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Weyant + + + + + + THE + SUPPRESSED + GOSPELS AND EPISTLES + OF THE ORIGINAL + NEW TESTAMENT + OF + JESUS THE CHRIST + + AND OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ANCIENT HOLY SCRIPTURES. + NOW EXTANT, ATTRIBUTED TO + HIS APOSTLES, AND THEIR DISCIPLES, + AND VENERATED BY THE PRIMITIVE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES DURING + THE FIRST FOUR CENTURIES, + BUT SINCE, AFTER VIOLENT DISPUTATIONS + FORBIDDEN BY THE + BISHOPS OF THE NICENE COUNCIL, + IN THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR CONSTANTINE + AND OMITTED FROM THE CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANT + EDITIONS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, BY ITS COMPILERS + + TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL TONGUES, WITH HISTORICAL + REFERENCES TO THEIR AUTHENTICITY, + + BY + ARCHBISHOP WAKE + AND OTHER + LEARNED DIVINES + + + + + + + THE FIRST GOSPEL OF + THE INFANCY OF JESUS CHRIST. + + + +CHAPTER I. + + 1 Caiphas relates that Jesus, when in his cradle, + informed his mother that he was the Son of God. + 5 Joseph and Mary going to Bethlehem to be taxed, Mary's + time of bringing forth arrives, and she goes into a cave. + 8 Joseph fetches in a Hebrew woman. The cave filled with + great lights. + 11 The infant born, + 17 and cures the woman. + 19 Arrival of the shepherds. + +THE following accounts we found +in the book of Joseph the +high-priest, called by some +Caiphas: + +2 He relates, that Jesus spake +even when he was in the cradle, +and said to his mother: + +3 Mary, I am Jesus the Son of +God, that word, which thou didst +bring forth according to the +declaration of the angel Gabriel to +thee, and my father hath sent me +for the salvation of the world. + +4 In the three hundred and +ninth year of the era of Alexander, +Augustus published a decree that +all persons should go to be taxed +in their own country. + +5 Joseph therefore arose, and +with Mary his spouse he went to +Jerusalem, and then came to Bethlehem, +that he and his family might be taxed +in the city of his fathers. + +6 And when they came by the cave, +Mary confessed to Joseph that her +time of bringing forth was come, +and she could not go on to the city, +and said, Let us go into this cave. + +7 At that time the sun was very +near going down. + +8 But Joseph hastened away, +that he might fetch her a midwife; +and when he saw an old Hebrew +woman who was of Jerusalem, he +said to her, Pray come hither, +good woman, and go into that cave, +and you will there see a woman +just ready to bring forth. + +9 It was after sunset, when the +old woman and Joseph with her +reached the cave, and they both +went into it. + +10 And behold, it was all filled +with lights, greater than the light +of lamps and candles, and greater +than the light of the sun itself. + +11 The infant was then wrapped +up in swaddling clothes, and sucking +the breasts of his mother St. +Mary. + +12 When they both saw this +light, they were surprised; the +old woman asked St. Mary, Art +thou the mother of this child? + +13 St. Mary replied, She was. + +14 On which the old woman +said, Thou art very different from +all other women. + +15 St. Mary answered, As there +is not any child like to my son, +so neither is there any woman like +to his mother. + +16 The old woman answered, +and said, O my Lady, I am come +hither that I may obtain an +everlasting reward. + +17 Then our Lady St. Mary +said to her, Lay thine hands upon +the infant, which, when she had +done, she became whole. + +18 And as she was going forth, +she said, From henceforth, all the +days of my life, I will attend upon +and be a servant of this infant. + +19 After this, when the shepherds +came, and had made a fire, and they +were exceedingly rejoiceing, the +heavenly host appeared to them, +praising and adoring the supreme God. + +20 And as the shepherds were +engaged in the same employment, +the cave at that time seemed like +a glorious temple, because both +the tongues of angels and men +united to adore and magnify God, +on account of the birth of the Lord +Christ. + +21 But when the old Hebrew +woman saw all these evident miracles, +she gave praises to God, and +said, I thank thee, O God, thou +God of Israel, for that mine eyes +have seen the birth of the Saviour +of the world. + + + +CHAP. II. + + 1 The child circumcised in the cave, + 2 and the old woman preserving his foreskin or navel-string in a + box of spikenard, Mary afterwards annoints Christ with it. + 5 Christ brought to the temple; + 6 He shines, + 7 and angels stand around him adoring. + 8 Simeon praises Christ. + +AND when the time of his +circumcision was come: namely, +the eighth day, on which the +law commanded the child to be +circumcised; they circumcised +him in the cave. + +2 And the old Hebrew woman +took the foreskin (others say she +took the navel-string), and preserved +it in an alabaster-box of old oil +of spikenard. + +3 And she had a son who was a +druggist, to whom she said, Take +heed thou sell not this alabaster- +box of spikenard-ointment, although +thou shouldst be offered three +hundred pence for it. + +4 Now this is that alabaster- +box which Mary the sinner procured, +and poured forth the ointment out +of it upon the head and the feet +of our Lord Jesus Christ, and wiped +them off with the hairs of her head. + +5 Then after ten days they +brought him to Jerusalem, and on +the fortieth day from his birth +they presented him in the temple +before the Lord, making the proper +offerings for him, according +to the requirement of the law of +Moses: namely, that every male +which opens the womb shall be +called holy unto God. + +6 At that time old Simeon saw +him shining as a pillar of light, +when St. Mary the Virgin, his +mother, carried him in her arms, +and was filled with the greatest +pleasure at the sight. + +7 And the angels stood around +him, adoring him, as a king's +guards stand around him. + +8 Then Simeon going near to +St. Mary, and stretching forth his +hands towards her, said to the +Lord Christ, Now, O My Lord, +thy servant shall depart in peace, +according to thy word; + +9 For mine eyes have seen thy +mercy, which thou hast prepared +for the salvation of all nations; +a light to all people, and the glory +of thy people Israel. + +10 Hannah the prophetess was +also present, and drawing near, +she gave praises to God, and +celebrated the happiness of Mary. + + + +CHAPTER III. + + 1 The wise men visit Christ. Mary gives them + one of his swaddling clothes. + 3 An angel appears to them in the form of a star. + 4 They return and make a fire, and worship the + swaddling cloth, and put it in the fire where it + remains unconsumed. + +AND it came to pass, when the +Lord Jesus was born at Bethlehem, +a city of Judaea, in the time of Herod +the King;--the wise men came from the +East to Jerusalem, according to the +prophecy of Zoradascht,[Zoroaster] +and brought with them offerings: +namely, gold, frankincense, and myrrh, +and worshipped him, and offered to him +their gifts. + +2 Then the Lady Mary took one +of his swaddling clothes in which +the infant was wrapped, and gave +it to them instead of a blessing, +which they received from her as a +most noble present. + +3 And at the same time there +appeared to them an angel in the +form of that star which had before +been their guide in their journey; +the light of which they followed +till they returned into their own +country. + +4 On their return their kings +and princes came to them inquiring, +whom they had seen and done? +What sort of journey and return +they had? What Company +they had on the road? + +5 But they produced the swaddling +cloth which St. Mary had given +them, on account whereof they kept +a feast. + +6 And having, according to the +custom of their country, made +a fire, they worshipped it. + +7 And casting the swaddling +cloth into it, the fire took it +and kept it. + +8 And when the fire was put out, +they took forth the swaddling cloth +unhurt, as much as if the fire had +not touched it. + +9 Then they began to kiss it, +and put it upon their heads and +their eyes saying, This is certainly +an undoubted truth, and it is really +surprising that the fire could not +burn it, and consume it. + +10 Then they took it, and with +the greatest respect laid it up +among their treasures. + + + +CHAPTER IV. + + 1 Herod intends to put Christ to death. + 3 An angel warns Joseph to take the child + and his mother into Egypt. + 6 Consternation on their arrival. + 13 The idols fall down. + 15 Mary washes Christ's swaddling clothes, hangs them to + dry on a post, and the son of a priest puts one on his head; + 16 And being possessed of devils they leave