And when the multitudes heard that a man of God had appeared, they were gathered together to him from every country and from every place that they might hear his instructions and his life-giving precepts, that he might teach them, because it was the Spirit of God which spake in him.
2Then the great men who were gathered together to him said to him, What is this wisdom which has rested upon thee since the time that the light of thine eyes departed from thee, and how is it that thou seest now?
3And as for the faithful old man, he smiled and said to them, Verily them who are present I will tell: God healed me when He saw that I had drawn near to the gate of death: he hath appointed for me this consolation in my old age that I should be a priest of the Lord.
4Then one said to him, Begin me a discourse that I may receive consolation and keep it in mind.
5And our Father Isaac said to him, When thou speakest in anger keep thyself from defaming, and beware of vainglory.
6See that thou speak not of thyself alone’; take care that there proceed no corrupt word out of thy mouth.
7Keep thy body that it may be pure, for it is the temple of the Spirit of Holiness that dwelleth in it.
8Take heed to thy “vile” body that it may be pure and sanctified.
9Beware that thou sport not with thy tongue lest a corrupt word proceed from thy mouth.
10Beware of stretching out thine hand to that which thou dost not own.
11Do not present thine offering when thou art not clean.
12Bathe in water when thou wouldest draw near to the altar.
13Do not mingle thy thoughts with the thoughts of the world.
14What time thou standest before Him, thy most meritorious offering is to make peace between men.
15When thou desirest to bring thy offerings to God, when thou drawest near to come before the altar, thou shalt pray to God a hundred times without remission.