MANICHAEAN LITERATURE^611
They inform wisdom and consideration.
Wisdom is set in place and well.SIN WILL RISE AND LIGHT MIND
WILL CONTEND
If the new man will not accept blame
and edification from his brothers and helpers,
then sin will rise again, moving
from consideration to the counsel.
Sin will take patience from him and feed him
cowardice and pain. And sin shows off
among the brothers. It does what it wants,
ignoring advice, and becomes its foolishness.
But a battle and a war materialize between light mind
and sin in the counsel. They assemble and
silence him and take him away to another time.
These are his companions in his struggle.^38NOW A SOLITARY MAN
If in that place, then sin will rise again
and clothe him with lust and vanity and pride.
He breaks off from his teacher and the brothers.
He always wants to go in and come out alone,
a solitary man. He will always walk alone.
It is a sign that the closeness of his brothers
does not persuade him.If he again does not keep his heart from lust,
again sin will rise in him,
the thought of death will enter his thought.
He will yield to vanity,
causing his faith and truth to leave him.
When the sign of his foolishness is displayed,- These last lines are garbled as to person, and there are lacunae, but the sense is detectable.