CHAPTER 90.  THE CITY                                                                   SECTION 1.  PART XXX

IN THE NAME OF GOD
THE MOST GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL GOD

1  I CALL TO WITNESS THIS CITY

2  AND YOU ARE A FREE MAN OF THIS CITY

3  AND THE PARENT AND HIS PROGENY

4  WE HAVE CREATED MEN TO FACE DIFFICULTIES

5  DOES HE THINK THAT NO ONE HAS POWER OVER HIM REALLY?

6  HE MAY SAY, I HAVE SQUANDERED WEALTH, BOASTFULLY

7  DOES HE THINK THAT NO ONE SEES HIM CLEARLY?

8  HAVE WE NOT MADE A PAIR OF EYES FOR HIM?

9  AND A TONGUE AND A PAIR OF LIPS FOR HIM?

10  AND SHOWN THE TWO HIGHWAYS TO HIM?

11  BUT HE HAS MADE NO HASTE ON THE PATH THAT IS STEEP

12  AND WHAT WILL EXPLAIN TO YOU THE PATH THAT IS STEEP?

13  IT IS SETTING A SLAVE FREE

14  OR THE GIVING OF FOOD IN A DAY OF NEED

15  TO THE ORPHAN OR ONE RELATED CLOSELY

16  OR TO A POOR MAN AFFLICTED WITH MISERY

17  THEN WILL HE BE OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE 
AND WHO ENJOIN PATIENCE AND CONSTANCY 
AND ENJOIN KIND AND COMPASSIONATE DEEDS

18  THESE ARE THE PEOPLE OF THE RIGHT HAND

19  AND THOSE WHO DISBELIEVE ARE THE PEOPLE OF THE LEFT HAND

20  ON THEM THE FIRE
IS CLOSED OVER

  

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