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The Testament of Reuben Concerning Thoughts

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Section 4

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4. Pay no heed, therefore, to the beauty

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of

women

,

and

muse

not

upon

their

doings

;

but

walk

in

singleness

of

heart

in

the

fear

of

the

Lord

,

and

be

labouring

in

works

,

and

roaming

in

study

and

among

your

flocks

,

until

the

Lord

give

to

you

a

wife

whom

He

will

,

that

ye

suffer

not

as

I

did

.

Until

my

father’s

death

I

had

not

boldness

to

look

stedfastly

into

the

face

of

Jacob

,

or

to

speak

to

any

of

my

brethren

,

because

of

my

reproach

;

and

even

until

now

my

conscience

afflicteth

me

by

reason

of

my

sin

.

And

my

father

comforted

me

;

for

he

prayed

for

me

unto

the

Lord

,

that

the

anger

of

the

Lord

might

pass

away

from

me

,

even

as

the

Lord

showed

me

.

From

henceforth

,

then

,

I

was

protected

,

and

I

sinned

not

.

Therefore

,

my

children

,

observe

all

things

whatsoever

I

command

you

,

and

ye

shall

not

sin

.

For

fornication

is

the

destruction

of

the

soul

,

separating

it

from

God

,

and

bringing

it

near

to

idols

,

because

it

deceiveth

the

mind

and

understanding

,

and

bringeth

down

young

men

into

hell

before

their

time

.

For

many

hath

fornication

destroyed

;

because

,

though

a

man

be

old

or

noble

,

it

maketh

him

a

reproach

and

a

laughing

-

stock

with

Beliar

and

the

sons

of

men

.

For

in

that

Joseph

kept

himself

from

every

woman

,

and

purged

his

thoughts

from

all

fornication

,

he

found

favour

before

the

Lord

and

men

.

For

the

Egyptian

woman

did

many

things

unto

him

,

and

called

for

magicians

,

and

offered

him

love

potions

,

and

the

purpose

of

his

soul

admitted

no

evil

desire

.

Therefore

the

God

of

my

fathers

delivered

him

from

every

visible

and

hidden

death

.

For

if

fornication

overcome

not

the

mind

,

neither

shall

Beliar

overcome

you

.