Guide to Evagrius Ponticus

Paris. Gr. 923, fol. 290r

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exact

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confirmed by grasping the exact demonstration of objects.

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true virtue is the exact face of the soul

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He calls all the exact comprehension of the purposes

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144

and the just penalty exacted for them in the

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exactly

2.35 S1

by touching it receives exactly the certainty that is

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holy David we have exactly learned what the ‘place

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exalt

Gn.

from the young the exalted logoi concerning judgement, for

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2.60 S2

of those who are exalted is the incorporeal and

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come, to be more exalted than he.

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Monks

130.2

so those who exalt their words are humbled

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131.1

wisdom of the Lord exalts the heart;

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135.2

of providence and judgment exalt it.

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of their intellect that exalts itself against the knowledge

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exaltation

1.28 S2

psalmody the second, and exaltation the third.

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examination

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knowledge can undertake an examination of them.

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This examination of the passages before

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examine

Prak

of his cell to examine the sun to see

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Gn.

it is necessary to examine whether it treats [1a

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it is necessary to examine as far as possible

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5.76 S2

Knowing Natures examine objects, and the knowledge

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6.58 S2

be - you, too, [should] examine [this].

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6.73 S2

image of God. But examine whether this is the

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Ep fid

Now let us examine, and to the best

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on account of sin, examine how far you have

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example

Ep fid

passage offers us the example of the diligent worker

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exasperate

Monks

15.1

If your brother exasperates you,

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excel

1.69 S2

One who excels in knowledge has one

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him, while one who excels in ignorance has none

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Just as sight excels all the other senses

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excellent

Prak

and does what [this] excellent condition suggests.

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1.86 S1

Love is the excellent state of the reasonable

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Love is the excellent state of the reasoning

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to knowledge approaches the excellent change of bodies; but

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Christ, when by an excellent change we will rise

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it] attain to the excellent change; but those which

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passage) of a an excellent or evil quality to

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evil quality to an excellent or evil change. (1Cor

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have joined some with excellent bodies, and others with

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On Prayer

pref.2

very jealous of your excellent purpose. For your do

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able to impede his excellent course and his departure

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anger, [thus] ruining the excellent state that, through prayer

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except

3.87 S2

first contemplation of natures, except their wickedness. (N.B

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4.87 S2

with an underlying object, except for the Blessed Trinity

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contemplations is the same except contemplation of the stars

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is followed by pleasure except the [tempting-]thought of

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Ep fid

Holy Ghost, but to except the unreal gods falsely

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power.” Here He implicitly excepts Himself. So much for

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excess

5.62 S1

whether missing or in excess; it is in fact

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excise

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you do not [thus] excise your own prayer.

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excite

1.53 S1

and beasts those which excite epithumia

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exclude

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us, when we utterly exclude it from that blessed

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their proper matter, to exclude mind alone from its

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exclusively

Prak

from the soul belongs exclusively to him who united

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excuse

Prak

thumikon) seizes on some excuse and gets disturbed, then

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order to cut out excuses for anger (thumos) I

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exemption

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Do not demand exemption from poverty and afflictions

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exercise (n.)

Gn.

careful meditation and diligent exercise; however the [knowledge] that

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exercise (v.)

Prak

of the Holy Trinity exercised according to the capacity

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same way, the mind, exercising its own proper activity

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Gn.

"Exercise yourself continuously in the

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1.11 S2

or to opposites, will exercise their reign over worlds

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Sent alph I

Exercise justice more in deed

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exert

2.74 S2

fed and which have exerted a blissful royalty?

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Exert your nous to stand

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exhort

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their minstrations; again they exhort the weak to fast

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Gn.

Exhort the elders to mastery

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exhortations

Exhortations to Monks

title

Exhortations to Monks

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exist

Prak

an indwelling good which exists naturally even in those

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intellect either as [really] existing { when it does not

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not exist, as not existing when it does exist

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when it does not exist, as not existing when

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existing when it does exist, or as existing } in

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does exist, or as existing } in some manner which

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All that exists is either susceptible to

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that it did not exist and it was made

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1.39 S2

no power to cease existing, we do not have

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when evil did not exist, and there will be

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when virtue did not exist, and there will never

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1.40 S1

it will no longer exist; but there was never

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1.40 S2

when it no longer exists; but there was never

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1.40 S1

when it will not exist. Indestructible, in effect, are

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when it does not exist: for the seeds of

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is in all that exists by his manifold wisdom

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its nature made to exist in bodies.

