Глава XXV. Наставления Стефана Савваита отрекшемся мира
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1. First, do not have contact with women, so as not to be burned in their fire; nor with the little children, lest we fall into their snares.
2. Don’t get acquainted with people in authority.
3. Do not like to go to the city, so as not to fall into fornication in your heart and keep your eyes clean.
4. Do not eat unnecessarily another time during the day, so that your body does not become fat, and with it your passions.
5. Do not shut your door for the stranger, lest the Lord shut his door for you.
6. Look upon the sick, so that the Lord will also look upon you.
7. Don’t sleep too much and constantly ask God for help, so that He snatches you from temptations, like a bird from a snare.
8. Don’t be verbose, so as not to fall into lies.
9. Bring to the house of God for praise, for the Lord says: Those who glorify Me will I glorify (1 Sam. 2:30).
10. Stay clean so that you can quickly receive everything you ask for.
11. Avoid the vanities and worries of life.
12. Do not acquire for yourself things beyond your needs, but live in moderation.
13. Work so that you may have something to give to those who need it in Christ Jesus our Lord, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
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