shall hear thee ; whilst thou art yet speaking. He shall say. Behold, I am with thee ; if thou take away from thee the chain [binding others], and the stretching forth of the hands ** [to swear falsely], and words of murmuring, and give cheerfully thy bread to the hungry, and show compassion to the soul that has been humbled." ^ To this end, therefore, brethren. He is long- suffering, foreseeing how the people whom He has prepared shall with guilelessness believe in His Beloved. For He revealed all these things to us beforehand, that we should not rush for- ward as rash acceptors of their laws.'°