, of signs that the end is near, thus:—that there shall be on earth famines and pestilences,’ tumults, and commotions, risings of nations against nations, and those other things whereof I have told you*® But I commanded you to watch and pray.® And now hear, ye children of the light ; for My Father who hath sent Me to His inheritance hath predetermined ” in His foreknowledge," that in the last days, out of the latest generation,” there should be vessels 18 [of grace] holy, and honoured, and elect. Wherefore I make known unto you exactly [what are] the things which are about to be, and when he shall arise,!* that Son of Perdition, the Enemy, the 1° Adversary,” and what he is like.

And Jesus answered and said:—In the time when I was in the world,® I spoke unto you before I should be glorified, of signs that the end is near, thus:—that there shall be on earth famines and pestilences,’ tumults, and commotions, risings of nations against nations, and those other things whereof I have told you*® But I commanded you to watch and pray.® And now hear, ye children of the light ; for My Father who hath sent Me to His inheritance hath predetermined ” in His foreknowledge," that in the last days, out of the latest generation,” there should be vessels 18 [of grace] holy, and honoured, and elect. Wherefore I make known unto you exactly [what are] the things which are about to be, and when he shall arise,!* that Son of Perdition, the Enemy, the 1° Adversary,” and what he is like.

And Jesus answered and said:—In the time when I was in the world,® I spoke unto you before I should be glorified, of signs that the end is near, thus:—that there shall be on earth famines and pestilences,’ tumults, and commotions, risings of nations against nations, and those other things whereof I have told you*® But I commanded you to watch and pray.® And now hear, ye children of the light ; for My Father who hath sent Me to His inheritance hath predetermined ” in His foreknowledge," that in the last days, out of the latest generation,” there should be vessels 18 [of grace] holy, and honoured, and elect. Wherefore I make known unto you exactly [what are] the things which are about to be, and when he shall arise,!* that Son of Perdition, the Enemy, the 1° Adversary,” and what he is like.

And Jesus answered and said:—In the time when I was in the world,® I spoke unto you before I should be glorified, of signs that the end is near, thus:—that there shall be on earth famines and pestilences,’ tumults, and commotions, risings of nations against nations, and those other things whereof I have told you*® But I commanded you to watch and pray.® And now hear, ye children of the light ; for My Father who hath sent Me to His inheritance hath predetermined ” in His foreknowledge," that in the last days, out of the latest generation,” there should be vessels 18 [of grace] holy, and honoured, and elect. Wherefore I make known unto you exactly [what are] the things which are about to be, and when he shall arise,!* that Son of Perdition, the Enemy, the 1° Adversary,” and what he is like.

There shall, then, be signs when the kingdom is approach- ing such as these. After the famines and pestilences and tumults among the nations,! then there shall rule, and rise to power, princes who love money, who hate the truth, who kill their brethren, liars, haters of the faithful,? proud, lovers of gold, allied by relationship but not allied in counsel,® for they wish each to destroy the life of his fellow. But there shall be in their hosts great affliction, and flight,® and blood- shed.

There shall, then, be signs when the kingdom is approach- ing such as these. After the famines and pestilences and tumults among the nations,! then there shall rule, and rise to power, princes who love money, who hate the truth, who kill their brethren, liars, haters of the faithful,? proud, lovers of gold, allied by relationship but not allied in counsel,® for they wish each to destroy the life of his fellow. But there shall be in their hosts great affliction, and flight,® and blood- shed.

But there shall arise also in the West a king of foreign race, a prince of great craft, godless,$ a homicide, a deceiver, a lover of gold, great at devices,? a hater of the faithful,” a persecutor44; and he shall bear rule also over barbarous nations, and shall shed much blood. At that time silver shall be despised and gold be honoured; and in every city and every country there shall be spoiling and robbery, and there shall be # spilling of blood.

But there shall arise also in the West a king of foreign race, a prince of great craft, godless,$ a homicide, a deceiver, a lover of gold, great at devices,? a hater of the faithful,” a persecutor44; and he shall bear rule also over barbarous nations, and shall shed much blood. At that time silver shall be despised and gold be honoured; and in every city and every country there shall be spoiling and robbery, and there shall be # spilling of blood.

Then there shall be signs in heaven. A bow shall be seen, and a horn, and lights; and noises out of season, and sounds and ragings of the sea? and a roaring*® of the earth.

But on the earth shall be signs; the birth® of dragons from mankind, and likewise also of wild beasts®; and young women newly wedded shall bring forth’ babes who speak perfectly ® and announce® the last times, and pray” to be put to death. And their looks shall be the looks of [men] far advanced in years ; they shall be grey-headed when they are born. Also women ” shall bear babes with four feet : some shall bear spirits only, and some’ shall bear their progeny with * unclean spirits. Others [there] shall [be who] practise divination in the womb, and shall speak with familiar spirits ®; and there shall be many other horrible signs.” z.

But on the earth shall be signs; the birth® of dragons from mankind, and likewise also of wild beasts®; and young women newly wedded shall bring forth’ babes who speak perfectly ® and announce® the last times, and pray” to be put to death. And their looks shall be the looks of [men] far advanced in years ; they shall be grey-headed when they are born. Also women ” shall bear babes with four feet : some shall bear spirits only, and some’ shall bear their progeny with * unclean spirits. Others [there] shall [be who] practise divination in the womb, and shall speak with familiar spirits ®; and there shall be many other horrible signs.” z.

But in the assemblies,® and®° nations, and churches, there shall be many tumults, for there shall arise evil 4C.: a sound of all sorts of storms. 2 St. Luke xxi. 25, shepherds unjust slothful? avaricious, lovers of pleasures,* lovers of gains® lovers of money, talkative, boastful,° haughty, gluttonous,’ perverse, rash, given to delights, vain- glorious’ opposing the ways of? the Gospel and fleeing from the strait gate® removing from themselves every humiliation and not sorrowing for My humiliation,” reject- ing all the words of truth, and despising” all the ways of piety, and not mourning for their sins. Therefore’ there shall be shed abroad among the nations unbelief, hatred of the brotherhood,® wickedness, bitterness, slothfulness,® envy, hatred, strife, theft, oppression, drunkenness, debauchery,”” lasciviousness,!8 licentiousness, fornication, and all such works as are contrary to the commandments of life. For from many mourning and gentleness shall flee away, and peace and meekness, and poverty and piety, and tears,” because the shepherds heard ®° these things, and did not do them, and moreover did not shew”! My commandments, seeing that they [themselves] are examples of wickedness in the nation.” But the time shall come when some of them will deny Me, and will stir up* confusions in the earth,* and put their trust in a corruptible® king. But they who in My Name endure?’ unto the end shall be saved.28 Then they shall ordain commandments for men, [commandments] unlike the book of commandments! in which? the Father is well pleased?; and My elect* and My holy ones shall be rejected® by them, and called among them, as it were, the polluted. Yet these are the upright ones, pure, sad, merciful, quiet, kind, always knowing Him who is among them ® at all times, and they shall be called mad for My sake, who have saved’ them. It shall come to pass also in those days that My Father shall gather together ® out of that generation the pure ones, even the pure and faithful souls, those to whom I will appear, and with whom I will make My habitation, and I will send to them the understanding ® of knowledge and of truth, and the understanding® of holiness, and they shall not cease praising’ and giving thanks to their God,! My Father who sent Me; and they shall speak the truth at all times, and they shall teach [others] whose spirit they have tried * [and have found] that they are up- right 3 and worthy, as for the kingdom," and shall instruct them in knowledge and strength and prudence. And those who suffer persecution because they live in piety shall receive the reward of their praise. And it shall be in those times that all the kingdoms shall be disturbed, and all the world % also [shall see] affliction 1° and want; and all this world shall be reputed as nothing ; and all its possessions shall be destroyed 1§,: and the commandment. by many [destroyers], and there shall be great scarcity of crops, and the winter shall be very severe; and the princes * shall be few in number and small, who have rule over? gold and over silver, and are rich in all those things which are in this world; and the children of this world shall hold their storerooms and barns, and shall have rule over the markets of buying and selling.® Many shall be afflicted,* and on that account shall call upon their God that they may be delivered. Blessed are they who are not [alive] at that time; and [blessed] they [also] who shall be® [alive indeed], but ® [shall] endure. For when these things shall come to pass, then soon she that travaileth is near to bring forth,’ for the® time is fulfilled.

But in the assemblies,® and®° nations, and churches, there shall be many tumults, for there shall arise evil 4C.: a sound of all sorts of storms. 2 St. Luke xxi. 25, shepherds unjust slothful? avaricious, lovers of pleasures,* lovers of gains® lovers of money, talkative, boastful,° haughty, gluttonous,’ perverse, rash, given to delights, vain- glorious’ opposing the ways of? the Gospel and fleeing from the strait gate® removing from themselves every humiliation and not sorrowing for My humiliation,” reject- ing all the words of truth, and despising” all the ways of piety, and not mourning for their sins. Therefore’ there shall be shed abroad among the nations unbelief, hatred of the brotherhood,® wickedness, bitterness, slothfulness,® envy, hatred, strife, theft, oppression, drunkenness, debauchery,”” lasciviousness,!8 licentiousness, fornication, and all such works as are contrary to the commandments of life. For from many mourning and gentleness shall flee away, and peace and meekness, and poverty and piety, and tears,” because the shepherds heard ®° these things, and did not do them, and moreover did not shew”! My commandments, seeing that they [themselves] are examples of wickedness in the nation.” But the time shall come when some of them will deny Me, and will stir up* confusions in the earth,* and put their trust in a corruptible® king. But they who in My Name endure?’ unto the end shall be saved.28 Then they shall ordain commandments for men, [commandments] unlike the book of commandments! in which? the Father is well pleased?; and My elect* and My holy ones shall be rejected® by them, and called among them, as it were, the polluted. Yet these are the upright ones, pure, sad, merciful, quiet, kind, always knowing Him who is among them ® at all times, and they shall be called mad for My sake, who have saved’ them. It shall come to pass also in those days that My Father shall gather together ® out of that generation the pure ones, even the pure and faithful souls, those to whom I will appear, and with whom I will make My habitation, and I will send to them the understanding ® of knowledge and of truth, and the understanding® of holiness, and they shall not cease praising’ and giving thanks to their God,! My Father who sent Me; and they shall speak the truth at all times, and they shall teach [others] whose spirit they have tried * [and have found] that they are up- right 3 and worthy, as for the kingdom," and shall instruct them in knowledge and strength and prudence. And those who suffer persecution because they live in piety shall receive the reward of their praise. And it shall be in those times that all the kingdoms shall be disturbed, and all the world % also [shall see] affliction 1° and want; and all this world shall be reputed as nothing ; and all its possessions shall be destroyed 1§,: and the commandment. by many [destroyers], and there shall be great scarcity of crops, and the winter shall be very severe; and the princes * shall be few in number and small, who have rule over? gold and over silver, and are rich in all those things which are in this world; and the children of this world shall hold their storerooms and barns, and shall have rule over the markets of buying and selling.® Many shall be afflicted,* and on that account shall call upon their God that they may be delivered. Blessed are they who are not [alive] at that time; and [blessed] they [also] who shall be® [alive indeed], but ® [shall] endure. For when these things shall come to pass, then soon she that travaileth is near to bring forth,’ for the® time is fulfilled.

