But when the first man our father Adam heard these things, that Jesus was baptized in Jordan, he called out to his son Seth, and said,
v. 2.
Declare to your sons, the patriarchs and prophets, all those things which thou didst hear from Michael the Archangel, when I sent thee to the gates of Paradise to entreat God that he would anoint my head when I was sick.
v. 3
Then Seth, coming near to the patriarchs and prophets, said: I, Seth, when I was praying to God at the gates of Paradise, beheld the angel of the Lord, Michael, appear unto me, saying, I am sent unto thee from the Lord; I am appointed to preside over human bodies.
v. 4.
I tell thee, Seth, do not pray to God in tears, and entreat him for the oil of the tree of mercy, wherewith to anoint thy father Adam for his headach;
v. 5.
Because thou canst not by any means obtain it till the last day and times, namely, till five thousand and five hundred years be past.
v. 6.