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and told him many wondrous things, and showed him the secrets of the times, and the end; and commanded him, saying,
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`These words shalt thou declare, and these shalt thou hide.'
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And now I say unto thee
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that thou lay up in thy heart the signs that I have shown, and the dreams that thou hast seen, and the interpretations which thou hast heard.
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For thou shalt be taken away from all, and from henceforth thou shalt remain with My Son, and with such as be like thee, until the times be ended.
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For the world hath lost his youth, and the times begin to wax old.
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For the world is divided into twelve parts, and the ten parts of it are gone already, and half of a tenth part;
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and there remaineth that which is after the half of the tenth part.
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Now therefore set thine house in order, and reprove thy people; comfort such of them as be in trouble, and now renounce corruption.
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Let go from thee mortal thoughts; cast away the burdens of man, put off now the weak nature,
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and set aside the thoughts that are most heavy unto thee, and hasten thee to flee from these times.