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Just as the tower was made as if from one stone after it had been cleansed, so also will the church of God be after it has been cleansed and the wicked and hypocrites and blasphemers and double-minded and those who practice various kinds of wickedness have been cast out. After these have been cast out, the church of God will be one body, one mind, one understanding, one faith, one love; and then the Son of God will rejoice and be glad in them, having received back His people pure. Greatly, I said, Lord, and gloriously is everything. Further, I said, Lord, show me the power and the deeds of each one of the mountains, so that every soul trusting in the Lord may hear and glorify His great and wonderful and glorious name. Listen, he said, to the variety of the mountains and of the twelve nations. From the first mountain, the black one, those who believed are of this kind: apostates and blasphemers against the Lord and betrayers of the servants of God. For these there is no repentance, but there is death, and for this reason they are also black; for their kind is lawless. And from the second mountain, the bare one, those who believed are of this kind: hypocrites and teachers of wickedness. These, therefore, are like the former, having no fruit of righteousness. For as their mountain is fruitless, so also such men have a name, but are empty of faith, and there is no fruit of truth in them. For these, therefore, repentance is available, if they repent quickly; but if they delay, their death will be with the former ones. Why, I said, Lord, is there repentance for these, but not for the first? For their deeds are nearly the same. For this reason, he said, repentance is available for these, because they did not blaspheme their Lord, nor did they become betrayers of the servants of God; but because of the desire for gain they acted hypocritically, and each one taught according to the desires of sinful men. But they will pay a certain penalty; yet repentance is available for them because they did not become blasphemers nor betrayers. And from the third mountain, the one having thorns and thistles, those who believed are of this kind: some of them are rich, and others are entangled in many business affairs. The thistles are the rich, and the thorns are those entangled in various business affairs. These, therefore, who are entangled in many and various business affairs, do not cleave to the servants of God, but are led astray, being choked by their deeds; and the rich with difficulty cleave to the servants of God, fearing that they might be asked for something by them. Such men, therefore, will enter with difficulty into the kingdom of God. For just as it is difficult to walk among thistles with bare feet, so also is it difficult for such men to enter into the kingdom of God. But for all these there is repentance, and a speedy one, so that what they did not accomplish in former times, they may now run back to in their days and do something good. If, therefore, they repent and do something good, they will live to God; but if they persist in their deeds, they will be handed over to those women, who will put them to death. And from the fourth mountain, which has much vegetation, the tops of the plants being green, but the parts near the roots withered, and some also being dried up by the sun, those who believed are of this kind: some are double-minded, and others have the Lord on their lips, but not in their heart. For this reason their foundations are withered and without power, and their words

