Sirach 2
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| 1 | My sonne, if thou come to serue the Lorde, prepare thy soule for temptation. |
| 2 | Set thy heart aright, and constantly endure, and make not haste in time of trouble. |
| 3 | Cleaue vnto him, and depart not away, that thou mayest be increased at thy last end. |
| 4 | Whatsoeuer is brought vpon thee, take cheerefully, and bee patient when thou art changed to a lowe estate. |
| 5 | For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of aduersitie. |
| 6 | Beleeue in him, and he will helpe thee, order thy way aright, and trust in him. |
| 7 | Ye that feare the Lord, waite for his mercie, and goe not aside, lest ye fall. |
| 8 | Yee that feare the Lord, beleeue him, and your reward shall not faile. |
| 9 | Ye that feare the Lord, hope for good, and for euerlasting ioy and mercy. |
| 10 | Looke at the generations of old, and see, did euer any trust in the Lord, and was confounded? or did any abide in his feare, & was forsaken? or whom did hee euer despise, that called vpon him? |
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| 11 | For the Lord is full of compassion, and mercie, longsuffering, and very pitifull, and forgiueth sinnes, and saueth in time of affliction. |
| 12 | Woe be to fearefull hearts, and faint hands, and the sinner that goeth two wayes. |
| 13 | Woe vnto him that is faint hearted, for he beleeueth not, therefore shall he not be defended. |
| 14 | Woe vnto you that haue lost patience: and what will ye doe when the Lord shall visite you? |
| 14a | — |
| 15 | They that feare the Lord, will not disobey his word, and they that loue him, will keepe his wayes. |
| 16 | They that feare the Lord, will seeke that which is well pleasing vnto him, and they that loue him, shall bee filled with the Law. |
| 17 | They that feare the Lord, will prepare their hearts, and humble their soules in his sight: |
| 18 | Saying, We will fal into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men: for as his maiestie is, so is his mercie. |
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| 18b | — |