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Testament of Abraham

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X. And the archangel Michael went down and took Abraham upon a chariot

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of

the

cherubim

,

and

exalted

him

into

the

air

of

heaven

,

and

led

him

upon

the

cloud

together

with

sixty

angels

,

and

Abraham

ascended

upon

the

chariot

over

all

the

earth

.

And

Abraham

saw

the

world

as

it

was

in

that

day

,

some

ploughing

,

others

driving

wains

,

in

one

place

men

herding

flocks

,

and

in

another

watching

them

by

night

,

and

dancing

and

playing

and

harping

,

in

another

place

men

striving

and

contending

at

law

,

elsewhere

men

weeping

and

having

the

dead

in

remembrance

.

He

saw

also

the

newly

-

wedded

received

with

honor

,

and

in

a

word

he

saw

all

things

that

are

done

in

the

world

,

both

good

and

bad

.

Abraham

therefore

passing

over

them

saw

men

bearing

swords

,

wielding

in

their

hands

sharpened

swords

,

and

Abraham

asked

the

chief

-

captain

,

Who

are

these

?

The

chief

-

captain

said

,

These

are

thieves

,

who

intend

to

commit

murder

,

and

to

steal

and

burn

and

destroy

.

Abraham

said

,

Lord

,

Lord

,

hear

my

voice

,

and

command

that

wild

beasts

may

come

out

of

the

wood

and

devour

them

.

And

even

as

he

spoke

there

came

wild

beasts

out

of

the

wood

and

devoured

them

.

And

he

saw

in

another

place

a

man

with

a

woman

committing

fornication

with

each

other

,

and

said

,

Lord

,

Lord

,

command

that

the

earth

may

open

and

swallow

them

,

and

straightway

the

earth

was

cleft

and

swallowed

them

.

And

he

saw

in

another

place

men

digging

through

a

house

,

and

carrying

away

other

men’s

possessions

,

and

he

said

,

Lord

,

Lord

,

command

that

fire

may

come

down

from

heaven

and

consume

them

.

And

even

as

he

spoke

,

fire

came

down

from

heaven

and

consumed

them

.

And

straightway

there

came

a

voice

from

heaven

to

the

chief

-

captain

,

saying

thus

,

O

chief

-

captain

Michael

,

command

the

chariot

to

stop

,

and

turn

Abraham

away

that

he

may

not

see

all

the

earth

,

for

if

he

behold

all

that

live

in

wickedness

,

he

will

destroy

all

creation

.

For

behold

,

Abraham

has

not

sinned

,

and

has

no

pity

on

sinners

,

but

I

have

made

the

world

,

and

desire

not

to

destroy

any

one

of

them

,

but

wait

for

the

death

of

the

sinner

,

till

he

be

converted

and

live

.

But

take

Abraham

up

to

the

first

gate

of

heaven

,

that

he

may

see

there

the

judgments

and

recompenses

,

and

repent

of

the

souls

of

the

sinners

that

he

has

destroyed

.