Book V - Snyder Bible

The Preaching of Simeon Kefa 163
into the house, and thence broke through into the garden,
where Kefa was already standing, selecting a fit place for discussion.
Chapter VII: The Sick Healed
But when he saw that the crowds had, like the waters of a
great river, poured over the narrow passage, he mounted
upon a pillar which stood near the wall of the garden, and first
saluted the people in his usual manner. But some of those who
were present, and who had been for a long time distressed by
demons, threw themselves on the ground, while the unclean
spirits entreated that they might be allowed but for one day to
remain in the bodies that they had taken possession of. But
Kefa rebuked them, and commanded them to depart; and they
went out without delay. After these, others who had been afflicted
with long-standing sicknesses asked Kefa that they
might receive healing; and he promised that he would entreat
Yahweh for them as soon as his discourse of instruction was
completed. But as soon as he promised, they were freed from
their sicknesses; and he ordered them to sit down apart, with
those who had been freed from the demons, as after the fatigue
of labor. Meantime, while this was going on, a vast multitude
assembled, attracted not only by the desire of hearing
Kefa, but also by the report of the cures which had been accomplished.
But Kefa, beckoning with his hand to the people
to he still, and settling the crowds in tranquility, began to address
them as follows:
Chapter VIII: Providence Vindicated
ncerning
the true worship of Yahweh, first of all to instruct
those who have not as yet acquired any knowledge of the subject
that throughout Yahweh must be maintained to be without
blame, by which the world is ruled and governed.
Moreover, the reason of the present undertaking, and the occasion
offered by those whom the power of Yahweh has
healed, suggest this subject for a beginning, namely, to show