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For what reason, then, did He form Adam outside of paradise, and having formed him outside, place him in paradise, but in paradise create Eve from his rib? Why then did He not also form the woman outside of paradise, and then in this way move her into paradise? so that she might not learn to wander outside of her own house, and might cling to her own home. For if she was formed even in paradise and did not persevere, but both cast herself out and estranged Adam, what was she going to do if she had been formed outside of paradise? From this, worthless women learned to go about from house to house. Reproaching them, the blessed Paul said: At the same time they also learn passions, wandering about from house to house. Job's wife was a disciple of these things; for she said to her own husband: I have become a wanderer and a servant, going about from place to place, and from house to house. Well did she say 'wanderer'; for she had the deceiver in herself. But let no one, I beseech you, henceforth revile Eve. For the holy Theotokos and Virgin has wiped away her reproach. For although she acted disorderly and became a companion to the serpent; yet through childbearing she put away the pain of her iniquity, as the Apostle also recalled, saying: The woman, being deceived, was in the transgression, but she will be saved through childbearing. What childbearing? From Adam himself the children who were born, and from them those after them, then the patriarchs, the prophets, David, and according to the flesh the Lord Christ, who both put grief to flight and awarded grace. What is a beautiful woman? A whitewashed tomb, if she is not chaste. For beauty is both withered by sickness and cut off by death. Prostitute women, taking the initiative, call free women prostitutes, so that the latter may have nothing with which to insult them in return.

TITLE III. -Concerning gluttony and satiety; that gluttony death

causes. Esau sold his birthright to Jacob, Jacob gave Esau bread and a pottage of lentils; and he ate, and drank, and rose up, and went his way, and Esau despised his birthright. The people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Go, get thee down quickly from hence. For thy people, whom I brought out of Egypt, have transgressed, and have made a molten calf. The power of Satan is in the navel of the belly. Be not greedy at a table, lest you stumble. 95.1333 A soul that is full scorns honeycombs; but to a hungry soul, even small things seem sweet. He who is wasteful from a child, will be a servant. In the womb he supplanted his brother, Jacob. Woe to them that rise up early in the morning, and follow strong drink, who stay late! For wine shall burn them up. All who drink the wine will be ashamed. They have erred through strong drink, priest and prophet; they are out of the way through wine. All they that rejoice in soul do sigh. The Lord called on that day for weeping and for mourning, for baldness and for girding with sackcloth; but they themselves made gladness, slaying calves and sacrificing sheep, saying, Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die. They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet have embraced dunghills. Go not after your lusts, and refrain yourself from your appetites. If you grant your soul the pleasure of desire, you will make it a joy to your enemies. Do not rejoice in much luxury. A colic with a greedy man. Let not the appetite of the belly, nor sexual intercourse, take hold of me. Be not insatiable in any luxury. For in many foods there will be sickness. A man looking at another's table, his life is not in the reckoning of life. Woe to you who are full, for you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh, for you shall mourn and weep. Take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and suddenly

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Τίνος οὖν ἕνεκεν, τὸν μὲν Ἀδὰμ ἔξω τοῦ παραδείσου ἔπλασε, καὶ ἔξω πλάσας εἰς τὸν παράδεισον ἔθετο, ἐν δὲ τῷ παραδείσῳ ἐκ τῆς πλευρᾶς αὐτοῦ τὴν Εὔαν ἐδημιούργησε; ∆ιὰ τί οὖν μὴ καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα ἔπλασεν ἔξω τοῦ παραδείσου, καὶ εἶθ' οὕτως αὐτὴν εἰς τὸν παράδεισον μετῴκισεν; ἵνα μὴ μάθῃ ἔξω τοῦ ἑαυτῆς οἴκου ῥέμβεσθαι, καὶ τοῦ ἰδίου οἴκου ἀντέχεσθαι. Εἰ γὰρ καὶ ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ διεπλάσθη, καὶ οὐκ ἐκαρτέρησεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἑαυτὴν ἐξέωσε, καὶ τὸν Ἀδὰμ ἠλλοτρίωσε, τί ἔμελλε πράττειν, εἰ ἔξω τοῦ παραδείσου διεπλάσθη; Ἐκ ταύτης ἔμαθον αἱ φαῦλαι γυναῖκες οἰκίαν ἐξ οἰκίας περιέρχεσθαι. Ἃς ὀνειδίζων ὁ μακάριος Παῦλος ἔλεγεν· Ἅμα δὲ καὶ ὀργαὶ μανθάνουσι, περιερχόμεναι τὰς οἰκίας. Ταῦτα ἐμαθήτευσεν ἡ γυνὴ τοῦ Ἰώβ· ἔλεγε γὰρ πρὸς τὸν ἴδιον ἄνδρα· Ἐγὼ πλανῆτις καὶ λάτρις τυγχάνουσα, τόπον ἐκ τόπου περιερχομένη, καὶ οἰκίαν ἐξ οἰκίας. Καλῶς εἶπε πλανῆτις· τὸν γὰρ πλάνον εἶχεν ἐν ἑαυτῇ. Ἀλλὰ μηδεὶς, παρακαλῶ, τοῦ λοιποῦ λοιδορείτω τὴν Εὔαν. Ἡ γὰρ ἁγία Θεοτόκος Παρθένος τὴν ὕβριν αὐτῆς ἀπεγράψατο. Εἰ γὰρ καὶ ἀτακτήσασα συνόμιλος τῷ ὄφει γέγονεν· ἀλλ' ὅμως διὰ τῆς τεκνογονίας τὸ ἄλγος τῆς ἀνομίας ἀπέθετο, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Ἀπόστολος ἐμνημόνευσε λέγων· Ἡ γυνὴ ἀπατηθεῖσα ἐν παραβάσει γέγονεν, σωθήσεται δὲ διὰ τῆς τεκνογονίας. Ποιάς; ἐκ μὲν αὐτοῦ τοῦ Ἀδὰμ οἱ γεννηθέντες παῖδες, ἀπ' αὐτῶν δὲ οἱ μετ' ἐκείνους, εἶτα οἱ πατριάρχαι, οἱ προφῆται, ∆αβὶδ, καὶ τὸ κατὰ σάρκα ὁ ∆εσπότης Χριστὸς, ὁ καὶ τὴν λύπην φυγαδεύσας, καὶ τὴν χάριν βραβεύσας. Τί ἐστιν εὔμορφος γυνή; τάφος κεκονιαμένος, ἐὰν μὴ σωφρονῇ. Τὸ γὰρ κάλλος, καὶ νόσῳ μαραίνεται, καὶ θανάτῳ διακόπτεται. Αἱ γυναῖκες αἱ πόρναι, προλαμβάνουσαι καὶ τὰς ἐλευθέρας καλοῦσι πόρνας, ἵνα μὴ ἔχωσιν ἐκεῖναί τι ἀνθυβρίσαι.

