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| Peter Suspects Simon of Not Believing Even in a God.
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Chapter VII.—Peter
Suspects Simon of Not Believing Even in a God.
And Peter said: “You are not so
blessed as to praise Him, nor indeed can you do such a good deed as
this; for then you would be full of Him. For thus said our
Teacher, who always spoke the truth: ‘Out of the abundance
of the heart the mouth speaketh.’1421
Whence you, abounding in evil
purposes, through ignorance speak against the only good God. And
not yet suffering what you deserve to suffer for the words which you
have dared to utter,1422
| 1422 We have altered the
punctuation. Editors connect this clause with the previous
sentence, and change ἤ of the
ms. into εἰ. | you either
imagine that there will be no judgment, or perchance you think that
there is not even a God. Whence, not comprehending such
long-suffering as His, you are moving on to still greater
madness.” And Simon said: “Do not imagine that
you will frighten me into not investigating the truth of your
examples. For I am so eager for the truth, that for its sake I
will not shrink from undergoing danger. If, then, you have
anything to say in regard to the propositions made by me at the
commencement, say it now.”
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