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The Testament of Asher Concerning Two Faces of Vice and Virtue

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1. The record of the testament of Asher

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,

what

things

he

spake

to

his

sons

in

the

hundred

and

twentieth

year

of

his

life

.

While

he

was

still

in

health

,

he

said

to

them

:

Hearken

,

ye

children

of

Asher

,

to

your

father

,

and

I

will

declare

to

you

all

that

is

right

in

the

sight

of

God

.

Two

ways

hath

God

given

to

the

sons

of

men

,

and

two

minds

,

and

two

doings

,

and

two

places

,

and

two

ends

.

Therefore

all

things

are

by

twos

,

one

corresponding

to

the

other

.

There

are

two

ways

of

good

and

evil

,

with

which

are

the

two

minds

in

our

breasts

distinguishing

them

.

Therefore

if

the

soul

take

pleasure

in

good

,

all

its

actions

are

in

righteousness

;

and

though

it

sin

,

it

straightway

repenteth

.

For

,

having

his

mind

set

upon

righteousness

,

and

casting

away

maliciousness

,

he

straightway

overthroweth

the

evil

,

and

uprooteth

the

sin

.

But

if

his

mind

turn

aside

in

evil

,

all

his

doings

are

in

maliciousness

,

and

he

driveth

away

the

good

,

and

taketh

unto

him

the

evil

,

and

is

ruled

by

Beliar

;

and

even

though

he

work

what

is

good

,

he

perverteth

it

in

evil

.

For

whenever

he

beginneth

as

though

to

do

good

,

he

bringeth

the

end

of

his

doing

to

work

evil

,

seeing

that

the

treasure

of

the

devil

is

filled

with

the

poison

of

an

evil

spirit

.

Notes

1
[See the Duæ Viæ, vol. vii., p. 377, this series.]