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Testament of Abraham

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Section 14

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XIV. And Abraham said to the chief-captain, My Lord the

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chief

-

captain

,

the

soul

which

the

angel

held

in

his

hand

,

why

was

it

adjudged

to

be

set

in

the

midst

?

The

chief

-

captain

said

,

Listen

,

righteous

Abraham

.

Because

the

judge

found

its

sins

.

and

its

righteousnesses

equal

,

he

neither

committed

it

to

judgment

nor

to

be

saved

,

until

the

judge

of

all

shall

come

.

Abraham

said

to

the

chief

-

captain

,

And

what

yet

is

wanting

for

the

soul

to

be

saved

?

The

chief

-

captain

said

,

If

it

obtains

one

righteousness

above

its

sins

,

it

enters

into

salvation

.

Abraham

said

to

the

chief

-

captain

,

Come

hither

,

chief

-

captain

Michael

,

let

us

make

prayer

for

this

soul

,

and

see

whether

God

will

hear

us

.

The

chief

-

captain

said

,

Amen

,

be

it

so

;

and

they

made

prayer

and

entreaty

for

the

soul

,

and

God

heard

them

,

and

when

they

rose

up

from

their

prayer

they

did

not

see

the

soul

standing

there

.

And

Abraham

said

to

the

angel

,

Where

is

the

soul

that

thou

didst

hold

in

the

midst

?

And

the

angel

answered

,

It

has

been

saved

by

thy

righteous

prayer

,

and

behold

an

angel

of

light

has

taken

it

and

carried

it

up

into

Paradise

.

Abraham

said

,

I

glorify

the

name

of

God

,

the

Most

High

,

and

his

immeasurable

mercy

.

And

Abraham

said

to

the

chief

-

captain

,

I

beseech

thee

,

archangel

,

hearken

to

my

prayer

,

and

let

us

yet

call

upon

the

Lord

,

and

supplicate

his

compassion

,

and

entreat

his

mercy

for

the

souls

of

the

sinners

whom

I

formerly

,

in

my

anger

,

cursed

and

destroyed

,

whom

the

earth

devoured

,

and

the

wild

beasts

tore

in

pieces

,

and

the

fire

consumed

through

my

words

.

Now

I

know

that

I

have

sinned

before

the

Lord

our

God

.

Come

then

,

O

Michael

,

chief

-

captain

of

the

hosts

above

,

come

,

let

us

call

upon

God

with

tears

that

he

may

forgive

me

my

sin

,

and

grant

them

to

me

.

And

the

chief

-

captain

heard

him

,

and

they

made

entreaty

before

the

Lord

,

and

when

they

had

called

upon

him

for

a

long

space

,

there

came

a

voice

from

heaven

saying

,

Abraham

,

Abraham

,

I

have

hearkened

to

thy

voice

and

thy

prayer

,

and

forgive

thee

thy

sin

,

and

those

whom

thou

thinkest

that

I

destroyed

I

have

called

up

and

brought

them

into

life

by

my

exceeding

kindness

,

because

for

a

season

I

have

requited

them

in

judgment

,

and

those

whom

I

destroy

living

upon

earth

,

I

will

not

requite

in

death

.