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1 1| in the sight of God and man, and abounded in those virtues
2 1| be great before God and man, thanks to his life of godliness."
3 2| used to come to the holy man. Seeing the animal did not
4 3| increased. This wondrous man, Simon, was chief archimandrite,
5 3| and. self-control has this man!" But one of the monks,
6 3| the wonderful and famous man?" A brother replied, "In
7 3| listen to us." The holy man, fixing his eyes on the
8 3| right hand? Tell me." The man turned to him and said, "
9 3| the end of his days, this man held a true, firm faith
10 4| after Sergius. The wise man, not seeking renown, was
11 4| speaking the boy died. The man, with his last hope gone,
12 4| felt compassion for this man, and falling on his knees
13 4| You deceive yourself, man, and do not know what you
14 4| Day of Resurrection." The man however insisted, saying, "
15 4| your son altogether." The man promised to tell no one
16 4| away from the Lavra, was a man who owned great possessions,
17 7| a god-fearing and devout man, had for St. Sergius a deep
18 8| followers, Sabbas by name, a man of exceeding great virtue.
19 8| priest-monk, Gregory, a devout man and of great virtue. In
20 8| consented. Afanasii being a man of rare virtue, exceedingly
21 8| while I yet live, to find a man able to feed Christ's flock.
22 8| the bishopric; but this man, with great presumption,
23 9| that the saint was indeed a man of God and that in God's
24 9| worthy to behold a celestial man and an earthly angel. A
25 9| not oppress the poor." The man, overcome by fear, promised
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