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brother, of the deceived one! For this time is for works, but the future for crowns; (122) here you receive the pledges, said the Master, here accept the seal. From here light the lamp of your soul, before it grows dark, before the gates of labor are closed. If you are prudent, here I become for you both a pearl and am bought; here I am for you both wheat and like a grain of mustard; here I become for you leaven and I leaven your dough; here I am for you like water, and I become a sweetening fire; here I become for you clothing and all food and drink, if you wish. The Master says these things. If therefore you know me to be such from the things here, you will have me there ineffably becoming all things for you; but if you depart ignorant of the energies of my grace, you will find me there only an unsympathetic judge. O my Christ and my God, do not condemn me then, (123) nor subject to judgment one who has sinned much against you, but receive me as one of your least hired servants and deem me worthy from here to serve you, my Savior, and to receive your Divine Spirit, the pledge of the kingdom, and from there to enjoy

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ἀδελφέ, ἠπατημένης! Ὁ γάρ χρόνος οὗτος ἔργων, ὁ δέ μέλλων τῶν στεφάνων˙ (122) ὧδε σύ τούς ἀρραβῶνας λαβε, εἶπεν ὁ ∆εσπότης, ὧδε δέξαι τήν σφραγίδα. Ἀπ᾿ ἐντεῦθεν τήν λαμπάδα ἄναψον τήν τῆς ψυχῆς σου, πρίν σκοτάσῃ, πρίν κλεισθῶσιν αἱ τῆς ἐργασίας πύλαι. Εἴπερ φρόνιμος ὑπάρχεις, ὧδέ σοι καί μαργαρίτης γίνομαι καί ἐξωνοῦμαι, ὧδέ σοι καί σῖτος πέλω καί σινάπεως ὡς κόκκος, ὧδε γίνομαί σοι ζύμη καί ζυμῶ τό φύραμά σου, ὧδε σοι ὡς ὕδωρ πέλω, γίνομαι καί πῦρ γλυκάζον˙ ὧδε καί ἱμάτιόν σοι καί τροφή καί πόσις πᾶσα, ἐάν βούλει, γίνομαί σοι. Ὁ ∆εσπότης ταῦτα λέγει. Εἰ οὖν οὕτως ἐκ τῶν ὧδε καί τοιοῦτόν με γνωρίσεις, ἕξεις με κἀκεῖ ἀρρήτως ἅπαντα γινόμενόν σοι˙ εἰ δ᾿ ἀπέλθῃς ἀγνοῶν μου χάριτος τάς ἐνεργείας, μόνον με κριτήν ἐκεῖσε ἀσυμπάθητον εὑρήσεις. Ὦ Χριστέ μου καί Θεέ μου, μή με κατακρίνῃς τότε, (123) μηδέ δίκῃ ὑποβάλῃς τόν πολλά σοι ἐπταικότα, ἀλλά δέξαι με ὡς ἕνα τῶν ἐσχάτων σου μισθίων καί ἀξίωσον ἐντεῦθεν θεραπεῦσαί σε, Σωτῆρ μου, καί λαβεῖν σου Πνεῦμα Θεῖον, ἀραββώνα βασιλείας καί ἐκεῖθεν ἀπολαῦσαι