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Grace is of the elect! and who shall receive it except those who trust in it from the beginning?
Love is of the elect? And who shall put it on except those who have possessed it from the beginning?
Love is of the elect? And who shall put it on except those who have possessed it from the beginning?
And His thought was like a letter; His will descended from on high, and it was sent like an arrow which is violently shot from the bow:
And many hands rushed to the letter to seize it and to take and read it:
And many hands rushed to the letter to seize it and to take and read it:
And it escaped their fingers and they were affrighted at it and at the seal that was upon it.
And it escaped their fingers and they were affrighted at it and at the seal that was upon it.
And it escaped their fingers and they were affrighted at it and at the seal that was upon it.
Because it was not permitted to them to loose its seal: for the power that was over the seal was greater than they.
But those who saw it went after the letter that they might know where it would alight, and who should read it and who should hear it.
But those who saw it went after the letter that they might know where it would alight, and who should read it and who should hear it.
But those who saw it went after the letter that they might know where it would alight, and who should read it and who should hear it.
But those who saw it went after the letter that they might know where it would alight, and who should read it and who should hear it.
But a wheel received it and came over it:
But a wheel received it and came over it:
And there was with it a sign of the Kingdom and of the Government:
And everything which tried to move the wheel it mowed and cut down:
And it gathered the multitude of adversaries, and bridged the rivers and crossed over and rooted up many forests and made a broad path.
The head went down to the feet, for down to the feet ran the wheel, and that which was a sign upon it.
The letter was one of command, for there were included in it all districts;
And the name of the Father was on it, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, to rule for ever and ever. Hallelujah.
And no food was given to them, because it did not belong to them;
And every one of them that was imperfect perished: for it was not possible to give them a word that they might remain:
For the Lord disclosed His way, and spread abroad His grace: and those who understood it, know His holiness. Hallelujah.
For it suffices to know and to rest: for in rest the singers stand,
Like a river which has an abundant fountain, and flows to the help of them that seek it. Hallelujah.
And He showed me His sign: forth and given me to drink, and from that life is the spirit within me, and it cannot die, for it lives.
And He showed me His sign: forth and given me to drink, and from that life is the spirit within me, and it cannot die, for it lives.
And they sought for my death and did not find it: for I was older than the memorial of them;
For I believed in the Lord's Messiah: and it appeared to me that He is the Lord;
Fill ye waters for yourselves from the living fountain of the Lord, for it is opened to you:
For fair it is and pure and gives rest to the soul. Much more pleasant are its waters than honey;
And the honeycomb of bees is not to be compared with it.
For it flows forth from the lips of the Lord and from the heart of the Lord is its name.
And it came infinitely and invisibly: and until it was set in the midst they did not know it:
And it came infinitely and invisibly: and until it was set in the midst they did not know it:
And it came infinitely and invisibly: and until it was set in the midst they did not know it:
In order, that I might redeem my people, and inherit it and that I might not make void my promises to the fathers, to whom I promised the salvation of their seed. Hallelujah.
Again Grace ran and forsook corruption, and came down in Him to bring it to nought;
And drew to Him all those who obeyed Him; and there did not appear as it were an evil person.
It was to me for salvation: everything was shaken and they were affrighted;
And my heart poured out as it were a gushing stream of righteousness,
And it gave me rest by the grace of the Lord. Hallelujah.
And the Truth took me and led me: and carried me across pits and gulleys; and from the rocks and the waves it preserved me:
And it became to me a haven of Salvation: and set me on the arms of immortal life:
And it went with me and made me rest, and suffered me not to wander, because it was the Truth;
And it went with me and made me rest, and suffered me not to wander, because it was the Truth;
For Error flees away from it, and meets it not: but the Truth proceeds in the right path, and
For Error flees away from it, and meets it not: but the Truth proceeds in the right path, and
Whatever I did not know, it made clear to me, all the poisons of error, and the plagues of death which they think to be sweetness:
And then they leave them; and then these go about like madmen corrupting: seeing that-they are without heart, nor do they seek for it!
For He set the root and watered it and fixed it and blessed it; and its fruits are for ever.
For He set the root and watered it and fixed it and blessed it; and its fruits are for ever.
For He set the root and watered it and fixed it and blessed it; and its fruits are for ever.
It struck deep and sprung up and spread out, and was full and enlarged;
And His inheritance is immortal life, and those who participate in it are incorrupt. Hallelujah.
I did not perish, though they devised it against me.
And it came to pass in the twenty-fifth year of Jeconiah, king of Judah, that the word of the Lord came to Baruch, the son of Neriah, and said to him:
For this reason, behold I bring evil upon this city, and upon its inhabitants, and it shall be removed from before Me for a time, and I will scatter this people among the Gentiles that they may do good to the Gentiles. And My people shall be chastened, and the time shall come when they will seek for the prosperity of their times.
