Book V - Snyder Bible

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comes to the help of those who have been injured; that,
inasmuch as evils which had derived their origin from sin
were associated with the good things of Elohim, He should
assign separate chiefs to these two departments. And to Him
who rejoices in good He has appointed the ordering of good
things, that He might bring those who believe to the faith of
His providence. But to him who rejoices in evil, He has given
over those things which are done without order and uselessly,
from which of course the faith of His providence comes into
doubt, and thus a just division has been made by a just Elohim.
Hence therefore it is that whereas the orderly course of the
stars produces faith that the world was made by the hand of a
designer, on the other hand, the disturbance of the air, the
pestilent breeze, the uncontrolled fire of the lightning, cast
doubt upon the work of providence. For, as we have said,
every good thing has its corresponding contrary evil thing
joined with it; as hail is opposite to the fertilizing showers, the
corruption of mildew is associated with the gentle dew, the
whirlwinds of storms are joined with the soft winds, unfruitful
trees with fruitful, noxious herbs with useful, and wild and
destructive animals with gentle ones. But all these things are
departed from the purpose of good, and fallen away to evil.
Chapter LIII: Everything Has Its Corresponding Contrary
So this division holds in all the things of the world; and as
there are obedient men, so there are also rebellious; as there
are prophets, so also there are false prophets; and amongst
the Gentiles there are philosophers and false philosophers.
Also the Arabian nations, and many others, have imitated the
circumcision of the Jews for the service of their disobedience.
So also the worship of demons is contrary to the divine worship,
mikvah to mikvah, laws to the Torah, false apostles to
apostles, and false teachers to teachers. And hence it is that
among the philosophers some assert providence, others deny
it; some maintain that there is one Elohim, others that there