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The Testament of Benjamin Concerning a Pure Mind

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Section 3

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3. Do ye also therefore, my children,

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love

the

Lord

God

of

heaven

,

and

keep

His

commandments

,

and

be

followers

of

the

good

and

holy

man

Joseph

;

and

let

your

mind

be

unto

good

,

even

as

ye

know

me

.

He

that

hath

his

mind

good

seeth

all

things

rightly

.

Fear

ye

the

Lord

,

and

love

your

neighbour

;

and

even

though

the

spirits

of

Beliar

allure

you

into

all

troublous

wickedness

,

yet

shall

no

troublous

wickedness

have

dominion

over

you

,

even

as

it

had

not

over

Joseph

my

brother

.

How

many

men

wished

to

slay

him

,

and

God

shielded

him

!

For

he

that

feareth

God

and

loveth

his

neighbour

cannot

be

smitten

by

Beliar’s

spirit

of

the

air

,

being

shielded

by

the

fear

of

God

;

nor

can

he

be

ruled

over

by

the

device

of

men

or

of

beasts

,

for

he

is

aided

by

the

love

of

the

Lord

which

he

hath

towards

his

neighbour

.

For

he

even

besought

our

father

Jacob

that

he

would

pray

for

our

brethren

,

that

the

Lord

would

not

impute

to

them

the

evil

that

they

devised

concerning

Joseph

.

And

thus

Jacob

cried

out

,

My

child

Joseph

,

thou

hast

prevailed

over

the

bowels

of

thy

father

Jacob

.

And

he

embraced

him

,

and

kissed

him

for

two

hours

,

saying

,

In

thee

shall

be

fulfilled

the

prophecy

of

heaven

concerning

the

Lamb

of

God

,

even

the

Saviour

of

the

world

,

that

spotless

shall

He

be

delivered

up

for

transgressors

,

and

sinless

shall

He

be

put

to

death

for

ungodly

men

in

the

blood

of

the

covenant

,

for

the

salvation

of

the

Gentiles

and

of

Israel

,

and

shall

destroy

Beliar

,

and

them

that

serve

him

.

Notes

2
This would seem to be the earliest instance of the application of the word ἀναμάρτητος to our Lord.
3
[How could any Christian more fully testify to the Nicene Faith? So the Gloria in Excelsis.]