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§ 1. " I declare unto you glad tidings: if the thief entered into paradise, how can he who truly believes on the Son be prevented from entering therein?" From the Warda, on "our father Adam."

§ 2. "Two thieves were crucified with Him who is the heavenly treasure: the one on the right hand would not give up thievingj and in his last theft he stole the paradise of Eden when he cried out and besought, saying: 'Remember me, O my, who forgivest sins,—remember me when Thou comest in Thy kingdom with great glory, with all the holy angels, since I confess that Thou art . From the service appointed in the Khudhra for Easter Eve.

§ 3. "Bear in mind, thou prudent one, how that man was raised from frailty, and how through faith in he has become an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven which passeth not away." From the Khamees, "on Repentance."

§ 4. "None can stand at Thy door and return away empty but he who is without faith. By faith Zaccheus welcomed Thee into his house, and by faith the thief received from Thee the keys of the kingdom. And behold Thy Church now standeth at Thy door and supplicates Thee day and night; accept her, O, for to Thee she lifteth up her voice, and be