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The Testament of Joseph Concerning Sobriety

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Section 7

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7. But because her heart was set upon me to

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commit

lewdness

,

she

sighed

,

and

her

countenance

fell

.

And

when

her

husband

saw

her

,

he

said

unto

her

,

Why

is

thy

countenance

fallen

?

And

she

said

,

I

have

a

pain

at

my

heart

,

and

the

groanings

of

my

spirit

do

oppress

me

;

and

so

he

comforted

her

who

was

not

sick

.

Then

she

rushed

in

to

me

while

her

husband

was

yet

without

,

and

said

unto

me

,

I

will

hang

myself

,

or

cast

myself

into

a

well

or

over

a

cliff

,

if

thou

wilt

not

consent

unto

me

.

And

when

I

saw

the

spirit

of

Beliar

was

troubling

her

,

I

prayed

unto

the

Lord

,

and

said

unto

her

,

Why

art

thou

troubled

and

disturbed

,

blinded

in

sins

?

Remember

that

if

thou

killest

thyself

,

Sethon

,

the

concubine

of

thy

husband

,

thy

rival

,

will

beat

thy

children

,

and

will

destroy

thy

memorial

from

off

the

earth

.

And

she

said

unto

me

,

Lo

then

thou

lovest

me

;

this

alone

is

sufficient

for

me

,

that

thou

carest

for

my

life

and

my

children

:

I

have

expectation

that

I

shall

enjoy

my

desire

.

And

she

knew

not

that

because

of

my

God

I

spake

thus

,

and

not

because

of

her

.

For

if

a

man

hath

fallen

before

the

passion

of

a

wicked

desire

,

then

by

that

hath

he

become

enslaved

,

even

as

also

was

she

.

And

if

he

hear

any

good

thing

with

regard

to

the

passion

whereby

he

is

vanquished

,

he

receiveth

it

unto

his

wicked

desire

.