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The Testament of Joseph Concerning Sobriety

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Section 3

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3. How often did the Egyptian threaten me with death

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!

How

often

did

she

give

me

over

to

punishment

,

and

then

call

me

back

,

and

threaten

me

when

I

would

not

company

with

her

!

And

she

said

to

me

,

Thou

shalt

be

lord

of

me

,

and

all

that

is

mine

,

if

thou

wilt

give

thyself

unto

me

,

and

thou

shalt

be

as

our

master

.

Therefore

I

remembered

the

words

of

the

fathers

of

my

father

Jacob

,

and

I

entered

into

my

chamber

and

prayed

unto

the

Lord

;

and

I

fasted

in

those

seven

years

,

and

I

appeared

to

my

master

as

one

living

delicately

,

for

they

that

fast

for

God’s

sake

receive

beauty

of

face

.

And

if

one

gave

me

wine

,

I

drank

it

not

;

and

I

fasted

for

three

days

,

and

took

my

food

and

gave

it

to

the

poor

and

sick

.

And

I

sought

the

Lord

early

,

and

wept

for

the

Egyptian

woman

of

Memphis

,

for

very

unceasingly

did

she

trouble

me

,

and

at

night

she

came

to

me

under

the

pretence

of

visiting

me

;

and

at

first

,

because

she

had

no

male

child

,

she

feigned

to

count

me

as

a

son

.

And

I

prayed

unto

the

Lord

,

and

she

bare

a

male

child

;

therefore

for

a

time

she

embraced

me

as

a

son

,

and

I

knew

it

not

.

Last

of

all

,

she

sought

to

draw

me

into

fornication

.

And

when

I

perceived

it

,

I

sorrowed

even

unto

death

;

and

when

she

had

gone

out

I

came

to

myself

,

and

I

lamented

for

her

many

days

,

because

I

saw

her

guile

and

her

deceit

.

And

I

declared

unto

her

the

words

of

the

Most

High

,

if

haply

she

would

turn

from

her

evil

lust

.

Notes

3
[Matt. vi. 6. He veils the quotation by a fiction, as to authorship, to support the plan of his work.]
4
[Dan. i. 15.]