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The Apocalypse of Sedrach

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Section 7

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VII. Sedrach saith to him: Thou, O Lord, didst

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create

man

.

Thou

knewest

of

what

sort

of

mind

he

was

and

of

what

sort

of

knowledge

we

are

,

and

thou

makest

it

a

cause

for

chastisement

:

but

cast

him

forth

;

for

shall

not

I

alone

fill

up

the

heavenly

places

?

But

if

that

is

not

to

be

so

save

man

too

,

O

Lord

.

He

failed

by

thy

will

,

wretched

man

.

Why

dost

thou

waste

words

on

me

,

Sedrach

?

I

created

Adam

and

his

wife

and

the

sun

and

said

:

Behold

each

other

how

bright

he

is

,

and

the

wife

of

Adam

is

brighter

in

the

beauty

of

the

moon

and

he

was

the

giver

of

her

life

.

Sedrach

saith

:

but

of

what

profit

are

beauties

if

they

die

away

into

the

earth

?

How

didst

thou

say

,

O

Lord

,

Thou

shalt

not

return

evil

for

evil

?

How

is

it

,

O

Lord

?

the

word

of

Thy

divinity

never

lies

,

and

why

dost

Thou

retaliate

on

man

?

or

dost

thou

not

in

so

doing

render

evil

for

evil

?

I

know

that

among

the

quadrupeds

there

is

no

other

so

wily

and

unreasonable

as

the

mule

.

But

we

strike

it

with

the

bridle

when

we

wish

:

and

thou

hast

angels

:

send

them

forth

to

guard

them

,

and

when

man

inclines

towards

sin

,

to

take

hold

of

his

foot

and

not

let

him

go

whither

he

would

.

Notes

8
Passage corrupt; the above appears to be the best sense it admits of as it stands.