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 the words which my Prophet shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.’”

“Jehoyah hath also said, that the Prophet whom he hath not sent shall die. Beware, then, my son.”

“If the thing follow not which the Prophet hath declared, he is false; but if it follow, they that refuse to hearken shall die, Jesus hath spoken and the winds are hushed, the lepers shew themselves to the priest, and the very dead arise to glorify the Mighty One.”

“There are evil powers, my son, and they have beguiled thee. Let not a child of Abraham be an outcast from Israel. Return from following after this man, lest the curse of my old age should be upon thee.”

“Curse me not, my father, but hear me.”

“Repeat once again, Sadoc, what thy false Teacher hath said; and when thou hast declared all that is in thy heart, hold thy peace, lest thou be cast out of the synagogue as a blasphemer.”

Sadoc stood still while he replied,

“If the promise I have heard be not fulfilled even as the grape yieldeth its juice in