whosoever have it not. Run to Him, beseech Him; He knoweth how to sanctify His faithful
ones, He knoweth how to clothe His naked ones. That ye may be able as having “the wedding
garment” to be free from the fear of the outer darkness, and the binding of your members
and hands and feet; let not your works fail. If they fail, with hands bound what canst thou
do? with feet bound, whither wilt thou fly? Keep then that “wedding garment,” put it on,
and so sit down in security, when He comes to inspect. The Day of Judgment will come; He
is now giving a long space, let him who erewhile was naked now be clothed.
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