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προξενεῖ. Ἀπέδοτο Ἡσαῦ τὰ πρωτοτοκία τῷ Ἰακὼβ,Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἔδωκε τῷ Ἡσαῦ ἄρτον

καὶ ἕψημα φακοῦ· καὶ ἔφαγε, καὶ ἔπιε, καὶ ἀναστὰς ᾤχετο, καὶ ἐφαύλισεν Ἡσαῦ τὰ πρωτοτόκια. Ἐκάθισεν ὁ λαὸς φαγεῖν καὶ πιεῖν, καὶ ἀνέστησε παίζειν. Καὶ ἐλάλησεν ὁ Κύριος πρὸς Μωσῆν λέγων· Βάδιζε, καὶ κατάβηθι τὸ τάχος ἐντεῦθεν. Ἠνόμησε γὰρ ὁ λαός σου, οὓς ἐξήγαγον ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἐποίησαν μόσχον χωνευτόν. Ἡ δύναμις τοῦ Σατανᾶ ἐπ' ὀμφάλου γαστρός. Μὴ ἀπληστεύου ἐπὶ τραπέζης, μήποτε προσκόψῃς. 95.1333 Ψυχὴ ἐν πλησμονῇ οὖσα, κηρίοις ἐμπαίζει· ψυχῇ δὲ ἐνδεεῖ, καὶ τὰ μικρὰ γλυκέα φαίνεται. Ὃς κατασπαταλᾷ ἐκ παιδὸς, οἰκέτης ἔσται. Ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ ἐπτέρνισε τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, Ἰακώβ. Οὐαὶ οἱ ἐγειρόμενοι τῷ πρωῒ, καὶ τὸ σίκερα διώκοντες, οἱ μένοντες τὸ ὀψέ! Ὁ γὰρ οἶνος αὐτοὺς συγκαύσει. Πάντες οἱ τὸν οἶνον πίνοντες, αἰσχυνθήσονται. Ἐπλανήθησαν διὰ τὸ σίκερα, ἱερεὺς καὶ προφήτης· ἐξέστησαν διὰ τὸν οἶνον. Στενάζουσι πάντες οἱ εὐφραινόμενοι τὴν ψυχήν. Ἐκάλεσε Κύριος ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ κλαυθμὸν καὶ κοπετὸν, ξύρησιν καὶ ζῶσιν σάκκων· αὐτοὶ δὲ ἐποιήσαντο εὐφροσύνην, ἐπισφάζοντες μόσχους, καὶ θύοντες πρόβατα, λέγοντες, Φάγωμεν καὶ πίωμεν· αὔριον γὰρ ἀποθνήσκομεν. Οἱ ἐσθίοντες τὰς τρυφὰς, ἠφανίσθησαν ἐν ταῖς ἐξόδοις· οἱ τιθηνούμενοι ἐπὶ κόκκον, περιεβάλλοντο κοπρίαν. Ὀπίσω τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν σου μὴ πορεύου, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ὀρέξεών σου κωλύου. Ἐὰν χορηγήσῃς τῇ ψυχῇ σου εὐδοκίαν ἐπιθυμίας, ποιήσεις ἐπίχαρμα ἐχθρῶν σου. Μὴ εὐφραίνου ἐπὶ πολλῇ τρυφῇ. Στρόφος μετὰ ἀνδρὸς ἀπλήστου. Κοιλίας ὄρεξις, καὶ συνουσιασμὸς, μή με καταλαβέτωσαν. Μὴ ἀπληστεύου ἐν πάσῃ τρυφῇ. Ἐν πολλοῖς γὰρ βρώμασιν ἔσται νόσος. Ἀνὴρ βλέπων εἰς τράπεζαν ἀλλοτρίαν, οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῦ ὁ βίος ἐν λογισμῷ ζωῆς. Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, οἱ ἐμπεπλησμένοι, ὅτι πεινάσετε. Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, οἱ γελῶντες, ὅτι πενθήσετε καὶ κλαύσετε. Προσέχετε ἑαυτοῖς, μήποτε ὑμῶν βαρυνθῶσιν αἱ καρδίαι ἐν κραιπάλῃ καὶ μέθῃ, μερίμναις βιωτικαῖς, καὶ αἰφνιδίως