Acts of Thomas

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ee eis call 176 THE ACTS OF JUDAS THOMAS. ashamed of their deeds and desist from them, and his work (thereby) come to an end; and I have found Him, whose doing this is, that those who do His will should never repent. I have been delivered from him, whom fraud supports, and before whom goes a veil (of darkness), and after whom comes shame, and she daring in impudence. And I have found Him, who clears away evils, the Lord of peace and the Confirmer of truth, who makes the enemy pass away from those who turn repenting unto Him, and heals their afflictions, and destroys their dis- turber. But I beg of thee, Apostle of God, sow in me thy word of life, so that I may again hear perfectly the voice of Him, who delivered me unto thee and said to thee, (xt) ‘ This is (one) of those who shall live through thee, and henceforth let him be with thee.’ ” Judas saith to him: “If thou wilt be delivered from these things which thou hast learned, as thou hast said, from the doer of evils, and wilt listen to Him, whom in the fervour of thy love thou now seekest, thou shalt see Him, and shalt be with Him for ever, and shalt rest with Him by His grace, and shalt be with Him in His joy. But if thou art negligent of Him, and comest to those former deeds of thine, and insultest Him, whom, because of (His) beauty and because of the aspect of His — light, thou now eagerly desirest,* thou shalt not only be deprived of that life which thou hast seen,” but thou shalt also lose this in which thou art abiding.” @ I have translated according to p. 8%, noted. Of the text I can make nothing. * I.e., of which thou hast had a glimpse. <> ——___B