The Testaments of the XII Patriarchs · Restored Names Edition · first paragraph
1And now, my children, 'I say unto you,' be not drunk with wine; for wine turneth the mind away from the truth, and inspires the passion of lust, and leadeth the eyes into error.
2For the spirit of fornication hath wine as a minister to give pleasure to the mind; for these two also take away the mind of man.
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