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  Chapter sixty, Book of Noah, A fragment Quaking of Heaven, Behemoth and
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  Leviathan, the Elements, Chapter sixty in the year five hundred, in the
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  seventh month, on the fourteenth day of the month, in the Life of
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  Enuch. In that parable, I saw how a mighty quaking made the heaven
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  of heavens to quake, and the Host of the Most High, and the
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  angels a thousand thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand were disquieted with a great
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  disquiet, And the Head of Days sat on the throne of his glory,
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  and the angels and the righteous stood around him. And a great trembling seized
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  me, and fear took hold of me, and my loins gave way,
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  and dissolved were my reins, And I fell upon my face, and Michael
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  sent another angel from among the holy ones, and he raised me up.
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  And when he had raised me up, my spirit returned, for I had
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  not been able to endure the look of this host and the commotion and the
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  quaking of the heaven. And Michael said, unto me, why art thou
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  disquieted with such a vision until this day lasted the day of his mercy?
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  And he hath been merciful and long suffering towards those who dwell on the earth.
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  And when the day and the power, and the punishment and the judgment
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  come, which the Lord of Spirits hath prepared for those who worship not the
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  righteous law, and for those who deny the righteous judgment, and for those
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  who take his name in vain, that day is prepared for the elect to
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  coven it, but for sinners and inquisition, when the punishment of the Lord
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  of Spirit shall rest upon them, it shall rest in order that the punishment
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  of the Lord of Spirits may not come in vain, and it shall slay
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  the children with their mothers, and the children with their fathers. Afterwards the
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  judgment shall take place according to his mercy and his patience. And on that
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  day were two monsters parted, a female monster named Leviathan to dwell in the
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  abe of the ocean, over the fountains of the waters. But the male
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  is named Behameth, who occupied with his breast a waste wilderness named Duadane,
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  on the east of the garden, where the elect and righteous dwell, where
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  my grandfather was taken up the seventh from Adam, the first man whom the
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  Lord of spirits created. And I besought the other angel that he should show
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  me the might of those monsters. How they were parted on one day,
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  and cast the one into the abysses of the sea, and the other unto
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  the dry land of the wilderness. And he said to me, thou,
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  son of man, herein thou dost seek to know what is hidden. And
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  the other angel, who went with me and showed me what was hidden,
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  told me what is first and last in the heaven, in the height and
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  beneath the earth, in the depth and at the ends of the heaven,
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  and on the foundation of the heaven, and the chambers of the winds,
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  And how the winds are divided, and how they are weighed, and how
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  the portals of the winds are reckoned, each according to the power of the
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  wind, and the power of the lights of the moon, and according to
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  the power that is fitting, and the divisions of the stars according to their
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  names, and how all the divisions are divided, and the thunders according to
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  the places where they fall, and all the divisions that are made among the
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  lightnings, that it may lighten and their host, that they may at once
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  obey. For the thunder has places of rest which are assigned to it while
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  it is waiting for its peal. And the thunder and lightning are inseparable,
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  and although not one and undivided, they both go together through the spirit,
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  and separate not, For when the lightning lightens, the thunder utters its voice,
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  and the spirit enforces a pause during the peal, and divides equally between
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  them. For the treasury of their peals is like the sand, and each
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  one of them, as it peals, is held in with a bridle,
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  and turned back by the power of the spirit, and pushed forward according to
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  the many quarters of the earth. And the spirit of the sea is mass,
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  skill and strong, and according to the might of his strength, he
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  draws it back with a rain, and in like manner it is driven forward
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  and disperses amid all the mountains of the earth. And the spirit of the
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  hoar frost is his own angel. And the spirit of the hail is a
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  good angel. And the spirit of the snow has forsaken his chambers on account
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  of his strength. There is a special spirit therein, and that which ascends
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  from it is like smoke, and its name is frost. And the spirit
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  of the mist is not united with them in their chambers. But it has
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  a special chamber, for its course is glorious, both in light and in
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  darkness, and in winter and in summer. And in its chamber is an
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  angel. And the spirit of the dew has its dwelling at the ends of
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  the heaven, and is connected with the chambers of the rain. And its
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  course is in winter and summer, and its clouds and the clouds of the
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  mist are connected, and the one gives to the other. And when the
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  spirit of the Rain goes forth from its chamber, the angels come and open
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  the chamber and lead it out. And when it is diffused over the whole
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  earth, it unites with the water on the earth. And whensoever it unites
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  with the water on the earth. For the waters are for those who dwell
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  on the earth, for they are nourishment for the earth, and from the
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  most High, who is in heaven. Therefore there is a measure for the
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  rain, and the angels take it in charge. And these things I saw
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  towards the Garden of the Righteous, and the Angel of Peace, who was
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  with me, said to me, these two monsters prepared conformably to the greatness
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  of God, shall feed Chapter sixty one, angels go off to measure Paradise,
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  the judgment of the righteous by the elect one, the praise of the
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  elect one and of God, Chapter sixty one. And I saw in those
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  days how long cords were given to those angels, and they took to themselves
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  wings and flew, and they went towards the north. And I asked the
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  angel, saying, unto him, why have those angels taken these cords and
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  gone off? And he said, unto me, they have gone to measure.
