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204 than shuddering at the thought of the parricide he was committing, he changed sides, and suddenly attacked the troops of the Persian monarch, and put them to flight. After this, of course, the compact was made void; and the son, returning to his father, meekly sought forgiveness, and obtained it. Thus, peace being established, he was again constituted his father's heir.

My beloved, the two kings are God and the devil. The son is the human soul, which Christ (who is God), by the effusion of his blood, redeemed.