Fly for thy life; fear not the deep; stretch out thy rod over the sea; and lift thy desire unto God.
Thou hast learnt wisdom in Egypt; thou has spoiled the Egyptians; thou hast carried away their fine gold and their precious things.
Thou hast enriched thyself in the body; but the body shall not hold thee; neither shall the waters of the deep swallow thee up.
Thou shalt wash thy robes in the sea of regeneration; the blood of atonement shall redeem thee to God.
This is thy chrism and anointing, O soul; this is the first death; thou art the Israel of the Lord,
Who hath redeemed thee from the dominion of the body; and hath called thee from the grave, and from the house of bondage,
Unto the way of the cross, and to the path in the midst of the wilderness;
Where are the adder and the serpent, the mirage and the burning sand.
For the feet of the saint are set in the way of the desert.
But be thou of good courage, and fail thou not; then shall thy raiment endure, and thy sandals shall not wax old upon thee.