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The History of Joseph the Carpenter

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Section 18

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18. When my father Joseph had thus spoken, he

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was

unable

to

weep

more

.

And

I

saw

that

death

now

had

dominion

over

him

.

And

my

mother

,

virgin

undefiled

,

rose

and

came

to

me

,

saying

:

O

my

beloved

son

,

this

pious

old

man

Joseph

is

now

dying

.

And

I

answered

:

Oh

my

dearest

mother

,

assuredly

upon

all

creatures

produced

in

this

world

the

same

necessity

of

death

lies

;

for

death

holds

sway

over

the

whole

human

race

.

Even

thou

,

O

my

virgin

mother

,

must

look

for

the

same

end

of

life

as

other

mortals

.

And

yet

thy

death

,

as

also

the

death

of

this

pious

man

,

is

not

death

,

but

life

enduring

to

eternity

.

Nay

more

,

even

I

must

die

,

as

concerns

the

body

which

I

have

received

from

thee

.

But

rise

,

O

my

venerable

mother

,

and

go

in

to

Joseph

,

that

blessed

old

man

,

in

order

that

thou

mayst

see

what

will

happen

as

his

soul

ascends

from

his

body

.