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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: proverb, "Gazelle against lion." The one made the most High his
house of defence, and his hope was under the shadow of his wings;
while the others trusted in the princes of this world, who are
made of none effect, and in the ruler of the darkness of this
world, to whom they have subjected themselves miserably and
wretchedly.
Now came on Nachor, in the disguise of Barlaam; and the king's
side were like to reach their goal; but, once again, very
different was the ordering of the wise providence of God. When
all the company was come, thus spake the king to his orators and
philosophers, or rather to the deceivers of his people, and fools
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