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The Apocalypse of Sedrach

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Section 16

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XVI. The Lord saith to Sedrach: I made man in three

stages

:

when

he

is

young

,

I

overlooked

his

stumblings

as

he

was

young

:

and

again

when

he

was

a

man

I

considered

his

purpose

:

and

again

when

he

grows

old

,

I

watch

him

till

he

repent

.

Sedrach

saith

:

O

Lord

,

Thou

knowest

and

understandest

all

these

things

:

but

have

sympathy

for

sinners

.

The

Lord

saith

to

him

:

Sedrach

,

my

beloved

,

I

promise

to

have

sympathy

and

bring

down

the

forty

days

to

twenty

:

and

whosoever

shall

remember

thy

name

shall

not

see

the

place

of

chastisement

,

but

shall

be

with

the

just

in

a

place

of

refreshment

and

rest

:

and

if

anyone

shall

record

this

wonderful

word

his

sins

shall

not

be

reckoned

against

him

for

ever

and

ever

.

And

Sedrach

saith

:

O

Lord

,

and

if

anyone

shall

bring

enlightenment

to

thy

servant

,

save

him

,

O

Lord

,

from

all

evil

.

And

Sedrach

,

the

servant

of

the

Lord

,

saith

:

Now

take

my

soul

,

O

Lord

.

And

God

took

him

and

placed

him

in

Paradise

with

all

the

saints

.

To

whom

be

the

glory

and

the

power

for

ever

and

ever

.

Amen

.

Notes

15
Cf. Esdras, p. 476.