y son, hear My words, words of greatest sweetness, surpassing all the knowledge of the philosophers and wise men of this world. My words are spirit and life,† and not to be weighed by the understanding of man. They are not to be drawn forth for vain self-pleasing, but to be heard in silence, and to be received with all humility and great affection.
“Blessed is the man you discipline, O Lord, the man you teach from your law, you grant him relief from days of trouble”,† and that he be not desolate upon the earth.
I have taught the prophets from the beginning,† and cease not, even to this day, to speak to all; but many are deaf and hardened to My voice. Most men more willingly listen to the world than to God. They follow the desire of their own flesh rather than God's good pleasure. The world promises things temporal and mean, and is served with great eagerness. I promise things most high and eternal, and the hearts of mortals grow dull. Who is there that in all things serves and obeys Me with so great care as he serves the world and its lords. “Be ashamed, O Sidion, for the sea has spoken.” †