But in the assemblies,® and®° nations, and churches, there shall be many tumults, for there shall arise evil 4C.: a sound of all sorts of storms. 2 St. Luke xxi. 25, shepherds unjust slothful? avaricious, lovers of pleasures,* lovers of gains® lovers of money, talkative, boastful,° haughty, gluttonous,’ perverse, rash, given to delights, vain- glorious’ opposing the ways of? the Gospel and fleeing from the strait gate® removing from themselves every humiliation and not sorrowing for My humiliation,” reject- ing all the words of truth, and despising” all the ways of piety, and not mourning for their sins. Therefore’ there shall be shed abroad among the nations unbelief, hatred of the brotherhood,® wickedness, bitterness, slothfulness,® envy, hatred, strife, theft, oppression, drunkenness, debauchery,”” lasciviousness,!8 licentiousness, fornication, and all such works as are contrary to the commandments of life. For from many mourning and gentleness shall flee away, and peace and meekness, and poverty and piety, and tears,” because the shepherds heard ®° these things, and did not do them, and moreover did not shew”! My commandments, seeing that they [themselves] are examples of wickedness in the nation.” But the time shall come when some of them will deny Me, and will stir up* confusions in the earth,* and put their trust in a corruptible® king. But they who in My Name endure?’ unto the end shall be saved.28 Then they shall ordain commandments for men, [commandments] unlike the book of commandments! in which? the Father is well pleased?; and My elect* and My holy ones shall be rejected® by them, and called among them, as it were, the polluted. Yet these are the upright ones, pure, sad, merciful, quiet, kind, always knowing Him who is among them ® at all times, and they shall be called mad for My sake, who have saved’ them. It shall come to pass also in those days that My Father shall gather together ® out of that generation the pure ones, even the pure and faithful souls, those to whom I will appear, and with whom I will make My habitation, and I will send to them the understanding ® of knowledge and of truth, and the understanding® of holiness, and they shall not cease praising’ and giving thanks to their God,! My Father who sent Me; and they shall speak the truth at all times, and they shall teach [others] whose spirit they have tried * [and have found] that they are up- right 3 and worthy, as for the kingdom," and shall instruct them in knowledge and strength and prudence. And those who suffer persecution because they live in piety shall receive the reward of their praise. And it shall be in those times that all the kingdoms shall be disturbed, and all the world % also [shall see] affliction 1° and want; and all this world shall be reputed as nothing ; and all its possessions shall be destroyed 1§,: and the commandment. by many [destroyers], and there shall be great scarcity of crops, and the winter shall be very severe; and the princes * shall be few in number and small, who have rule over? gold and over silver, and are rich in all those things which are in this world; and the children of this world shall hold their storerooms and barns, and shall have rule over the markets of buying and selling.® Many shall be afflicted,* and on that account shall call upon their God that they may be delivered. Blessed are they who are not [alive] at that time; and [blessed] they [also] who shall be® [alive indeed], but ® [shall] endure. For when these things shall come to pass, then soon she that travaileth is near to bring forth,’ for the® time is fulfilled.

But in the assemblies,® and®° nations, and churches, there shall be many tumults, for there shall arise evil 4C.: a sound of all sorts of storms. 2 St. Luke xxi. 25, shepherds unjust slothful? avaricious, lovers of pleasures,* lovers of gains® lovers of money, talkative, boastful,° haughty, gluttonous,’ perverse, rash, given to delights, vain- glorious’ opposing the ways of? the Gospel and fleeing from the strait gate® removing from themselves every humiliation and not sorrowing for My humiliation,” reject- ing all the words of truth, and despising” all the ways of piety, and not mourning for their sins. Therefore’ there shall be shed abroad among the nations unbelief, hatred of the brotherhood,® wickedness, bitterness, slothfulness,® envy, hatred, strife, theft, oppression, drunkenness, debauchery,”” lasciviousness,!8 licentiousness, fornication, and all such works as are contrary to the commandments of life. For from many mourning and gentleness shall flee away, and peace and meekness, and poverty and piety, and tears,” because the shepherds heard ®° these things, and did not do them, and moreover did not shew”! My commandments, seeing that they [themselves] are examples of wickedness in the nation.” But the time shall come when some of them will deny Me, and will stir up* confusions in the earth,* and put their trust in a corruptible® king. But they who in My Name endure?’ unto the end shall be saved.28 Then they shall ordain commandments for men, [commandments] unlike the book of commandments! in which? the Father is well pleased?; and My elect* and My holy ones shall be rejected® by them, and called among them, as it were, the polluted. Yet these are the upright ones, pure, sad, merciful, quiet, kind, always knowing Him who is among them ® at all times, and they shall be called mad for My sake, who have saved’ them. It shall come to pass also in those days that My Father shall gather together ® out of that generation the pure ones, even the pure and faithful souls, those to whom I will appear, and with whom I will make My habitation, and I will send to them the understanding ® of knowledge and of truth, and the understanding® of holiness, and they shall not cease praising’ and giving thanks to their God,! My Father who sent Me; and they shall speak the truth at all times, and they shall teach [others] whose spirit they have tried * [and have found] that they are up- right 3 and worthy, as for the kingdom," and shall instruct them in knowledge and strength and prudence. And those who suffer persecution because they live in piety shall receive the reward of their praise. And it shall be in those times that all the kingdoms shall be disturbed, and all the world % also [shall see] affliction 1° and want; and all this world shall be reputed as nothing ; and all its possessions shall be destroyed 1§,: and the commandment. by many [destroyers], and there shall be great scarcity of crops, and the winter shall be very severe; and the princes * shall be few in number and small, who have rule over? gold and over silver, and are rich in all those things which are in this world; and the children of this world shall hold their storerooms and barns, and shall have rule over the markets of buying and selling.® Many shall be afflicted,* and on that account shall call upon their God that they may be delivered. Blessed are they who are not [alive] at that time; and [blessed] they [also] who shall be® [alive indeed], but ® [shall] endure. For when these things shall come to pass, then soon she that travaileth is near to bring forth,’ for the® time is fulfilled.

But in the assemblies,® and®° nations, and churches, there shall be many tumults, for there shall arise evil 4C.: a sound of all sorts of storms. 2 St. Luke xxi. 25, shepherds unjust slothful? avaricious, lovers of pleasures,* lovers of gains® lovers of money, talkative, boastful,° haughty, gluttonous,’ perverse, rash, given to delights, vain- glorious’ opposing the ways of? the Gospel and fleeing from the strait gate® removing from themselves every humiliation and not sorrowing for My humiliation,” reject- ing all the words of truth, and despising” all the ways of piety, and not mourning for their sins. Therefore’ there shall be shed abroad among the nations unbelief, hatred of the brotherhood,® wickedness, bitterness, slothfulness,® envy, hatred, strife, theft, oppression, drunkenness, debauchery,”” lasciviousness,!8 licentiousness, fornication, and all such works as are contrary to the commandments of life. For from many mourning and gentleness shall flee away, and peace and meekness, and poverty and piety, and tears,” because the shepherds heard ®° these things, and did not do them, and moreover did not shew”! My commandments, seeing that they [themselves] are examples of wickedness in the nation.” But the time shall come when some of them will deny Me, and will stir up* confusions in the earth,* and put their trust in a corruptible® king. But they who in My Name endure?’ unto the end shall be saved.28 Then they shall ordain commandments for men, [commandments] unlike the book of commandments! in which? the Father is well pleased?; and My elect* and My holy ones shall be rejected® by them, and called among them, as it were, the polluted. Yet these are the upright ones, pure, sad, merciful, quiet, kind, always knowing Him who is among them ® at all times, and they shall be called mad for My sake, who have saved’ them. It shall come to pass also in those days that My Father shall gather together ® out of that generation the pure ones, even the pure and faithful souls, those to whom I will appear, and with whom I will make My habitation, and I will send to them the understanding ® of knowledge and of truth, and the understanding® of holiness, and they shall not cease praising’ and giving thanks to their God,! My Father who sent Me; and they shall speak the truth at all times, and they shall teach [others] whose spirit they have tried * [and have found] that they are up- right 3 and worthy, as for the kingdom," and shall instruct them in knowledge and strength and prudence. And those who suffer persecution because they live in piety shall receive the reward of their praise. And it shall be in those times that all the kingdoms shall be disturbed, and all the world % also [shall see] affliction 1° and want; and all this world shall be reputed as nothing ; and all its possessions shall be destroyed 1§,: and the commandment. by many [destroyers], and there shall be great scarcity of crops, and the winter shall be very severe; and the princes * shall be few in number and small, who have rule over? gold and over silver, and are rich in all those things which are in this world; and the children of this world shall hold their storerooms and barns, and shall have rule over the markets of buying and selling.® Many shall be afflicted,* and on that account shall call upon their God that they may be delivered. Blessed are they who are not [alive] at that time; and [blessed] they [also] who shall be® [alive indeed], but ® [shall] endure. For when these things shall come to pass, then soon she that travaileth is near to bring forth,’ for the® time is fulfilled.

But in the assemblies,® and®° nations, and churches, there shall be many tumults, for there shall arise evil 4C.: a sound of all sorts of storms. 2 St. Luke xxi. 25, shepherds unjust slothful? avaricious, lovers of pleasures,* lovers of gains® lovers of money, talkative, boastful,° haughty, gluttonous,’ perverse, rash, given to delights, vain- glorious’ opposing the ways of? the Gospel and fleeing from the strait gate® removing from themselves every humiliation and not sorrowing for My humiliation,” reject- ing all the words of truth, and despising” all the ways of piety, and not mourning for their sins. Therefore’ there shall be shed abroad among the nations unbelief, hatred of the brotherhood,® wickedness, bitterness, slothfulness,® envy, hatred, strife, theft, oppression, drunkenness, debauchery,”” lasciviousness,!8 licentiousness, fornication, and all such works as are contrary to the commandments of life. For from many mourning and gentleness shall flee away, and peace and meekness, and poverty and piety, and tears,” because the shepherds heard ®° these things, and did not do them, and moreover did not shew”! My commandments, seeing that they [themselves] are examples of wickedness in the nation.” But the time shall come when some of them will deny Me, and will stir up* confusions in the earth,* and put their trust in a corruptible® king. But they who in My Name endure?’ unto the end shall be saved.28 Then they shall ordain commandments for men, [commandments] unlike the book of commandments! in which? the Father is well pleased?; and My elect* and My holy ones shall be rejected® by them, and called among them, as it were, the polluted. Yet these are the upright ones, pure, sad, merciful, quiet, kind, always knowing Him who is among them ® at all times, and they shall be called mad for My sake, who have saved’ them. It shall come to pass also in those days that My Father shall gather together ® out of that generation the pure ones, even the pure and faithful souls, those to whom I will appear, and with whom I will make My habitation, and I will send to them the understanding ® of knowledge and of truth, and the understanding® of holiness, and they shall not cease praising’ and giving thanks to their God,! My Father who sent Me; and they shall speak the truth at all times, and they shall teach [others] whose spirit they have tried * [and have found] that they are up- right 3 and worthy, as for the kingdom," and shall instruct them in knowledge and strength and prudence. And those who suffer persecution because they live in piety shall receive the reward of their praise. And it shall be in those times that all the kingdoms shall be disturbed, and all the world % also [shall see] affliction 1° and want; and all this world shall be reputed as nothing ; and all its possessions shall be destroyed 1§,: and the commandment. by many [destroyers], and there shall be great scarcity of crops, and the winter shall be very severe; and the princes * shall be few in number and small, who have rule over? gold and over silver, and are rich in all those things which are in this world; and the children of this world shall hold their storerooms and barns, and shall have rule over the markets of buying and selling.® Many shall be afflicted,* and on that account shall call upon their God that they may be delivered. Blessed are they who are not [alive] at that time; and [blessed] they [also] who shall be® [alive indeed], but ® [shall] endure. For when these things shall come to pass, then soon she that travaileth is near to bring forth,’ for the® time is fulfilled.

