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The Narrative of Zosimus Concerning the Life of the Blessed

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Section 19

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XIX. And, behold, when the angels of

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God

ascended

,

the

Devil

came

,

having

a

fierce

shape

,

and

possessed

with

anger

and

gall

,

and

said

to

me

,

I

knew

that

God

would

do

with

thee

as

with

the

blessed

ones

,

and

that

they

shall

be

free

from

sin

and

be

above

the

angels

,

and

therefore

I

brought

in

an

evil

design

,

and

entered

into

the

vessel

of

the

serpent

,

an

evil

-

doer

added

to

evil

-

doer

.

And

by

this

I

made

the

first

man

Adam

to

transgress

and

taste

of

the

tree

of

life

,

since

God

had

commanded

him

not

to

eat

of

it

,

that

he

might

remain

equal

in

glory

to

God

and

the

holy

angels

;

and

thou

again

hast

gone

and

brought

this

commandment

,

but

now

that

they

may

not

be

without

sin

,

I

shall

show

thee

how

I

shall

destroy

thee

and

all

those

that

receive

this

commandment

,

so

that

they

may

not

be

without

sin

,

and

the

book

that

thou

hast

brought

.