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because he failed to know the one who formed him and inspired him with an active soul and breathed into him a living spirit.
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But he considered our existence an idle game, and life a festival held for profit, for he says one must get money however one can, even by base means.
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For this man, more than all others, knows that he sins when he makes from earthy matter fragile vessels and graven images.
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But most foolish, and more miserable than an infant, are all the enemies who oppressed thy people.
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For they thought that all their heathen idols were gods, though these have neither the use of their eyes to see with, nor nostrils with which to draw breath, nor ears with which to hear, nor fingers to feel with, and their feet are of no use for walking.