But in the assemblies,® and®° nations, and churches, there shall be many tumults, for there shall arise evil 4C.: a sound of all sorts of storms. 2 St. Luke xxi. 25, shepherds unjust slothful? avaricious, lovers of pleasures,* lovers of gains® lovers of money, talkative, boastful,° haughty, gluttonous,’ perverse, rash, given to delights, vain- glorious’ opposing the ways of? the Gospel and fleeing from the strait gate® removing from themselves every humiliation and not sorrowing for My humiliation,” reject- ing all the words of truth, and despising” all the ways of piety, and not mourning for their sins. Therefore’ there shall be shed abroad among the nations unbelief, hatred of the brotherhood,® wickedness, bitterness, slothfulness,® envy, hatred, strife, theft, oppression, drunkenness, debauchery,”” lasciviousness,!8 licentiousness, fornication, and all such works as are contrary to the commandments of life. For from many mourning and gentleness shall flee away, and peace and meekness, and poverty and piety, and tears,” because the shepherds heard ®° these things, and did not do them, and moreover did not shew”! My commandments, seeing that they [themselves] are examples of wickedness in the nation.” But the time shall come when some of them will deny Me, and will stir up* confusions in the earth,* and put their trust in a corruptible® king. But they who in My Name endure?’ unto the end shall be saved.28 Then they shall ordain commandments for men, [commandments] unlike the book of commandments! in which? the Father is well pleased?; and My elect* and My holy ones shall be rejected® by them, and called among them, as it were, the polluted. Yet these are the upright ones, pure, sad, merciful, quiet, kind, always knowing Him who is among them ® at all times, and they shall be called mad for My sake, who have saved’ them. It shall come to pass also in those days that My Father shall gather together ® out of that generation the pure ones, even the pure and faithful souls, those to whom I will appear, and with whom I will make My habitation, and I will send to them the understanding ® of knowledge and of truth, and the understanding® of holiness, and they shall not cease praising’ and giving thanks to their God,! My Father who sent Me; and they shall speak the truth at all times, and they shall teach [others] whose spirit they have tried * [and have found] that they are up- right 3 and worthy, as for the kingdom," and shall instruct them in knowledge and strength and prudence. And those who suffer persecution because they live in piety shall receive the reward of their praise. And it shall be in those times that all the kingdoms shall be disturbed, and all the world % also [shall see] affliction 1° and want; and all this world shall be reputed as nothing ; and all its possessions shall be destroyed 1§,: and the commandment. by many [destroyers], and there shall be great scarcity of crops, and the winter shall be very severe; and the princes * shall be few in number and small, who have rule over? gold and over silver, and are rich in all those things which are in this world; and the children of this world shall hold their storerooms and barns, and shall have rule over the markets of buying and selling.® Many shall be afflicted,* and on that account shall call upon their God that they may be delivered. Blessed are they who are not [alive] at that time; and [blessed] they [also] who shall be® [alive indeed], but ® [shall] endure. For when these things shall come to pass, then soon she that travaileth is near to bring forth,’ for the® time is fulfilled.

But in the assemblies,® and®° nations, and churches, there shall be many tumults, for there shall arise evil 4C.: a sound of all sorts of storms. 2 St. Luke xxi. 25, shepherds unjust slothful? avaricious, lovers of pleasures,* lovers of gains® lovers of money, talkative, boastful,° haughty, gluttonous,’ perverse, rash, given to delights, vain- glorious’ opposing the ways of? the Gospel and fleeing from the strait gate® removing from themselves every humiliation and not sorrowing for My humiliation,” reject- ing all the words of truth, and despising” all the ways of piety, and not mourning for their sins. Therefore’ there shall be shed abroad among the nations unbelief, hatred of the brotherhood,® wickedness, bitterness, slothfulness,® envy, hatred, strife, theft, oppression, drunkenness, debauchery,”” lasciviousness,!8 licentiousness, fornication, and all such works as are contrary to the commandments of life. For from many mourning and gentleness shall flee away, and peace and meekness, and poverty and piety, and tears,” because the shepherds heard ®° these things, and did not do them, and moreover did not shew”! My commandments, seeing that they [themselves] are examples of wickedness in the nation.” But the time shall come when some of them will deny Me, and will stir up* confusions in the earth,* and put their trust in a corruptible® king. But they who in My Name endure?’ unto the end shall be saved.28 Then they shall ordain commandments for men, [commandments] unlike the book of commandments! in which? the Father is well pleased?; and My elect* and My holy ones shall be rejected® by them, and called among them, as it were, the polluted. Yet these are the upright ones, pure, sad, merciful, quiet, kind, always knowing Him who is among them ® at all times, and they shall be called mad for My sake, who have saved’ them. It shall come to pass also in those days that My Father shall gather together ® out of that generation the pure ones, even the pure and faithful souls, those to whom I will appear, and with whom I will make My habitation, and I will send to them the understanding ® of knowledge and of truth, and the understanding® of holiness, and they shall not cease praising’ and giving thanks to their God,! My Father who sent Me; and they shall speak the truth at all times, and they shall teach [others] whose spirit they have tried * [and have found] that they are up- right 3 and worthy, as for the kingdom," and shall instruct them in knowledge and strength and prudence. And those who suffer persecution because they live in piety shall receive the reward of their praise. And it shall be in those times that all the kingdoms shall be disturbed, and all the world % also [shall see] affliction 1° and want; and all this world shall be reputed as nothing ; and all its possessions shall be destroyed 1§,: and the commandment. by many [destroyers], and there shall be great scarcity of crops, and the winter shall be very severe; and the princes * shall be few in number and small, who have rule over? gold and over silver, and are rich in all those things which are in this world; and the children of this world shall hold their storerooms and barns, and shall have rule over the markets of buying and selling.® Many shall be afflicted,* and on that account shall call upon their God that they may be delivered. Blessed are they who are not [alive] at that time; and [blessed] they [also] who shall be® [alive indeed], but ® [shall] endure. For when these things shall come to pass, then soon she that travaileth is near to bring forth,’ for the® time is fulfilled.

But in the assemblies,® and®° nations, and churches, there shall be many tumults, for there shall arise evil 4C.: a sound of all sorts of storms. 2 St. Luke xxi. 25, shepherds unjust slothful? avaricious, lovers of pleasures,* lovers of gains® lovers of money, talkative, boastful,° haughty, gluttonous,’ perverse, rash, given to delights, vain- glorious’ opposing the ways of? the Gospel and fleeing from the strait gate® removing from themselves every humiliation and not sorrowing for My humiliation,” reject- ing all the words of truth, and despising” all the ways of piety, and not mourning for their sins. Therefore’ there shall be shed abroad among the nations unbelief, hatred of the brotherhood,® wickedness, bitterness, slothfulness,® envy, hatred, strife, theft, oppression, drunkenness, debauchery,”” lasciviousness,!8 licentiousness, fornication, and all such works as are contrary to the commandments of life. For from many mourning and gentleness shall flee away, and peace and meekness, and poverty and piety, and tears,” because the shepherds heard ®° these things, and did not do them, and moreover did not shew”! My commandments, seeing that they [themselves] are examples of wickedness in the nation.” But the time shall come when some of them will deny Me, and will stir up* confusions in the earth,* and put their trust in a corruptible® king. But they who in My Name endure?’ unto the end shall be saved.28 Then they shall ordain commandments for men, [commandments] unlike the book of commandments! in which? the Father is well pleased?; and My elect* and My holy ones shall be rejected® by them, and called among them, as it were, the polluted. Yet these are the upright ones, pure, sad, merciful, quiet, kind, always knowing Him who is among them ® at all times, and they shall be called mad for My sake, who have saved’ them. It shall come to pass also in those days that My Father shall gather together ® out of that generation the pure ones, even the pure and faithful souls, those to whom I will appear, and with whom I will make My habitation, and I will send to them the understanding ® of knowledge and of truth, and the understanding® of holiness, and they shall not cease praising’ and giving thanks to their God,! My Father who sent Me; and they shall speak the truth at all times, and they shall teach [others] whose spirit they have tried * [and have found] that they are up- right 3 and worthy, as for the kingdom," and shall instruct them in knowledge and strength and prudence. And those who suffer persecution because they live in piety shall receive the reward of their praise. And it shall be in those times that all the kingdoms shall be disturbed, and all the world % also [shall see] affliction 1° and want; and all this world shall be reputed as nothing ; and all its possessions shall be destroyed 1§,: and the commandment. by many [destroyers], and there shall be great scarcity of crops, and the winter shall be very severe; and the princes * shall be few in number and small, who have rule over? gold and over silver, and are rich in all those things which are in this world; and the children of this world shall hold their storerooms and barns, and shall have rule over the markets of buying and selling.® Many shall be afflicted,* and on that account shall call upon their God that they may be delivered. Blessed are they who are not [alive] at that time; and [blessed] they [also] who shall be® [alive indeed], but ® [shall] endure. For when these things shall come to pass, then soon she that travaileth is near to bring forth,’ for the® time is fulfilled.

But in the assemblies,® and®° nations, and churches, there shall be many tumults, for there shall arise evil 4C.: a sound of all sorts of storms. 2 St. Luke xxi. 25, shepherds unjust slothful? avaricious, lovers of pleasures,* lovers of gains® lovers of money, talkative, boastful,° haughty, gluttonous,’ perverse, rash, given to delights, vain- glorious’ opposing the ways of? the Gospel and fleeing from the strait gate® removing from themselves every humiliation and not sorrowing for My humiliation,” reject- ing all the words of truth, and despising” all the ways of piety, and not mourning for their sins. Therefore’ there shall be shed abroad among the nations unbelief, hatred of the brotherhood,® wickedness, bitterness, slothfulness,® envy, hatred, strife, theft, oppression, drunkenness, debauchery,”” lasciviousness,!8 licentiousness, fornication, and all such works as are contrary to the commandments of life. For from many mourning and gentleness shall flee away, and peace and meekness, and poverty and piety, and tears,” because the shepherds heard ®° these things, and did not do them, and moreover did not shew”! My commandments, seeing that they [themselves] are examples of wickedness in the nation.” But the time shall come when some of them will deny Me, and will stir up* confusions in the earth,* and put their trust in a corruptible® king. But they who in My Name endure?’ unto the end shall be saved.28 Then they shall ordain commandments for men, [commandments] unlike the book of commandments! in which? the Father is well pleased?; and My elect* and My holy ones shall be rejected® by them, and called among them, as it were, the polluted. Yet these are the upright ones, pure, sad, merciful, quiet, kind, always knowing Him who is among them ® at all times, and they shall be called mad for My sake, who have saved’ them. It shall come to pass also in those days that My Father shall gather together ® out of that generation the pure ones, even the pure and faithful souls, those to whom I will appear, and with whom I will make My habitation, and I will send to them the understanding ® of knowledge and of truth, and the understanding® of holiness, and they shall not cease praising’ and giving thanks to their God,! My Father who sent Me; and they shall speak the truth at all times, and they shall teach [others] whose spirit they have tried * [and have found] that they are up- right 3 and worthy, as for the kingdom," and shall instruct them in knowledge and strength and prudence. And those who suffer persecution because they live in piety shall receive the reward of their praise. And it shall be in those times that all the kingdoms shall be disturbed, and all the world % also [shall see] affliction 1° and want; and all this world shall be reputed as nothing ; and all its possessions shall be destroyed 1§,: and the commandment. by many [destroyers], and there shall be great scarcity of crops, and the winter shall be very severe; and the princes * shall be few in number and small, who have rule over? gold and over silver, and are rich in all those things which are in this world; and the children of this world shall hold their storerooms and barns, and shall have rule over the markets of buying and selling.® Many shall be afflicted,* and on that account shall call upon their God that they may be delivered. Blessed are they who are not [alive] at that time; and [blessed] they [also] who shall be® [alive indeed], but ® [shall] endure. For when these things shall come to pass, then soon she that travaileth is near to bring forth,’ for the® time is fulfilled.