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ὥσπερ καὶ ὁ πύργος ἐγένετο ὡς ἐξ ἑνὸς λίθου γεγονὼς μετὰ τὸ καθαρισθῆναι αὐτόν, οὕτως ἔσται καὶ ἡ ἐκκλησία τοῦ θεοῦ μετὰ τὸ καθαρισθῆναι αὐτὴν καὶ ἀποβληθῆναι τοὺς πονηροὺς καὶ ὑποκριτὰς καὶ βλασφήμους καὶ διψύ χους καὶ πονηρευομένους ποικίλαις πονηρίαις. μετὰ τὸ τούτους ἀπο βληθῆναι ἔσται ἡ ἐκκλησία τοῦ θεοῦ ἓν σῶμα, μία φρόνησις, εἷς νοῦς, μία πίστις, μία ἀγάπη· καὶ τότε ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἀγαλλιάσεται καὶ εὐφραν θήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖς ἀπειληφὼς τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ καθαρόν. Μεγάλως, φημί, κύριε, καὶ ἐνδόξως πάντα ἔχει. Ἔτι, φημί, κύριε, τῶν ὀρέων ἑνὸς ἑκάστου δήλωσόν μοι τὴν δύναμιν καὶ τὰς πράξεις, ἵνα πᾶσα ψυχὴ πεποιθυῖα ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον ἀκούσασα δοξάσῃ τὸ μέγα καὶ θαυμαστὸν καὶ ἔνδοξον ὄνομα αὐτοῦ. Ἄκουε, φησί, τῶν ὀρέων τὴν ποικιλίαν καὶ τῶν δώδεκα ἐθνῶν. Ἐκ τοῦ πρώτου ὄρους τοῦ μέλανος οἱ πιστεύσαντες τοιοῦτοί εἰσιν· ἀπο στάται καὶ βλάσφημοι εἰς τὸν κύριον καὶ προδόται τῶν δούλων τοῦ θεοῦ. τούτοις δὲ μετάνοια οὐκ ἔστι, θάνατος δὲ ἔστι, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο καὶ μέλανές εἰσι· καὶ γὰρ τὸ γένος αὐτῶν ἄνομόν ἐστιν. ἐκ δὲ τοῦ δευτέρου ὄρους τοῦ ψιλοῦ οἱ πιστεύσαντες τοιοῦτοί εἰσιν· ὑποκριταὶ καὶ διδάσκαλοι πονηρίας. καὶ οὗτοι οὖν τοῖς προτέροις ὅμοιοί εἰσι, μὴ ἔχοντες καρπὸν δικαιοσύνης· ὡς γὰρ τὸ ὄρος αὐτῶν ἄκαρπον, οὕτω καὶ οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ τοιοῦτοι ὄνομα μὲν ἔχουσιν, ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς πίστεως κενοί εἰσι καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐν αὐτοῖς καρπὸς ἀληθείας. τούτοις οὖν μετάνοια κεῖται, ἐὰν ταχὺ μετανοήσωσιν· ἐὰν δὲ βραδύνωσι, μετὰ τῶν προτέρων ἔσται ὁ θάνατος αὐτῶν. ∆ιατί, φημί, κύριε, τούτοις μετάνοιά ἐστι, τοῖς δὲ πρώτοις οὐκ ἔστι; παρά τι γὰρ αἱ αὐταὶ αἱ πράξεις αὐτῶν εἰσι. ∆ιὰ τοῦτο, φησί, τούτοις μετάνοια κεῖται, ὅτι οὐκ ἐβλασφή μησαν τὸν κύριον αὐτῶν οὐδὲ ἐγένοντο προδόται τῶν δούλων τοῦ θεοῦ· διὰ δὲ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν τοῦ λήμματος ὑπεκρίθησαν καὶ ἐδίδαξεν ἕκαστος κατὰ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας τῶν ἀνθρώπων τῶν ἁμαρτανόντων. ἀλλὰ τίσουσι δίκην τινά· κεῖται δὲ αὐτοῖς μετάνοια διὰ τὸ μὴ γενέσθαι αὐτοὺς βλασφή μους μηδὲ προδότας. Ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ τρίτου τοῦ ἔχοντος ἀκάνθας καὶ τριβόλους οἱ πιστεύ σαντες τοιοῦτοί εἰσιν· ἐξ αὐτῶν οἱ μὲν πλούσιοι, οἱ δὲ πραγματείαις πολ λαῖς ἐμπεφυρμένοι. οἱ μὲν τρίβολοί εἰσιν οἱ πλούσιοι, αἱ δὲ ἄκανθαι οἱ ἐν ταῖς πραγματείαις ταῖς ποικίλαις ἐμπεφυρμένοι. οὗτοι οὖν, οἱ ἐν πολλαῖς καὶ ποικίλαις πραγματείαις ἐμπεφυρμένοι, οὐ κολλῶνται τοῖς δούλοις τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀλλ' ἀποπλανῶνται πνιγόμενοι ὑπὸ τῶν πράξεων αὐτῶν· οἱ δὲ πλούσιοι δυσκόλως. κολλῶνται τοῖς δούλοις τοῦ θεοῦ, φοβούμενοι μή τι αἰτισθῶσιν ὑπ' αὐτῶν· οἱ τοιοῦτοι οὖν δυσκόλως εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ. ὥσπερ γὰρ ἐν τριβόλοις γυμνοῖς ποσὶ περιπατεῖν δύσκολόν ἐστιν, οὕτω καὶ τοῖς τοιούτοις δύσκολόν ἐστιν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ εἰσελ θεῖν. ἀλλὰ τούτοις πᾶσι μετάνοιά ἐστι, ταχινὴ δέ, ἵν' ὃ τοῖς προτέροις χρόνοις οὐκ εἰργάσαντο, νῦν ἀναδράμωσιν ταῖς ἡμέραις καὶ ἀγαθόν τι ποιή σωσιν. ἐὰν οὖν μετανοήσωσι καὶ ἀγαθόν τι ποιήσωσι, ζήσονται τῷ θεῷ· ἐὰν δὲ ἐπιμείνωσι ταῖς πράξεσιν αὐτῶν, παραδοθήσονται ταῖς γυναιξὶν ἐκείναις, αἵτινες αὐτοὺς θανατώσουσιν. Ἐκ δὲ τοῦ τετάρτου ὄρους τοῦ ἔχοντος βοτάνας πολλάς, τὰ μὲν ἐπάνω τῶν βοτανῶν χλωρά, τὰ δὲ πρὸς ταῖς ·ίζαις ξηρά, τινὲς δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου ξηραινόμεναι, οἱ πιστεύσαντες τοιοῦτοί εἰσιν· οἱ μὲν δίψυχοι, οἱ δὲ τὸν κύριον ἔχοντες ἐπὶ τὰ χείλη, ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν δὲ μὴ ἔχοντες. διὰ τοῦτο τὰ θεμέλια αὐτῶν ξηρά ἐστι καὶ δύναμιν μὴ ἔχοντα, καὶ τὰ ·»ματα αὐτῶν