MANICHAEAN LITERATURE^609
and release it from the bone.
He will release the thought of the soul from sinew
and bind the thought of sinew in sinew.
He will release insight of the soul from the vein
and bind insight of sin in the vein.
He will loosen the counsel of the soul
and release it from the flesh
and so bind the counsel of sin in the flesh.
He will release consideration in the soul from skin
and bind consideration of sin in the skin.^35HOW HE WILL RELEASE THE MEMBERS
OF THE SOUL
This is how he will release the members of the soul
and free them from the five members of sin.
Conversely, these five members of sin
that were loose he will bind.
He will make right the members of the soul,
and form and purify them,
and construct a new man from them, a child of justice.
And when he fashions and constructs
and purifies the new man,
he will bring forth five great living members
from the five great members and place them
in the members of the new man.
He will place his mind, which is in love,
in the mind of the new man.
And thought, which is faith, he will place
in the thought of the new man, whom he will purify.
His insight, which is perfection, he will place
in the insight of the new man.
His counsel, which is patience, he will place in his counsel,
and wisdom, which is his consideration,
he will place in the new man.
He will make an image of the pure word- The light mind comes and liberates, enlightens, and saves the soul.