But in the assemblies,® and®° nations, and churches, there shall be many tumults, for there shall arise evil 4C.: a sound of all sorts of storms. 2 St. Luke xxi. 25, shepherds unjust slothful? avaricious, lovers of pleasures,* lovers of gains® lovers of money, talkative, boastful,° haughty, gluttonous,’ perverse, rash, given to delights, vain- glorious’ opposing the ways of? the Gospel and fleeing from the strait gate® removing from themselves every humiliation and not sorrowing for My humiliation,” reject- ing all the words of truth, and despising” all the ways of piety, and not mourning for their sins. Therefore’ there shall be shed abroad among the nations unbelief, hatred of the brotherhood,® wickedness, bitterness, slothfulness,® envy, hatred, strife, theft, oppression, drunkenness, debauchery,”” lasciviousness,!8 licentiousness, fornication, and all such works as are contrary to the commandments of life. For from many mourning and gentleness shall flee away, and peace and meekness, and poverty and piety, and tears,” because the shepherds heard ®° these things, and did not do them, and moreover did not shew”! My commandments, seeing that they [themselves] are examples of wickedness in the nation.” But the time shall come when some of them will deny Me, and will stir up* confusions in the earth,* and put their trust in a corruptible® king. But they who in My Name endure?’ unto the end shall be saved.28 Then they shall ordain commandments for men, [commandments] unlike the book of commandments! in which? the Father is well pleased?; and My elect* and My holy ones shall be rejected® by them, and called among them, as it were, the polluted. Yet these are the upright ones, pure, sad, merciful, quiet, kind, always knowing Him who is among them ® at all times, and they shall be called mad for My sake, who have saved’ them. It shall come to pass also in those days that My Father shall gather together ® out of that generation the pure ones, even the pure and faithful souls, those to whom I will appear, and with whom I will make My habitation, and I will send to them the understanding ® of knowledge and of truth, and the understanding® of holiness, and they shall not cease praising’ and giving thanks to their God,! My Father who sent Me; and they shall speak the truth at all times, and they shall teach [others] whose spirit they have tried * [and have found] that they are up- right 3 and worthy, as for the kingdom," and shall instruct them in knowledge and strength and prudence. And those who suffer persecution because they live in piety shall receive the reward of their praise. And it shall be in those times that all the kingdoms shall be disturbed, and all the world % also [shall see] affliction 1° and want; and all this world shall be reputed as nothing ; and all its possessions shall be destroyed 1§,: and the commandment. by many [destroyers], and there shall be great scarcity of crops, and the winter shall be very severe; and the princes * shall be few in number and small, who have rule over? gold and over silver, and are rich in all those things which are in this world; and the children of this world shall hold their storerooms and barns, and shall have rule over the markets of buying and selling.® Many shall be afflicted,* and on that account shall call upon their God that they may be delivered. Blessed are they who are not [alive] at that time; and [blessed] they [also] who shall be® [alive indeed], but ® [shall] endure. For when these things shall come to pass, then soon she that travaileth is near to bring forth,’ for the® time is fulfilled.

But in the assemblies,® and®° nations, and churches, there shall be many tumults, for there shall arise evil 4C.: a sound of all sorts of storms. 2 St. Luke xxi. 25, shepherds unjust slothful? avaricious, lovers of pleasures,* lovers of gains® lovers of money, talkative, boastful,° haughty, gluttonous,’ perverse, rash, given to delights, vain- glorious’ opposing the ways of? the Gospel and fleeing from the strait gate® removing from themselves every humiliation and not sorrowing for My humiliation,” reject- ing all the words of truth, and despising” all the ways of piety, and not mourning for their sins. Therefore’ there shall be shed abroad among the nations unbelief, hatred of the brotherhood,® wickedness, bitterness, slothfulness,® envy, hatred, strife, theft, oppression, drunkenness, debauchery,”” lasciviousness,!8 licentiousness, fornication, and all such works as are contrary to the commandments of life. For from many mourning and gentleness shall flee away, and peace and meekness, and poverty and piety, and tears,” because the shepherds heard ®° these things, and did not do them, and moreover did not shew”! My commandments, seeing that they [themselves] are examples of wickedness in the nation.” But the time shall come when some of them will deny Me, and will stir up* confusions in the earth,* and put their trust in a corruptible® king. But they who in My Name endure?’ unto the end shall be saved.28 Then they shall ordain commandments for men, [commandments] unlike the book of commandments! in which? the Father is well pleased?; and My elect* and My holy ones shall be rejected® by them, and called among them, as it were, the polluted. Yet these are the upright ones, pure, sad, merciful, quiet, kind, always knowing Him who is among them ® at all times, and they shall be called mad for My sake, who have saved’ them. It shall come to pass also in those days that My Father shall gather together ® out of that generation the pure ones, even the pure and faithful souls, those to whom I will appear, and with whom I will make My habitation, and I will send to them the understanding ® of knowledge and of truth, and the understanding® of holiness, and they shall not cease praising’ and giving thanks to their God,! My Father who sent Me; and they shall speak the truth at all times, and they shall teach [others] whose spirit they have tried * [and have found] that they are up- right 3 and worthy, as for the kingdom," and shall instruct them in knowledge and strength and prudence. And those who suffer persecution because they live in piety shall receive the reward of their praise. And it shall be in those times that all the kingdoms shall be disturbed, and all the world % also [shall see] affliction 1° and want; and all this world shall be reputed as nothing ; and all its possessions shall be destroyed 1§,: and the commandment. by many [destroyers], and there shall be great scarcity of crops, and the winter shall be very severe; and the princes * shall be few in number and small, who have rule over? gold and over silver, and are rich in all those things which are in this world; and the children of this world shall hold their storerooms and barns, and shall have rule over the markets of buying and selling.® Many shall be afflicted,* and on that account shall call upon their God that they may be delivered. Blessed are they who are not [alive] at that time; and [blessed] they [also] who shall be® [alive indeed], but ® [shall] endure. For when these things shall come to pass, then soon she that travaileth is near to bring forth,’ for the® time is fulfilled.

But in the assemblies,® and®° nations, and churches, there shall be many tumults, for there shall arise evil 4C.: a sound of all sorts of storms. 2 St. Luke xxi. 25, shepherds unjust slothful? avaricious, lovers of pleasures,* lovers of gains® lovers of money, talkative, boastful,° haughty, gluttonous,’ perverse, rash, given to delights, vain- glorious’ opposing the ways of? the Gospel and fleeing from the strait gate® removing from themselves every humiliation and not sorrowing for My humiliation,” reject- ing all the words of truth, and despising” all the ways of piety, and not mourning for their sins. Therefore’ there shall be shed abroad among the nations unbelief, hatred of the brotherhood,® wickedness, bitterness, slothfulness,® envy, hatred, strife, theft, oppression, drunkenness, debauchery,”” lasciviousness,!8 licentiousness, fornication, and all such works as are contrary to the commandments of life. For from many mourning and gentleness shall flee away, and peace and meekness, and poverty and piety, and tears,” because the shepherds heard ®° these things, and did not do them, and moreover did not shew”! My commandments, seeing that they [themselves] are examples of wickedness in the nation.” But the time shall come when some of them will deny Me, and will stir up* confusions in the earth,* and put their trust in a corruptible® king. But they who in My Name endure?’ unto the end shall be saved.28 Then they shall ordain commandments for men, [commandments] unlike the book of commandments! in which? the Father is well pleased?; and My elect* and My holy ones shall be rejected® by them, and called among them, as it were, the polluted. Yet these are the upright ones, pure, sad, merciful, quiet, kind, always knowing Him who is among them ® at all times, and they shall be called mad for My sake, who have saved’ them. It shall come to pass also in those days that My Father shall gather together ® out of that generation the pure ones, even the pure and faithful souls, those to whom I will appear, and with whom I will make My habitation, and I will send to them the understanding ® of knowledge and of truth, and the understanding® of holiness, and they shall not cease praising’ and giving thanks to their God,! My Father who sent Me; and they shall speak the truth at all times, and they shall teach [others] whose spirit they have tried * [and have found] that they are up- right 3 and worthy, as for the kingdom," and shall instruct them in knowledge and strength and prudence. And those who suffer persecution because they live in piety shall receive the reward of their praise. And it shall be in those times that all the kingdoms shall be disturbed, and all the world % also [shall see] affliction 1° and want; and all this world shall be reputed as nothing ; and all its possessions shall be destroyed 1§,: and the commandment. by many [destroyers], and there shall be great scarcity of crops, and the winter shall be very severe; and the princes * shall be few in number and small, who have rule over? gold and over silver, and are rich in all those things which are in this world; and the children of this world shall hold their storerooms and barns, and shall have rule over the markets of buying and selling.® Many shall be afflicted,* and on that account shall call upon their God that they may be delivered. Blessed are they who are not [alive] at that time; and [blessed] they [also] who shall be® [alive indeed], but ® [shall] endure. For when these things shall come to pass, then soon she that travaileth is near to bring forth,’ for the® time is fulfilled.

Then shall come the Son of Perdition, the Adversary, who boasteth and exalteth himself° working many signs and miracles, that he may deceive the whole earth,” and over- come the innocent,® My holy ones. Blessed are they who endure in those days. But woe to those who are deceived.

But Syria shall be plundered, and shall weep for her sons. Cilicia shall lift wp her neck until He who judgeth her shall appear. The daughter of Babylon shall arise from the throne of her glory, that she may drink that ' wine ” which is mixed for her. Cappadocia, Lycia,!* Lycaonia shall bow down the back, for many multitudes shall be depraved by the corruption of their wickednesses.! And then shall be opened the camps of the barbarians, for many chariots shall go forth so as to cover [the face of] the earth. In all Armenia, and in Pontus, and in Bithynia ? the young men shall fall by the sword, and the sons and the daughters shall be captives. [The sons and the daughters] of Lycaonia shall be mingled in [their] blood. Pisidia which boasteth, and trusteth in [her] riches, shall be over- thrown [even] to the ground. The sword shall pass through Phoenicia, because [her inhabitants] are children of corruption. Judaea shall clothe herself with lamentation, and shall be made ready for the day of destruction, because of her uncleanness. Then shall she gather together the abomination of desolation.* The East shall be opened® by him®; also the ways shall be opened’ by him. Sword and flame [are] in his hands: he burneth with anger and fiery indignation. This is the armour of the judgment of the corruption of them that are born in the earth; the extermination of the faithful, the way® of bloodshed ®; for his way is in error and his power is to blas- pheme,” and his hand for deception, his right hand in misery, and his left hand in darkness.

But Syria shall be plundered, and shall weep for her sons. Cilicia shall lift wp her neck until He who judgeth her shall appear. The daughter of Babylon shall arise from the throne of her glory, that she may drink that ' wine ” which is mixed for her. Cappadocia, Lycia,!* Lycaonia shall bow down the back, for many multitudes shall be depraved by the corruption of their wickednesses.! And then shall be opened the camps of the barbarians, for many chariots shall go forth so as to cover [the face of] the earth. In all Armenia, and in Pontus, and in Bithynia ? the young men shall fall by the sword, and the sons and the daughters shall be captives. [The sons and the daughters] of Lycaonia shall be mingled in [their] blood. Pisidia which boasteth, and trusteth in [her] riches, shall be over- thrown [even] to the ground. The sword shall pass through Phoenicia, because [her inhabitants] are children of corruption. Judaea shall clothe herself with lamentation, and shall be made ready for the day of destruction, because of her uncleanness. Then shall she gather together the abomination of desolation.* The East shall be opened® by him®; also the ways shall be opened’ by him. Sword and flame [are] in his hands: he burneth with anger and fiery indignation. This is the armour of the judgment of the corruption of them that are born in the earth; the extermination of the faithful, the way® of bloodshed ®; for his way is in error and his power is to blas- pheme,” and his hand for deception, his right hand in misery, and his left hand in darkness.

But Syria shall be plundered, and shall weep for her sons. Cilicia shall lift wp her neck until He who judgeth her shall appear. The daughter of Babylon shall arise from the throne of her glory, that she may drink that ' wine ” which is mixed for her. Cappadocia, Lycia,!* Lycaonia shall bow down the back, for many multitudes shall be depraved by the corruption of their wickednesses.! And then shall be opened the camps of the barbarians, for many chariots shall go forth so as to cover [the face of] the earth. In all Armenia, and in Pontus, and in Bithynia ? the young men shall fall by the sword, and the sons and the daughters shall be captives. [The sons and the daughters] of Lycaonia shall be mingled in [their] blood. Pisidia which boasteth, and trusteth in [her] riches, shall be over- thrown [even] to the ground. The sword shall pass through Phoenicia, because [her inhabitants] are children of corruption. Judaea shall clothe herself with lamentation, and shall be made ready for the day of destruction, because of her uncleanness. Then shall she gather together the abomination of desolation.* The East shall be opened® by him®; also the ways shall be opened’ by him. Sword and flame [are] in his hands: he burneth with anger and fiery indignation. This is the armour of the judgment of the corruption of them that are born in the earth; the extermination of the faithful, the way® of bloodshed ®; for his way is in error and his power is to blas- pheme,” and his hand for deception, his right hand in misery, and his left hand in darkness.

