Book V - Snyder Bible

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existed, are not to be judged of from the evils which have befallen
the world by reason of the sins of men. In short, as an
indication of the things which were from the beginning, some
nations are found which are strangers to these evils. For the
Seres, because they live chastely, are kept free from them all;
for they do not come at a woman after she has conceived, or
while she is being purified. No one there eats unclean flesh.
They know nothing of sacrifices, but all are judges to themselves
according to justice. For this reason they are not chastened
with those plagues of which we have spoken. They live
to extreme old age and die without sickness. But we, miserable
as we are, dwelling as it were with deadly serpentsI
mean with wicked mennecessarily suffer with them the plagues
of afflictions in this world, but we cherish hope from the
account of the iniquities of others, Elohim ought, as foreseeing
this, to have commanded men not to do those things from
which it should be necessary that the righteous be afflicted
with the unrighteous; or if they did them, He ought to have
applied some correct o-
prophets how men ought to live; but even these precepts they
despised. Indeed, if any desired to observe them, they afflicted
them with various injuries until they drove them from their
purposed observance, turned them to the rabble of infidelity,
and made them like themselves.
Chapter L: The Flood.
been stained with sins, Yahweh brought a flood upon the
world, which you say was done by Deukalion, 5 and at that time
He saved a certain righteous man, with his sons, in an ark, and
5
See reference at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deucalion (reference supplied by Jackson
Snyder).