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17. "'And then at that time shall all the rulers of the material æons be in fear of thy
light, and all the emanations of the thirteenth material æon shall be in fear of

the mystery of thy light, so that the others may put on the purification of their
light.
18. "'For the Lord will seek the power of your soul. He hath revealed his mystery,
19. "'So that he may regard the repentance of them who are in the regions below;
and he hath not disregarded their repentance.
20. "'This is then that mystery which is become the type in respect of the race which

shall be born; and the race which shall be born will sing praises to the height.
21. "'For the Light hath looked down from the height of its light. It will look down on
the total matter,
22. "'To hear the sighing of those in chains, to loose the power of the souls whose

power is bound,--
23. "'So that it may lay its name in the soul and its mystery in the power.'"

CHAPTER 40
1. It came to pass while Jesus spake these words unto his disciples, saying unto them: "This
is the fourth repentance which Pistis Sophia hath uttered; now, therefore, let him who
understandeth, understand."

2. It came to pass then, when Jesus had spoken these words, that John came forward,
adored the breast of Jesus and said unto him: "My Lord, give commandment to me also,
and grant me to speak the solution of the fourth repentance which Pistis Sophia hath
uttered."

3. Jesus said unto John: "I give thee commandment, and I grant thee to speak the solution
of the repentance which Pistis Sophia hath uttered."
4. John answered and said: "My Lord and Saviour, concerning this repentance which Pistis
Sophia hath uttered, thy light-power which was in David, hath prophesied aforetime in
the one-hundred-and-first Psalm:
5. "'Lord, give ear unto my supplication and let my voice reach unto thee.

6. "'Turn not away thy face from me; incline thine ear unto me in the day when I
am oppressed; quickly give ear to me on the day when I shall cry unto thee.
7. "'For my days are vanished as smoke and my bones are parched as stone.
8. "'I am scorched as the grass, and my heart is dried up; for I have forgotten to eat

my bread.
9. "'From the voice of my groaning my bones cleaved to my flesh.
10. "'I am become as a pelican in the desert; I am become as a screech-owl in the
house.