Escaping The Mouth

Ἔξεστιν ἐμπεσόντα τινὰ εἰς τοῦ θηρὸς στόμα, τοῦ διαβόλου φημὶ, ἀπολυθῆναι τούτου διὰ τῆς μετανοίας, καθάπερ λελύτρωται καὶ ἐῥῥύσθη ὁ ἐν Κορίνθῲ προφθαρεὶς τῇ μητρυιᾷ ἐκ φάρυγγος τοῠ ἐχθροῦ, πρὶν τῆ περισσοτέρᾳ λύπῃ καταποθεῖ, καὶ εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν χωρήσῃ τοῦ θηρίου διὰ τῆς ἀγεννσυς δυσθυμίας, καὶ τῆς ἀπογνώσεως. Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλίον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολή ΣΙΒ’ Ιγνατιῷ Ἀνθυπατῳ Source: Migne PG 79.161a

It is possible for one who has fallen into the mouth of the beast, I speak of the devil, to be released through repentance, as he was released and delivered from the jaws of the enemy who in Corinth associated with his step mother, 1 before he was absorbed by an excess of sorrow and a weak soul in despair and torment was engulfed by the bestial belly. Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 212, to Ignatius the Proconsul 1 1 Cor 5.1