Testament of Benjamin

Chapter 8

  1. 1 And do ye, my children, flee evil-doing, envy, and hatred of brethren, and cleave to goodness
  2. 2 and love. He that hath a pure mind in love, looketh not after a woman with a view to fornication; for he hath no defilement in his heart, because the Spirit of God resteth upon him.
  3. 3 For as the sun is not defiled by shining on dung and mire, but rather drieth up both and driveth away the evil smell; so also the pure mind, though encompassed by the defilements of earth, rather cleanseth (them) and is not itself defiled.