- 1. But the soules of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them.
- 2. In the sight of the vnwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery,
- 3. And their going from vs to be vtter destruction: but they are in peace.
- 4. For though they bee punished in the sight of men: yet is their hope full of immortalitie.
- 5. And hauing bene a little chastised, they shalbe greatly rewarded: for God proued them, and found them worthy for himselfe.
- 6. As gold in the furnace hath hee tried them, and receiued them as a burnt offering.
- 7. And in the time of their visitation, they shall shine and runne to and fro, like sparkes among the stubble.
- 8. They shall iudge the nations, and haue dominion ouer the people, and their Lord shall raigne for euer.
- 9. They that put their trust in him, shall vnderstand the trueth: and such as be faithfull in loue, shall abide with him: for grace & mercy is to his saints, and he hath care for his elect.
- 10. But the vngodly shalbe punished according to their owne imaginations, which haue neglected the righteous, and forsaken the Lord.
- 11. For who so despiseth wisedome, and nurture, he is miserable, and their hope is vaine, their labours vnfruitfull, and their works vnprofitable.
- 12. Their wiues are foolish, and their children wicked.
- 13. Their of-spring is cursed: wherefore blessed is the barren that is vndefiled, which hath not knowen the sinfull bed: she shall haue fruit in the visitation of soules.
- 14. And blessed is the Eunuch which with his hands hath wrought no iniquitie: nor imagined wicked things against God: for vnto him shall be giuen the speciall gift of faith, and an inheritance in the Temple of the Lord more acceptable to his minde.
- 15. For glorious is the fruit of good labours: and the root of wisedom shall neuer fall away.
- 16. As for the children of adulterers, they shall not come to their perfection, and the seed of an vnrighteous bed shal be rooted out.
- 17. For though they liue long, yet shall they bee nothing regarded: and their last age shall be without honour.
- 18. Or if they die quickly, they haue no hope, neither comfort in the day of triall.
- 19. For horrible is the end of the vnrighteous generation.
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