When, therefore, I saw that my Companion had sinned, and was dressed in leaves (for he had nothing else), I left him. And standing afar off, I beheld him through my Tears, and waited for Him Who should save me from Faintness of Spirit in so great {Ps. liv. 9.} a Storm. And suddenly there came a Sound from Heaven {Acts ii. 2.} that shook the whole of Paradise, and a most bright Light shone from Heaven. And I looked and beheld the Lord of {Gen. iii. 8.} Majesty walking in Paradise in the cool of the day, resplendent in ineffable Glory. A mighty Host of Angels was in His Train, crying with a loud Voice: Holy, Holy, Holy, {Isa. vi. 3.} Lord God of Sabaoth, the Earth is full of the Majesty of Thy Glory. Thousands of {Dan. vii. 10.} Thousands ministered unto Him, and ten thousand times a hundred thousand[23] stood before Him. Then in Fear and Trembling, overcome with Dread and Amazement, my Body chill, my Heart fast beating, I cried out of the Depths: {Ps. cxxix. 1.} Mercy, Lord--have Mercy! Enter not into Judgment with {Ps. cxlii. 2.} Thy Servant, for in Thy Sight shall no Man living be justified. But He said unto me: Go, hide thyself for a while, until Mine Anger be overpast. And {Isa. xxvi. 20.} straightway He called my Companion, saying: Adam, where art thou? Who answered: I heard Thy Voice, {Gen. iii. 9, 10.} and was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself. Naked indeed! The man who {Luke x. 30.} went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among Thieves was stripped of this World’s Goods, but Adam had been robbed of the Likeness of God. But that King Who is Most High and yet most Gracious, awaited his Repentance, and gave him the Opportunity of returning to Him. Yet in his wretchedness he inclined his {Ps. cxl. 4.} Heart to evil Words, and to making excuses for Sin. And thus he increased his guilt, and heaped up punishment, treasuring {Rom. ii. 5.} up unto himself Wrath against the day of Wrath and Revelation of the just Judgment of God. For he spared not himself nor his seed after him, delivering up All to the terrible Curse of Death.