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The Testament of Joseph Concerning Sobriety

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Section 4

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4. How often has she fawned upon me with words

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as

a

holy

man

,

with

guile

in

her

talk

,

praising

my

chastity

before

her

husband

,

while

desiring

to

destroy

me

when

we

were

alone

.

She

lauded

me

openly

as

chaste

,

and

in

secret

she

said

unto

me

,

Fear

not

my

husband

;

for

he

is

persuaded

concerning

thy

chastity

,

so

that

even

should

one

tell

him

concerning

us

he

would

in

no

wise

believe

.

For

all

these

things

I

lay

upon

the

ground

in

sackcloth

,

and

I

besought

God

that

the

Lord

would

deliver

me

from

the

Egyptian

.

And

when

she

prevailed

nothing

,

she

came

again

to

me

under

the

plea

of

instruction

,

that

she

might

know

the

word

of

the

Lord

.

And

she

said

unto

me

,

If

thou

willest

that

I

should

leave

my

idols

,

be

persuaded

by

me

,

and

I

will

persuade

my

husband

to

depart

from

his

idols

,

and

we

will

walk

in

the

law

of

thy

Lord

.

And

I

said

unto

her

,

The

Lord

willeth

not

that

those

who

reverence

Him

should

be

in

uncleanness

,

nor

doth

He

take

pleasure

in

them

that

commit

adultery

.

And

she

held

her

peace

,

longing

to

accomplish

her

evil

desire

.

And

I

gave

myself

yet

more

to

fasting

and

prayer

,

that

the

Lord

should

deliver

me

from

her

.