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The History of Joseph the Carpenter

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Section 16

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16. Woe to the day on which I was born

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into

the

world

!

Woe

to

the

womb

which

bare

me

!

Woe

to

the

bowels

which

admitted

me

!

Woe

to

the

breasts

which

suckled

me

!

Woe

to

the

feet

upon

which

I

sat

and

rested

!

Woe

to

the

hands

which

carried

me

and

reared

me

until

I

grew

up

!

For

I

was

conceived

in

iniquity

,

and

in

sins

did

my

mother

desire

me

.

Woe

to

my

tongue

and

my

lips

,

which

have

brought

forth

and

spoken

vanity

,

detraction

,

falsehood

,

ignorance

,

derision

,

idle

tales

,

craft

,

and

hypocrisy

!

Woe

to

mine

eyes

,

which

have

looked

upon

scandalous

things

!

Woe

to

mine

ears

,

which

have

delighted

in

the

words

of

slanderers

!

Woe

to

my

hands

,

which

have

seized

what

did

not

of

right

belong

to

them

!

Woe

to

my

belly

and

my

bowels

,

which

have

lusted

after

food

unlawful

to

be

eaten

!

Woe

to

my

throat

,

which

like

a

fire

has

consumed

all

that

it

found

!

Woe

to

my

feet

,

which

have

too

often

walked

in

ways

displeasing

to

God

!

Woe

to

my

body

;

and

woe

to

my

miserable

soul

,

which

has

already

turned

aside

from

God

its

Maker

!

What

shall

I

do

when

I

arrive

at

that

place

where

I

must

stand

before

the

most

righteous

Judge

,

and

when

He

shall

call

me

to

account

for

the

works

which

I

have

heaped

up

in

my

youth

?

Woe

to

every

man

dying

in

his

sins

!

Assuredly

that

same

dreadful

hour

,

which

came

upon

my

father

Jacob

,

when

his

soul

was

flying

forth

from

his

body

,

is

now

,

behold

,

near

at

hand

for

me

.

Oh

!

how

wretched

I

am

this

day

,

and

worthy

of

lamentation

!

But

God

alone

is

the

disposer

of

my

soul

and

body

;

He

also

will

deal

with

them

after

His

own

good

pleasure

.

Notes

21
Comp. Job. iii.
22
Comp. Ps. li. 5.
23
Matt. i. 16.