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Discourse on Eschatology

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Section 31

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XXXI.

But let us revert to the matter in hand. When

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men

have

received

the

seal

,

then

,

and

find

neither

food

nor

water

,

they

will

approach

him

with

a

voice

of

anguish

,

saying

,

Give

us

to

eat

and

drink

,

for

we

all

faint

with

hunger

and

all

manner

of

straits

;

and

bid

the

heavens

yield

us

water

,

and

drive

off

from

us

the

beasts

that

devour

men

.

Then

will

that

crafty

one

make

answer

,

mocking

them

with

absolute

inhumanity

,

and

saying

,

The

heavens

refuse

to

give

rain

,

the

earth

yields

not

again

its

fruits

;

whence

then

can

I

give

you

food

?

Then

,

on

hearing

the

words

of

this

deceiver

,

these

miserable

men

will

perceive

that

this

is

the

wicked

accuser

,

and

will

mourn

in

anguish

,

and

weep

vehemently

,

and

beat

their

face

with

their

hands

,

and

tear

their

hair

,

and

lacerate

their

cheeks

with

their

nails

,

while

they

say

to

each

other

:

Woe

for

the

calamity

!

woe

for

the

bitter

contract

!

woe

for

the

deceitful

covenant

!

woe

for

the

mighty

mischance

!

How

have

we

been

beguiled

by

the

deceiver

!

how

have

we

been

joined

to

him

!

how

have

we

been

caught

in

his

toils

!

how

have

we

been

taken

in

his

abominable

net

!

how

have

we

heard

the

Scriptures

,

and

understood

them

not

!

For

truly

those

who

are

engrossed

with

the

affairs

of

life

,

and

with

the

lust

of

this

world

,

will

be

easily

brought

over

to

the

accuser

then

,

and

sealed

by

him

.

Notes

1
B reads ὀδύνης, pain.