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They used to say about Abba Pachomius that he spent much time in striving with devils like a true athlete, and after the manner of Saint Anthony. And because many devils came against him in the night season, he asked God to keep away sleep from him both by day and by night, so that he might not sleep at all, and might be able to bring low the might of the Enemy, even according to that which is written, ' I will not turn back until I have made an end of them '; for they are powerless against the faith which is in the Lord. Now this gift was given to him, even as he had asked, for a certain time, and because he was pure, his heart used to see God, Who is invisible, as in a mirror.
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