crowns of glory. A good man has not an envious eye, he
has mercy with all, even with sinners, though their evil designs
be directed against him, and by his good deeds he conquers
the evil, since it was ordained of God. If you do good,
the unclean spirits will depart from you, and even the wild
beasts will stand in fear of you. The inclination of a good
man lies not in the power of the tempter spirit Behar, for
the angel of peace guides his soul. Flee before the malice of
Beliar, whose sword is drawn to slay all that pay him obedience,
and his sword is the mother of seven evils, bloodshed,
corruptness, error, captivity, hunger, panic, and devastation.
Therefore God surrendered Cain to seven punishments.
Once in a hundred years the Lord brought a castigation
upon him. His afflictions began when he was two hundred
years old, and in his nine hundredth year he was destroyed

 
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