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  And the angel who went with me said, unto me, these shall
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  bring the measures of the righteous and the ropes of the righteous to the righteous,
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  that they may stay themselves on the name of the Lord of spirits forever
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  and ever. The elect shall begin to dwell with the elect. And those
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  are the measures which shall be given to faith, and which shall strengthen righteousness.
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  And these measures shall reveal all the secrets of the depths of the earth,
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  and those who have been destroyed by the desert, and those who have
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  been devoured by the beasts, and those who have been devoured by the fish
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  of the sea, that they may return and stay themselves on the day of
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  the elect one. For none shall be destroyed before the Lord of Spirits,
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  and none can be destroyed. And all who dwell above in the heaven received
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  a command and power, and one voice, and one light like unto fire,
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  and that one with their first words they blessed and extolled, and lauded
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  with wisdom. And they were wise in utterance and in the spirit of life.
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  And the Lord of Spirits placed the elect One on the throne of glory.
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  And he shall judge all the works of the Holy above in the heaven,
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  and in the balance shall their deeds be weighed. And when he shall
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  lift up his countenance to judge their secret ways according to the word of the
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  name of the Lord of Spirits, and their path according to the way of
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  the righteous judgment of the Lord of Spirits, then shall they all with one
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  voice speak and bless and glorify, and extol and sanctify the name of the
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  Lord of Spirits. And he will summon all the host of the heavens,
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  and all the holy ones above, and the Host of God, the Cherubic
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  Seraphin and Ofannin, and all the angels of power, and all the angels
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  of principalities, and the elect One and the other powers on the earth and
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  over the water. On that day shall raise one voice and bless and glorify
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  and exalt in the spirit of faith, and in the spirit of wisdom,
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  and in the spirit of patience, and in the spirit of mercy, and
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  in the spirit of judgment and of peace, and in the spirit of goodness.
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  And shall all say with one voice, Blessed is He. And may
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  the name of the Lord of Spirits be blessed forever and ever. All who
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  sleep not above in heaven shall bless him, and all the holy ones who
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  are in heaven shall bless him. And all the elect who dwell in the
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  Garden of life. And every spirit of light who is able to bless and
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  glorify and extol and hallow thy blessed name, and all flesh shall beyond measure,
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  glorify and bless thy name forever and ever. For great is the mercy
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  of the Lord of Spirits, and he is long suffering, And all his
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  works and all that he has created, he has revealed to the righteous and
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  elect in the name of the Lord of Spirits. Chapter sixty two. Judgment
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  of the Kings and the Mighty Blessedness of the Righteous. Chapter sixty two and
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  thus the Lord commanded the kings and the mighty, and the exalted, and
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  those who dwell on the earth, and said, open your eyes and lift
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  up your horns, if you are able to recognize the elect one. And
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  the Lord of Spirit seated him on the throne of his glory, and the
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  spirit of righteousness was poured out upon him, and the word of his mouth
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  slays all the sinners, and all the unrighteous are destroyed from before his face.
