Pistis Sophia

Pistis Sophia — G. R. S. Mead — Section 61

light give heed to the voice oi my prayer. 0 light, if thou bearest in mind my sin, I shall not be able to come nigh thee, and thou wilt abandon me ; for thou, 0 light, thou art my saviour, because of the light of thy name. I have trusted in thee, 0 light, and my power hath trusted in thy mystery, and also my power hath trusted in the light which is in the height ; it hath trusted also in the chaos below. Let all the powers which are in me, trust in the light, while I am in the lower darkness ; may they also trust in the light, if they go into the region of the height, for it is [the light] which shall see and save us, and there is a great mystery of salvation in it. It is the light that shall save all the powers of chaos because of my trans- gression, for I have left my region. I am come into chaos.' " Now, therefore, he whose mind is exalted, let him understand." It came to pass, therefore, when Jesus had FIRST BOOK. 75 finished speaking these words unto his dis- ciples, that he said : " Understand ye how I speak ? " And Andrew came forward and said : " Master, concerning the sixth repentance of Pistis Sophia, thy power hath prophesied of old through David, in the one hundred and twenty-ninth Psalm, saying : (75) " ' I have cried unto thee, 0 lord, from the depth of the abyss. Hear my Andrew in- voice. Let thine ears give heed to the^sfx^h the voice of my prayer. 0 lord, if J^'oTpsaim thou remarkest my sins, who will be ^^^^' able to stand ? For pardon is in thy hands. Because of thy name, I have waited, 0 lord. My soul hath waited for thy words ; my soul hath trusted in the lord, from morning until evening. Let Israel trust in the lord from the morniuo^ until the evening, for mercy is in the hand of the lord, and there is great salvation in him ; and he shall redeem Israel from all his sins.'" Jesus said unto him : " Well said, Andrew, thou blessed one. That is the inter- ^ Jesus coni- pretation of her repentance. Amen, mendeth Andrew. amen, I say unto you, I will perfect He promis- ■^ "^ . ^ eth that the you m all the mysteries of light, and tyrants 111 f 1 • • n shall be