of the Gospel. The woman’s hair is all superfluous possessions. Let her wipe the Feet with
her hair, yea by all means wipe them, let her do works of mercy; and when she has wiped
them, let her kiss them, let her receive peace, that she may have love. She has approached
to such an one, has been baptized by such an one as the Apostle Paul: from him let her hear,
“Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.”3243 But she has been baptized by another,
by one “who seeks his own things, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s:”3244 let her hear
from the Lord, “Do what they say, but do not what they do.”3245 So let her assurance be in
Him, whether she meet with a good Evangelist, or with one who acts not as he speaks. For
she hears from the Lord with firm assurance, “O woman, go thy way, thy faith hath made
thee whole.”
3243 1 Cor. iv. 16, xi. 1.
3244 Phil. ii. 21.
3245 Matt. xxiii. 3.
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