He became fully satisfied, that the Scriptures were from God, and committed himself to their divine teaching.

Renouncing his self-righteousness, and all dependence on the absolutions of the Church, he trusted for salvation only in the blood of the Lord Jesus.

Having adopted the opinion, that his monastic vows were unscriptural and therefore void, he married a discreet woman, who not long after gave good evidence of piety.
Wortabet accompanied the missionaries to Malta, as did also Dionysius, the other ecclesiastic.

This change in their circumstances was at their own earnest request, but it was a great change.

The author saw them at Malta, and did not wonder at some dissatisfaction on the part of the younger of the two, which helped to bring a cloud, for a time, over his Christian character.