And when He had come into the boat, the former demoniac begged Him that he might be with Him.

No, but, O man, who are you who replies against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him who formed it, Why have you made me this way?

My children, for whom I again travail until Christ should be formed in you,

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

But call to memory the former days, in which (after you were illuminated) you endured a great fight of afflictions,

Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin. And sin, when it is fully formed, brings forth death.

as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance,