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

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Section 19

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19. My children, the love of

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money

leadeth

to

idols

;

because

,

when

led

astray

through

money

,

men

make

mention

of

those

who

are

no

gods

,

and

it

causeth

him

who

hath

it

to

fall

into

madness

.

For

the

sake

of

money

I

lost

my

children

,

and

but

for

the

repentance

of

my

flesh

,

and

the

humbling

of

my

soul

,

and

the

prayers

of

Jacob

my

father

,

I

should

have

died

childless

.

But

the

God

of

my

fathers

,

who

is

pitiful

and

merciful

,

pardoned

me

,

because

I

did

it

in

ignorance

.

For

the

prince

of

deceit

blinded

me

,

and

I

was

ignorant

as

a

man

and

as

flesh

,

being

corrupted

in

sins

;

and

I

learnt

my

own

weakness

while

thinking

myself

unconquerable

.

Notes

20
[Num. xv. 25 and Acts iii. 17.]
21
[See cap. 13, p. 19, supra.]