But Syria shall be plundered, and shall weep for her sons. Cilicia shall lift wp her neck until He who judgeth her shall appear. The daughter of Babylon shall arise from the throne of her glory, that she may drink that ' wine ” which is mixed for her. Cappadocia, Lycia,!* Lycaonia shall bow down the back, for many multitudes shall be depraved by the corruption of their wickednesses.! And then shall be opened the camps of the barbarians, for many chariots shall go forth so as to cover [the face of] the earth. In all Armenia, and in Pontus, and in Bithynia ? the young men shall fall by the sword, and the sons and the daughters shall be captives. [The sons and the daughters] of Lycaonia shall be mingled in [their] blood. Pisidia which boasteth, and trusteth in [her] riches, shall be over- thrown [even] to the ground. The sword shall pass through Phoenicia, because [her inhabitants] are children of corruption. Judaea shall clothe herself with lamentation, and shall be made ready for the day of destruction, because of her uncleanness. Then shall she gather together the abomination of desolation.* The East shall be opened® by him®; also the ways shall be opened’ by him. Sword and flame [are] in his hands: he burneth with anger and fiery indignation. This is the armour of the judgment of the corruption of them that are born in the earth; the extermination of the faithful, the way® of bloodshed ®; for his way is in error and his power is to blas- pheme,” and his hand for deception, his right hand in misery, and his left hand in darkness.

But Syria shall be plundered, and shall weep for her sons. Cilicia shall lift wp her neck until He who judgeth her shall appear. The daughter of Babylon shall arise from the throne of her glory, that she may drink that ' wine ” which is mixed for her. Cappadocia, Lycia,!* Lycaonia shall bow down the back, for many multitudes shall be depraved by the corruption of their wickednesses.! And then shall be opened the camps of the barbarians, for many chariots shall go forth so as to cover [the face of] the earth. In all Armenia, and in Pontus, and in Bithynia ? the young men shall fall by the sword, and the sons and the daughters shall be captives. [The sons and the daughters] of Lycaonia shall be mingled in [their] blood. Pisidia which boasteth, and trusteth in [her] riches, shall be over- thrown [even] to the ground. The sword shall pass through Phoenicia, because [her inhabitants] are children of corruption. Judaea shall clothe herself with lamentation, and shall be made ready for the day of destruction, because of her uncleanness. Then shall she gather together the abomination of desolation.* The East shall be opened® by him®; also the ways shall be opened’ by him. Sword and flame [are] in his hands: he burneth with anger and fiery indignation. This is the armour of the judgment of the corruption of them that are born in the earth; the extermination of the faithful, the way® of bloodshed ®; for his way is in error and his power is to blas- pheme,” and his hand for deception, his right hand in misery, and his left hand in darkness.

But Syria shall be plundered, and shall weep for her sons. Cilicia shall lift wp her neck until He who judgeth her shall appear. The daughter of Babylon shall arise from the throne of her glory, that she may drink that ' wine ” which is mixed for her. Cappadocia, Lycia,!* Lycaonia shall bow down the back, for many multitudes shall be depraved by the corruption of their wickednesses.! And then shall be opened the camps of the barbarians, for many chariots shall go forth so as to cover [the face of] the earth. In all Armenia, and in Pontus, and in Bithynia ? the young men shall fall by the sword, and the sons and the daughters shall be captives. [The sons and the daughters] of Lycaonia shall be mingled in [their] blood. Pisidia which boasteth, and trusteth in [her] riches, shall be over- thrown [even] to the ground. The sword shall pass through Phoenicia, because [her inhabitants] are children of corruption. Judaea shall clothe herself with lamentation, and shall be made ready for the day of destruction, because of her uncleanness. Then shall she gather together the abomination of desolation.* The East shall be opened® by him®; also the ways shall be opened’ by him. Sword and flame [are] in his hands: he burneth with anger and fiery indignation. This is the armour of the judgment of the corruption of them that are born in the earth; the extermination of the faithful, the way® of bloodshed ®; for his way is in error and his power is to blas- pheme,” and his hand for deception, his right hand in misery, and his left hand in darkness.

But Syria shall be plundered, and shall weep for her sons. Cilicia shall lift wp her neck until He who judgeth her shall appear. The daughter of Babylon shall arise from the throne of her glory, that she may drink that ' wine ” which is mixed for her. Cappadocia, Lycia,!* Lycaonia shall bow down the back, for many multitudes shall be depraved by the corruption of their wickednesses.! And then shall be opened the camps of the barbarians, for many chariots shall go forth so as to cover [the face of] the earth. In all Armenia, and in Pontus, and in Bithynia ? the young men shall fall by the sword, and the sons and the daughters shall be captives. [The sons and the daughters] of Lycaonia shall be mingled in [their] blood. Pisidia which boasteth, and trusteth in [her] riches, shall be over- thrown [even] to the ground. The sword shall pass through Phoenicia, because [her inhabitants] are children of corruption. Judaea shall clothe herself with lamentation, and shall be made ready for the day of destruction, because of her uncleanness. Then shall she gather together the abomination of desolation.* The East shall be opened® by him®; also the ways shall be opened’ by him. Sword and flame [are] in his hands: he burneth with anger and fiery indignation. This is the armour of the judgment of the corruption of them that are born in the earth; the extermination of the faithful, the way® of bloodshed ®; for his way is in error and his power is to blas- pheme,” and his hand for deception, his right hand in misery, and his left hand in darkness.

But Syria shall be plundered, and shall weep for her sons. Cilicia shall lift wp her neck until He who judgeth her shall appear. The daughter of Babylon shall arise from the throne of her glory, that she may drink that ' wine ” which is mixed for her. Cappadocia, Lycia,!* Lycaonia shall bow down the back, for many multitudes shall be depraved by the corruption of their wickednesses.! And then shall be opened the camps of the barbarians, for many chariots shall go forth so as to cover [the face of] the earth. In all Armenia, and in Pontus, and in Bithynia ? the young men shall fall by the sword, and the sons and the daughters shall be captives. [The sons and the daughters] of Lycaonia shall be mingled in [their] blood. Pisidia which boasteth, and trusteth in [her] riches, shall be over- thrown [even] to the ground. The sword shall pass through Phoenicia, because [her inhabitants] are children of corruption. Judaea shall clothe herself with lamentation, and shall be made ready for the day of destruction, because of her uncleanness. Then shall she gather together the abomination of desolation.* The East shall be opened® by him®; also the ways shall be opened’ by him. Sword and flame [are] in his hands: he burneth with anger and fiery indignation. This is the armour of the judgment of the corruption of them that are born in the earth; the extermination of the faithful, the way® of bloodshed ®; for his way is in error and his power is to blas- pheme,” and his hand for deception, his right hand in misery, and his left hand in darkness.

But Syria shall be plundered, and shall weep for her sons. Cilicia shall lift wp her neck until He who judgeth her shall appear. The daughter of Babylon shall arise from the throne of her glory, that she may drink that ' wine ” which is mixed for her. Cappadocia, Lycia,!* Lycaonia shall bow down the back, for many multitudes shall be depraved by the corruption of their wickednesses.! And then shall be opened the camps of the barbarians, for many chariots shall go forth so as to cover [the face of] the earth. In all Armenia, and in Pontus, and in Bithynia ? the young men shall fall by the sword, and the sons and the daughters shall be captives. [The sons and the daughters] of Lycaonia shall be mingled in [their] blood. Pisidia which boasteth, and trusteth in [her] riches, shall be over- thrown [even] to the ground. The sword shall pass through Phoenicia, because [her inhabitants] are children of corruption. Judaea shall clothe herself with lamentation, and shall be made ready for the day of destruction, because of her uncleanness. Then shall she gather together the abomination of desolation.* The East shall be opened® by him®; also the ways shall be opened’ by him. Sword and flame [are] in his hands: he burneth with anger and fiery indignation. This is the armour of the judgment of the corruption of them that are born in the earth; the extermination of the faithful, the way® of bloodshed ®; for his way is in error and his power is to blas- pheme,” and his hand for deception, his right hand in misery, and his left hand in darkness.

But Syria shall be plundered, and shall weep for her sons. Cilicia shall lift wp her neck until He who judgeth her shall appear. The daughter of Babylon shall arise from the throne of her glory, that she may drink that ' wine ” which is mixed for her. Cappadocia, Lycia,!* Lycaonia shall bow down the back, for many multitudes shall be depraved by the corruption of their wickednesses.! And then shall be opened the camps of the barbarians, for many chariots shall go forth so as to cover [the face of] the earth. In all Armenia, and in Pontus, and in Bithynia ? the young men shall fall by the sword, and the sons and the daughters shall be captives. [The sons and the daughters] of Lycaonia shall be mingled in [their] blood. Pisidia which boasteth, and trusteth in [her] riches, shall be over- thrown [even] to the ground. The sword shall pass through Phoenicia, because [her inhabitants] are children of corruption. Judaea shall clothe herself with lamentation, and shall be made ready for the day of destruction, because of her uncleanness. Then shall she gather together the abomination of desolation.* The East shall be opened® by him®; also the ways shall be opened’ by him. Sword and flame [are] in his hands: he burneth with anger and fiery indignation. This is the armour of the judgment of the corruption of them that are born in the earth; the extermination of the faithful, the way® of bloodshed ®; for his way is in error and his power is to blas- pheme,” and his hand for deception, his right hand in misery, and his left hand in darkness.

Therefore I say unto you, [ye] children of the light, that the time is at hand, and the harvest is ripe® that sinners should be harvested in judgment. And to many the Judge shall arise as one who is kind,’ and shall impute to them their own works.’ But when He® shall be at hand, a sign shall be given to? the elect, who keep the law of My Father.

Then ® those who fear My words, and do them in truth and with a faithful mind,” shall watch and pray ® without ceasing,!§ reckoning continual supplication as a work, in nothing wandering or going about!” in this world, and in nothing anxious, but 18 with an austere 1 soul and a mind that doubteth not,” daily taking on them the cross,”4 to do the will of My 18. omits: and. 2 Treves fragm.: his right thigh lean, the shin bones slender. So in the Apocryphal Apocalypse of John, Antichrist has the legs of a cock (James, Apoc. Anecd. 156, 187). 3 Or: finger. 4 Treves fragm.. broken. Father which is in heaven, with a meek heart. For He who is anxious about them that trust in the truth, and careth for them, is the Lord; and He sendeth to them those things which are right and fitting *—those things which He knoweth, and by the hands of them whom He knoweth.

Then ® those who fear My words, and do them in truth and with a faithful mind,” shall watch and pray ® without ceasing,!§ reckoning continual supplication as a work, in nothing wandering or going about!” in this world, and in nothing anxious, but 18 with an austere 1 soul and a mind that doubteth not,” daily taking on them the cross,”4 to do the will of My 18. omits: and. 2 Treves fragm.: his right thigh lean, the shin bones slender. So in the Apocryphal Apocalypse of John, Antichrist has the legs of a cock (James, Apoc. Anecd. 156, 187). 3 Or: finger. 4 Treves fragm.. broken. Father which is in heaven, with a meek heart. For He who is anxious about them that trust in the truth, and careth for them, is the Lord; and He sendeth to them those things which are right and fitting *—those things which He knoweth, and by the hands of them whom He knoweth.

Then ® those who fear My words, and do them in truth and with a faithful mind,” shall watch and pray ® without ceasing,!§ reckoning continual supplication as a work, in nothing wandering or going about!” in this world, and in nothing anxious, but 18 with an austere 1 soul and a mind that doubteth not,” daily taking on them the cross,”4 to do the will of My 18. omits: and. 2 Treves fragm.: his right thigh lean, the shin bones slender. So in the Apocryphal Apocalypse of John, Antichrist has the legs of a cock (James, Apoc. Anecd. 156, 187). 3 Or: finger. 4 Treves fragm.. broken. Father which is in heaven, with a meek heart. For He who is anxious about them that trust in the truth, and careth for them, is the Lord; and He sendeth to them those things which are right and fitting *—those things which He knoweth, and by the hands of them whom He knoweth.

