Pistis Sophia

Pistis Sophia — G. R. S. Mead — Section 60

"'But as for me. I have cried unto thee, 0 lord, and my prayer shall reach thee early in the morning ; turn not thy face far from me. For, as for me, I am poor, I am in misery from my childhood. When I exalted myself, I was abased ; but I have risen up again. Thy wrath is come upon me, and thy fears have troubled me. They have surrounded me like water, they have seized upon me the whole day long. My comrades hast thou put away from me, and also my acquaintances, in my misery.' " This is the interpretation of the mystery of the fifth repentance, recited by Pistis Sophia, when she was constrained in chaos." It came to pass, therefore, when Jesus had heard the words which Philip had ^ _ Philip is spoken, that he said : " Well said, commended and con- Philip, thou well -beloved. Now, tinueth writing. therefore, go and take thy seat, and write thy portion of all the words which I shall speak, and of all things which I shall do, and of all that thou shalt see." And immediately Philip sat down and wrote. It came to pass again, after that, that Jesus 74 PISTIS SOPHIA. continued to speak. He said unto his disciples : "Then did Pistis Sophia cry to the light, in order that her sin might be forgiven her, in leaving her region and going into the darkness. She recited her sixth repentance, saying : (74) " ' I sing a song unto thee, 0 light, in the darkness of the lower regions ; The sixth ° repentance orive ear to my repentance, and may thy of Sophia. '^ 1 1 • p