Book V - Snyder Bible

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those whom they worshipped as elohim. Hence the madness
of wars burst out; hence plunderings, rapines, captivities, and
liberty reduced to slavery; each one, as he could, satisfied his
lust and his covetousness, although no power can satisfy covetousness.
For, as fire, the more fuel it gets, the more extensively
it is kindled and strengthened, so also the madness of
covetousness is made greater and more vehement by means
of those things which it acquires.
Chapter XXXII: Invitation
yourselves in those things which you do not rightly desire; if
so be that you can in any way repair and restore in yourselves
that purity of obedience and innocence of life which at first
were bestowed upon man by Yahweh, that thereby also the
hope of immortal blessings may be restored to you. And give
thanks to the bountiful Father of all, by Him whom He has
constituted King of peace, and the treasury of unspeakable
honors, that even at the present time your sins may be washed
away with the water of the fountain, or river, or even sea: the
threefold name of blessedness being called over you, that by it
not only evil spirits may be driven out, if any dwell in you, but
also that, when you have forsaken your sins, and have with
entire faith and entire purity of mind believed in Yahweh, you
may drive out wicked spirits and demons from others also,
and may be able to set others free from sufferings and sicknesses.
For the demons themselves know and acknowledge
those who have given themselves up to Yahweh, and sometimes
they are driven out by the mere presence of such, as you
saw a little while ago, how, when we had only addressed to
you the word of salutation, straightway the demons, on account
of their respect for our obedience, began to cry out, and
could not bear our presence even for a little.