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The Apocalypse of Sedrach

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Section 5

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V. Sedrach saith to him: Of thy will Adam was beguiled

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,

my

Lord

:

Thou

commandest

thine

angels

to

make

approach

to

Adam

,

and

the

first

of

the

angels

himself

transgressed

thy

commandment

and

did

not

make

approach

to

him

,

and

Thou

didst

banish

him

,

because

he

transgressed

thy

commandment

and

did

not

make

any

approach

to

the

work

of

thine

hands

:

if

thou

lovedst

man

,

why

didst

Thou

not

slay

the

devil

,

the

worker

of

unrighteousness

?

Who

is

able

to

fight

an

invisible

spirit

?

And

he

as

a

smoke

enters

into

the

hearts

of

men

and

teaches

them

every

sin

:

he

fights

against

thee

,

the

immortal

God

,

and

what

can

wretched

man

then

do

to

him

?

But

have

mercy

,

O

Lord

,

and

stop

the

chastisements

:

but

if

not

,

count

me

also

with

the

sinners

:

if

thou

wilt

have

no

mercy

on

the

sinners

,

where

are

thy

mercies

,

where

is

thy

compassion

,

O

Lord

?

Notes

6
Angels. Cf. Esdras, p. 470.
7
Compassion. Cf. Esdras, p. 469.