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The History of Joseph the Carpenter

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Section 26

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26. And I spoke to Joseph, and said:

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The

smell

or

corruption

of

death

shall

not

have

dominion

over

thee

,

nor

shall

a

worm

ever

come

forth

from

thy

body

.

Not

a

single

limb

of

it

shall

be

broken

,

nor

shall

any

hair

on

thy

head

be

changed

.

Nothing

of

thy

body

shall

perish

,

O

my

father

Joseph

,

but

it

will

remain

entire

and

uncorrupted

even

until

the

banquet

of

the

thousand

years

.

And

whosoever

shall

make

an

offering

on

the

day

of

thy

remembrance

,

him

will

I

bless

and

recompense

in

the

congregation

of

the

virgins

;

and

whosoever

shall

give

food

to

the

wretched

,

the

poor

,

the

widows

,

and

orphans

from

the

work

of

his

hands

,

on

the

day

on

which

thy

memory

shall

be

celebrated

,

and

in

thy

name

,

shall

not

be

in

want

of

good

things

all

the

days

of

his

life

.

And

whosoever

shall

have

given

a

cup

of

water

,

or

of

wine

,

to

drink

to

the

widow

or

orphan

in

thy

name

,

I

will

give

him

to

thee

,

that

thou

mayst

go

in

with

him

to

the

banquet

of

the

thousand

years

.

And

every

man

who

shall

present

an

offering

on

the

day

of

thy

commemoration

will

I

bless

and

recompense

in

the

church

of

the

virgins

:

for

one

I

will

render

unto

him

thirty

,

sixty

,

and

a

hundred

.

And

whosoever

shall

write

the

history

of

thy

life

,

of

thy

labour

,

and

thy

departure

from

this

world

,

and

this

narrative

that

has

issued

from

my

mouth

,

him

shall

I

commit

to

thy

keeping

as

long

as

he

shall

have

to

do

with

this

life

.

And

when

his

soul

departs

from

the

body

,

and

when

he

must

leave

this

world

,

I

will

burn

the

book

of

his

sins

,

nor

will

I

torment

him

with

any

punishment

in

the

day

of

judgment

;

but

he

shall

cross

the

sea

of

flames

,

and

shall

go

through

it

without

trouble

or

pain

.

And

upon

every

poor

man

who

can

give

none

of

those

things

which

I

have

mentioned

this

is

incumbent

:

viz

.

,

if

a

son

is

born

to

him

,

he

shall

call

his

name

Joseph

.

So

there

shall

not

take

place

in

that

house

either

poverty

or

any

sudden

death

for

ever

.

Notes

27
Barnabas, 15; Hermas, i. 3; Irenæus, Contra Hær., v. 33; Justin, Tryph., 81; Tertullian, Adv. Marc., iii. 24. Caius and Dionysius imputed grossness and sensuality to Cerinthus, because he spoke of the wedding feast of the thousand years.
28
All the fathers placed the purgatorial fires, as the Greek Church does now, at the day of judgment. Augustine was the first who brought forward the supposition that the purification took place in Hades before the day of judgment. Haag, Histoire des Dogmes, ii. 323.