36. Yet He tries the soul. He casts not His
pearls before swine; if thou play the hypocrite, though men baptize
thee now, the Holy Spirit will not baptize thee Cf. Procat. §
4: “The water will receive, but the Spirit will not accept
thee.”. But if thou approach with faith,
though men minister in what is seen, the Holy Ghost bestows that which
is unseen. Thou art coming to a great trial, to a great muster στρατολογία.
Cf. Cat. iii. 3, μέλλετε
στρατολογεῖσθαι.,
in that one hour, which if thou throw away, thy disaster is
irretrievable; but if thou be counted worthy of the grace, thy soul
will be enlightened, thou wilt receive a power which thou hadst not,
thou wilt receive weapons terrible to the evil spirits; and if thou
cast not away thine arms, but keep the Seal upon thy soul, no evil
spirit will approach thee; for he will be cowed; for verily by the
Spirit of God are the evil spirits cast out.