This building now built in your midst is not that which is revealed with Me, that which prepared beforehand here from the time when I took counsel to make Paradise, and showed Adam before he sinned, but when he transgressed the commandment it was removed from him, as also Paradise.
And after these things I showed it to My servant Abraham by night among the portions of the victims.
And again also I showed it to Moses on Mount Sinai when I showed to the likeness of the tabernacle and all its vessels.
And now, behold, it is preserved with Me, as Paradise.
And it came to pass on the morrow that, lo! the army of the Chaldees surrounded the city, and at the time of the evening, I, Baruch, left the people, and I went forth and stood by the oak.
For I am first sent to speak a word to the earth, and to place in it what the Lord the Most High has commanded me.'
For the time comes when Jerusalem also will be delivered for a time, Until it is said, that it is again restored for ever.'
For the time comes when Jerusalem also will be delivered for a time, Until it is said, that it is again restored for ever.'
'Enter, you enemies, And come, you adversaries; For he who kept the house has forsaken (it).
And it came to pass after these things that the army of the Chaldees entered and seized the house, and all that was around it. And they led the people away captive and slew some of them, and bound Zedekiah the king, and sent him to the king of Babylon.
And it came to pass after these things that the army of the Chaldees entered and seized the house, and all that was around it. And they led the people away captive and slew some of them, and bound Zedekiah the king, and sent him to the king of Babylon.
And it came to pass after seven days, that the word of God carne to me, and said unto me:
And you, you virgins; who weave fine linen And silk with gold of Ophir, Take with haste all (these) things And cast (them) into the fire, That it may bear them to Him who made them, And the flame send them to Him who created them, Lest the enemy get possession of them.
Who will be judge regarding these things? Or to whom shall we complain regarding that which has befallen us? O Lord, how have you borne (it)?
For assuredly in its own season shall the (divine) wrath awake against you. Which now in long-suffering is held in as it were by reins.
And it came to pass after these things, that I, Baruch, was standing upon Mount Zion, and lo! a voice came from the height and said unto me:
And if others did evil, it was due to Zion that on account of the works of those who wrought good works she should be forgiven, and should not be overwhelmed on account of the works of those who wrought unrighteousness.
For as the breath ascends involuntarily, and again dies, so it is with the nature of men, who depart not according to their own will, and know not what will befall them in the end.
And you did say that you wouldst make for Your world man as the administrator of Your works, that it might be known that he was by no means made on account of the world, but the world on account of him.
And now I see that as for the world which was made on account of us, lo! it abides; but we, on account of whom it was made, depart.'
And now I see that as for the world which was made on account of us, lo! it abides; but we, on account of whom it was made, depart.'
But now, because he transgressed wittingly, yea, just on this ground that he knows (about it), he shall be tormented.
For what did it profit Adam that he lived nine hundred and thirty years and transgressed that which he was commanded? Therefore the multitude of time that he lived did not profit him, but brought death and cut off the years of those who were born from him. wherein did Moses suffer loss in that he lived only one hundred and twenty years, and, inasmuch he was subject to Him who formed him, brought the law to the seed of Jacob, and lighted a lamp for the nation of Israel?'
Now regarding everything that is, it is I that judge, but do not you take counsel in your soul regarding these things, nor afflict thyself because of those which have been.
For now it is the consummation of time that should be considered, whether of business, or of prosperity, or of shame and not the beginning thereof.
Now therefore hold fast in your heart everything that I command you, And seal it in the recesses of your mind.
And it came to pass at sunset that my soul took much thought, and I began to speak in the presence of the Mighty One, and said:
And reprove accordingly the angel of death, and let Your glory appear, and let the might of Your beauty be known, and let Sheol be sealed so that from this time forward it may not receive the dead, and let the treasuries of souls restore those which are enclosed in them.
And it came to pass after these things that lo! the heavens were opened, and I saw, and power was given to me, and a voice was beard from on high, and it said unto me:
And it came to pass after these things that lo! the heavens were opened, and I saw, and power was given to me, and a voice was beard from on high, and it said unto me:
He who travels by a road but does not complete it, or who departs by sea but does not arrive at the port, can he be comforted?
Or he who promises to give a present to another, but does not fulfill it, is it not robbery?
Or he who promises to give a present to another, but does not fulfill it, is it not robbery?
Or he who plants a plant unless it grows till the time suitable to it, does he who planted it expect to receive fruit from it?
Or he who plants a plant unless it grows till the time suitable to it, does he who planted it expect to receive fruit from it?
Or he who plants a plant unless it grows till the time suitable to it, does he who planted it expect to receive fruit from it?
Or he who plants a plant unless it grows till the time suitable to it, does he who planted it expect to receive fruit from it?
Or he who builds a house, if he does not roof it and complete it, can it be called a house? Tell Me that first.'
Or he who builds a house, if he does not roof it and complete it, can it be called a house? Tell Me that first.'
Or he who builds a house, if he does not roof it and complete it, can it be called a house? Tell Me that first.'