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THE BOOK OF
JACOB
The Brother of Nephi
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The words of his preaching unto his brethren.
He confoundeth a man who seeketh to overthrow
the doctrine of Christ.
And a few words concerning the history of the people
of Nephi.
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For behold, it came to pass that fifty and five years
had passed away from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem;
Wherefore, Nephi gave me, Jacob, a commandment
concerning these small plates upon which
these things are engraven;
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And he gave me, Jacob, a commandment that I should
write upon these plates a few of the things
which I considered to be most precious,
That I should not touch, save it were lightly,
concerning the history of this people,
which are called the people of Nephi;
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For he said that the history of his people should
be engraven upon his other plates,
And that I should preserve these plates and hand them
down unto my seed from generation to generation;
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And if there were preaching which was sacred,
or revelation which was great,
or prophesying,
That I should engraven the 1heads of them
upon these plates,
And touch upon them as much as it were possible,
for Christ's sake and for the sake of our people.
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For because of faith and great anxiety, it truly had been
made manifest unto us concerning our people,
what cthings should happen unto them;
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And we also had many revelations and the spirit
of much prophecy;
Wherefore, we knew of Christ and His kingdom
which should come;
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Wherefore, we labored diligently among our people
that we might persuade them to come unto Christ
and partake of the goodness of God,
that they might enter into His rest,
Lest by any means He should swear in His wrath
they should not enter in, as in the provocation
in the days of temptation while the children of Israel
were in the wilderness.
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Wherefore, we would to God that we could persuade all
men not to rebel against God, to provoke Him to anger,
But that all men would believe in Christ
and view His death and suffer His cross
and bear the shame of the world;
Wherefore, I, Jacob, take it upon me to fulfill
the commandment of my brother Nephi.
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