him. + +NOW Herod perceiving that the +wise men did delay and not return +to him, called together the priest +and wise men, and said, Tell me in +what place the Christ should be born. + +2 And when they replied, in +Bethlehem,--a city of Judaea, he +began to contrive in his own mind +the death of the Lord Jesus Christ. + +3 But an angel of the Lord +appeared to Joseph in his sleep, +and said, Arise, take the child and +his mother, and go into Egypt as soon +as the cock crows. So he arose, +and went. + +4 And as he was considering +with himself about his journey, +the morning came upon him. + +5 In the length of the journey +the girts of the saddle broke. + +6 And now he drew near to a great +city, in which there was an idol, +to which the priests of the other +idols and gods of Egypt brought +their offerings and vows. + +7 And there was by this idol a +priest ministering to it, who, as +often as Satan spoke out of that +idol, related the things he said to +the inhabitants of Egypt, and those +countries. + +8 This priest had a son three +years old, who was possessed with +a great multitude of devils, who +uttered many strange things and +when the devils seized him, walked +about naked with his clothes torn, +throwing stones at those whom +he saw. + +9 Near to that idol was the inn +of the city, into which when Joseph +and St. Mary were come, and had +turned into that inn, all the +inhabitants of the city were +astonished. + +10 And all the magistrates and +priests of the idols assembled +before that idol, and made inquiry +there, saying, What means all this +consternation, and dread, which +has fallen upon all our country? + +11 The idol answered them, +The unknown God is come thither, +who is truly God; nor is there any +one besides him, who is worthy of +divine worship for he is truly the +Son of God. + +12 At the fame of him this +country trembled, and at his +coming it is under the present +commotion and consternation, and +we ourselves are afrighted by the +greatness of his power. + +13 And at the same instant this +idol fell down, and at his fall all +the inhabitants of Egypt, besides +others ran together. + +14 But the son of the priest, +when his usual disorder came upon +him going into the inn, found +there Joseph and St. Mary, whom +all the rest had left behind and +forsook. + +15 And when the Lady St. Mary +had washed the swaddling clothes +of the Lord Christ, and hanged +them out to dry upon a post, the +boy possessed with the devil took +down one of them, and put it upon +his head. + +16 And presently the devils +began to come out of his mouth, +and fly away in the shape of crows +and serpents. + +17 From that time the boy was +healed by the power of the Lord +Christ and he began to sing +praises, and give thanks to the +Lord who had healed him. + +18 When his father saw him +restored to his former state of +health, he said, My son, what has +happened to thee, and by what +means wert thou cured? + +19 The son answered, When the +devils seized me, I went into the +inn, and there found a very handsome +woman with a boy, whose swaddling +clothes she had just before washed, +and hanged out upon a post. + +20 One of these I took, and put +it upon my head, and immediately +the devils left me, and fled away. + +21 At this the father exceedingly +rejoiced, and said, My son, +perhaps this boy is the son of the +living God, who made the heavens +and the earth. + +22 For as soon as he came +amongst us, the idol was broken, +and all the gods fell down, and +were destroyed by a greater power. + +23 Then was fulfilled the prophecy +which saith, Out of Egypt I have +called my son. + + + +CHAPTER V. + + 1 Joseph and Mary leave Egypt. + 3 Go to the Haunts of robbers, + 4 Who hearing a mighty noise, + as of a great army flee away. + +NOW Joseph and Mary when +they heard that the idol was +fallen down and destroyed, were +seized with fear and, trembling, +and said, When we Were in the +land of Israel, Herod, intending +to kill Jesus, slew for that purpose +all the infants at Bethlehem, and +that neighbourhood. + +2 And there is no doubt but +the Egyptians if they come to +hear that this idol is broken and +fallen down, will burn us with fire. + +3 They went therefore hence to +the secret places of robbers, who +robbed travellers as they pass by, +of their carriages and their clothes +and carried them away bound. + +4 These thieves upon their +coming heard a great noise such +as the noise of a king with a great +army, and many horse and the +trumpets sounding at his departure +from his own city, at which they +were so affrighted, as to leave +all their booty behind them and +fly away in haste. + +5 Upon this the prisoners arose, +and loosed each other's bonds, +and taking each man his bags, +they went way, and saw Joseph +and Mary coming towards them, +and inquired, Where is that king, +the noise of whose approach the +robbers heard, and left us, +so that we are now come off safe? + +6 Joseph answered, He will come +after us. + + + +CHAPTER VI. + + 1 Mary looks on a woman in whom Satan had taken + up his abode, and she becomes dispossesed. + 5 Christ kissed by a bride made dumb by sorcerers, + cures her. + 11 Miraculously cures a gentlewoman in whom Satan + had taken up his abode. + 16 A leprous girl cured by the water in which he was + washed, and becomes the servant of Joseph and Mary. + 20 The leprous son of a prince's wife cured in like manner. + 37 Has mother offers large gifts to Mary, and dismisses her. + + +THEN they went into another +city where there was a woman +possessed with a devil, and in +whom Satan, that cursed rebel, +had taken up his abode. + +2 One night, when she went to +fetch water, she could neither +endure her clothes on, nor to be +in any house; but as often as they +tied her with chains or cords, she +brake them, and went out into desert +places, and sometimes standing +where roads crossed, and in +church yards, would throw stones +at men. + +3 When St. Mary saw this +woman, she pitied her; where +upon Satan presently left her, and +fled away in the form of a young +man, saying, Wo to me, because +of thee, Mary, and thy son. + +4 So the woman was delivered +from her torment; but considering +herself naked, she blushed, +and avoided seeing any man and +having put on her clothes, went +home, and gave an account of her +case to her father and relations +who, as they were the best of the +city, entertained St. Mary and +Joseph with the greatest respect. + +5 The next morning having +received a sufficient supply of +provisions for the road, they went +from them, and about the evening of +the day arrived at another town, +where a marriage was then about +to be solemnized; but by the arts +of Satan and the practices of a +sorcerers, the bride was become +so dumb, that she could not so +much as open her mouth. + +6 But when this dumb bride +saw the Lady St. Mary entering +into the town, and carrying +Lord Christ in her arms, she +stretched out her hands to the +Lord Christ, and-took him in her +arms, and closely hugging him, +very often kissed him, continually +moving him and, pressing him to +her body. + +7 Straightway the string of her +tongue was loosed, and her ears +were opened, and she began to +sing praises unto God, who had +restored her. + +8 So there was great joy among +the inhabitants of the town that +night, who thought that God and +his angels were come down among +them. + +9 In this place they abode +three days, meeting with the greatest +respect and most splendid entertainment. + +10 And being then furnished by +the people with provisions for the +road, they departed and went to +another city, in which they were +inclined to lodge, because it was a +famous place. + +11 There was in this city a +gentlewoman, who, as she went down +one day to the river to bathe, behold +cursed Satan leaped upon her in the +form of a serpent. + +12 And folded himself about her +belly, and every night lay upon +her. + +13 This woman seeing the Lady +St. Mary, and the Lord Christ the +infant in her bosom, asked the +Lady St. Mary, that she would +give her the child to kiss, and +carry in her arms. + +14 When she had consented, +and as soon as the woman had +moved the child, Satan left her, +and fled away, nor did the woman +ever afterwards see him. + +15 Hereupon all the neighbors +praised the Supreme God, and the +woman reward them with ample, +beneficence. + +16 On the morrow, the same +woman brought perfumed water to +wash the Lord Jesus; and when +she had washed him, she preserved +the water. + +17 And there was a girl there, +whose body was white with a +leprosy, who being sprinkled with +this water, and washed, was +instantly cleansed from her leprosy. + +18 The people therefore said +Without doubt Joseph and Mary, +and that boy are Gods, for they do +not look like mortals. + +19 And when they were making +ready to go away, the girl, who +had been troubled with the leprosy, +came and desired they would +permit her to go along with them; +so they consented and the girl went +with them till they came to a city +in which was the palace of a great +king, and whose house was not far +from the inn. + +20 Here they staid, and when +the girl went one day to the +prince's wife, and found her in a +sorrowful and mournful condition, +she asked her the reason of her +tears. + +21 She replied, wonder not at +my groans, for I am under a great +misfortune, of which I dare not +tell any one. + +22 But, says the, girl, if you +will entrust me with your private +grievance, perhaps I may find you +a remedy for it. + +23 Thou, therefore, says the +prince's wife, shall keep the +secret, and not discover it to +any one alive. + +24 I have been married to this +prince, who rules as king over +large dominions, and lived long +with him before he had any child +by me. + +25 At length I conceived by +him, but alas! I brought forth a +leprous son; which, when he saw +him would not own to be his, but +said to me, + +26 Either do thou kill him, or +send him to some nurse in such a +place, that he may be never heard +of; and now take care of yourself; +I will never see you more. + +27 So here I pine, lamenting +my wretched and miserable +circumstances. Alas, my son! alas, +my husband; Have I disclosed it +to you? + +28 The girl replied I have found +a remedy for your disease, which +I promise you, for I also was +leprous, but God hath cleansed +me, even he who is called Jesus +the son of the Lady Mary. + +29 The woman inquiring where +that God was, whom she spake +of; the girl answered, He lodges +with you here, in the same house. + +30 But how can this be? says +she; where is he? Behold, replied +the girl, Joseph and Mary; and +the infant who is, with them is +called Jesus; and it is he who +delivered me from my disease and +torment. + +31 But by what means, says she, +were you cleansed from your leprosy? +Will not you tell me that? + +32 Why not? says the girl; I +took the water with which his +body had been washed, and poured +it upon me, and my leprosy +vanished. + +33 The prince's wife then arose +and entertained them, providing a +great feast for Joseph among a +large company of men. + +34 And the next day took +perfumed water to wash the Lord +Jesus, and afterwards poured the +same water upon her son, whom +she had brought with her, and her +son was instantly cleansed from +his leprosy, + +35 Then she sang thanks and +unto God, and said, Blessed +is the mother that bare thee, +O Jesus! + +36 Dost thou thus cure men of +the same nature with thyself, with +the water with which thy body is +washed? + +37 She then offered very large +gifts to the Lady Mary, and sent +her away with all imaginable +respect. + + + +CHAPTER VII. + + 1 A man who could not enjoy his wife, freed from his disorder. + 5 A young man who had been bewitched, and turned into a + mule miraculously cured by Christ being put on his back, + 28 and is married to the girl who had been cured of leprosy. + + +THEY came afterwards to another +city, and had a mind to lodge there. + + +2 Accordingly they went to a man's +house, who was newly married +but by the influence of sorcerers +could not enjoy his wife. + +3 But they lodging at his house +that night, the man was freed of +his disorder. + +4 And when they were preparing +early in the morning to go forward +on their jouney, the new-married +person hindered them, and +provided a noble entertainment +for them. + +5 But going forward on the +morrow, they came to another +city, and saw three women going +from a certain grave with great +weeping. + +6 When St. Mary saw them, she +spake to the girl who was their +companion, saying, Go and inquire +of them, what is the matter with +them, and what misfortune has +befallen them? + +7 When the girl asked them, +they made her no answer, but +asked her again, Who are ye? and +where are you going? For the day +is far spent, and night is at hand. + +8 We are travellers, saith the +girl, and we are seeking for an inn +to lodge at. + +9 They replied, Go along with +us, and lodge with us. + +10 They then followed them, +and were introduced into a new +house, well furnished with all +sorts of furniture. + +11 Now it was winter-time, and +the girl went into the parlour +where these women were, and +found them weeping and lamenting +as before. + +12 By them stood a mule, covered +over with silk, and an ebony collar +hanging down from his neck, whom +they kissed and were feeding. + +13 But when the girl said, How +handsome, ladies, that mule is! +they replied with tears, and said, +This mule, which you see, was our +brother, born of this same mother +as we; + +14 For when our father died, +and left us a very large estate, and +we had only this brother, and we +endeavoured to procure him a suitable +match, and thought he should +be married as other men, some +giddy and jealous women bewitched +him without our knowledge. + +15 And we one night, a little before +day, while the doors of the house +were all shut fast, saw this our +brother was changed into a mule, +such as you now see him to be: + +16 And we in the melancholy +condition in which you see us, +having no father to comfort us, +have applied to all the wise men, +magicians, and diviners in the +world, but they have been of no +service to us. + +17 As often therefore as we find +ourselves oppressed with grief, we +rise and go with this our mother +to our father's tomb, where, when +we have cried sufficiently, we +return home. + +18 When the girl had heard this +she said, Take courage, and cease +your fears, for you have a remedy +for your afflictions near at hand +even amoung you and in the midst +of your house. + +19 For I was also leprous; but +when I saw this woman, and this +little infant with her, whose name +is Jesus, I sprinkled my body with +the water with which his mother +had washed him and I was +presently made well. + +20 And I am certain that he is +also capable of relieving you under +your distress. Wherefore arise, +go to my mistress Mary, and when +you have brought her into your +own parlour, disclose to her the +secret, at the same time earnestly +beseeching her to compassionate +your case. + +21 As soon as the women had +heard the girl's discourse, they +hastened away to the Lady St. +Mary, introduced themselves to +her, and sitting down before her, +they wept. + +22 And said, O our Lady St. +Mary, pity your handmaids, for +we have no head of our family, no +one elder than us; no father or +brother to go in or out before us. + +23 But this mule, which you +see, was our brother, which some +women by witchcraft have brought +into this condition which you see: +we therefore entreat you to +compassionate us. + +24 Hereupon St. Mary was +grieved at their case, and taking +the Lord Jesus, put him upon the +back of the mule. + +25 And said to her son, O Jesus +Christ, restore (or heal) according +to thy extraordinary power this +mule, and grant him to have again +the shape of a man and a rational +creature, as he had formerly. + +26 This was scarce said by the +Lady St. Mary, but the mule +immediately passed into a human +form, and became a young man +without any deformity. + +27 Then he and his mother and +the sisters worshipped the Lady +St. Mary, and lifting the child +upon their heads, they kissed him, +and said, Blessed is thy mother, +O Jesus, O Saviour of the world! +Blessed are the eyes which are +so happy to see thee. + +28 Then both the sisters told +their mother, saying, Of a truth, +our brother is restored to his former +shape by the help of the Lord +Jesus Christ, and the kindness +of that girl who told us of Mary +and her son. + +29 And inasmuch as our brother +is unmarried, it is fit that we +marry him to this girl their +servant. + +30 When they had consulted +Mary in this matter, and she had +given her consent, they made a +splendid wedding for this girl. + +31 And so their sorrow being +turned into gladness, and their +mourning into mirth, they began +to rejoice, and to make merry, +and sing, being dressed in their +richest attire, with bracelets. + +32 Afterwards they glorified and +praised God, saying, O Jesus, son +of David, who changest sorrow +into gladness, and mourning into +mirth! + +33 After this Joseph and Mary +tarried there ten days, then went +away, having received great +respect from these people. + +34 Who, when they took their +leave of them, and returned home, +cried, + +35 But especially the girl. + + + +CHAPTER VIII. + + 1 Joseph and Mary pass through a country infested by robbers. + 