Testament of Isaac

Testament of Isaac, Gaselee1927 Bohairic translation, printedpage 67

APPENDIX in any of these sins : thou shalt not slay with the sword; thou shalt not slay with the tongue; thou shalt not commit fornication (-1ropvrnw,) in thy body (awµ,a); thou shalt not commit fornication (-1Topvwnv) in thy thoughts; thou shalt not defile thyself; thou shalt not envy; thou shalt not be wroth until the sun set, nor remain in vain glory. Thou shalt not rejoice at the fall of thine enemy, nor (ov8e) at that of thy neighbour; thou shalt not blaspheme; thou shalt not teach thy mouth to slander (KaTaAaAia) ; thine eye shall not look after a woman with concupiscence (emBvµ,ia). Now (8£) as for these and things like unto them, we have need (xpeia) of taking great heed, until each one of us be saved from the wrath that shall be revealed in heaven. Now (Se) when the multitude that was gathered together unto him had heard these things, they all cried out together in a loud voice, saying: Meet (df,os) and (Kai) right (SiKaw,) are these words of truth. But (SE-) the God-loving old man kept silence : he drew up the coverlet, (f. 172b) he covered his face. Now (Se) the multitude and the priest kept silence, while he should repose a little : but (Se) the angel (ciyye.:\o,) of his father came unto him; he took him up to the heavens. And he saw in fear and trembling multitudes parted on this side and on that, after the fashion (TV1Tos-) of the last day, and it was a great consternation to see them. Some had faces of camels, others had faces of lions and hyrenas and leopards, others had faces of dogs, others had one eye, which was a fearful