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Tess. an. c. We have drawn upon ourselves our present dishonor by preferring the destructive to the blessed delight.

Tess. an. d. For which we have received recompense in ourselves, exchanging death for eternal life.

Tess. an. e. Now therefore, Master, as you have looked upon us, look upon us unto the end; as you became man, also save us all.

Tess. an. f. For you came to save us who were lost; do not separate us from the portion of those who are saved.

Tess. an. g. Raise up our souls, and save our bodies, cleansing us all from every defilement.

Tess. an. h. Break the bonds of the passions that hold us, O you who broke the phalanxes of unclean demons.

Tess. an. i. And deliver us from their tyranny, that we may serve you alone, the eternal light.

100. Rising from the dead, and dancing with the angels the blessed and eternal and indissoluble dance. Amen.

HUNDRED IV. (1457) Of which the acrostic is this. Nevertheless, therefore, from both the principal evils, and those not properly so, but considered to be, pray

earnestly to our God, that we may be delivered. a. He who has separated his mind from friendship and flattery toward the flesh; this one by the

life-giving spirit has put to death the deeds of the body. b. Do not think you are separated from the relation to the flesh, while still among the flesh's

own things you have your mind occupied. c. Just as sensation and the objects of sense are proper to the flesh, so also to the soul are proper the

mind and its thoughts. d. Withdraw the soul from sensation and the objects of sense, and the mind is found

in God and in the intelligible realities. e. (1460) The intellectual natures are akin to the Godhead, and are apprehended by the mind alone; but sensation and

the objects of sense were created for the service of the mind. f. Let sensation and the objects of sense minister to you for spiritual contemplation, and

not conversely through sensation for the desire of the flesh. g. You were commanded to put to death the deeds of the body, so that the soul by pleasures

put to death, you might raise up by toils. h. Rule from God, and rule over sensation, and do not give authority, the

better to the worse. i. God is eternal, and infinite, and boundless, and eternal goods, and infinite, and

unspeakable has he promised to those who obey him. j. It is proper to the mind to dwell in God, and to think about him, and of his

providence, and of his awesome judgments.

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Τέσσ. ἀν. γ´. Τήν τε νῦν ἀτιμίαν ἑαυτοῖς ἐπεσπασάμεθα τῆς μακαρίας τρυφῆς τήν ὀλεθρίαν προτιμήσαντες.

Τέσσ. ἀν. δ´. Ἧς ἀντιμισθίαν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἀπελάβομεν, ζωῆς ἀϊδίου θάνατον ἀνταλλαξάμενοι.

Τέσσ. ἀν. ε´. Νῦν οὖν, ∆έσποτα, καθώς ἐπέβλεψας, καί εἰς τέλος ἐπίβλεψον· καθώς ἐνανθρώπησας, καί σῶσον πάντας ἡμᾶς.

Τέσσ. ἀν. στ´. Σῶσαι γάρ ἦλθες τούς ἀπολωλότας ἡμᾶς· μή χωρίσῃς ἡμᾶς τῆς τῶν σωζομένων μερίδος.

Τέσσ. ἀν. ζ´. Ἀνάστησον ψυχάς, καί σῶσον τά σώματα, καθαίρων πάντας ἡμᾶς ἀπό παντός μολυσμοῦ.

Τέσσ. ἀν. η´.Ῥῆξον τά θεσμά τῶν κατεχόντων ἡμᾶς παθῶν, ὁ ῥήξας τάς φάλαγγας τῶν ἀκαθάρτων δαιμόνων.

Τέσσ. ἀν. θ´. Καί ἀπάλλαξον ἡμᾶς τῆς ἐξ αὐτῶν τυραννίδος, ἵνα σοί μόνῳ λατρεύσωμεν τῷ αἰωνίῳ φωτί.

ρ´. Ἀναστάντες ἐκ νεκρῶν, καί σύν ἀγγέλοις χορεύοντες τήν μακαρίαν καί αἰωνίαν καί ἀκατάλυτον χορείαν. Ἀμήν.

ΕΚΑΤΟΝΤΑΣ ∆´. (1457) Ἧς ἡ ἀκροστιχίς ἥδε. Ὅμως οὖν καί ἐκ τῶν κυρίων κακῶν, καί τῶν μή κυρίως, νομιζομένων δέ, εὖξαι

ἐκτενῶς πρός τόν Θεόν ἡμῶν, λυτρωθῆναι ἡμᾶς. α´. Ὁ τῆς πρός τόν σάρκα φιλίας καί κολακείας τόν νοῦν ἀποχωρίσας· οὗτος τῷ

ζωτικῷ πνεύματι τάς πράξεις τοῦ σώματος ἐθανάτωσεν β´. Μή νόμιζε κεχωρίσθαι τῆς πρός τήν σάρκα σχέσεως, ἔτι ἐν τοῖς τῆς σαρκός

οἰκείοις τόν νοῦν ἔχων ἀνασχολούμενον. γ´. Ὥσπερ τῆς σαρκός ἰδία ἡ αἴσθησις, καί τά αἰσθητά, οὕτω καί τῆς ψυχῆς ἴδια ὁ

νοῦς καί τά νοήματα. δ´. Σύστειλον τήν ψυχήν ἐκ τῆς αἰσθήσεως καί τῶν αἰσθητῶν, καί εὑρίσκεται ὁ νοῦς

ἐν τῷ Θεῷ καί ἐν τοῖς νοητοῖς. ε´. (1460) Οἰκεῖον θεότητος αἱ νοεραί φύσεις, καί νῷ μόνῳ ληπταί· ἡ δέ αἴσθησις καί

τά αἰσθητά εἰς ὑπουργίαν τοῦ νοῦ ἐκτίσθη. στ´. Ὑπουργείτω σοι ἡ αἴσθησις καί τά αἰσθητά, πρός θεωρίαν τήν πνευματικήν, καί

μή σοι ἀντιστρόφως τῇ αἰσθήσει τά πρός ἐπιθυμίαν τῆς σαρκός. ζ´. Νεκρῶσαι ἐκελεύσθης τάς πράξεις τοῦ σώματος, ἵνα τήν ψυχήν ἡδοναῖς

νεκρωθεῖσαν τοῖς πόνοις ἐξαναστήσης. η´. Κυριεύου ἀπό Θεοῦ, καί κυρίευε τῆς αἰσθήσεως, καί μή δός τήν ἐξουσίαν ὁ

κρείττων τῷ χείρονι. θ´. Ἀΐδιος Θεός, καί ἀπέραντος, καί ἀόριστος, καί ἀΐδια ἀγαθά, καί ἀπέραντα, καί

ἀνεκλάλητα τοῖς αὑτῷ ὑπακούουσιν ἐπηγγείλατο. ι´. Ἴδιον τοῦ νοῦ τό ἐν τῷ Θεῷ διάγειν, καί περί αὐτοῦ διανοεῖσθαι, καί τῆς αὐτοῦ

προνοίας, καί τῶν φοβερῶν αὐτοῦ κριμάτων.