3 Titus a humane thief, offers Dumachus, his comrade, + forty groats to let Joseph and Mary pass unmolested. + 6 Jesus prophecies that the thieves Dumachus and Titus shall be + crucified with him and that Titus shall go before him into paradise. + 10 Christ causes a well to spring from a sycamore tree, and Mary + washes his coat in it. + 11 A balsam grows there from his sweat. They go to Memphis, where + Christ works more miracles. Return to Judea. + 15 Being warned, depart for Nazareth. + + +IN their journey from hence they +came into a desert country and +were told it was infested with +robbers; so Joseph and St. Mary +prepared to pass through it in the +night. + +2 And as they were going along, +behold they saw two robbers asleep +in the road, and with them a great +number of robbers, who were their +confederates, also asleep. + +3 The names of these two were +Titus and Dumachus; and Titus +said to Dumachus, I beseech thee +let these persons go along quietly, +that our company may not perceive +anything of them. + +4 But Damachus refusing, Titus +again said, I will give thee forty +groats, and as a pledge take my +girdle, which he gave him before +he had done speaking, that he +might not open his mouth or make +a noise. + +5 When the Lady St. Mary saw +the kindness which this robber did +shew them, she said to him, The +Lord God will receive thee to his +right hand and grant thee pardon +of thy sins. + +6 Then the Lord Jesus answered, +and said to his mother, When +thirty years are expired, O mother, +the Jews will crucify me at +Jerusalem; + +7 And these two thieves shall +be with me at the same time upon +the cross, Titus on my right hand, +and Dumachus on my left, and +from that time Titus shall go before +me into paradise; + +8 And when she had said, God +forbid this should be thy lot, O +my son, they went on to a city in +which were several idols; which, +as soon as they came near to it, +was turned into hills of sand. + +9 Hence they went to that +sycamore tree, which is now called +Matarea. + +10 And in Materea the Lord +Jesus caused a well to spring +forth, in which St. Mary washed +his coat; + +11 And a balsam is produced, +or grows, in that country, from +the sweat which ran down there +from the Lord Jesus. + +12 Thence they proceeded to +Memphis, and saw Pharoah, and +abode three years in Egypt. + +13 And the Lord Jesus did very +many miracles, in Egypt, which +are neither to be found in +Gospel of the Infancy nor in the +Gospel of Perfection. + +14 At the end of three years +he returned out of Egypt, and +when he came near to Judea, +Joseph was afraid to enter; + +15 For hearing that Herod was +dead, and that Archelaus his son +reigned in his stead, he was afraid. + +16 And when he went to Judea, +an, angel of God appeard to +him, and said, O Joseph go +into the city of Nazareth, and +abide there. + +17 It is strange indeed, that he, +who is the Lord of all countries, +should be thus carried backward and +forward, through so many countries. + + + +CHAPTER IX. + +2 Two sick children cured by water +wherein Christ was washed. + +WHEN they came afterwards +into the city of Bethlehem, +they found there several very +desperate distempers, which became +so troublesome to children by seeing +them, that most of them died. + +2 There was there a woman who +had a sick son, whom she brought, +when he was at the point of death, +to the Lady St. Mary, who saw +her when she was washing Jesus +Christ. + +3 Then said the woman, O my +Lady Mary, look down upon this +my son, who is afflicted with most +dreadful pains. + +4 St. Mary hearing her, said, +Take a little of that water with +which I have washed my son, and +sprinkle it upon him. + +5 Then she took a little of that +water, as St. Mary had commanded, +and sprinkled it upon her son, +who being wearied with his violent +pains, was fallen asleep; and after +he had slept a little, awaked +perfectly well and recovered. + +6 The mother being abundantly +glad of this success, went again to +St. Mary, and St. Mary said to +her, Give praise to God, who hath +cured this thy son. + +7 There was in the same place +another woman, a neighbour of +her, whose son was now cured. + +8 This woman's son was afflicted +with the same disease, and his eyes +were now almost quite shut, and +she was lamenting for him day +and night. + +9 The mother of the child which +was cured, said to her, Why do +you not bring your son to St. Mary, +as I brought my son to her, when +he was in the agonies of death; +and he was cure by that water, +with which the body of her son +Jesus was washed? + +10 When the woman heard her +say this, she also went, and having +procured the same water, washed +her son with it, whereupon his +body and his eyes were instantly +restored to their former state. + +11 And when she brought her +son to St. Mary, and opened his +case to her, she commanded her to +give thanks to God for the recovery +of her son's health, and tell +no one what had happened. + + + +CHAPTER X. + + 1 Two wives of one man, each have a son sick. + 2 One of them named Mary, and whose son's name was Caleb, + presents the Virgin with a handsome carpet, and Caleb is cured; + but the son of the other wife dies, + 4 which occasions a difference between the women. + 5 The other wife puts Caleb into a hot oven, and he is + miraculously preserved, + 9 she afterwards throws him into a well, + and he is again preserved; + 11 his mother appeals to the Virgin against the other wife, + 12 whose downfall the Virgin prophecies, + 13 and who accordingly falls into the well, + 14 therein fulfilling a saying of old. + +THERE were in the same city +two wives of one man, who +had each a son sick. One of them +was called Mary, and her son's +name was Caleb. + +2 She arose, and taking her son, +went to the Lady St. Mary, the +mother of Jesus, and offered her a +very handsome carpet, saying, O +my Lady Mary accept this carpet +of me, and instead of it give me a +small swaddling cloth. + +3 To this Mary agreed, and +when the mother of Caleb was +gone, she made a coat for her son +of the swaddling cloth, put it on +him, and his disease was cured; +but the son of the other wife died. + +4 Hereupon there arose between +them a difference in doing +the business of the family by turns, +each her week; + +5 And when the turn of Mary +the mother of Caleb came, and she +was heating the oven to bake +bread, and went away to fetch the +meal, she left her son Caleb by the +oven; + +6 Whom the other wife, her +rival, seeing to be by himself, +took and cast him into the oven, +which was very hot, and then went +away. + +7 Mary on her return saw her +son Caleb lying in the middle of +the oven laughing, and the oven +quite as cold as though it had not +been before heated, and knew that +her rival the other wife had thrown +him into the fire. + +8 When she took him out, she +brought him to the Lady St. Mary, +and told her the story, to whom +she replied, Be quiet, I am +concerned lest thou shouldest make +this matter known. + +9 After this her rival, the other +wife, as she was drawing water at +the well, and saw Caleb playing +by the well, and that no one was +near, took him, and threw him +into the well. + +10 And when some men came to +fetch water from the well, they +saw the boy sitting on the +superficies of the water, and +drew him out with ropes, and were +exceedingly surprised at the child, +and praised God. + +11 Then came the mother and +took him and carried him to the +Lady St. Mary, lamenting. and +saying, O my Lady, see what my +rival hath done to my son, and +how she hath cast him into the +well, and I do not question but +one time or other she will be the +occasion of his death. + +12 St. Mary replied to her, God +will vindicate your injured cause. + +13 Accordingly a few days after, +when the other wife came to the +well to draw water, her foot was +entangled in the rope, so that she +fell headlong into the well, and +they who ran to her assistance +found her skull broken, and bones +bruised. + +14 So she came to a bad end, +and in her was fulfilled that saying +of the author, They digged a well, +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 son's 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 princes 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. + +19 Then said St. Mary, The +mercy of the Lord Jesus Christ +rest upon you; + +20 And giving them a little of +that water, with which she had +washed the body of Jesus Christ, +she bade them wash the diseased +person with it, which when they +had done, she was presently +cured; + +21 So they, and all who were +present, praised God; and being +filled with joy, they went back to +their own city, and gave praises to +God on that account. + +22 