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 garments which wax old, and longest not for the eternal. Thou art proud of thy beauty which shall be destroyed, and considerest not the ugliness of the soul. Thou art rich in slaves, < but freest not thyself from slavery. > Thou art proud of the glory of the multitude, but freest not thyself from the condemnation of death."

136. When Mygdonia had spoken thus, Tertia said, "I pray thee, sister, bring me to the stranger, who teaches these great things, that I may also go and hear him and be taught to worship the God whom he preaches and take part in his prayers and in that of which thou hast spoken to me." Mygdonia says to her, "He is in the house of Sifôr the commander, who became the cause of life for all who are saved in India." Upon hearing this, Tertia went hastily to the house of Sifôr to see the new apostle which had come into the land. When she entered, Judas said to her, "What hast thou come to see? A stranger and poor and despised and beggar, who has neither riches nor possession? But one possession I have which neither a king nor a prince can take away, which is neither destroyed nor does it cease, which is Jesus, the redeemer of mankind, the Son of the living God, who gave life to all which believe on him and take their refuge to him, and who is known by the number of his servants." Says Tertia to him, "Let me have part in this life, which, as thou promisest, all shall receive which come 'to the shelter of God." And the apostle said, "The treasury of the holy King is opened,