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I kept silence; thou thoughtest
that I was altogether such a one
as thyself: but I will reprove thee,
and set them in order before thine
eyes.
13 Now consider this ye that
forget God, lest I tear you in pieces,
and there be none to deliver.
14 Whose offereth praise,
glorifieth me; And to him that
disposeth his way aright, will
I show the salvation of God.
15 This is the way, beloved, in
which we may find our Saviour,
even Jesus Christ, the high-priest
of all our offerings, the defender
and helper of our weakness.
16 By him we look up to the
highest heavens; and behold, as
in a glass, his spotless and most
excellent visage.
17 By him are the eyes of our
hearts opened; by him our foolish
and darkened understanding
rejoiceth to behold his wonderful
light.
18 By him would God have us
to taste the knowledge of
immortality: who being the
brightness of his glory, is by
so much greater than the angels,
as he has by inheritance obtained
a more excellent name than they.
19 For so it is written, who
maketh his angels spirits, and his
ministers a flame of fire:
20 But to his son, thus saith the
Lord, Thou art my Son, to-day
have I begotten thee.
21 Ask of me and I will give
thee the heathen for thy inheritance,
and the utmost parts of the earth
for thy possession.
22 And again he saith unto him,
Sit thou on my right hand until
I make thine enemies thy
foot-stool.
23 But who are his enemies?
even the wicked, and such who
oppose their own wills to the
will of God.
24 Let us therefore march-on,
men and brethren, with all
earnestness in his holy laws.
25 Let us consider those who
fight under our, earthly governors
How orderly, how readily, and
with what exact obedience they
perform those things that are
commanded them.
26 All are not generals, nor
colonels, nor captains, nor
inferior officers:
27 But everyone in his respective
rank does what is commanded him by
the king, and those who have the
authority over him.
28 They who are great, cannot
subsist without those that are little;
nor the little without the great;
29 But there must be a mixture
in all things, and then there will
be use and profit too.
30 Let us, for example, take
our body: the head without the
feet is nothing, neither the feet
without the head.
31 And even the smallest members
of our body are yet both necessary
and useful to the whole body.
32 But all conspire togethe
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