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The Apocalypse of Sedrach

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Section 4

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IV. Sedrach saith to him: Chastisement and fire are thy discipline

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:

they

are

bitter

,

my

Lord

:

it

were

well

for

man

if

he

had

not

been

born

:

why

then

didst

thou

make

him

,

my

Lord

?

Why

didst

thou

weary

thine

undefiled

hands

and

create

man

,

since

thou

didst

not

intend

to

have

mercy

on

him

?

God

saith

to

him

:

I

made

Adam

the

first

creature

and

placed

him

in

Paradise

in

the

midst

of

the

tree

of

life

and

said

to

him

:

Eat

of

all

the

fruits

,

but

beware

of

the

tree

of

life

:

for

if

thou

eat

of

it

,

thou

shalt

die

the

death

.

But

he

transgressed

my

commandment

,

and

being

beguiled

by

the

devil

ate

of

the

tree

.

Notes

4
Cf. Esdras, Ante-Nicene Lib., vol. xvi., p. 469.
5
Undefiled hands. Cf. Esdras, p. 469.