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Rh Adam, and all who stand around, hear my words. When I was on earth, and the Holy Spirit taught me, I sang of this light in prophecy, that The people which sat in darkness hath seen a great light, and to those who dwell in the region of the shadow of death, light is sprung up. At his voice, father Adam and all of them turned and asked him, Who art thou, for what thou sayest is true? And he answered and said, My name is Isaiah.

Then appeared another near him, like a dweller in the wilderness. And they asked him and said, Who art thou, who wearest such things on thy body? And he answered confidently, I am John the Baptist, the voice and prophet of the most High. I went before the face of the same Lord, to turn desert and rough places into plain paths. With my finger I pointed out and made known the Lamb of the Lord, and the Son of God, to the men of Jerusalem. I baptised him in the river Jordan. I heard the voice of the Father sounding out of heaven above him, and declaring, This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. I received from him the reply that he should go down to the underworld.

Then father Adam, hearing this, cried with a loud voice, exclaiming, Alleluia, which is interpreted, The Lord cometh, assuredly.