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cave, thinking, as he did in his own mind, to consume the cave with
much fire. But the angel of the Lord was guarding it.

3 And yet he could not curse Satan, nor injure him by word, because he
had no authority over him, neither did he take to doing so with words
from his mouth.

4 Therefore the angel tolerated him, without saying one bad word, until
the Word of God came who said to Satan, "Go away from here; once before
you deceived My servants, and this time you seek to destroy them.

5 Were it not for My mercy I would have destroyed you and your hosts
from off the earth. But I have had patience with you, until the end of
the world."

6 Then Satan fled from before the Lord. But the fire went on burning
around the cave like a coal-fire the whole day; which was the
forty-sixth day Adam and Eve had spent since they came out of the
garden.

7 And when Adam and Eve saw that the heat of the fire had somewhat
cooled down, they began to walk towards the cave to get into it as they
usually did; but they could not, by reason of the heat of the fire.

8 Then they both began crying because of the fire that separated them
from the cave, and that came towards them, burning. And they were
afraid.

9 Then Adam said to Eve, "See this fire of which we have a portion in
us: which formerly yielded to us, but no longer does so, now that we
have transgressed the limit of creation, and changed our condition, and
our nature is altered. But the fire is not changed in its nature, nor
altered from its creation. Therefore it now has power over us; and
when we come near it, it scorches our flesh."

Chapter XLV - Why Satan didn't fulfil his promises. Description of
hell.

1 Then Adam rose and prayed to God, saying, "See, this fire has
separated us from the cave in which You have commanded us to live; but
now, behold, we cannot go into it."

2 Then God heard Adam, and sent him His Word, that said:--

3 "O Adam, see this fire! How different the flame and heat thereof are
from the garden of delights and the good things in it!

4 When you were under My control, all creatures yielded to you; but
after you have transgressed My commandment, they all rise over you."

5 God said again to him, "See, O Adam, how Satan has exalted you! He
has deprived you of the Godhead, and of an exalted state like Me, and
has not kept his word to you; but has, after all, become your enemy.
He is the one who made this fire in which he mea