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Chapter IV.—Conduct of
the Holy Man Where There are Women Only.
But if we chance to come into a place where there
are no Christian men, but all the believers are women and
maidens,448
| 448 Lit.
“all of them are believing women and maidens.” | and they press
us to pass the night there in that place, we call them all together to
some suitable place,449
| 449 Lit.
“some place on the right side.” The Syrian translator
has probably mistaken the meaning of εἰς ἕνα
τόπον
δεξιόν, where δεξιόν may be
compared with dexter in Hor., Sat., ii. 1,
18.—Beelen. | and ask them how
they do; and according to that which we learn from them, and what we
see to be their state of mind, we address them in a suitable manner, as
men fearing God. And when they have all assembled and come
together, and we see that they are in peace,450
| 450 Probably meaning,
“when we have inquired of their welfare.” |
we address to them words of exhortation in the fear of God, and read
the Scripture to them, with purity and in the concise451
and weighty words of the fear of God. We do everything as for
their edification. And as to those who are married, we speak to
them in the Lord in a manner suited to them. And if, moreover,
the day decline and the eventide draw on, we select, in order to pass
the night there, a woman who is aged and the most exemplary452
of them all; and we speak to her to give us
a place all to ourselves, where no woman enters, nor maiden. And
this old woman herself will bring us a lamp, and whatever is requisite
for us she will herself bring us. From love to the brethren, she
will bring whatever is requisite for the service of stranger
brethren. And she herself, when the time for sleep is come, will
depart and go to her house in peace.
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