The suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the original New Testament of Jesus the Christ, Complete - William Wake

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and made it deep, but fell themselves

       into the pit which they prepared.

      CHAPTER XI.

      1 Bartholomew, when a child and sick, miraculously

       restored by being laid on Christ's bed.

      ANOTHER woman in that city

       had likewise two sons sick.

      2 And when one was dead, the

       other, who lay at the point of

       death, she took in her arms to the

       Lady St. Mary, and in a flood of

       tears addressed herself to her,

       saying,

      3 O my Lady, help and relieve

       me; for I had two sons, the one I

       have just now buried, the other I

       see is fast at the point of death

       behold how I (earnestly) seek for

       your from God, and pray to him.

      4 Then she said, O Lord, thou

       art gracious, and merciful, and

       kind; thou, hast given me two

       sons; one of them thou halt taken

       to thyself, O spare me this other.

      5 St. Mary then perceiving the

       greatness of her sorrow, pitied her

       and said, Do thou place thy son in

       my son's bed, and cover him with

       his clothes.

      6 And when she had placed him

       in the bed wherein Christ lay,

       at the moment when his eyes were

       just closed by death; as soon as

       ever the small of the garments of

       the Lord Jesus Christ reached the

       boy, his eyes were opened, and

       calling with a loud voice to his

       mother, he asked for bread, and

       when he had received it, he sucked

       it.

      7 Than his mother said, O Lady

       Mary, now I am assured that the

       powers of God do dwell in you, so

       that thy son can cure children who

       are of the same sort as himself, as

       soon as they touch his garments.

      8 This boy, who was thus cured,

       is the same who in the Gospel is

       called Bartholomew.

      CHAPTER XII.

      A leprous woman healed by Christ's washing water.

       7 A princess healed by it and restored to her husband.

      AGAIN, there was a leprous

       woman who went to the Lady

       St. Mary, the mother of Jesus,

       and said, O my Lady, help me.

      2 St. Mary replied, What help

       does thou desire? Is it gold or

       silver, or that thy body be cured

       of its leprosy?

      3 Who, says the woman, can

       grant me this?

      4 St. Mary replied to her, Wait

       a little till I have washed my son

       Jesus, and put him to bed.

      5 The woman waited, as she

       was commanded; and Mary when

       she had put Jesus in bed, giving

       her the water with which she had

       washed his body, said, Take some

       of the water, and pour it upon thy

       body;

      6 Which when she had done,

       she instantly became clean, and

       praised God, and gave thanks to

       him.

      7 Then she went away, after

       she had abode with her three

       days;

      8 And going into the city, she

       saw a certain prince, who had

       married another prince's daughter;

      9 But when he came to see her,

       he perceived between her eyes the

       signs of leprosy like a star, and

       thereupon declared the marriage

       dissolved and void.

      10 When the woman saw these

       persons in this condition, exceeding

       sorrowful, and shedding abundance

       of tears, she inquired of them

       the reason of their crying;

      11 They replied, inquire not

       into our circumstances; for we

       are not able to declare our

       misfortunes to any, person,

       whatsoever.

      12 But she still pressed and

       desired them to communicate their

       case to her; intimating, that she

       might be able to direct them

       to a remedy.

      13 So when they showed the young

       woman to her, and the signs

       of the leprosy, which appeared

       between her eyes;

      14 She said, I also whom ye

       see in this place, was afflicted

       with the same distemper, and going

       on some business to Bethlehem, I

       went into a certain cave, and saw

       a woman named Mary, who had a

       son called Jesus.

      15 She seeing me to be leprous,

       was concerned for me, and gave

       me some water with which she

       had washed her son's body, with

       that I sprinkled my body, and

       became clean.

      16 Then said these women, Will

       you Mistress, go along with us,

       and show the Lady St. Mary to

       us?

      17 To which she consenting,

       they arose and went to the Lady

       St. Mary, taking with them very

       noble presents.

      18 And when they came in and

       offered their presents to her,

       they showed the leprous young woman

       whom they brought with them to

       her.

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