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Chapter
XXXII.—Invitation.
“Wherefore begin now with better
understanding to resist yourselves in those things which you do not
rightly desire;742
| 742 [To chaps. 32, 33, a
close parallel is found in Homily IX. 19–21.—R.] | if so be that you
can in any way repair and restore in yourselves that purity of religion
and innocence of life which at first were bestowed upon man by God,
that thereby also the hope of immortal blessings may be restored to
you. And give thanks to the bountiful Father of all, by Him whom
He has constituted King of peace, and the treasury of unspeakable
honours, that even at the present time your sins may be washed away
with the water of the fountain, or river, or even sea: the
threefold name of blessedness being called over you, that by it not
only evil spirits may be driven out, if any dwell in you, but also
that, when you have forsaken your sins, and have with entire faith and
entire purity of mind believed in God, you may drive out wicked spirits
and demons from others also, and may be able to set others free from sufferings and
sicknesses. For the demons themselves know and acknowledge those
who have given themselves up to God, and sometimes they are driven out
by the mere presence of such, as you saw a little while ago, how, when
we had only addressed to you the word of salutation, straightway the
demons, on account of their respect for our religion, began to cry out,
and could not bear our presence even for a little.
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