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IX. And Abraham said, And he that cannot enter through the narrow

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gate

,

can

he

not

enter

into

life

?

Then

Abraham

wept

,

saying

,

Woe

is

me

,

what

shall

I

do

?

for

I

am

a

man

broad

of

body

,

and

how

shall

I

be

able

to

enter

by

the

narrow

gate

,

by

which

a

boy

of

fifteen

years

cannot

enter

?

Michael

answered

and

said

to

Abraham

,

Fear

not

,

father

,

nor

grieve

,

for

thou

shalt

enter

by

it

unhindered

,

and

all

those

who

are

like

thee

.

And

as

Abraham

stood

and

marveled

,

behold

an

angel

of

the

Lord

driving

sixty

thousand

souls

of

sinners

to

destruction

.

And

Abraham

said

to

Michael

,

Do

all

these

go

into

destruction

?

And

Michael

said

to

him

,

Yea

,

but

let

us

go

and

search

among

these

souls

,

if

there

is

among

them

even

one

righteous

.

And

when

they

went

,

they

found

an

angel

holding

in

his

hand

one

soul

of

a

woman

from

among

these

sixty

thousand

,

because

he

had

found

her

sins

weighing

equally

with

all

her

works

,

and

they

were

neither

in

motion

nor

at

rest

,

but

in

a

state

between

;

but

the

other

souls

he

led

away

to

destruction

.

Abraham

said

to

Michael

,

Lord

,

is

this

the

angel

that

removes

the

souls

from

the

body

or

not

?

Michael

answered

and

said

,

This

is

death

,

and

he

leads

them

into

the

place

of

judgment

,

that

the

judge

may

try

them

.