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| Chapter XXVII. On the temptation of Abbot Moses.
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Chapter XXVII.
On the temptation of Abbot Moses.
But the second person
whom we mentioned as living in this desert, although he was also a
remarkable and striking man, yet, in order to punish a single word, to
which in a dispute with Abbot Macarius,1495
| 1495 On Macarius see the
note on the Institutes V. xli. |
he had given utterance somewhat too sharply, as he was anticipated in
some opinion, he was instantly delivered to so dreadful a demon that he
filled his mouth with filth1496
which he
supplied, and the Lord showed by the quickness of his cure, and the
author of his healing, that He had brought this scourge upon him to
purify him, that there might not remain in him any stain from his
momentary error: for as soon as Abbot Macarius committed himself to
prayer, quicker than a word the evil spirit fled away from him and
departed.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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