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HOW TO BE RID OF MATTER
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"... bound to the wood of the cross, thou shalt be freed from destruction ..."- (Clement) A.N.C.L. vol. iv. p. 106.
"... If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it : and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it."-Matt. xvi. 24-25.
“But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection : lest that by any means ... I myself should be a castaway."-1 Cor. ix. 27.
"And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh' with the affections and lusts."-Gal. v. 24.
"And to bear the sign of the cross is to bear about death, by taking farewell of all things wbilst still in the flesh alive."--A.N.C.L. vol. xii. p. 464.
" If you wish to be the Lord's disciple it is necessary you take your cross, and follow the Lord' [your cross], that is, your own straights and tortures, or your body only, which is after the manner of a cross." (Tertullian) A.N.C.L. vol. xi. p. 158.
10. (Fire):
What is known as "Intelligent Fire' in mystic circles means the fire of renunciation which will burn up the cravings of the senses, and the roots of desire.
"The philosophers are familiar as well as we with the distinction between a common and a secret fire."--Tertullian) A.N.C.L. vol. XI. p. 186.
"... he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire."--Matt. iii. 11.
“Every man's work shall be made manifest : fer the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire, and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is."-I Cor. ii. 13.
"... For this 18 righteous and necessary anger, by which every one is indignant with bimself, and accuses himself for those things in which he has erred and done amiss; and by this indigna. tion a certain fire is kindled in us, which, applied as it were to &
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