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The Apocalypse of Sedrach

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Section 13

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XIII. Sedrach saith to him: The three years are a long

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time

,

my

Lord

,

lest

death

overtake

him

and

he

fulfil

not

his

repentance

:

have

mercy

,

Lord

,

on

thine

image

and

have

compassion

,

for

the

three

years

are

many

.

God

saith

to

him

:

If

a

man

live

an

hundred

years

and

remember

his

death

and

confess

before

men

and

I

find

him

,

after

a

time

I

will

forgive

all

his

sins

.

Sedrach

saith

again

:

I

will

again

beseech

thy

compassion

for

thy

creature

.

The

time

is

long

lest

death

overtake

him

and

snatch

him

suddenly

.

The

Saviour

saith

to

him

:

I

will

ask

thee

one

word

,

Sedrach

,

my

beloved

,

then

thou

shalt

ask

me

in

turn

:

if

the

man

shall

repent

for

forty

days

I

will

not

remember

all

his

sins

which

he

did

.