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 go; to him I hasten, who also having made thee known to me, when he said to me:  Let not that fearful man terrify thee! Let him not think to have power over thee, who art mine! For he is thine enemy.  Therefore I knew thee fully through him, who has turned toward me. I leave thee. For I and my kinsmen depart to our own, allowing thee to be what thou art, and what thou dost not know about thyself."

24. (p. 31). When, therefore, he attempted to come near to the tree of the cross, so as to release the blessed Andrew, with all the city applauding him, the holy Andrew said with a loud voice, "Do not suffer, Andrew, bound upon thy cross, to be released, O Lord! Do not give me who am in thy mystery to the shameless devil! O Jesus Christ, let not thine adversary release me, who has been hanged by thy favor! O Father, him who has known thy (p. 32) greatness, let this insignificant man no longer humble! Thou, whom I know, whom I have, whom I love, to whom I belong, receive me, O Lord, that through my departure to thee there may be access to thee of many kindred, (p. 33) when they rest in thy glory!"  (p. 34) with thanksgiving.

25. After the decease of the most blessed Andrew <