Book V - Snyder Bible

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perish, that on the other hand, in the case of man only, who is
over all these things, there should be no attention or caution
in sowing his seed.
Chapter X: Flax Smeared with Pitch
childhood are free from any bodily defect, yet in process of
time fall into those evils, so that some are even violently hurried
on to death? Concerning these also the account is at hand,
and is almost the same: for those powers which we have said
to be contrary to the human race are in some way invited into
the heart of every one by many and diverse lusts, and find a
way of entrance. And they have in them such influence and
power as can only encourage and incite, but cannot compel or
accomplish. If, therefore, any one consents to them so as to do
those things which he wickedly desires, his consent and deed
shall find the reward of destruction and the worst kind of
death. But if, thinking of the future judgment, he be checked by
fear, and reclaim himself, so that he do not accomplish in action
what he has conceived in his evil thought, he shall not only
escape present destruction, but also future punishments.
For every cause of sin seems to be like flax smeared over with
pitch, which immediately breaks into flame as soon as it receives
the heat of fire; and the kindling of this fire is understood
to be the work of demons. If, therefore, any one be found
smeared with sins and lusts as with pitch, the fire easily gets
the mastery of him. But if the flax be not steeped in the pitch of
sin, but in the water of purification and regeneration, the fire
of the demons shall not be able to be kindled in it.
Chapter XI: Fear
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cleansed out of you by the invocation of Yahweh Yahshua and
that for the future you may bridle your lusts by fear of the
judgment to come, and by His constant power beat back the