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The Testament of Asher Concerning Two Faces of Vice and Virtue

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Section 4

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4. For good men, even they that

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are

single

of

face

,

though

they

be

thought

by

them

that

are

double

-

faced

to

err

,

are

just

before

God

.

For

many

in

killing

the

wicked

do

two

works

,

an

evil

by

a

good

;

but

the

whole

is

good

,

because

he

hath

uprooted

and

destroyed

that

which

is

evil

.

One

man

hateth

him

that

showeth

mercy

,

and

doeth

wrong

to

the

adulterer

and

the

thief

:

this

,

too

,

is

double

-

faced

,

but

the

whole

work

is

good

,

because

he

followeth

the

Lord’s

example

,

in

that

he

receiveth

not

that

which

seemeth

good

with

that

which

is

really

bad

.

Another

desireth

not

to

see

good

days

with

them

that

riot

,

lest

he

defile

his

mouth

and

pollute

his

soul

:

this

,

too

,

is

double

-

faced

,

but

the

whole

is

good

,

for

such

men

are

like

to

stags

and

to

hinds

,

because

in

a

wild

condition

they

seem

to

be

unclean

,

but

they

are

altogether

clean

;

because

they

walk

in

a

zeal

for

God

,

and

abstain

from

what

God

also

hateth

and

forbiddeth

by

His

commandments

,

and

they

ward

off

the

evil

from

the

good

.

Notes

5
[Matt. v. 45. This seems contradictory.]