Now the LORD had shown unto me, Abraham, the intelligences that were organized before the world was; and among all these were many noble and great ones; And God saw these souls that they were good, and he stood in the midst of them, and he said: These I will make my rulers; for he stood among those that were spirits, and he saw that they were good; and he said unto me: Abraham, thou art one of them; thou wast chosen before thou wast born. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the Morning Stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy? Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto the God who gave it. Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and be- fore thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. In hope of eternal life, which God that cannot lie, prom- ised before the world began. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of Spirits, and live? The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, be- fore his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth. While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: When he gave the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the Sons of Men. Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting; The soul that rises with us, our life's star Hath had elsewhere its setting And commeth from afar; Not in entire forgetfulness, And not in utter nakedness, But trailing clouds of glory do we come From God, who is our home. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you heavenly things ? And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. abc def ghi jkl mno pqr stu vwx yz 012 345 678 90+ ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO PQR STU VWX YZ 012 345 678 90+ !@# $%^ &*( )_+ |\. <>? /_; :"' ~` XXX XXX XXX XXX !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ################################################## $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()() $END_OF_TEST_DATA L3957f :\W17?]fO%&T q2`FY<--|~~-҄9 kӨ1>}?K!@6qxKNUFV=D6s&&;bm|ߜT`MΛDʰ§N=xqZԡ ܔXty=c9?^_ aEl^l1ҜW)ʸNEEt]TLPfX[BX8k nt ]7nVV^$YA0pߓOd"h>Fe/7ھ`z!!fܭFEY}zΥNuHw @g;z qrT0MdqUE2&PmWCgZu.[sh>GhĈ=Wq-4X8Ck\أ1N