61. And I will not grieve over the multitude of them that perish; for these are they that are now like to vapor, and are become as flame and smoke; they are set on fire and burn hotly, and are quenched.
62. And I answered and said, O you earth, wherefore have you brought forth, if the mind is made out of dust, like as all other created things?
63. For it were better that the dust itself had been unborn, so that the mind might not have been made therefrom.
64. But now the mind grows with us, and by reason of this we are tormented, because we perish and know it.
65. Let the race of men lament and the beasts of the field be glad; let all that are born lament, but let the four-footed beasts and the cattle rejoice.
66. For it is far better with them than with us; for they look not for judgement, neither do they know of torments or of salvation promised to them after death.
67. For what does it profit us, that we shall be preserved alive, but yet be afflicted with torment?
68. For all that are born are defiled with iniquities, and are full of sins and laden with offences:
69. and if after death we were not to come into judgement, perhaps it had been better for us.
70. And he answered me, and said, When the Most High made the world, and Adam and all them that came of him, he first prepared the Judgement and the things that pertain to the judgement.
71. And now understand from your own words, for you have said that the mind grows with us.
72. They therefore that dwell upon the earth shall be tormented for this reason, that having understanding they have wrought iniquity, and receiving commandments have not kept them, and having obtained a law they dealt unfaithfully with that which they received.
73. What then will they have to say in the judgement, or how will they answer in the last times?