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and I told him many wondrous things, and showed him the secrets of the times and declared to him the end of the times. Then I commanded him, saying,
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`These words you shall publish openly, and these you shall keep secret.'
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Lay up in your heart the signs that I have shown you, the dreams that you have seen, and the interpretations that you have heard;
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for you shall be taken up from among men, and henceforth you shall live with my Son and with those who are like you, until the times are ended.
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For the age has lost its youth, and the times begin to grow old.
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For the age is divided into twelve parts, and nine of its parts have already passed,
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as well as half of the tenth part; so two of its parts remain, besides half of the tenth part.
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Now therefore, set your house in order, and reprove your people; comfort the lowly among them, and instruct those that are wise. And now renounce the life that is corruptible,
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and put away from you mortal thoughts; cast away from you the burdens of man, and divest yourself now of your weak nature,
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and lay to one side the thoughts that are most grievous to you, and hasten to escape from these times.