Book V - Snyder Bible

The Preaching of Simeon Kefa 259
came to the house; and the master of the house welcomed us,
and led us to a certain apartment, arranged after the manner
of a theatre, and beautifully built. There we found great
crowds waiting for us who had come during the night, and
amongst them the old man who had argued with us yesterday.
Therefore we entered, having Kefa in the midst of us, looking
about if we could see the old man anywhere; and when Kefa
saw him hiding in the midst of the crowd, he called him to him,
most, why do you hide and conceal yourself in modesty? Ra-
When Kefa had thus spoken, immediately the crowd began
to make room for the old man. And when he had come forward,
he thus be
of the discourse which the young man delivered yesterday, yet
I remember the general meaning and the order of it; and
therefore I think it necessary, for the sake of those who were
not present yesterday, to call up what was said, and to repeat
everything shortly, that, although something may have escaped
me, I may he reminded of it by him who delivered the
discourse, who is now present. This, then, was the gist of yes-
all things that we see, inasmuch as
they consist in a certain proportion, and art, and form, and
species, must be believed to have been made by intelligent
power; but if it be mind and reason that has formed them, it
follows that the world is governed by the providence of the
same reason, although the things which are done in the world
may seem to us to be not quite rightly done. But it follows, that
if Elohim and mind is the creator of all things, He must also be
just; but if He is just, He necessarily judges. If He judges, it is of
necessity that men be judged with respect to their doings; and
if every one is judged in respect of his doings, there shall at
some time be a righteous separation between righteous men
and sinners. This, I think, was the substance of the whole discourse.