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Chapter XLV.—A
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But Simon hearing this, and being smitten by his
conscience, changed colour and became bloodless; for he was afraid, if
he denied it, that his house would be searched, or that Peter in his
indignation would betray him more openly, and so all would learn what
he was. Thus he answered: “I beseech thee, Peter, by
that good God who is in thee, to overcome the wickedness that is in
me. Receive me to repentance, and you shall have me as an
assistant in your preaching. For now I have learned in very deed
that you are a prophet of the true God, and therefore you alone know
the secret and hidden things of men.”698
Then said Peter: “You
see, brethren, Simon seeking repentance; in a little while you shall
see him returning again to his infidelity. For, thinking that I
am a prophet, forasmuch as I have disclosed his wickedness, which he
supposed to be secret and hidden, he has promised that he will
repent. But it is not lawful for me to lie, nor must I deceive,
whether this infidel be saved or not saved. For I call heaven and
earth to witness, that I spoke not by a prophetic spirit what I said,
and what I intimated, as far as was possible, to the listening crowds;
but I learned from some who once were his associates in his works, but
have now been converted to our faith, what things he did in
secret. Therefore I spoke what I knew, not what I
foreknew.”
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