Then the prince hearing that +his wife was cured, took her home +and made a second marriage, giving +thanks unto God for the recovery +of his wife's health. + + + +CHAPTER XIII. + + 1 A girl, whose blood Satan sucked receives one + of Christ's swaddling clothes from the Virgin, + 14 Satan comes like a dragon, and she shews it to him; + flames and burning coals proceed from it and fall upon him; + 19 he is miraculously discomfited, and leaves the girl. + +THERE was also a girl, who +was afflicted by Satan, + +2 For that cursed spirit did +frequently appear to her in the shape +of a dragon, and was inclined to +swallow her up, and had so sucked +out all her blood, that she looked +like a dead carcass. + +3 As often as she came to herself, +with her hands wringed about +her head she would cry out, and +say, Wo, Wo is me, that there is +no one to be found, who can deliver +me from that impious dragon! + +4 Her father and mother, and +all who were about her and saw +her, mourned and wept over her; + +5 And all who were present +would especially be under sorrow +and in tears, when they heard her +bewailing and saying, My brethren +and friends, is here no one who can +deliver me from this murderer? + +6 Then the prince's daughter, +who had been cured of her leprosy, +hearing the complaint of that girl, +went upon the top of her castle, +and saw her with her hands twisted +about her head, pouring out a flood +of tears, and all the people that +were about her in tears. + +7 Then she asked the husband +of the possessed person, Whether +his wife's mother was alive? He +told her, That her father and +mother were both alive, + +8 Then she ordered her mother +to be sent to her; to whom, when +she saw her coming, she said, +Is this possessed girl thy daughter? +She moaning and bewailing said, +Yes madam I bore her. + +9 The prince's daughter answered, +Disclose the secret of her case to me, +for I confess to you that I was leprous, +but the Lady Mary, the mother of +Jesus Christ, healed me. + +10 And if you desire your +daughter to be restored to her +former state, take her to Bethlehem, +and inquire for Mary the mother +of Jesus, and doubt not but your +daughter will be cured; for I do +not question but you will come +home with great joy at your +daughter's recovery. + +11 As soon as ever she had done +speaking, she arose and went with +her daughter to the place appointed, +and to Mary, and told her the case +of her daughter. + +12 When St. Mary had heard +her story, she gave her a little +of the water with which she had +washed the body of her son Jesus, +and bade her pour it upon the +body of her daughter. + +13 Likewise she gave her one of +the swaddling cloths of the Lord +Jesus, and said, Take this swaddling +cloth, and shew it to thine +enemy as often as thou seest him +and she sent them away in +peace. + +14 After they bad left that +city and returned home, and the +time was come in which Satan was +wont to seize her, in the same +moment this cursed spirit appeared +to her in the shape of a huge +dragon, and the girl seeing him +was afraid, + +15 The mother said to her, Be +not afraid, daughter; let him alone +till he come nearer to thee! then +shew him the swaddling cloth, +which the Lady Mary gave us, and +we shall see the event. + +16 Satan then coming like a +dreadful dragon, the body of the +girl trembled for fear. + +17 But as soon as she had put +the swaddling cloth upon her +head, and about her eyes, and +chewed it to him, presently there +issued forth from the swaddling +cloth flames and burning coals, +and fell upon the dragon. + +18 Oh! how great a miracle was +this, which was done: as soon as +the dragon saw the swaddling +cloth of the Lord Jesus, fire went +forth and was scattered upon his +head and eyes; so that he cried +out with a loud voice, What have +I to do with thee, Jesus, thou son +of Mary? Whither shall I flee +from thee? + +19 So he drew back much +affrighted, and left the girl. + +20 And she was delivered from +this trouble, and sang praises and +thanks to God, and with her all +who were present at the working +of the miracle. + + + +CHAPTER XIV. + + 1 Judas when a boy possessed by Satan, and brought up + by his parents to Jesus to be cured, whom he tries to bite, + 7 but failing, strikes Jesus and makes him cry out. + Whereupon Satan goes from Jesus in the shape of a dog. + +ANOTHER woman likewise +lived there, whose son was +possessed by Satan, + +2 This boy, named Judas, as +often as Satan seized him, was +inclined to bite all that were +present; and if he found no one else +near him, he would bite his own +hands and other parts. + +3 But the mother of this miserable +boy, hearing of St. Mary and her son +Jesus, arose presently and taking +her son in her arms, brought him +to the Lady Mary. + +4 In the meantime, James and +Joses had taken away the infant, +the Lord Jesus, to play at a proper +season with other children; +and when they went forth, they +sat down and the Lord Jesus with +them. + +5 Then Judas, who was possessed, +came and sat down at the right hand +of Jesus. + +6 When Satan was acting upon him +as usual, he went about to bite +the Lord Jesus. + +7 And because he could not do +it, he struck Jesus on the right +side, so that he cried out. + +8 And in the same moment Satan +went out of the boy, and ran +away like a mad dog. + +9 This same boy who struck +Jesus, and out of whom Satan went +in the form of a dog, was Judas +Iscariot, who betrayed him to the +Jews. + +10 And that same side, on which +Judas: struck him, the Jews +pierced with a spear. + + + +CHAPTER XV. + + 1 Jesus and other boys play together, + and make clay figures of animals. + 4 Jesus causes them to walk, + 6 also makes clay birds, which he causes to fly, + and eat and drink. + 7 The children's parents alarmed, + and take Jesus for a sorcerer. + 8 He goes to a dyer's shop, and throws all the + cloths into the furnace, and works a miracle therewith. + 15 Whereupon the Jews praise God. + +AND when the Lord Jesus was +seven years of age, he was +on a certain day with other boys +his companions about the same +age; + +2 Who, when they were at play, +made clay into several shapes, +namely-asses, oxen, birds, and +other figures; + +3 Each boasting of his work, +and endeavouring to exceed the +rest. + +4 Then the Lord Jesus said to +the boys, I will command these +figures which I have made to +walk. + +5 And immediately they moved, +and when he commanded them to +return, they returned. + +6 He had also made the figures +of birds and sparrows, which, +when he commanded to fly, did +fly, and when he commanded to +stand still, did stand still; and if +he gave them meat and drink, they +did eat and drink. + +7 When at length the boys went +away, and related these things to +their parents, their fathers said to +them, Take heed, children, for the +future of his company, for he is a +sorcerer; shun and avoid him, and +from henceforth never play with +him. + +8 On a certain day also, when +the Lord Jesus was playing with +the boys, and running about, he +passed by a dyer's shop, whose +name was Salem. + +9 And there were in his shop +many pieces of cloth belonging to +the people of that city, which they +designed to dye of several colours. + +10 Then the Lord Jesus going +into the dyer's shop, took all the +cloths, and threw them into the +furnace. + +11 When Salem came home, and +saw the cloths spoiled, he began to +make a great noise, and to chide +the Lord Jesus, saying, + +12 What hast thou done to me, +O thou son of Mary? Thou hast +injured both me and my neighbours; +they all desired their cloths +of a proper colour; but thou hast +come and spoiled them all. + +13 The Lord Jesus replied, I +will change the colour of every +cloth to what colour thou desirest. + +14 And then he presently began +to take the cloths out of the furnace, +and they were all dyed of those same +colours which the dyer desired. + +15 And when the Jews saw this +surprising miracle, they praised +God. + + + +CHAP. XVI. + + 1 Christ miraculously widens or contracts the gates, + milk pails, sieves, or boxes, not properly made by Joseph, + 4 he not being skilful at his carpenter's trade. + 5 The King of Jerusalem gives Joseph an order for a throne. + 6 Joseph works on it for two years in the king's palace, + and makes it two spans too short. The king being angry with him, + 10 Jesus comforts him, + 13 commands him to pull one side of the throne, while he + pulls the other, and brings it to its proper dimensions. + 14 Whereupon the bystanders praise God. + +AND Joseph, wheresoever he +went in the city, took the +Lord Jesus with him, where he +was sent for to work to make +gates, or milk-pails, or sieves, or +boxes; the Lord Jesus was with +him, wheresoever be went. + +2 And as often as Joseph had +anything in his work, to make +longer, or shorter, or wider, or +narrower, the Lord Jesus would +stretch his hand towards it. + +3 And presently it became as +Joseph would have it: + +4 So that he had no need to +finish anything with his own hands, +for he was not very skilful at his +carpenter's trade. + +5 On a certain time the King +of Jerusalem sent for him, and +said, I would have thee make me +a throne of the same dimensions +with that place in which I +commonly sit. + +6 Joseph obeyed, and forthwith +began the work, and continued two +years in the king's palace before +he finished it. + +7 And when he came to fix it +in its place, he found it wanted +two spans on each side of the +appointed messure. + +8 Which when the king saw, +he was very angry with Joseph; + +9 And Joseph afraid of the +king's anger, went to bed without +his supper, taking not any thing +to eat. + +10 Then the Lord Jesus asked +him, What he was afraid of? + +11 Joseph replied, Because I +have lost my labour in the work +which I have been about these two +years. + +12 Jesus said to him, Fear not, +neither be cast down; + +13 Do thou lay hold on one side +of the throne, and I will the other, +and we will bring it to its just +dimensions. + +14 And when Joseph had done +as the Lord Jesus said, and each +of them had with strength drawn +his side, the throne obeyed, and +was brought to the proper +dimensions of the place: + +15 Which miracle when they +who stood by saw, they were +astonished, and praised God. + +16 The throne was made of the +same wood which was in being +in Solomon's time, namely, wood +adorned with various shapes, and +figures. + + + +CHAP. XVII. + + 1 Jesus plays with boys at hide and seek. + 3 Some women put his playfellows in a furnace, + 7 where they are transformed by Jesus into kids. + 10 Jesus calls them to go and play, and they + are restored to their former shape. + +ON another day the Lord Jesus +going out into the street, +and seeing some boys who were +met to play, joined himself to their +company. + +2 But when they saw him, they +hid themselves, and left him to +seek for them; + +3 The Lord Jesus came to the +gate of a certain house, and asked +some women who were standing +there, Where the boys were gone? + +4 And when they answered, +That there was no one there; the +Lord Jesus said, Who are those +whom ye see in the furnace? + +5 They answered, They were +kids of three years old. + +6 Then Jesus cried out aloud, +and said, Come out hither, O ye +kids, to your shepherd; + +7 And presently the boys came +forth like kids, and leaped about +him; which when the women saw, +they were exceedingly amazed, and +trembled, + +8 Then they immediately worshipped, +the Lord Jesus, and beseeched him, +saying, O our Lord Jesus, son of +Mary, thou art truly that good +shepherd of Israel! have mercy +on thy handmaids, who stand before +thee, who do not doubt, but that +thou, O Lord, art come to save, +and not to destroy. + +9 After that, when the Lord +Jesus said, the children of Israel +are like Ethiopians among the +people; the women said, Thou, +Lord, knowest all things, nor is +any thing concealed from thee: +but now we entreat thee, and +beseech of thy mercy, that thou +wouldest restore those boys to +their former state. + +10 Then Jesus said, Come hither, +O boys, that we may go and +play; and immediately, in the +presence of these women, the kids +were changed, and returned into +the shape of boys. + + + +CHAPTER XVIII. + + 1 Jesus becomes the king of his playfellows, + and they crown him with flowers; + 4 miraculously causes a serpent who had + bitten Simon the Cananite, then a boy, + to suck out all the poison again; + 16 the serpent bursts, and Christ restores the boy to health. + + +IN the month Adar Jesus +gathered together the boys, and +ranked them as though he had +been a king. + +2 For they spread their garments +on the ground for him to sit +on; and having made a crown of +flowers, put it upon his head, and +stood on his right and left as the +guards of a king. + +3 And if any one happened to +pass by, they took him by force, +and said, Come hither, and worship +the king, that you may have a +prosperous journey. + +4 In the mean time, while +these things were doing, there +came certain men, carrying a boy +upon a couch; + +5 For this boy having gone with +his companions to the mountain to +gather wood, and having found +there a partridge's nest, and put +his hand in to take out the eggs, +was stung by a poisonous serpent, +which leaped out of the nest; so +that he was forced to cry out for +the help of his companions; who, +when they came, found him lying +upon the earth like a dead person. + +6 After which his neighbours +came and carried him back into +the city. + +7 But when they came to the +place where the Lord Jesus, was +sitting like a king, and the other +boys stood around him like his +ministers, the boys made haste to +meet him, who was bitten by the +serpent, and said to his neighbours, +Come and pay your respects to the +king; + +8 But when, by reason of their +sorrow, they refused to come, the +boys drew them, and forced them +against their wills to come. + +9 And when they came to the +Lord Jesus, he inquired, On what +account they carried that boy? + +10 And when they answered that +a serpent had bitten him, the Lord +Jesus said to the boys, Let us go +and kill that serpent. + +11 But when the parents of the +boy desired to be excused, because +their son lay at the point of death; +the boys made answer, and said, +Did not ye hear what the king +said? Let us go and kill the serpent; +and will not ye obey him? + +12 So they brought the couch +back again, whether they would +or not. + +13 And when they were come to +the nest, the Lord Jesus said to +the boys, Is this the serpent's +lurking place? They said, It was. + +14 Then the Lord Jesus calling +the serpent, it presently came forth +and submitted to him; to whom he +said, Go and suck out all the poison +which thou hast infused into that +boy: + +15 So the serpent crept to the +boy, and took away all its poison +again. + +16 Then the Lord Jesus cursed +the serpent, so that it immediately +burst asunder, and died; + +17 And he touched the boy with +his hand to restore him to his +former health; + +18 And when he began to cry, +the Lord Jesus said, Cease crying +for hereafter thou shale be my +disciple; + +19 And this is that Simon the +Canaanite, who is mentioned in +the Gospel. + + + +CHAPTER XIX. + + 1 James being bitten by a viper, + Jesus blows on the wound and cures him. + 4 Jesus charged with throwing a boy from + the roof of, a house, + 10 miraculously raises the dead boy to acquit him; + 12 fetches water for his mother, breaks the pitcher + and miraculously gathers the water in his mantle + and brings it home; + 16 makes fish pools on the Sabbath, + 20 causes a boy to die who broke them down, + 22 another boy runs against him, + whom he also causes to die. + +ON another day Joseph sent his +son James to gather wood, +and the Lord Jesus went with +him; + +2 And when they came to the +place where the wood was, and +James began to gather it, behold, +a venemous viper bit him, so that +he began to cry, and make a +noise. + +3 The Lord Jesus seeing him in +this condition, came to him, and +blowed upon the place where the +viper had bit him, and it was +instantly well. + +4 On a certain day the Lord +Jesus was with some boys, who +were playing on the house-top, +and one of the boys fell down, and +presently died. + +5 Upon which the other boys all +running away, the Lord Jesus was +left alone on the house-top. + +6 And the boy's relations came +to him and said to the Lord Jesus, +Thou didst throw our son down +from the house-top. + +7 But he denying it, they cried +out, Our son is dead, and this is +he who killed him. + +8 The Lord Jesus replied to +them, Do not charge me with a +crime of which you are not able to +convict me, but let us go and ask +the boy himself, who will bring +the truth to light. + +9 Then the Lord Jesus going +down stood over the head of the +dead boy, and said with a loud +voice, Zeinunus, Zeinunus, who +threw thee down from the housetop? + +10 Then the dead boy answered, +thou didst not throw me down, +but such a one did. + +11 And when the Lord Jesus +bade those who stood by to take +present praised God on account +of that miracle. + +12 On a certain time the +Lady St. Mary had commanded +the Lord Jesus to fetch her some +water out of the well; + +13 And when he had gone to +fetch the water, the pitcher, when +it was brought up full, brake; + +14 But Jesus spreading his mantle +gathered up the water again, +and brought it in that to his +mother; + +15 Who, being