XL.

Then shall the son of perdition be brought

forward, to wit, the accuser, with his demons and with his servants, by

angels stern and inexorable. And they shall be given over to the

fire that is never quenched, and to the worm that never sleepeth, and

to the outer darkness. For the people of the Hebrews shall see

Him in human form, as He appeared to them when He came by the

holy Virgin in the flesh, and as they crucified Him. And He will

show them the prints of the nails in His hands and feet, and His

side pierced with the spear, and His head crowned with thorns, and His

honourable cross. And once for all shall the people of the

Hebrews see all these things, and they shall mourn and weep, as the

prophet exclaims, “They shall look on Him whom they have

pierced;” and there

shall be none to help them or to pity them, because they repented not, neither turned aside from the wicked way. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment with the demons and the accuser.

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