Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

A CHRISTIAN ROMANCE. 485
"And when I have taken up Mj^ abode in them speech of
"the Devil fleeth away, for he cannot dwell in the^^^^, ""'^
"place where I am. Can a deer (i') abide in the
"den of the lion? [He cannot], for there can be
"no peace and concord between them. And simi-
"larly in the place where the Holy Spirit dwelleth
"are the angels of light who make ready and keep
"the path and dwelling-place of their Lord; and
"they order the goings of a man that he may
"neither defile nor corrupt his soul and his body
"by his words or deeds. And they teach him
"the way which their Lord loveth, that is to say,
"to keep himself pure and undefiled, to love his
"neighbour, [to have] humility, to be merciful to
"the poor, [to give] alms and oblations, [to have]
"simplicity and patience, to endure ignominy and
"diso^race, to return orood to those who have been
"his enemies, to shew love to those who hate him,
"to be silent, to guard his tongue, to bow the head,
"to keep the eye from evil, to hearken unto the
"voice of the Deity, to reject laughter, to be ever
"in anxious trepidation, to shed tears frequently,
"to stand up [often] to pray, and to stretch out
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the hand in innocency. He must not
"defraud, he must not be a calumniator, he must
"not love riches, he must not be covetous, and he
"must not be a soothsayer in the service of other
"and false gods. He must reject the desire of
"his flesh, and must love the Will of God Almighty.
"He must not be a follower of women or of men,
"and he must be neither a fornicator, nor a man