astonished at +this wonderful thing, laid up this, +and all the other things which she +had seen, in her memory. + +16 Again on another day the +Lord Jesus was with some boys +by a river, and they drew water +out of the river by little channels, +and made little fish-pools. + +17 But the Lord Jesus had +made twelve sparrows, and placed +them about his pool on each side, +three on a side. + +18 But it was the Sabbath day, +and the son of Hanani a Jew came +by, and saw them making these +things, and said, Do ye thus make +figures of clay on the Sabbath? +And he ran to them, and broke +down their fish-pools. + +19 But when the Lord Jesus +clapped his hands over the sparrows +which he had made, they fled away +chirping. + +20 At length the son of Hanani +coming to the fish-pool of Jesus +to destroy it, the water vanished +away, and the Lord Jesus said to +him, + +21 In like manner as this water +had vanished, so shall thy life +vanish; and presently the boy +died. + +22 Another time, when the +Lord Jesus was coming home in +the evening with Joseph, he met +a boy, who ran so hard against +him, that he threw him down; + +23 To whom the Lord Jesus +said, As thou hast thrown me +down, so shalt thou fall, nor ever +rise. + +24 And that moment the boy +fell down and died. + + + +CHAPTER XX. + + 4 Christ sent to school to Zaccheus to learn + his letters, and teaches Zaccheus. + 13 Sent to another schoolmaster, + 14 refuses to tell his letters, and the schoolmaster + going to whip him, his hand withers and he dies. + +THERE was also at Jerusalem +one named Zaccheus, who +was a schoolmaster: + +2 And he said to Joseph, Joseph, +why dost thou not send Jesus to me, +that he may learn his letters? + +3 Joseph agreed, and told St. Mary; + +4 So they brought him to that +master; who, as soon as he saw +him, wrote out an alphabet for him, + +5 And he bade him say Aleph; +and when he had said Aleph, the +master bade him pronounce Beth. + +6 Then the Lord Jesus said to +him, Tell me first the meaning of +the letter Aleph, and then I will +pronounce Beth. + +7 And when the master threatened +to whip him, the Lord Jesus +explained to him the meaning of +the letters Aleph and Beth; + +8 Also which were the straight +figures of the letters, which the +oblique, and what letters had +double figures; which had points, +and which had none; why one +letter went before another; and +many other things he began to tell +him, and explain, of which the +master himself had never heard, +nor read in any book. + +9 The Lord Jesus farther said +to the master, Take notice how I +say to thee; then he began clearly +and distinctly to say Aleph, Beth, +Gimel, Daleth, and so on to the +end of the alphabet. + +10 At this the master was so +surprised, that he said, I believe +this boy was born before Noah; + +11 And turning to Joseph, he +said, Thou hast brought a boy to +me to be taught, who is more +learned than any master. + +12 He said also to St. Mary, +This your son has no need of any +learning. + +13 They brought him then +to a more learned master, who, +when he saw him, said, say Aleph; + +14 And when he had sand Aleph, +the master bade him pronounce +Beth; to which the Lord Jesus +replied, Tell me first the meaning +of the letter Aleph, and then I +will pronounce Beth. + +15 But this master, when he did +lift up his hand to whip him, had +his hand presently withered, and +he died. + +16 Then said Joseph to St. Mary, +Henceforth we will not allow him +to go out of the house; for every +one who displeases him is killed. + + + +CHAPTER XXI. + + [Compare Luke ii. 42, whose meagre account is deficient + of the sublime details here given of the subjects disputed upon.] + + 1 Disputes learnedly with the doctors in the temple, + 7 on law, + 9 on astronomy, + 12 on physics and metaphysics. + 21 Is worshiped by a philosopher, + 28 and fetched home by his mother. + +AND when he was twelve years +old, they brought him to +Jerusalem to the feast; and when +the feast was over, they returned. + +2 But the Lord Jesus continued +behind in the temple among the +doctors and elders, and learned +men of Israel; to whom he proposed +several questions of learning, +and also gave them answers: + +3 For he said to them, Whose +son is the Messiah? They answered, +the son of David. + +4 Why then, said he, does he in +the spirit call him Lord? When he +saith, The Lord said to my Lord, +sit thou at my right hand, till I +have made thine enemies thy foot- +stool. + +5 Then a certain principal Rabbi +asked him, Hast thou read books? + +6 Jesus answered, be had read +both books, and the things which +were contained in books. + +7 And he explained to them the +books of the law, and precepts, +and statutes: and the mysteries +which are contained in the books +of the prophets; things which +the mind of no creature could +reach. + +8 Then said that Rabbi, I never +yet have seen or heard of such +knowledge! What do you think +that boy will be? + +9 When a certain astronomer, +who was present, asked the Lord +Jesus, Whether he had studied +astronomy? + +10 The Lord Jesus replied, and +told him the number of the spheres +and heavenly bodies, as also their +triangular, square, and sextile +aspect; their progressive and +retrograde motion; their size and +several prognostications; and other +things which the reason of man +had never discovered. + +11 There was also among them +a philosopher well skilled in +physic and natural philosophy, +who asked the Lord Jesus, Whether +he had studied physic? + +12 He replied, and explained to +him physics and metaphysics. + +13 Also those things which were +above and below the power of nature; + +14 The powers also of the body, +its humours, and their effects. + +15 Also the number of its members, +and bones, veins, arteries, +and nerves; + +16 The several constitutions of +body, hot and dry, cold and moist, +and the tendencies of them; + +17 How the soul operated upon +the body; + +18 What its various sensations +and faculties, were; + +19 The faculty of speaking, anger, +desire; + +20 And lastly the manner of its +composition and dissolution; and +other things, which the +understanding of no creature +had ever reached. + +21 Then that philosopher arose, +and worshipped the Lord Jesus, +and said, O Lord Jesus, from +henceforth I will be thy disciple +and servant. + +22 While they were discoursing +on these and such like things, +the Lady St. Mary came in, having +been three days walking about +with Joseph, seeking for him. + +23 And when she saw him sitting +among the doctors, and in his turn +proposing questions to them, and +giving answers, she said to him, +My son, why hast thou done thus +by us? Behold I and thy father +have been at much pains in +seeking thee. + +24 He replied, Why did ye seek +me? Did ye not know that I ought +to be employed in my father's +house? + +25 But they understood not the +words which he said to them. + +26 Then the doctors asked Mary, +Whether this were her son? And +when she said, He was, they said, +O happy Mary, who hast borne +such a son. + +27 Then he returned with them +to Nazareth, and obeyed them in +all things. + +28 And his mother kept all these +things in her mind; + +29 And the Lord Jesus grew in +stature and wisdom, and favour +with God and man. + + + +CHAPTER XXII. + + 1 Jesus conceals his miracles, + 2 studies the law, + 3 and is baptized. + +NOW from this time Jesus began +to conceal his miracles and +secret works, + +2 And gave himself to the study +of the law, till he arrived to the +end of his thirtieth year; + +3 At which time the Father publicly +owned him at Jordan, sending +down this voice from heaven, This +is my beloved son, in whom I am +well pleased; + +4 The Holy Ghost being also +present in the form of a dove. + +5 This is he whom we worship +with all reverence, because he gave +us our life and being, and brought +us from our mother's womb, +Glory to God, + +6 Who, for our sakes, took a +human body, and hath redeemed +us, that so he might embrace +us with everlasting mercy, and +shew his free, large, bountiful +grace and goodness to us. + +7 To him be glory and praise, +and power, and dominion, from +henceforth said for evermore. +Amen. + +(The end of the whole Gospel of +the Infancy, by the assistance of +the Supreme God, according to +what we found in the original.) + + + + + REFERENCES TO THE FIRST GOSPEL OF + THE INFANCY OF JESUS CHRIST + +[Mr. Henry Sike, Professor of Oriental Languages at Cambridge, first +translated and published this Gospel in 1697. It was received by the +Gnostics, a sect of Christians in the second century; and several of its +relations were credited in the following ages by other Christians, viz., +Eusebius, Athanasius, Epiphanius; Chrysostom. &c. Sozomen