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

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      CHAPTER III.

      1 The wise men visit Christ. Mary gives them

       one of his swaddling clothes.

       3 An angel appears to them in the form of a star.

       4 They return and make a fire, and worship the

       swaddling cloth, and put it in the fire where it

       remains unconsumed.

      AND it came to pass, when the

       Lord Jesus was born at Bethlehem,

       a city of Judaea, in the time of Herod

       the King;—the wise men came from the

       East to Jerusalem, according to the

       prophecy of Zoradascht, [Zoroaster]

       and brought with them offerings:

       namely, gold, frankincense, and myrrh,

       and worshipped him, and offered to him

       their gifts.

      2 Then the Lady Mary took one

       of his swaddling clothes in which

       the infant was wrapped, and gave

       it to them instead of a blessing,

       which they received from her as a

       most noble present.

      3 And at the same time there

       appeared to them an angel in the

       form of that star which had before

       been their guide in their journey;

       the light of which they followed

       till they returned into their own

       country.

      4 On their return their kings

       and princes came to them inquiring,

       whom they had seen and done?

       What sort of journey and return

       they had? What Company

       they had on the road?

      5 But they produced the swaddling

       cloth which St. Mary had given

       them, on account whereof they kept

       a feast.

      6 And having, according to the

       custom of their country, made

       a fire, they worshipped it.

      7 And casting the swaddling

       cloth into it, the fire took it

       and kept it.

      8 And when the fire was put out,

       they took forth the swaddling cloth

       unhurt, as much as if the fire had

       not touched it.

      9 Then they began to kiss it,

       and put it upon their heads and

       their eyes saying, This is certainly

       an undoubted truth, and it is really

       surprising that the fire could not

       burn it, and consume it.

      10 Then they took it, and with

       the greatest respect laid it up

       among their treasures.