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The Apocalypse of Sedrach

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Section 3

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III. And the Lord saith to him: Welcome, my beloved

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Sedrach

:

What

suit

hast

thou

against

God

who

created

thee

,

that

thou

saidst

,

I

desired

to

speak

face

to

face

with

God

?

Sedrach

saith

to

him

:

Yea

,

verily

,

the

son

hath

a

suit

with

the

Father

:

my

Lord

,

why

didst

thou

make

the

earth

?

The

Lord

saith

to

him

:

For

man’s

sake

.

Sedrach

saith

:

And

why

didst

Thou

make

the

sea

?

Why

didst

Thou

scatter

every

good

thing

on

the

earth

?

The

Lord

saith

to

him

:

For

man’s

sake

.

Sedrach

saith

to

him

:

If

thou

didst

these

things

,

why

wilt

Thou

destroy

him

?

And

the

Lord

said

:

Man

is

my

work

and

the

creature

of

my

hands

,

and

I

discipline

him

as

I

find

good

.

Notes

1
Cf. Esdras. Ante-Nicene Lib., xvi., 469.
2
Cf. 4 Esdras viii. 15 ff.
3
Cf. Esdras, Ante-Nicene Lib., xvi., p. 471.