And the Man made answer and said, 'Even so did I.'

And again God opened the Book of the Life of the Man.

And God said to the Man, 'Thy life hath been evil, and the Beauty I have

shown thou hast sought for, and the Good I have hidden thou didst pass

by. The walls of thy chamber were painted with images, and from the bed

of thine abominations thou didst rise up to the sound of flutes. Thou

didst build seven altars to the sins I have suffered, and didst eat of

the thing that may not be eaten, and the purple of thy raiment was

broidered with the three signs of shame. Thine idols were neither of

gold nor of silver that endure, but of flesh that dieth. Thou didst

stain their hair with perfumes and put pomegranates in their hands. Thou

didst stain their feet with saffron and spread carpets before them. With

antimony thou didst stain their eyelids and their bodies thou didst smear

with myrrh. Thou didst bow thyself to the ground before them, and the

thrones of thine idols were set in the sun. Thou didst show to the sun

thy shame and to the moon thy madness.'

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