Then ® those who fear My words, and do them in truth and with a faithful mind,” shall watch and pray ® without ceasing,!§ reckoning continual supplication as a work, in nothing wandering or going about!” in this world, and in nothing anxious, but 18 with an austere 1 soul and a mind that doubteth not,” daily taking on them the cross,”4 to do the will of My 18. omits: and. 2 Treves fragm.: his right thigh lean, the shin bones slender. So in the Apocryphal Apocalypse of John, Antichrist has the legs of a cock (James, Apoc. Anecd. 156, 187). 3 Or: finger. 4 Treves fragm.. broken. Father which is in heaven, with a meek heart. For He who is anxious about them that trust in the truth, and careth for them, is the Lord; and He sendeth to them those things which are right and fitting *—those things which He knoweth, and by the hands of them whom He knoweth.

Then ® those who fear My words, and do them in truth and with a faithful mind,” shall watch and pray ® without ceasing,!§ reckoning continual supplication as a work, in nothing wandering or going about!” in this world, and in nothing anxious, but 18 with an austere 1 soul and a mind that doubteth not,” daily taking on them the cross,”4 to do the will of My 18. omits: and. 2 Treves fragm.: his right thigh lean, the shin bones slender. So in the Apocryphal Apocalypse of John, Antichrist has the legs of a cock (James, Apoc. Anecd. 156, 187). 3 Or: finger. 4 Treves fragm.. broken. Father which is in heaven, with a meek heart. For He who is anxious about them that trust in the truth, and careth for them, is the Lord; and He sendeth to them those things which are right and fitting *—those things which He knoweth, and by the hands of them whom He knoweth.

Then ® those who fear My words, and do them in truth and with a faithful mind,” shall watch and pray ® without ceasing,!§ reckoning continual supplication as a work, in nothing wandering or going about!” in this world, and in nothing anxious, but 18 with an austere 1 soul and a mind that doubteth not,” daily taking on them the cross,”4 to do the will of My 18. omits: and. 2 Treves fragm.: his right thigh lean, the shin bones slender. So in the Apocryphal Apocalypse of John, Antichrist has the legs of a cock (James, Apoc. Anecd. 156, 187). 3 Or: finger. 4 Treves fragm.. broken. Father which is in heaven, with a meek heart. For He who is anxious about them that trust in the truth, and careth for them, is the Lord; and He sendeth to them those things which are right and fitting *—those things which He knoweth, and by the hands of them whom He knoweth.

Then ® those who fear My words, and do them in truth and with a faithful mind,” shall watch and pray ® without ceasing,!§ reckoning continual supplication as a work, in nothing wandering or going about!” in this world, and in nothing anxious, but 18 with an austere 1 soul and a mind that doubteth not,” daily taking on them the cross,”4 to do the will of My 18. omits: and. 2 Treves fragm.: his right thigh lean, the shin bones slender. So in the Apocryphal Apocalypse of John, Antichrist has the legs of a cock (James, Apoc. Anecd. 156, 187). 3 Or: finger. 4 Treves fragm.. broken. Father which is in heaven, with a meek heart. For He who is anxious about them that trust in the truth, and careth for them, is the Lord; and He sendeth to them those things which are right and fitting *—those things which He knoweth, and by the hands of them whom He knoweth.

I have told you these things, therefore, that wherever ye go, ye may test the souls that are holy,? and tell them those things which are fitting and right, and those things which are about to be,* and all those things which, before I was > glorified,® I gave you in commandment,’ so that believing [them] they may truly live® From henceforth shall be® the beginning of travail,’® and the mystery of destruction." Turning therefore to the Church,” setting right, duly ordering, and arranging, and doing all things in uprightness and holiness, speak to every man as is helpful to him, so that your Father which is in heaven may be glorified1® Be ye wise, that ye may persuade those who are in captivity to error,® and those who are sunk in ignorance, that coming to the knowledge of! God, and living piously and purely, they may praise My Father and your God.}8

I have told you these things, therefore, that wherever ye go, ye may test the souls that are holy,? and tell them those things which are fitting and right, and those things which are about to be,* and all those things which, before I was > glorified,® I gave you in commandment,’ so that believing [them] they may truly live® From henceforth shall be® the beginning of travail,’® and the mystery of destruction." Turning therefore to the Church,” setting right, duly ordering, and arranging, and doing all things in uprightness and holiness, speak to every man as is helpful to him, so that your Father which is in heaven may be glorified1® Be ye wise, that ye may persuade those who are in captivity to error,® and those who are sunk in ignorance, that coming to the knowledge of! God, and living piously and purely, they may praise My Father and your God.}8

I have told you these things, therefore, that wherever ye go, ye may test the souls that are holy,? and tell them those things which are fitting and right, and those things which are about to be,* and all those things which, before I was > glorified,® I gave you in commandment,’ so that believing [them] they may truly live® From henceforth shall be® the beginning of travail,’® and the mystery of destruction." Turning therefore to the Church,” setting right, duly ordering, and arranging, and doing all things in uprightness and holiness, speak to every man as is helpful to him, so that your Father which is in heaven may be glorified1® Be ye wise, that ye may persuade those who are in captivity to error,® and those who are sunk in ignorance, that coming to the knowledge of! God, and living piously and purely, they may praise My Father and your God.}8

I have told you these things, therefore, that wherever ye go, ye may test the souls that are holy,? and tell them those things which are fitting and right, and those things which are about to be,* and all those things which, before I was > glorified,® I gave you in commandment,’ so that believing [them] they may truly live® From henceforth shall be® the beginning of travail,’® and the mystery of destruction." Turning therefore to the Church,” setting right, duly ordering, and arranging, and doing all things in uprightness and holiness, speak to every man as is helpful to him, so that your Father which is in heaven may be glorified1® Be ye wise, that ye may persuade those who are in captivity to error,® and those who are sunk in ignorance, that coming to the knowledge of! God, and living piously and purely, they may praise My Father and your God.}8

I have told you these things, therefore, that wherever ye go, ye may test the souls that are holy,? and tell them those things which are fitting and right, and those things which are about to be,* and all those things which, before I was > glorified,® I gave you in commandment,’ so that believing [them] they may truly live® From henceforth shall be® the beginning of travail,’® and the mystery of destruction." Turning therefore to the Church,” setting right, duly ordering, and arranging, and doing all things in uprightness and holiness, speak to every man as is helpful to him, so that your Father which is in heaven may be glorified1® Be ye wise, that ye may persuade those who are in captivity to error,® and those who are sunk in ignorance, that coming to the knowledge of! God, and living piously and purely, they may praise My Father and your God.}8

Now after Jesus had spoken these words, Peter and John 1Cf. 1 Pet. v. 7. and Thomas and Matthew and Andrew and Matthias (?) and the rest said: O our Lord, truly Thou hast spoken to us now also words of warning and of truth, and though we are not worthy Thou hast bestowed upon us many things, and hast granted also to those of future generations who are worthy, to know Thy words and to flee from the snares of the Evil One. But, O our Lord, we beseech Thee, make Thy perfect light to shine upon us, and upon those who are foreordained and separated to be Thine. Because! that we have many times asked Thee, we pray Thee teach us of what sort he ought to be who standeth at the head of the Church, or with what rule he should raise up and order the Church. For it is urgent that when we are sent to the nations to preach the salvation which is from Thee, it should not escape us as to how it is fitting to arrange the mysteries of the Church. Therefore from Thy mouth,? O our Saviour and Perfecter, we desire to learn without omission how the Chief of the holy things ought to please Thee, and [likewise] all those who minister in Thy Church.

Then Martha and Mary, and Salome, who were with us,‘ answered and said :—Yea, O our Lord, teach us to know what we ought to do, that our souls may live unto Thee. Then Jesus answered and said unto them: I will that, persevering in supplication,’ ye should always serve My Gospel, and be examples of ® holiness, for the salvation of those who trust patiently’ in Me; and in all things be figures of the kingdom of heaven.

Then Martha and Mary, and Salome, who were with us,‘ answered and said :—Yea, O our Lord, teach us to know what we ought to do, that our souls may live unto Thee. Then Jesus answered and said unto them: I will that, persevering in supplication,’ ye should always serve My Gospel, and be examples of ® holiness, for the salvation of those who trust patiently’ in Me; and in all things be figures of the kingdom of heaven.

Then Martha and Mary, and Salome, who were with us,‘ answered and said :—Yea, O our Lord, teach us to know what we ought to do, that our souls may live unto Thee. Then Jesus answered and said unto them: I will that, persevering in supplication,’ ye should always serve My Gospel, and be examples of ® holiness, for the salvation of those who trust patiently’ in Me; and in all things be figures of the kingdom of heaven.

But to us also Jesus said:—Because that ye also have asked Me concerning the rule ecclesiastical, I deliver and make known to you how ye ought to order and command him who standeth at the head of the Church, and to keep the perfect and just and most excellent rule, in which My Father who hath sent Me is well pleased. Verily I say unto you, that he who knoweth the power of this commandment and of this testament, and doeth according to those things which are written therein, shall be made like! unto the angels who praise My Father? and shall be holy unto God. But My Father is mediator? and all His host, that if their sins are as the sand of the sea[shore] which cannot be numbered,* and any of them, understanding these words, shall do them, these sins shall be forgiven him, and he shall live in Me.

But to us also Jesus said:—Because that ye also have asked Me concerning the rule ecclesiastical, I deliver and make known to you how ye ought to order and command him who standeth at the head of the Church, and to keep the perfect and just and most excellent rule, in which My Father who hath sent Me is well pleased. Verily I say unto you, that he who knoweth the power of this commandment and of this testament, and doeth according to those things which are written therein, shall be made like! unto the angels who praise My Father? and shall be holy unto God. But My Father is mediator? and all His host, that if their sins are as the sand of the sea[shore] which cannot be numbered,* and any of them, understanding these words, shall do them, these sins shall be forgiven him, and he shall live in Me.

But because in the midst of the assembly of the people [there are], more and more, many carnal desires, and the labourers are feeble® and few, only My perfect labourers shall know the multitude of My words, all also which at times® I spake to you in private before I should suffer, and which ye know; ye both have them and understand them. For My mysteries are given to those who are Mine, with whom I shall rejoice and be glad with My Father. When they shall be loosed from [this] life they shall come to Me. But these remaining words, determining and appointing them, speak ye in the Churches. But from the day that My faithful ones also have the desire to know, that they may do the things of My Father, what[soever is] in this My testament, I will be with them, and will be praised among them, and I will make My habita- tion with them, by power informing them of the will of My Father. See that ye give not My holy things to the dogs, and cast not pearls before swine,’ as I have often commanded you. 10Qr: shall be like. There is a reminiscence of St. Luke xx. 36 (?). 2 B.: the glorious angels of My Father. 3 Or: arbiter. 4 Jer, xxxiii, 22 (order altered and words applied to an altogether different object). 5 Or: small. ® Or: many times. 7 St. Matt. vii. 6. Give not My holy things! to defiled and wicked men who do not bear My cross, and are not subject [to Me]; and My com- mandments shall be for derision among them. And it? shall be to him that is embittered # and doeth them not, but giveth My words without profit, for the destruction of their souls. But it* shall be spoken and given to those who are firm and fixed, and do not fall away, who keep> My command- ments and this tradition, [to the end] that they, keeping these [things], may abide holy and upright and strong in Me, fleeing from the downfall of iniquity and the death of sin; the Holy Ghost [also] bestowing upon them His grace, that they may believe uprightly,® that they may in the Spirit spiritually know the things of the Spirit,’ and in hope® endure labour, and in joy serve My Gospel,’ and bear the reproach of My cross, not doubting but [rather] glorying®; for verily I say unto you, that such as these [men] and such as these [women] shall, after death, dwell ° in the third order of My Father who hath sent Me.

