The suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the original New Testament of Jesus the Christ, Complete. William Wake

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      2 Then smiting upon his face,

       he said, With what face can I look

       up to the Lord my God? or, what

       shall I say concerning this young

       woman?

      3 For I received her a Virgin

       out of the temple of the Lord my

       God, and have not preserved her

       such!

      4 Who has thus deceived me?

       Who has committed this evil in

       my house, and seducing the Virgin

       from me, hath defiled her?

      5 Is not the history of Adam exactly

       accomplished in me?

      6 For in the very instant of his

       glory, the serpent came and found

       Eve alone, and seduced her.

      7 Just after the same manner it

       has happened to me.

      8 Then Joseph arising from the

       ground, called her, and said, O

       thou who hast been so much

       favoured by God, why hast thou

       done this?

      9 Why hast thou thus debased

       thy soul, who wast educated in the

       Holy of Holies, and received thy

       food from the hand of angels?

      10 But she, with a flood of tears,

       replied, I am innocent, and have

       known no man.

      11 Then said Joseph, How

       comes it to pass you are with

       child?

      12 Mary answered, As the Lord

       my God liveth, I know not by what

       means.

      13 Then Joseph was exceedingly afraid,

       and went ay from her, considering

       what he should do with her;

       and he thus reasoned with himself:

      14 If I conceal her crime, I shall

       be found guilty by the law of the

       Lord;

      15 And if I discover her to the

       children of Israel, I fear, lest

       she being with child by an angel,

       I shall be found to betray the life

       of an innocent person.

      16 What therefore shall I do?

       I will privately dismiss her.

      17 Then the night was come

       upon him, when behold an angel

       of the Lord appeared to him in a

       dream, and said,

      18 Be not afraid to take that

       young woman, for that which is

       within her is of the Holy Ghost,

      19 And she shall bring forth

       a son, and thou shalt call his name

       Jesus, for he shall save his people

       from their sins.

      20 Then Joseph arose from his

       sleep, and glorified the God of

       Israel, who had shewn him such

       favour, and preserved the Virgin.

      CHAPTER XI.

      3 Annas visits Joseph, perceives the Virgin big with child,

       4 informs the high priest that Joseph had privately married her.

       8 Joseph and Mary brought to trial on the charge.

       17 Joseph drinks the water of the Lord as an ordeal,

       and receiving no harm, returns home.

      THEN came Annas the scribe,

       and said to Joseph, Wherefore

       have we not seen you since

       your return?

      2 And Joseph replied, Because

       I was weary after my journey, and

       rested the first day.

      3 But Annas turning about

       perceived the Virgin big with child.

      4 And went away to the priest,

       and told him, Joseph in whom you

       placed so much confidence, is

       guilty of a notorious crime, in

       that he hath defiled the Virgin

       whom he received out of the temple

       of the Lord, and hath privately

       married her, not discovering it to

       the children of Israel.

      5 Then said the priest, Hath

       Joseph done this?

      6 Annas replied, If you send

       any of your servants you will find

       that she is with child.

      7 And the servants went, and

       found it as he said.

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