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 secret, reserving it for those, whom he deems worthy to hear it. What restest thou, who performs great deeds in the name of the Lord? For thy Lord encourages thee, by giving thee courage. Be not afraid therefore. For he will forsake no soul which according to kindred belongs to thee. Begin, therefore, to call upon him, and he shall willingly hear thee. What standest thou and admirest all his deeds and effects! For these things are small which he has shown by thee. And what wilt thou say of his great gifts? For thou shalt not be able to tell them fully. What dost thou wonder at his bodily healings, which pass, especially as thou knowest the true and lasting healing which he gives to those who belong to him? And why dost thou look at this temporal life, and thinkest not of the eternal?

79. "And to you, multitudes standing here and waiting that the prostrated women shall be raised, I say, Believe the apostle of Jesus Christ; believe the teacher of truth; believe him who shows you the truth; believe on Jesus; believe on the Messiah which was born, that the born have life through his life; who also became a child and was educated, that the perfect humanity appear through him. He taught his own teacher, because he is the teacher of truth and the wisest of the wise; he offered sacrifice also in the temple, to show that every offering is hallowed (by him). This here is his apostle, the