Book V - Snyder Bible

The Preaching of Simeon Kefa 183
he shall rightly be called into judgment to suffer punishment,
because he has spent in the sport of errors that portion of life
which was given him to be spent in living well. But he who,
hearing those things, willingly receives them, and is thankful
that the teaching of good things has been brought to him, inquires
more eagerly, and does not cease to learn, until he ascertains
whether there be truly another world, in which
rewards are prepared for the good, and when he is assured of
this, he gives thanks to Yahweh because He has shown him the
light of truth; and for the future directs his actions in all good
works, for which he is assured that there is a reward prepared
in the world to come; while he constantly wonders and is astonished
at the errors of other men, and that no one sees the
truth which is placed before his eyes. Yet he himself, rejoicing
in the riches of wisdom which he hath found, desires insatiably
to enjoy them, and is delighted with the practice of good
works; hastening to attain, with a clean heart and a pure conscience,
the world to come, when he shall be able even to see
Elohim, the king of all.
Chapter VIII: Desires of the Flesh to Be Subdued
But the sole cause of our wanting and being deprived of all
these things is ignorance. For while men do not know how
much good there is in knowledge, they do not suffer the evil of
ignorance to be removed from them; for they know not how
great a difference is involved in the change of one of these
things for the other. Wherefore I counsel every learner willingly
to lend his ear to the word of Yahweh and to hear with
love of the truth what we say, that his mind, receiving the best
seed, may bring forth joyful fruits by good deeds. For if, while I
teach the things which pertain to salvation, any one refuses to
receive them, and strives to resist them with a mind occupied
by evil opinions, he shall have the cause of his perishing, not
from us, but from himself. For it is his duty to examine with
just judgment the things which we say, and to understand that
we speak the words of truth, that, knowing how things are,
and directing his life in good actions, he may be found a par-