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The Spirit of repentance also becomes their guide in these things and tests them, lest some hostile power turn them back. Then the guiding Spirit begins to open the eyes of the soul so that it may practice repentance. And so that the mind also may be sanctified, He gives it discernment. The mind begins to be taught by the Spirit how to sanctify body and soul through repentance. Taught by the Spirit, the mind guides us in the work of soul and body, sanctifying everything and discerning the fruits of the flesh that have become mixed with all the body’s natural functions, through which transgression arose. It restores each of the body’s natural functions to its original condition, so that nothing of an alien or hostile spirit remains.

The body is thus brought under the authority of the mind, which has been taught by the Spirit, according to Paul’s saying: “I discipline my body and bring it into subjection.” For the mind first sanctifies itself in food, drink, sleep, and, simply, in all its movements; and through its own sanctification it also separates itself from natural sexual union.