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'The worship of God is: Honouring his gifts in other men, each according to his genius, and loving the greatest men best: those who envy or calumniate great men hate God; for there is no other God.'
The Angel hearing this became almost blue but mastering himself he grew yellow, & at last white, pink, & smiling, and then replied:
'Thou Idolater, is not God One? & is not he visible in Jesus Christ? and has not Jesus Christ given his sanction to the law of ten commandments, and are not all other men fools, sinners, & nothings?'
The Devil answer'd: 'bray a fool in a morter with wheat, yet shall not his folly be beaten out of him; if Jesus Christ is the greatest man, you ought to love him in the greatest degree; now hear how he has given his sanction to the law of ten commandments: did he not mock at the sabbath, and so mock the sabbaths God? murder those who were murder'd because of him? turn away the law from the woman taken in adultery? steal the labor of others to support him? bear false witness when he omitted making a defence before Pilate? covet when he pray'd for his disciples, and when he bid them shake off the dust of their feet against such as refused to lodge them? I tell you, no virtue can exist without breaking these ten commandments. Jesus was all virtue, and acted from impulse, not from rules.'
When he had so spoken, I beheld the Angel, who stretched out his arms, embracing the flame of fire, & he was consumed and arose as Elijah.
Note: This Angel, who is now become a Devil, is my particular friend; we often read the Bible together in its infernal or diabolical sense which the world shall have if they behave well.
I have also The Bible of Hell, which the world shall have whether they will or no.

One Law for the Lion & Ox is Oppression.

記憶に残りし幻

かつて私は燃え上がる炎の中に「悪魔」を見し。彼は雲に坐り「天使」の前に立てり。そしてその「悪魔」はそれらの言葉を言ひし。
　「神」の礼拝はありし。神の霊性に従ひ各各他人の中で光栄なる神の賜り物。そして最も人間を愛する事、偉大なる人を妬みそして中傷する人は「神」を憎むなり、何故なら他に「神」なし故なり。
　これを聞きし「天使」は殆ど蒼くなりしが、彼自身を支配しつつ彼は黄色になりし、そして遂には淡い桃色にそして笑ひながらそしてそれから答へし、
　汝、偶像崇拝者よ、そなたは「神は一つ」為らずや？　彼はイエス・キリストの中に見えぬや？　そしてイエス・キリストはモーセの十戒に認可を与へずやそして他の全ての者は愚者で、罪人で、そして無に等しきものにあらずや？
　「悪魔」が答へし、小麦を盛りしすり鉢と共に愚者を擂り潰せし。彼の愚かしさは未だに彼に打ちのめされぬや、仮にイエス・キリストが偉大なるものならば、汝は彼を最高の愛を以て彼を愛するべし、今、聞き給へ、如何にして彼がモーセの十戒を認めしかを、安息日に彼は嘲りしやそして安息日に「神」を嘲笑ひしや？　彼故に殺されし人人を殺すや？　不貞を働きし女から法を顔を背けしや？　彼を支持する為に他の労役を奪いしや？　彼がピラトの面前で守る事を怠りし時過誤の目撃者は堪へられしや？　彼の弟子の為に彼が祈りし時、そして弟子ら泊まらせる事を拒んだ事に反して彼ら拒んだ人人の足の埃を振り払ふやうにと彼が彼ら弟子に命じた時を熱望するや？　吾、汝に言ふ、モーセの十戒破らぬ徳は存在せず、イエスは全ての徳なりし、そして衝動より行動す、徳からではなく。
　彼がさう語ったとき、私は手を伸ばして燃え上がる炎を抱き締めし「天使」を見しそして彼は焼き尽くされそして預言者エリヤが現はれし。
注釈。この「天使」は、今は「悪魔」に為りしが、私の特別な友人なり、吾等はその地獄の中で若しくは、世界が上手く運べば必ず生じし残忍なる感覚で「聖書」をお互ひに読みし、　
吾はまた持ちつ、「地獄の聖書」を、それは、世界が望むもうが望まないかのどちらかにせよ持つことに為りし。

獅子の為の一つの法若しくは牡牛の圧政

A Song of Liberty.
1. The Eternal Female groan'd! it was heard over all the Earth:
2. Albion's coast is sick silent; the American meadows faint!
3 Shadows of Prophecy shiver along by the lakes and the rivers and mutter across the ocean: France, rend down thy dungeon;