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  And there shall stand up in that day all the kings and the Mighty,
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  and the exalted, in those who hold the earth, and they shall
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  see and recognize how he sits on the throne of his glory, and righteousness
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  is judged before him, and no lying word is spoken before him. Then
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  chau pain come upon them, as on a woman in travail. And she
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  has pain in bringing forth when her child enters the mouth of the womb,
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  and she is pain in bringing forth. And one portion of them shall look
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  on the other, and they shall be terrified, and they shall be downcast
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  of countenance, and pain shall seize them when they see that son of Man
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  sitting on the throne of his glory, and the kings and the Mighty,
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  and all who possess the earth shall bless and glorify and extol him who rules
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  over all, who was hidden. For from the beginning the Son of Man
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  was hidden, and the most High preserved him in the presence of his might,
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  and revealed him to the elect. And the congregation of the elect and
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  holy shall be sown, and all the elects shall stand before him on that
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  day, and all the kings and the Mighty, and the Exalted, and
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  those who rule the earth shall fall down before him on their faces and worship
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  and set their hope upon that son of Man, and petition him, and
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  supplicate for mercy at his hands. Nevertheless, that Lord of Spirits will so
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  press them that they shall hastily go forth from his presence, and their faith
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  shall be filled with shame, and the darkness grow deeper on their faces.
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  And he will deliver them to the angels for punishment, to execute vengeance on
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  them, because they have oppressed his children and his elect. And they shall
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  be a spectacle for the righteous and for his elect. They shall rejoice over
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  them, because the wrath of the Lord of Spirits resteth upon them, and
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  his sword is drunk with their blood, and the Righteous and Elect shall be
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  saved on that day, and they shall never thenceforward see the face of the
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  sinners and unrighteous. And the Lord of Spirits will abide over them, and
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  with that Son of Man, they shall eat and lie down and rise up
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  forever and ever. And the righteous and Elect shall have risen from the earth
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  and ceased to be of downcast countenance, and they shall have been clothed with
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  garments of glory, and these shall be the garments of life from the Lord
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  of Spirits. And your garments shall not grow old, nor your glory pass
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  away before the Lord of Spirits Chapter sixty three. The Unveiling Repentance of the
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  Kings and the Mighty Chapter sixty three. In those days shall the Mighty and
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  the Kings who possess the earth implore him to grant them a little respite from
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  His angels of punishment to whom they were delivered, that they might fall down
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  and worship before the Lord of Spirits and confess their sins before him. And
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  they shall bless and glorify the Lord of Spirits, and say, blessed is
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  the Lord of Spirits and the Lord of Kings, and the Lord of the
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  Mighty and the Lord of the rich, and the Lord of glory, and
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  the Lord of wisdom and splendid In every secret thing is thy power from generation
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  to generation, and thy glory forever and ever. Deep are all thy secrets
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  and innumerable, and thy righteousness is beyond reckoning. We have now learnt that
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  we should glorify and blessed the Lord of kings, and him who is King
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  over all kings. And they shall say, would that we had rest to
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  glory by and give thanks, and confess our faith before his glory. And
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  now we long for a little rest, but find it not. We follow
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  hard upon and obtain it not. And light has vanished from before us,
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  And darkness is our dwelling place forever and ever. For we have not believed
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  before him, nor glorified the name of the Lord of spirits, nor glorified
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  our Lord. But our hope was in the scepter of our kingdom, and
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  in our glory, and in the day of our suffering in tribulation. He
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  saves us not. And we find no respite for confession that our Lord is
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  true in all his works and in his judgments, and his justice and his
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  judgments have no respective persons. And we pass away from before his face on
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  account of our works, and all our sins are reckoned up in righteousness.
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  Now they shall say, unto themselves, our souls are full of unrighteous gain.
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  But it does not prevent us from descending from the midst thereof into the
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  burden of shule. After that, their faces shall be filled with darkness and
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  shame before that Son of Man, and they shall be driven from his presence,
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  and the swords shall abide before his face in their midst. Thus spake
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  the Lord of Spirits. This is the ordinance and judgment with respect to the
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  Mighty, and the Kings, and the Exalted, and those who possess the
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  earth before the Lord of Spirits, Chapter sixty four. Vision of the fallen
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  Angels in the Place of Punishment chapter sixty four, and other forms I saw
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  hidden in that place. I heard the voice of the Angel saying, these
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  are the angels who descended to the earth and revealed what was hidden to the
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  children of men, and seduced the children of men into committing sin. And
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  of section eight