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The old man (Abba John the Dwarf) said, 'You know that the first blow the devil gave to Job was through his possessions; and he saw that he had not grieved him nor separated him from God. Whith the second blow, he touched his flesh, but the brave athlete did not sin by any word that came out of his mouth in that either. In fact, he had within his heart that which is of God, and he drew on that source unceasingly.'
An old man came to Abba John's cell and found him asleep with an angel standing above him, fanning him. Seeing this, he withdrewithdrew. When Abba John got up, he said to his disciple, 'Did anyone come in while I was asleep?' he The disciple said, 'Yes, an old man.' Then Abba John knew that this old man was his equal, and that he had seen the angel. It is by warfare that the soul makes progress.
==Abba John the Persian==