But because in the midst of the assembly of the people [there are], more and more, many carnal desires, and the labourers are feeble® and few, only My perfect labourers shall know the multitude of My words, all also which at times® I spake to you in private before I should suffer, and which ye know; ye both have them and understand them. For My mysteries are given to those who are Mine, with whom I shall rejoice and be glad with My Father. When they shall be loosed from [this] life they shall come to Me. But these remaining words, determining and appointing them, speak ye in the Churches. But from the day that My faithful ones also have the desire to know, that they may do the things of My Father, what[soever is] in this My testament, I will be with them, and will be praised among them, and I will make My habita- tion with them, by power informing them of the will of My Father. See that ye give not My holy things to the dogs, and cast not pearls before swine,’ as I have often commanded you. 10Qr: shall be like. There is a reminiscence of St. Luke xx. 36 (?). 2 B.: the glorious angels of My Father. 3 Or: arbiter. 4 Jer, xxxiii, 22 (order altered and words applied to an altogether different object). 5 Or: small. ® Or: many times. 7 St. Matt. vii. 6. Give not My holy things! to defiled and wicked men who do not bear My cross, and are not subject [to Me]; and My com- mandments shall be for derision among them. And it? shall be to him that is embittered # and doeth them not, but giveth My words without profit, for the destruction of their souls. But it* shall be spoken and given to those who are firm and fixed, and do not fall away, who keep> My command- ments and this tradition, [to the end] that they, keeping these [things], may abide holy and upright and strong in Me, fleeing from the downfall of iniquity and the death of sin; the Holy Ghost [also] bestowing upon them His grace, that they may believe uprightly,® that they may in the Spirit spiritually know the things of the Spirit,’ and in hope® endure labour, and in joy serve My Gospel,’ and bear the reproach of My cross, not doubting but [rather] glorying®; for verily I say unto you, that such as these [men] and such as these [women] shall, after death, dwell ° in the third order of My Father who hath sent Me.

But because in the midst of the assembly of the people [there are], more and more, many carnal desires, and the labourers are feeble® and few, only My perfect labourers shall know the multitude of My words, all also which at times® I spake to you in private before I should suffer, and which ye know; ye both have them and understand them. For My mysteries are given to those who are Mine, with whom I shall rejoice and be glad with My Father. When they shall be loosed from [this] life they shall come to Me. But these remaining words, determining and appointing them, speak ye in the Churches. But from the day that My faithful ones also have the desire to know, that they may do the things of My Father, what[soever is] in this My testament, I will be with them, and will be praised among them, and I will make My habita- tion with them, by power informing them of the will of My Father. See that ye give not My holy things to the dogs, and cast not pearls before swine,’ as I have often commanded you. 10Qr: shall be like. There is a reminiscence of St. Luke xx. 36 (?). 2 B.: the glorious angels of My Father. 3 Or: arbiter. 4 Jer, xxxiii, 22 (order altered and words applied to an altogether different object). 5 Or: small. ® Or: many times. 7 St. Matt. vii. 6. Give not My holy things! to defiled and wicked men who do not bear My cross, and are not subject [to Me]; and My com- mandments shall be for derision among them. And it? shall be to him that is embittered # and doeth them not, but giveth My words without profit, for the destruction of their souls. But it* shall be spoken and given to those who are firm and fixed, and do not fall away, who keep> My command- ments and this tradition, [to the end] that they, keeping these [things], may abide holy and upright and strong in Me, fleeing from the downfall of iniquity and the death of sin; the Holy Ghost [also] bestowing upon them His grace, that they may believe uprightly,® that they may in the Spirit spiritually know the things of the Spirit,’ and in hope® endure labour, and in joy serve My Gospel,’ and bear the reproach of My cross, not doubting but [rather] glorying®; for verily I say unto you, that such as these [men] and such as these [women] shall, after death, dwell ° in the third order of My Father who hath sent Me.

But because in the midst of the assembly of the people [there are], more and more, many carnal desires, and the labourers are feeble® and few, only My perfect labourers shall know the multitude of My words, all also which at times® I spake to you in private before I should suffer, and which ye know; ye both have them and understand them. For My mysteries are given to those who are Mine, with whom I shall rejoice and be glad with My Father. When they shall be loosed from [this] life they shall come to Me. But these remaining words, determining and appointing them, speak ye in the Churches. But from the day that My faithful ones also have the desire to know, that they may do the things of My Father, what[soever is] in this My testament, I will be with them, and will be praised among them, and I will make My habita- tion with them, by power informing them of the will of My Father. See that ye give not My holy things to the dogs, and cast not pearls before swine,’ as I have often commanded you. 10Qr: shall be like. There is a reminiscence of St. Luke xx. 36 (?). 2 B.: the glorious angels of My Father. 3 Or: arbiter. 4 Jer, xxxiii, 22 (order altered and words applied to an altogether different object). 5 Or: small. ® Or: many times. 7 St. Matt. vii. 6. Give not My holy things! to defiled and wicked men who do not bear My cross, and are not subject [to Me]; and My com- mandments shall be for derision among them. And it? shall be to him that is embittered # and doeth them not, but giveth My words without profit, for the destruction of their souls. But it* shall be spoken and given to those who are firm and fixed, and do not fall away, who keep> My command- ments and this tradition, [to the end] that they, keeping these [things], may abide holy and upright and strong in Me, fleeing from the downfall of iniquity and the death of sin; the Holy Ghost [also] bestowing upon them His grace, that they may believe uprightly,® that they may in the Spirit spiritually know the things of the Spirit,’ and in hope® endure labour, and in joy serve My Gospel,’ and bear the reproach of My cross, not doubting but [rather] glorying®; for verily I say unto you, that such as these [men] and such as these [women] shall, after death, dwell ° in the third order of My Father who hath sent Me.

But because in the midst of the assembly of the people [there are], more and more, many carnal desires, and the labourers are feeble® and few, only My perfect labourers shall know the multitude of My words, all also which at times® I spake to you in private before I should suffer, and which ye know; ye both have them and understand them. For My mysteries are given to those who are Mine, with whom I shall rejoice and be glad with My Father. When they shall be loosed from [this] life they shall come to Me. But these remaining words, determining and appointing them, speak ye in the Churches. But from the day that My faithful ones also have the desire to know, that they may do the things of My Father, what[soever is] in this My testament, I will be with them, and will be praised among them, and I will make My habita- tion with them, by power informing them of the will of My Father. See that ye give not My holy things to the dogs, and cast not pearls before swine,’ as I have often commanded you. 10Qr: shall be like. There is a reminiscence of St. Luke xx. 36 (?). 2 B.: the glorious angels of My Father. 3 Or: arbiter. 4 Jer, xxxiii, 22 (order altered and words applied to an altogether different object). 5 Or: small. ® Or: many times. 7 St. Matt. vii. 6. Give not My holy things! to defiled and wicked men who do not bear My cross, and are not subject [to Me]; and My com- mandments shall be for derision among them. And it? shall be to him that is embittered # and doeth them not, but giveth My words without profit, for the destruction of their souls. But it* shall be spoken and given to those who are firm and fixed, and do not fall away, who keep> My command- ments and this tradition, [to the end] that they, keeping these [things], may abide holy and upright and strong in Me, fleeing from the downfall of iniquity and the death of sin; the Holy Ghost [also] bestowing upon them His grace, that they may believe uprightly,® that they may in the Spirit spiritually know the things of the Spirit,’ and in hope® endure labour, and in joy serve My Gospel,’ and bear the reproach of My cross, not doubting but [rather] glorying®; for verily I say unto you, that such as these [men] and such as these [women] shall, after death, dwell ° in the third order of My Father who hath sent Me.

But because in the midst of the assembly of the people [there are], more and more, many carnal desires, and the labourers are feeble® and few, only My perfect labourers shall know the multitude of My words, all also which at times® I spake to you in private before I should suffer, and which ye know; ye both have them and understand them. For My mysteries are given to those who are Mine, with whom I shall rejoice and be glad with My Father. When they shall be loosed from [this] life they shall come to Me. But these remaining words, determining and appointing them, speak ye in the Churches. But from the day that My faithful ones also have the desire to know, that they may do the things of My Father, what[soever is] in this My testament, I will be with them, and will be praised among them, and I will make My habita- tion with them, by power informing them of the will of My Father. See that ye give not My holy things to the dogs, and cast not pearls before swine,’ as I have often commanded you. 10Qr: shall be like. There is a reminiscence of St. Luke xx. 36 (?). 2 B.: the glorious angels of My Father. 3 Or: arbiter. 4 Jer, xxxiii, 22 (order altered and words applied to an altogether different object). 5 Or: small. ® Or: many times. 7 St. Matt. vii. 6. Give not My holy things! to defiled and wicked men who do not bear My cross, and are not subject [to Me]; and My com- mandments shall be for derision among them. And it? shall be to him that is embittered # and doeth them not, but giveth My words without profit, for the destruction of their souls. But it* shall be spoken and given to those who are firm and fixed, and do not fall away, who keep> My command- ments and this tradition, [to the end] that they, keeping these [things], may abide holy and upright and strong in Me, fleeing from the downfall of iniquity and the death of sin; the Holy Ghost [also] bestowing upon them His grace, that they may believe uprightly,® that they may in the Spirit spiritually know the things of the Spirit,’ and in hope® endure labour, and in joy serve My Gospel,’ and bear the reproach of My cross, not doubting but [rather] glorying®; for verily I say unto you, that such as these [men] and such as these [women] shall, after death, dwell ° in the third order of My Father who hath sent Me.

But because in the midst of the assembly of the people [there are], more and more, many carnal desires, and the labourers are feeble® and few, only My perfect labourers shall know the multitude of My words, all also which at times® I spake to you in private before I should suffer, and which ye know; ye both have them and understand them. For My mysteries are given to those who are Mine, with whom I shall rejoice and be glad with My Father. When they shall be loosed from [this] life they shall come to Me. But these remaining words, determining and appointing them, speak ye in the Churches. But from the day that My faithful ones also have the desire to know, that they may do the things of My Father, what[soever is] in this My testament, I will be with them, and will be praised among them, and I will make My habita- tion with them, by power informing them of the will of My Father. See that ye give not My holy things to the dogs, and cast not pearls before swine,’ as I have often commanded you. 10Qr: shall be like. There is a reminiscence of St. Luke xx. 36 (?). 2 B.: the glorious angels of My Father. 3 Or: arbiter. 4 Jer, xxxiii, 22 (order altered and words applied to an altogether different object). 5 Or: small. ® Or: many times. 7 St. Matt. vii. 6. Give not My holy things! to defiled and wicked men who do not bear My cross, and are not subject [to Me]; and My com- mandments shall be for derision among them. And it? shall be to him that is embittered # and doeth them not, but giveth My words without profit, for the destruction of their souls. But it* shall be spoken and given to those who are firm and fixed, and do not fall away, who keep> My command- ments and this tradition, [to the end] that they, keeping these [things], may abide holy and upright and strong in Me, fleeing from the downfall of iniquity and the death of sin; the Holy Ghost [also] bestowing upon them His grace, that they may believe uprightly,® that they may in the Spirit spiritually know the things of the Spirit,’ and in hope® endure labour, and in joy serve My Gospel,’ and bear the reproach of My cross, not doubting but [rather] glorying®; for verily I say unto you, that such as these [men] and such as these [women] shall, after death, dwell ° in the third order of My Father who hath sent Me.