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1.48 S1

in the bodies similarly exist in those which have

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Everything that exists, exists for the knowledge

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the abyss; but there exist [beings] even more cruel

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1.63 S2

Whether the logikoi exist always or do not

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1.63 S2

always or do not exist depends on the will

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made so as to exist in corporeal nature.

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All beings exist for the knowledge of

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God, but everything that exists for another is less

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that for which it exists. Because of this, the

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made in order to exist and to know: and

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contemplation of things which exist?

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night would no longer exist on the face of

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ignorance will no longer exist among the logikoi. Ignorance

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cannot make anything to exist, or he who is

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existence

Gn.

which have come into existence; the second is not

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that which has no existence. (3) The reception of the

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is a bringing into existence of the heavens; and

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pref.2

texts] that came into existence through hands, ink, and

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existent

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the non-existent into the existent and which can be

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exit

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understand with discernment their exits and their regions.

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exodus

Prak

or achieve the good exodus and enter the place

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so by the sensible exodus of the sons of

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has shown us the exodus out of vice and

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expect

Prak

an actual or an expected pleasure. So long as

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within themselves, and then expect to pray, are like

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Having prayed properly, expect what is improper; and

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expel

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those who are not expelled in one stroke is

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if not, to quickly expel the deception from you

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experience (n.)

Gn.

the cause of the experience. Now experience is the

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of the experience. Now experience is the offspring of

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we learn them by experience, so all that we

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demonstration of them by experience.

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experience (v.)

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teacher, who was very experienced in the ascetical life

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any monk wishes to experience of the savage demons

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1.38 S2

during sleep that we experience the proof. In the

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of him: we will experience the proof of them

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expert

5.51 S2

by those who are expert in these things. And

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explain

Prak

pref.1

Anatolius, demanding that I explain to you the symbolic

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and asked him to explain it to me. He

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as well as to explain in part doctrines concerning

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time on Jonas’ boat, explaining every part of its

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things known; and clearly explaining still others for the

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best of our ability explain, the meaning of the

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and ascetical (praktikos) man explained that this is caused

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explanation

Gn.

the matter for the explanation of what is said

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according to [Gregory’s] explanation. (4) Justice’s task is

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"Interpretation" is explanation of the commandments for

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explicate

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O our brothers, and explicate with zeal these centuries

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explication

Gn.

same occasions: - [1] that of explication and [2] that of [investigative

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expose

2.73 S2

made known, but he exposes their distinction and their

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exposition

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He has made His exposition to us: similarly also

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express

Ep fid

God, which he had expressed by the phrase “one

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addition of “the Father,” expressing Him of Whom are

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expression

Gn.

your memory their material [expressions]: for nearly all are

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another sense underlying the expression. In what is it

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extend

Ep fid

not now possible to extend the enquiry about it

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extensive

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to a darkened and extensive body.

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extent

Prak

contemplation? But to the extent that we lack the

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and who, to some extent, attain the contemplation of

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soul is to some extent healthy: [however,] the formation

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1.17 S2

this often to the extent that, that which is

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exterior

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a secular, decorating the exterior tabernacle.

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exterminate

5.38 S2

for the truth will exterminate his enemies with knowledge

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external

Gn.

that reaches us from external [things] tries by means

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also it is not [external] matters themselves that make

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of the knowledge of [external matters.

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shows it beings as [external objects; through hearing it

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Skemmata

tempting-]thoughts, some have external matter [ie. objects] , while

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not pray solely with external postures, but instead direct

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127

you vainly affect an [external] appearance that is not

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externally

4.67 S2

the animals that breathe externally: and [the nous] falls

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Skemmata

soul, while others arise externally by means of demons

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extinct

Ep fid

and blessed condition being extinct and this hostile power

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extinguish

Prak

that such passions are extinguished by nothing so well

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1.64 S2

mortal as to naturally extinguish true life, who among

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4.85 S2

render man insensible by extinguishing the powers of his

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Monks

11.4

so hunger extinguishes shameful fantasies.

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extract

4.33 S2

acquire them, they then extract them unawares, from their

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extraordinary

Ep fid

In what is it extraordinary that He who “is

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extremely

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is very deceitful and extremely vengeful; and he wants