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The Testament of Reuben Concerning Thoughts

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Section 3

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3. Besides all these, there is an eighth (

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8

)

spirit

of

sleep

,

with

which

is

created

entrancement

of

man’s

nature

,

and

the

image

of

death

.

With

these

spirits

are

mingled

the

spirits

of

error

.

The

first

(

1

)

,

the

spirit

of

fornication

,

dwelleth

in

the

nature

and

in

the

senses

;

the

second

(

2

)

spirit

of

insatiateness

in

the

belly

;

the

third

(

3

)

spirit

of

fighting

in

the

liver

and

the

gall

.

The

fourth

(

4

)

is

the

spirit

of

fawning

and

trickery

,

that

through

over

-

officiousness

a

man

may

be

fair

in

seeming

.

The

fifth

(

5

)

is

the

spirit

of

arrogance

,

that

a

man

may

be

stirred

up

and

become

high

-

minded

.

The

sixth

(

6

)

is

the

spirit

of

lying

,

in

perdition

and

in

jealousy

to

feign

words

,

and

to

conceal

words

from

kindred

and

friends

.

The

seventh

(

7

)

is

the

spirit

of

injustice

,

with

which

are

theft

and

pilferings

,

that

a

man

may

work

the

desire

of

his

heart

;

for

injustice

worketh

together

with

the

other

spirits

by

means

of

craft

.

Besides

all

these

,

the

spirit

of

sleep

,

the

eighth

(

8

)

spirit

,

is

conjoined

with

error

and

fantasy

.

And

so

perisheth

every

young

man

,

darkening

his

mind

from

the

truth

,

and

not

understanding

the

law

of

God

,

nor

obeying

the

admonitions

of

his

fathers

,

as

befell

me

also

in

my

youth

.

Notes

3
This clause is only found in Cd. Oxon.; it seems demanded by the following ἀπό