But because in the midst of the assembly of the people [there are], more and more, many carnal desires, and the labourers are feeble® and few, only My perfect labourers shall know the multitude of My words, all also which at times® I spake to you in private before I should suffer, and which ye know; ye both have them and understand them. For My mysteries are given to those who are Mine, with whom I shall rejoice and be glad with My Father. When they shall be loosed from [this] life they shall come to Me. But these remaining words, determining and appointing them, speak ye in the Churches. But from the day that My faithful ones also have the desire to know, that they may do the things of My Father, what[soever is] in this My testament, I will be with them, and will be praised among them, and I will make My habita- tion with them, by power informing them of the will of My Father. See that ye give not My holy things to the dogs, and cast not pearls before swine,’ as I have often commanded you. 10Qr: shall be like. There is a reminiscence of St. Luke xx. 36 (?). 2 B.: the glorious angels of My Father. 3 Or: arbiter. 4 Jer, xxxiii, 22 (order altered and words applied to an altogether different object). 5 Or: small. ® Or: many times. 7 St. Matt. vii. 6. Give not My holy things! to defiled and wicked men who do not bear My cross, and are not subject [to Me]; and My com- mandments shall be for derision among them. And it? shall be to him that is embittered # and doeth them not, but giveth My words without profit, for the destruction of their souls. But it* shall be spoken and given to those who are firm and fixed, and do not fall away, who keep> My command- ments and this tradition, [to the end] that they, keeping these [things], may abide holy and upright and strong in Me, fleeing from the downfall of iniquity and the death of sin; the Holy Ghost [also] bestowing upon them His grace, that they may believe uprightly,® that they may in the Spirit spiritually know the things of the Spirit,’ and in hope® endure labour, and in joy serve My Gospel,’ and bear the reproach of My cross, not doubting but [rather] glorying®; for verily I say unto you, that such as these [men] and such as these [women] shall, after death, dwell ° in the third order of My Father who hath sent Me.

But because in the midst of the assembly of the people [there are], more and more, many carnal desires, and the labourers are feeble® and few, only My perfect labourers shall know the multitude of My words, all also which at times® I spake to you in private before I should suffer, and which ye know; ye both have them and understand them. For My mysteries are given to those who are Mine, with whom I shall rejoice and be glad with My Father. When they shall be loosed from [this] life they shall come to Me. But these remaining words, determining and appointing them, speak ye in the Churches. But from the day that My faithful ones also have the desire to know, that they may do the things of My Father, what[soever is] in this My testament, I will be with them, and will be praised among them, and I will make My habita- tion with them, by power informing them of the will of My Father. See that ye give not My holy things to the dogs, and cast not pearls before swine,’ as I have often commanded you. 10Qr: shall be like. There is a reminiscence of St. Luke xx. 36 (?). 2 B.: the glorious angels of My Father. 3 Or: arbiter. 4 Jer, xxxiii, 22 (order altered and words applied to an altogether different object). 5 Or: small. ® Or: many times. 7 St. Matt. vii. 6. Give not My holy things! to defiled and wicked men who do not bear My cross, and are not subject [to Me]; and My com- mandments shall be for derision among them. And it? shall be to him that is embittered # and doeth them not, but giveth My words without profit, for the destruction of their souls. But it* shall be spoken and given to those who are firm and fixed, and do not fall away, who keep> My command- ments and this tradition, [to the end] that they, keeping these [things], may abide holy and upright and strong in Me, fleeing from the downfall of iniquity and the death of sin; the Holy Ghost [also] bestowing upon them His grace, that they may believe uprightly,® that they may in the Spirit spiritually know the things of the Spirit,’ and in hope® endure labour, and in joy serve My Gospel,’ and bear the reproach of My cross, not doubting but [rather] glorying®; for verily I say unto you, that such as these [men] and such as these [women] shall, after death, dwell ° in the third order of My Father who hath sent Me.

T tell you therefore how the sanctuary? ought to be; then I will make known the holy rule of the priests of the Church. Let the church then be thus: let it have three entrances as a type of the Trinity. Let the diaconicum * be on the right of the right hand entrance, that the eucharists,'* or offerings which are offered, may be seen. Let there be a fore-court, with a portico % going round, to the diaconicum. Then within the fore-court let there be a place [to serve] for a baptistery, its length twenty-one cubits as a general ? type of the prophets, and its width twelve cubits as a type of those who have been determined to preach the Gospel,’ with one entrance and three exits. Let the Church have a house of the catechumens, which shall be also the house of the exorcists. Let it not be de- tached from the Church, but so that those who enter and are in it may hear the lections* and spiritual hymns of praise and psalms.> Let there be a throne by the altar ®; on the right and on the left [let there be] the places of the presbyters, so that on the right may sit those who are more exalted and honoured, and those who labour in the word’; but those who are of middle age® on the left hand. But that place where the throne is, let it® be raised three steps, for there the altar ought to be. Let that house have two porches, on the right and on the left, for men and for women. Let all the places be lighted, both for a type, and also for reading. Let the altar have a veil of pure linen, for it is without spot. Also the baptistery likewise, let it be under a veil. Let a place be built as for commemoration, so that the priest and chief deacon sitting with the readers may write the names of those who offer the oblations, or of those for whom they have offered [them], so that when the holy things are offered by the bishop, the reader or chief deacon may name them by way of commemoration, which the priests’ and people offer for them with supplication. For there is this- type also in heaven.? Let the place of the. presbyters be within the veil, beside that place of commemoration. Let the house of the offering and the treasury be quite ” beside the diaconicum. But let the place of the lection 3 be a little outside the altar. Let the house of the bishop be beside that place which is called the fore-court. Also that of those widows who are called “those that sit in front.” Also let that of the presbyters and deacons be behind the baptistery.* _Let the deaconesses abide beside the door of the Lord’s house. Let the Church have a house for entertaining near by, where the chief deacon shall entertain strangers.

T tell you therefore how the sanctuary? ought to be; then I will make known the holy rule of the priests of the Church. Let the church then be thus: let it have three entrances as a type of the Trinity. Let the diaconicum * be on the right of the right hand entrance, that the eucharists,'* or offerings which are offered, may be seen. Let there be a fore-court, with a portico % going round, to the diaconicum. Then within the fore-court let there be a place [to serve] for a baptistery, its length twenty-one cubits as a general ? type of the prophets, and its width twelve cubits as a type of those who have been determined to preach the Gospel,’ with one entrance and three exits. Let the Church have a house of the catechumens, which shall be also the house of the exorcists. Let it not be de- tached from the Church, but so that those who enter and are in it may hear the lections* and spiritual hymns of praise and psalms.> Let there be a throne by the altar ®; on the right and on the left [let there be] the places of the presbyters, so that on the right may sit those who are more exalted and honoured, and those who labour in the word’; but those who are of middle age® on the left hand. But that place where the throne is, let it® be raised three steps, for there the altar ought to be. Let that house have two porches, on the right and on the left, for men and for women. Let all the places be lighted, both for a type, and also for reading. Let the altar have a veil of pure linen, for it is without spot. Also the baptistery likewise, let it be under a veil. Let a place be built as for commemoration, so that the priest and chief deacon sitting with the readers may write the names of those who offer the oblations, or of those for whom they have offered [them], so that when the holy things are offered by the bishop, the reader or chief deacon may name them by way of commemoration, which the priests’ and people offer for them with supplication. For there is this- type also in heaven.? Let the place of the. presbyters be within the veil, beside that place of commemoration. Let the house of the offering and the treasury be quite ” beside the diaconicum. But let the place of the lection 3 be a little outside the altar. Let the house of the bishop be beside that place which is called the fore-court. Also that of those widows who are called “those that sit in front.” Also let that of the presbyters and deacons be behind the baptistery.* _Let the deaconesses abide beside the door of the Lord’s house. Let the Church have a house for entertaining near by, where the chief deacon shall entertain strangers.

T tell you therefore how the sanctuary? ought to be; then I will make known the holy rule of the priests of the Church. Let the church then be thus: let it have three entrances as a type of the Trinity. Let the diaconicum * be on the right of the right hand entrance, that the eucharists,'* or offerings which are offered, may be seen. Let there be a fore-court, with a portico % going round, to the diaconicum. Then within the fore-court let there be a place [to serve] for a baptistery, its length twenty-one cubits as a general ? type of the prophets, and its width twelve cubits as a type of those who have been determined to preach the Gospel,’ with one entrance and three exits. Let the Church have a house of the catechumens, which shall be also the house of the exorcists. Let it not be de- tached from the Church, but so that those who enter and are in it may hear the lections* and spiritual hymns of praise and psalms.> Let there be a throne by the altar ®; on the right and on the left [let there be] the places of the presbyters, so that on the right may sit those who are more exalted and honoured, and those who labour in the word’; but those who are of middle age® on the left hand. But that place where the throne is, let it® be raised three steps, for there the altar ought to be. Let that house have two porches, on the right and on the left, for men and for women. Let all the places be lighted, both for a type, and also for reading. Let the altar have a veil of pure linen, for it is without spot. Also the baptistery likewise, let it be under a veil. Let a place be built as for commemoration, so that the priest and chief deacon sitting with the readers may write the names of those who offer the oblations, or of those for whom they have offered [them], so that when the holy things are offered by the bishop, the reader or chief deacon may name them by way of commemoration, which the priests’ and people offer for them with supplication. For there is this- type also in heaven.? Let the place of the. presbyters be within the veil, beside that place of commemoration. Let the house of the offering and the treasury be quite ” beside the diaconicum. But let the place of the lection 3 be a little outside the altar. Let the house of the bishop be beside that place which is called the fore-court. Also that of those widows who are called “those that sit in front.” Also let that of the presbyters and deacons be behind the baptistery.* _Let the deaconesses abide beside the door of the Lord’s house. Let the Church have a house for entertaining near by, where the chief deacon shall entertain strangers.

T tell you therefore how the sanctuary? ought to be; then I will make known the holy rule of the priests of the Church. Let the church then be thus: let it have three entrances as a type of the Trinity. Let the diaconicum * be on the right of the right hand entrance, that the eucharists,'* or offerings which are offered, may be seen. Let there be a fore-court, with a portico % going round, to the diaconicum. Then within the fore-court let there be a place [to serve] for a baptistery, its length twenty-one cubits as a general ? type of the prophets, and its width twelve cubits as a type of those who have been determined to preach the Gospel,’ with one entrance and three exits. Let the Church have a house of the catechumens, which shall be also the house of the exorcists. Let it not be de- tached from the Church, but so that those who enter and are in it may hear the lections* and spiritual hymns of praise and psalms.> Let there be a throne by the altar ®; on the right and on the left [let there be] the places of the presbyters, so that on the right may sit those who are more exalted and honoured, and those who labour in the word’; but those who are of middle age® on the left hand. But that place where the throne is, let it® be raised three steps, for there the altar ought to be. Let that house have two porches, on the right and on the left, for men and for women. Let all the places be lighted, both for a type, and also for reading. Let the altar have a veil of pure linen, for it is without spot. Also the baptistery likewise, let it be under a veil. Let a place be built as for commemoration, so that the priest and chief deacon sitting with the readers may write the names of those who offer the oblations, or of those for whom they have offered [them], so that when the holy things are offered by the bishop, the reader or chief deacon may name them by way of commemoration, which the priests’ and people offer for them with supplication. For there is this- type also in heaven.? Let the place of the. presbyters be within the veil, beside that place of commemoration. Let the house of the offering and the treasury be quite ” beside the diaconicum. But let the place of the lection 3 be a little outside the altar. Let the house of the bishop be beside that place which is called the fore-court. Also that of those widows who are called “those that sit in front.” Also let that of the presbyters and deacons be behind the baptistery.* _Let the deaconesses abide beside the door of the Lord’s house. Let the Church have a house for entertaining near by, where the chief deacon shall entertain strangers.

Now after the house is [built] as is fitting and right, let the bishop ® be appointed, being chosen by all the people accord- ing to the will of the Holy Ghost,® being without fault,’ chaste,$ quiet, mild, without anxiety, watchful,° not a money-lover! blameless," not quarrelsome, ready to forgive, a teacher, not given to much speaking, a lover of good things,» a lover of labour, a lover of widows, a lover of orphans, a lover of the poor, experienced in the mysteries,’ not lax? and distracted in company with this world, peaceful, and in all good things perfect, as one to whom the order and? place of God is entrusted. It is good indeed that + he be without a wife, but at any rate that he have been® the husband of one wife only, so that he may sympathise with the weakness of widows. Let him be appointed when he is of middle age, not a youth.