ld as any lion, and shalt live in bliss and everlasting
joyaunce. For joy and praise shall crown thy head, and gladness shall
befall thee there, where pain and sorrow and wailing shall flee away.'
'Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health
shall rise speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee, and
the glory of the Lord shall be thy reward.' Then shalt thou call, and
the Lord shall answer; while thou art yet speaking, he shall say, 'Here
am I.' 'I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions, and
will not remember them. Put me in remembrance: let us plead together:
declare thou thy sins that thou mayst be justified.' 'Though thy sins
be as scarlet, I will make them white as snow: though they be red as
crimson I will make them white as wool, for the mouth of the Lord hath
spoken it.'"

XI.

Ioasaph said unto him, "All thy words are fair and wonderful, and,
while thou spakest, I believed them and still believe them; and I hate
all idolatry with all my heart. And indeed, even before thy coming
hither, my soul was, in uncertain fashion, doubtful of it. But now I
hate it with a perfect hatred, since I have learned from thy lips the
vanity thereof, and the folly of those who worship idols; and I yearn
to become the servant of the true God, if haply he will not refuse me,
that am unworthy by reason of my sins, and I trust that he will forgive
me everything, because he is a lover of men, and compassionate, as thou
tellest me, and will count me worthy to become his servant. So I am
ready anon to receive baptism, and to observe all thy sayings. But
what must I do after baptism? And is this alone sufficient for
salvation, to believe and be baptized, or must one add other services
thereto?"

Barlaam answered him, "Hear what thou must do after baptism. Thou must
abstain from all sin, and every evil affection, and build upon the
foundation of the Catholick Faith the practice of the virtues; for
faith without works is dead, as also are works without faith. For,
saith the Apostle, 'Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the
lust of the flesh.' Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are
these: Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry,
witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions,
heresies, envyings, murders, love of money, railing, love of pleasure,
drunkenness, revelling, arrogance, and such like, of the which I tell
you be