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A CHRISTIAN ROMANCE. 487<br />

"not belong to their house, and moreover, they<br />

"worry and bite him.<br />

"Now the hosts of darkness are not able to stand<br />

"against [p. 298] the children of light. And if<br />

"he, who is in accordance with the will of the<br />

"king, entereth into the royal dwelling-place he<br />

"will find no opposition offered to him^ by the<br />

"men of the house, and their lord will not be<br />

"angry with them [for admitting him]; even so<br />

"do the angels of light prepare the soul, that its<br />

"place of habitation may be with the Holy Spirit.<br />

"And they furnish it with all kinds of sweet scents,<br />

"and with choice works, with the hearinsf of the<br />

"ear, and with the sight of the eye, and with the The doors of<br />

"smell of the nose, and with the taste of the the senses,<br />

"mouth, and with the speech of the tongue; these<br />

"are the doors of the heart. And the hearts of<br />

"kings and governors, who keep the law of God<br />

"Almighty and who walk in His way of righteousness,<br />

"are the dwelling-places of God. For as the iron,<br />

"which is black by nature, when it is put in the<br />

"fire by the blacksmith and he bloweth upon it<br />

"with the bellows, is changed in its appearance<br />

"and becometh of a whitish red colour, and burneth<br />

"whosoever toucheth it, even so [is changed] the<br />

"soul which hath become a dwelling-place for the<br />

"Holy Spirit, and no evil thing can do it harm,<br />

"for the fulness of the Spirit of God Almighty is<br />

"in it. Now what are the doors of the heart we<br />

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