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The Testament of Judah Concerning Fortitude, and Love of Money, and Fornication

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Section 14

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14. And now, my children,

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be

not

drunk

with

wine

;

for

wine

turneth

the

mind

away

from

the

truth

,

and

kindleth

in

it

the

passion

of

lust

,

and

leadeth

the

eyes

into

error

.

For

the

spirit

of

fornication

hath

wine

as

a

minister

to

give

pleasures

to

the

mind

;

for

these

two

take

away

the

power

from

a

man

.

For

if

a

man

drink

wine

to

drunkenness

,

he

disturbeth

his

mind

with

filthy

thoughts

to

fornication

,

and

exciteth

his

body

to

carnal

union

;

and

if

the

cause

of

the

desire

be

present

,

he

worketh

the

sin

,

and

is

not

ashamed

.

Such

is

wine

,

my

children

;

for

he

who

is

drunken

reverenceth

no

man

.

For

,

lo

,

it

made

me

also

to

err

,

so

that

I

was

not

ashamed

of

the

multitude

in

the

city

,

because

before

the

eyes

of

all

I

turned

aside

unto

Tamar

,

and

I

worked

a

great

sin

,

and

I

uncovered

the

covering

of

the

shame

of

my

sons

.

After

that

I

drank

wine

I

reverenced

not

the

commandment

of

God

,

and

I

took

a

woman

of

Canaan

to

wife

.

Wherefore

,

my

children

,

he

who

drinketh

wine

needeth

discretion

;

and

herein

is

discretion

in

drinking

wine

,

that

a

man

should

drink

as

long

as

he

keepeth

decency

;

but

if

he

go

beyond

this

bound

,

the

spirit

of

deceit

attacketh

his

mind

and

worketh

his

will

;

and

it

maketh

the

drunkard

to

talk

filthily

,

and

to

transgress

and

not

to

be

ashamed

,

but

even

to

exult

in

his

dishonour

,

accounting

himself

to

do

well

.