Forbidden Gospels and Epistles, Complete

CHAPTER IX.

2 Two sick chil­dren cured by wa­ter where­in Christ was washed.

WHEN they came af­ter­wards in­to the city of Beth­le­hem, they found there sev­er­al very des­per­ate dis­tem­pers, which be­came so trou­ble­some to chil­dren by see­ing them, that most of them died.

2 There was there a wom­an who had a sick son, whom she brought, when he was at the point of death, to the La­dy St. Mary, who saw her when she was wash­ing Je­sus Christ.

3 Then said the wom­an, O my La­dy Mary, look down up­on this my son, who is af­flict­ed with most dread­ful pains.

4 St. Mary hear­ing her, said, Take a lit­tle of that wa­ter with which I have washed my son, and sprin­kle it up­on him.

5 Then she took a lit­tle of that wa­ter, as St. Mary had com­mand­ed, and sprin­kled it up­on her son, who be­ing wea­ried with his vi­olent pains, was fall­en asleep; and af­ter he had slept a lit­tle, awaked per­fect­ly well and re­cov­ered.

6 The moth­er be­ing abun­dant­ly glad of this suc­cess, went again to St. Mary, and St. Mary said to her, Give praise to God, who hath cured this thy son.

7 There was in the same place an­oth­er wom­an, a neigh­bour of her, whose son was now cured.

8 This wom­an’s son was af­flict­ed with the same dis­ease, and his eyes were now al­most quite shut, and she was lament­ing for him day and night.

9 The moth­er of the child which was cured, said to her, Why do you not bring your son to St. Mary, as I brought my son to her, when he was in the ag­onies of death; and he was cure by that wa­ter, with which the body of her son Je­sus was washed?

10 When the wom­an heard her say this, she al­so went, and hav­ing pro­cured the same wa­ter, washed her son with it, where­upon his body and his eyes were in­stant­ly re­stored to their for­mer state.

11 And when she brought her son to St. Mary, and opened his case to her, she com­mand­ed her to give thanks to God for the re­cov­ery of her son’s health, and tell no one what had hap­pened.