"I sacrificed my Son for man."
"And loosed Satan upon him."
"Is scarlet white?" asked God.
"Is justice the fruit of injustice? The two men were not of the Church, and the Church may be holy in your sight."
"I have judged."
"And your judgment is past understanding," said Moses, and he sat at the Balance.
The servants of the Lord spoke one with another: "I cannot eat of the supper," said one; "The songs will be as a wolf's howlings in the wilderness," said another; "The honey will be as bittersweet as Adam's apple," said a third. But Satan exclaimed: "Come, let us seek in the Book of the Watchers for an act that will turn Him from His purpose."
In seeking, some put their fingers on the leaves and advised Moses to cry unto the Lord in such and such a manner.
"My voice is dumb," replied Moses.
Satan presently astonished the servants; he took the book to the Lord. "My Lord," he said, "which is the more precious—good or evil?"