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and forgetting lo praise him. He will then cast him 

 into a pit of fire, where, should not his punishment 

 be external, he will not allow him to be born again 

 of woman, but to be regenerated in the shape of a 

 dog or a cat. 



Whoever offends in the presence of God, is dis- 

 missed to this earth, to be born of women, either 

 -blind, lame, or in poverty, never to have house, 

 clothes, or victuals, nor any thing but what is 

 begged from door to door. Should a person pos- 

 sessed of rank, grain, clothes, land, and every thing 

 he could want, forget God's commandments, seize 

 and plunder from others, — God, in his wrath for the 

 abuse of the good things which he had bestowed, 

 will make him poor and a beggar ; and having de- 

 creed that he shall remain a certain time on earth 

 for his punishment, this being fulfilled, death snatches 

 him away, and he appears in the presence of God. 

 God orders a man to kill another, and he kills him, 

 yet lives, happily and content ; but no one must, 

 from his own will and pleasure, destroy a fellow- 

 creature, or God will destroy him. God orders a 

 man to beat another, and he beats him; but who- 

 ever punishes a fellow-creature, without divine 

 "commands, the Supreme Being will direct a third 

 person to punish the offender. No person shall 

 abuse another without God's commands : whoever 

 disobeys, will in like manner be abused by a third 

 person. 



Whoever without God's commands injures his 

 neighbour,' may expect divine retaliation. Should 



a man, 



