Book V - Snyder Bible

The Preaching of Simeon Kefa 285
the knowledge of heavenly things, by means of which, having
received the light of truth, it will turn away from all darkness
of evil actions. For as the sun obscures and conceals all the
stars by the brightness of his shining, so also the mind, by the
light of knowledge, renders all the lusts of the being ineffective
and inactive, sending out upon them the thought of the judgment
to come as its rays, so that they can no longer appear in
the being.
Chapter XV: Fear of Men and of Elohim.
the repressing of lusts, take the example of human fear. Who is
goods? And yet they are restrained and act honestly, through
fear of the punishment which is prescribed by the laws.
Through fear, nations are subject to their kings, and armies
obey with arms in their hands. Slaves, although they are
stronger than their masters, yet through fear submit to their
gest
bulls submit their necks to the yoke, and huge elephants
obey their masters, through fear. But why do we use human
examples, when even divine are not wanting? Does not the
earth itself remain under the fear of precept, which it testifies
by its motion and quaking? The sea keeps its prescribed
bounds; the angels maintain peace; the stars keep their order
and the rivers their channels. It is certain also that demons are
put to flight by fear. And not to lengthen the discourse by too
many particulars, see how the fear of Elohim, restraining everything,
keeps all things in proper harmony and in their fixed
order. How much more, then, may you be sure that the lusts of
demons which arise in your hearts may be extinguished and
wholly abolished by the admonition of the fear of Yahweh,
when even the inciters of lust are themselves put to flight by
the influence of fear? You know that these things are so; but if