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XXXV.—Of the Tree of Life and Death.
Adam was the first who fell, and that he might
shun the precepts of God, Belial was his tempter by the lust of the
palm tree. And he conferred on us also what he did, whether of
good or of evil, as being the chief of all that was born from him; and
thence we die by his means, as he himself, receding from the divine,
became an outcast from the Word. We shall be immortal when six
thousand years are accomplished. The tree of the apple being
tasted, death has entered into the world. By this tree of death
we are born to the life to come. On the tree depends the life
that bears fruits—precepts. Now, therefore, pluck1848
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“capite,” conjectural for “cavete.” | believingly the fruits of life. A law
was given from the tree to be feared by the primitive man, whence comes
death by the neglect of the law of the beginning. Now stretch
forth your hand, and take of the tree of life.
The excellent law of the Lord which
follows has issued from the tree. The first law is lost; man eats
whence he can, who adores the forbidden gods, the evil joys of
life. Reject this partaking; it will suffice you to know what it
should be. If you wish to live, surrender yourselves to the
second law. Avoid the worship of temples, the oracles of demons;
turn yourselves to Christ, and ye shall be associates with God.
Holy is God’s law, which teaches the dead to live. God
alone has commanded us to offer to Him the hymn of praise. All of
you shun absolutely the law of the devil.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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