Commodian, Instructions 35

Adam, the first to sin, wanted to dodge God's commands, so Belial tempted him out of envy for paradise. Adam passed on to us everything he did, good or bad. As the leader of the human race, we die because of him and through him. He himself became an exile, retreating from the divine Word. When six thousand years are complete, we will become immortal. Death entered the world when the wood of the tree was tasted; by this wood of death we are born for the life to come. Life hangs on the wood, bearing fruit and commandments. So beware now, you who believe, of those life-giving fruits. The law was given to the first man from the wood, a law to be feared, for death springs from neglecting that primal law. Now reach out your hand and take from the wood of life. The best law of the Lord came forth from the wood for those who follow it. The first law is lost; he tastes because permission is granted to him. Whoever worships forbidden gods possesses the evil joys of life. Reject the taste; knowing what it was will suffice. If you want to live, surrender yourselves to the second law. Shun the cults of temples and the doom of demons. Turn to Christ, and you will become companions of God. The law of God is Xanta, which teaches the dead to live. The Lord alone commanded that his name be proclaimed; completely avoid the law of Zabolicam.