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the Holy Spirit as your anointer, who anoints you with myrrh from the mystical horn of Samuel. Do not fear thirst either; for you have upon you the water of the repose of baptism through the gourd, so that it, coming forth for you, that is, through the preaching of Jonah, may restore you. Turn aside the chariot of his tyranny; cast him into the pit which he has made; cast him into the deep there. Cry out in the words of the Psalm, Out of the depths I have cried to you, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice. Cast him into the deep, bowing him down completely from his perdition. Lift up holy hands on high to the king, receiving the prize of the palm branches like the children, and waving them, worship him, because Bel has fallen, Dagon is shattered. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

By this victory you will be able to open paradise also, like a public bath, where there are four rivers, much water, as in a bath, in a place of green pasture, so that you too may say at the right time: In a place of green pasture, there he has made me dwell; he has nourished me by the water of rest. and glorying in all these things you may say, I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, in Christ Jesus our Lord, to whom be glory for ever and ever, Amen.

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ἀλείπτην τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, τὸν τοῦ Σαμουῆλος μυστικῷ κέρατι χρίοντά σε τῷ μύρῳ. Μηδὲ τὸ δίψος φοβηθῇς· ἔχεις γὰρ τὸ ὕδωρ ἐπὶ σὲ τῆς ἀναπαύσεως τοῦ βαπτίσματος διὰ τῆς κολοκύνθης, ἵνα προερχόμενόν σοι, τουτέστι, διὰ τῆς κηρυκείας τοῦ Ἰωνᾶ, ἀναλάβῃ σε. Στρέψον τὸ ἅρμα τῆς τυραννίδος αὐτοῦ· βάλε αὐτὸν εἰς βόθρον, ὃν εἰργάσατο· βάλε αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν βαθεῖαν ἐκεῖ. Ψαλμικῶς ἀναβόησον, Ἐκ βαθέων ἐκέκραξά σοι, Κύριε· Κύριε, εἰσάκουσον τῆς φωνῆς μου. Βάλε αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν βαθεῖαν, κατακάμψας μονώτατος ἐκ τῆς ἀπωλείας αὐτοῦ. Ἆρον εἰς ὕψος ὁσίους χεῖρας πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, λαβὼν βραβεῖον τῶν φοινίκων κατὰ τοὺς παῖδας, καὶ σείσας προσκύνησον αὐτῷ, ὅτι Ἔπεσε Βὴλ, συνετρίβη ∆αγών. Χάρις δὲ τῷ Θεῷ τῷ διδόντι ἡμῖν τὸ νῖκος διὰ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν τοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.

Ταύτῃ τῇ νίκῃ καὶ τὸν παράδεισον οἷα λοῦτρον πάνδημον ἀνοῖξαι δυνηθήσῃ, ἔνθα ποταμοὶ τέσσαρες, ὕδωρ πολὺ, ὡς ἐν λούτρῳ, ἐν τόπῳ χλόης, ὅπως καὶ σὺ εὐκαίρως λέγῃς· Εἰς τόπον χλόης ἐκεῖ με κατεσκήνωσεν, ἐφ' ὕδατος ἀναπαύσεως ἐξέθρεψέ με· καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσι τούτοις καυχώμενος λέγῃς, Τὸν καλὸν ἀγῶνα ἠγώνισμαι, τὸν δρόμον τετέλεκα, τὴν πίστιν τετήρηκα· λοιπὸν ἀπόκειταί μοι ὁ τῆς δικαιοσύνης στέφανος, ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν, ᾧ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, Ἀμήν.