OF THE SHARING OF BURDENS AND THE CLEANSING OF
ALL SOULS.
BUT HAVING ENDURED THE SUFFERING OF THE BODY,
NOW IS ITS SOUNDNESS A JOYUNTO HIM IN ITSELF.
And as he worketh uponit, so doth it begin to
shine with a brightness greater than all thoseothers. YET BYREASON OF THE
BURDENS THAT MAN MUST BEAR MAY HE FORGET THIS.
But to us that were about Him would He never
Counsel that weshould learn to make such music. Unto such would He have said:
CONTINUE AS YE BE. FOR I AM LIFE:AND SO IS MY FATHER AND SO IS THE SPIRIT THAT
COMETH AFTER ME.
For neverdid I hear the Christ speak of that
time as if it were a day as the daysin your world. For until he hath come into
a full realization of himself shall the soulof man not be complete. BUT AS FOR
THAT BINDING WHICH YE HAVE MADEALREADY, THIS IS A BINDING OF THE BODY
ALONE.
He would say: THIS THAT IS GIVEN UNTO ME IS AS
AN EVILDREAM THAT PASSETH IN THE NIGHT.
FOR THE LAWS WHICH YEHAVE SET UP ARE NOT THE
LAWS OF GOD BUT THE LAWS OF MAN. BUT YE THAT BE IN ANGER ARE AS THE FIRES THAT
MAY CATCH AFIELD IN A HEAVY SUN. For in the land ofJudea in our day, nought but
the ceremony could make a marriage. Peter, and after that shall I give you the
story ofJames. So shall he see the folly of his life and his own blindness. He
would say to them: IF YE ARE MARRIED YEHAVE FORMED A BOND OF YOUR OWN FREE
WILL.
YE KNOW NOTWHAT YE SPEAK WHEN YE ARE MOVED TO
SING. BUT HAVING ENDURED THE SUFFERING OF THE BODY, NOW IS ITS SOUNDNESS A
JOYUNTO HIM IN ITSELF. And the Christ was kneeling upon the ground afar off,
with handsstretched out unto the heavens. And He meaneth that the land wherein
He taughtshould be held in greatest honour by all men.
YE KNOW THAT IN A SHORTTIME THERE WILL BE
NOUGHT BUT A SMALL HEAP OF DUST.
But for such did He counselthe gaining of
strength.