XXIII.
Above all, moreover, he will love the nation of
the Jews. And with all these he will work signs and terrible
wonders, false wonders and not true, in order to deceive his impious
equals. For if it were possible, he would seduce even the
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from the
love of
Christ. But in his first steps he will be
gentle, loveable,
quiet, pious, pacific, hating
injustice, detesting
gifts, not allowing
idolatry;
loving, says he, the Scriptures, reverencing
priests,
honouring his
elders, repudiating
fornication, detesting
adultery,
giving no heed to slanders, not admitting oaths,
kind to
strangers,
kind to the
poor,
compassionate. And then he will
work wonders,
cleansing
lepers, raising paralytics, expelling
demons, proclaiming
things remote just as things present, raising the dead, helping
widows,
defending orphans,
loving all, reconciling in
love men who
contend, and
saying to such, “Let not the sun go down upon your
wrath;”
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and he will not
acquire
gold, nor love silver, nor seek riches.
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