says, he was +told by many, and he credits the relations, of the idols in Egypt falling +down on Joseph, and Mary's flight thither with Christ; and of Christ +making a well to wash his clothes in a sycamore-tree, from whence balsam +afterwards proceeded; which stories are from this Gospel. Chemnitius, out +of Stipulensis, who had it from Peter Martyr, Bishop of Alexandria, in +the third century, says, that the place in Egypt where Christ was +banished is now called Matarea, about ten miles beyond Cairo; that the +inhabitants constantly burn a lamp in remembrance of it; and that there +is a garden of trees yielding a balsam, which were planted by Christ when +a boy. M. La Crosse cites a synod at Angamala, in the Mountain of +Malabar, A. D. 1599, which shows this Gospel was commonly read by the +Nestorians in the country. Ahmed Ibu Idris, a Mahometan divine, says, it +was used by some Christians in common with the other four Gospels; and +Ocobius de Castro mentions a Gospel of Thomas, which he says, he saw and +had translated to him by an Armenian Archbishop at Amsterdam, that was +read in very many churches of Asia and Africa, as the only rule of their +faith. Fabricius takes it to be this Gospel. It has been supposed, that +Mahomet and his coadjutors used it in compiling the Koran. There are +several stories believed of Christ, proceeding from this Gospel; as that +which Mr. Sike relates out of La Brosse's Persic Lexicon, that Christ +practised the trade of a dyer, and his working a miracle with the +colours; from whence the Persian dyers honour him as their patron, and +call a dye-house the shop of Christ. Sir John Chardin mentions Persian +legends concerning Christ's dispute with his schoolmaster about his ABC; +and his lengthening the cedar-board which Joseph sawed too short.] + + + + Note on the Miracles of Christ in the preceding Gospels. + +A great void in the early life of the Saviour is filled up by these +Gospels. In none of the Canonical Evangelists is any mention made of the +childhood of Jesus. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, more +rapidly than satisfactorily, pass over the period intervening between His +birth and ministry. It is natural to suppose that the Infant Redeemer's +earliest days were spent in the society of other young children, and it +is quite consistent with every sincere Christians faith to believe that +He had the power to perform the miracles here ascribed to him otherwise, +a limit will be set to His divine attributes, doubts raised against His +performance of the miracles related by the four Evangelists, in the +authorised version of the Testament, and a denial given of the +declaration therein, "With GOD nothing is impossible!" + + + + + THE SECOND, OR ST. THOMAS'S GOSPEL OF + THE INFANCY OF JESUS CHRIST. + + An Account of the ACTIONS and MIRACLES of our Lord and Saviour + JESUS CHRIST in his INFANCY. + + +CHAPTER I. + + 2 Jesus miraculously clears the water after rain. + 4 Plays with clay sparrows, which he animates + on the Sabbath day. + +I THOMAS, an Israelite, judged +it necessary to make known to +our brethren among the Gentiles, +the actions and miracles of Christ +in his childhood, which our Lord +and God Jesus Christ wrought +after his birth in Bethlehem in our +country, at which I myself, was +astonished; the beginning of which +was as followeth. + +2 When the child Jesus was +five years of age, and there had +been a shower of rain, which was +now over, Jesus was playing with +other Hebrew boys by a running +stream; and the water running +over the banks, stood in little +lakes; + +3 But the water instantly became +clear and useful again; he +having smote them only by his +word, they readily obeyed him. + +4 Then he took from the bank +of the stream some soft clay, and +formed out of it twelve sparrows; +and there were other boys playing +with him. + +5 But a certain Jew seeing the +things which he was doing, namely, +his forming clay into the figures +of sparrows on the Sabbath day, +went presently away, and told +his father Joseph, and said, + +6 Behold, thy boy is playing by +the river side, and has taken clay, +and formed it into twelve sparrows, +and profaneth the Sabbath. + +7 Then Joseph came to the +place where he was, and when he +saw him, called to him, and said, +Why doest thou that which it is +not lawful to do on the Sabbath +day? + +8 Then Jesus clapping together +the palms of his hands, called to +the sparrows, and said to them +Go, fly away; and while ye live +remember me. + +9 So the sparrows fled away +making a noise. + +10 The Jews seeing this, were +astonished, and went away, and +told their chief persons what a +strange miracle they had seen +wrought by Jesus. + + + +CHAPTER II. + + 2 Causes a boy to wither who broke down his fish-pools; + 6 Partly restores him. + 7 Kills another boy. + 16 causes blindness to fall on his accusers, + 18 for which, Joseph pulls him by the ear. + +BESIDES this, the son of Annas +the scribe, was standing there +with Joseph, and took a bough +of a willow tree, and scattered +the waters which Jesus had +gathered into lakes. + +2 But the boy Jesus seeing what +he had done, became angry, and +said to him, Thou fool, what harm +did the lake do thee, that thou +shouldest scatter the water? + +3 Behold, now thou shalt wither +as a tree, and shalt not bring forth +either leaves, or branches, or fruit. + +4 And immediately he became +withered all over. + +5 Then Jesus went away home. +But the parents of the boy who +was withered, lamenting the +misfortune of his youth, took and +carried him to Joseph, accusing him, +and said, Why dost thou keep a +son who is guilty of such actions? + +6 Then Jesus at the request of +all who were present did heal him, +leaving only some small member +to continue withered, that they +might take warning. + +7 Another time Jesus went +forth into the street, and a boy +running by, rushed upon his +shoulder; + +8 At which Jesus being angry, +said to him, Thou shalt go no +farther; + +9 And he instantly fell down +dead: + +10 Which when some persons +saw, they said, Where was this +boy born, that every thing which +he says presently cometh to pass? + +11 Then the parents of the dead +boy going to Joseph, complained, +saying, You are not fit to live with +us, in our city, having such a boy +as that: + +12 Either teach him that he +bless and not curse, or else depart +hence with him, for he kills our +children. + +13 Then Joseph calling the +boy Jesus by himself, instructed +him, saying, Why doest thou such +things to injure the people so, that +they hate us and prosecute us? + +14 But Jesus replied, I know +that what thou sayest is not of +thyself, but for thy sake I will +say nothing; + +15 But they who have said these +things to thee, shall suffer +everlasting punishment. + +16 And immediately they who +had accused him became blind, + +17 And all they who saw it were +exceedingly afraid and confounded, +and said concerning him, Whatsoever +he saith, whether good or bad, +immediately cometh to pass and +they were amazed. + +18 And when they saw this action +of Christ, Joseph arose, and +plucked him by the ear, at which +the boy was angry, and said to +him, Be easy; + +19 For if they seek for us, they +shall not find us: thou hast done +very imprudently. + +20 Dost thou not know that I +am thine? Trouble me no more. + + + +CHAPTER III. + + 1 Astonishes his schoolmaster by his learning. + +A CERTAIN schoolmaster +named Zaccheaus, standing +in a certain place, heard Jesus +speaking these things to his father. + +2 And he was much surprised, +that being a child he should speak +such things; and after a few days +he came to Joseph, and said, + +3 Thou hast a wise and sensible +child, send him to me, that he may +learn to read. + +4 When he sat down to teach +the letters to Jesus, he began with +the first letter Aleph; + +5 But Jesus pronounced the +second letter Mpeth (Beth) Cghimel +(Gimel), and said over all the +letters to him to the end. + +6 Then opening a book, he +taught his master the prophets +but he was ashamed, and was at a +loss to conceive how he came to +know the letters. + +7 And he arose and went home, +wonderfully surprised at so strange +a thing. + + + +CHAPTER IV. + + 1 Fragment of an adventure at a dyer's. + +AS Jesus was passing by a certain +shop, he saw a young man dipping +(or dyeing) some cloths and stockings +in a furnace, of a sad colour, doing +them according to every person's +particular order; + +2 The boy Jesus going to the +young man who was doing this, +took also some of the cloths ...... + +(Here endeth the fragment of +Thomas's Gospel of the Infancy +of Jesus Christ.) + + + + + REFERRENCE TO ST. 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