27.  Farewell, mighty Christ-loving city.  I will testify to the truth, though thy zeal be not according to knowledge.117    Rom. x. 2.  Our separation renders us more kindly.  Approach the truth:  be converted at this late hour.  Honour God more than you have been wont to do.  It is no disgrace to change, while it is fatal to cling to evil.  Farewell, East and West, for whom and against whom I have had to fight; He is witness, Who will give you peace, if but a few would imitate my retirement.  For those who resign their thrones will not also lose God, but will have the seat on high, which is far more exalted and secure.  Last of all, and most of all, I will cry,—farewell ye Angels, guardians of this church, and of my presence and pilgrimage, since our affairs are in the hands of God.  Farewell, O Trinity, my meditation, and my glory.  Mayest Thou be preserved by those who are here, and preserve them, my people:  for they are mine, even if I have my place assigned elsewhere; and may I learn that Thou art ever extolled and glorified in word and conduct.  My children, keep, I pray you, that which is committed to your trust.118    1 Tim. vi. 20.  Remember my stonings.119    Col. iv. 18.  The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.  Amen.

ΚΖʹ. Χαῖρε, ὦ μεγαλόπολι καὶ φιλόχριστε (μαρτυρήσω γὰρ τἀληθῆ, καὶ εἰ μὴ κατ' ἐπίγνωσιν ὁ ζῆλος: πεποίηκε χρηστοτέρους ἡμᾶς ἡ διάζευξις). Πρόσιτε τῇ ἀληθείᾳ: μετασκευάζεσθε ὀψὲ γοῦν: τιμήσατε Θεὸν, πλέον τῆς συνηθείας. Οὐχ ἡ μετάθεσις τὸ αἰσχρὸν ἔχει, ἀλλ' ἡ τοῦ κακοῦ τήρησις τὴν ἀπώλειαν. Χαίροις, Ἀνατολὴ καὶ Δύσις, ὑπὲρ ὧν, καὶ ὑφ' ὧν πολεμούμεθα: μάρτυς ὁ εἰρηνεύσων ὑμᾶς, ἂν ὀλίγοι μιμήσωνται τὴν ἐμὴν ὑποχώρησιν. Οὐ γὰρ καὶ τὸν Θεὸν ἀπολοῦσιν οἱ τῶν θρόνων παραχωρήσαντες, ἀλλ' ἕξουσι τὴν ἄνω καθέδραν, ἣ πολὺ τούτων ἐστὶν ὑψηλοτέρα τε καὶ ἀσφαλεστέρα. Ἐπὶ πᾶσί τε καὶ πρὸ πάντων βοήσομαι: Χαίρετε, ἄγγελοι, τῆσδε τῆς Ἐκκλησίας ἔφοροι, καὶ τῆς ἐμῆς παρουσίας καὶ ἐκδημίας, εἴπερ ἐν χειρὶ Θεοῦ τὰ ἡμέτερα. Χαῖρέ μοι, ὦ Τριὰς, τὸ ἐμὸν μελέτημα καὶ καλλώπισμα: καὶ σώζοιο τοῖσδε, καὶ σώζοις τούσδε, τὸν ἐμὸν λαὸν (ἐμὸς γὰρ, κἂν ἄλλως οἰκονομώμεθα): καὶ ἀγγέλοιό μοι διαπαντὸς ὑψουμένη, καὶ αὐξουμένη, καὶ λόγῳ, καὶ πολιτείᾳ, Τεκνία, φυλάσσοιτέ μοι τὴν παρακαταθήκην: μέμνησθέ μου τῶν λιθασμῶν. Ἡ χάρις τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν. Ἀμήν.