Sirach 16
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1DEsire not the multitude of vnprofitable children, nether delite in vngodlie children:thogh thei be manie, reioyce not in them, except the feare of the Lord be with them. 2Trust not thou to their life , nether rest vpon their multitude. 3For one that is iuste, is better then a thousand suche, and better it is to dye without children , then to leaue behinde him vngodlie children. 4For by one that hathe vnderstanding, shal the citie be inhabited:but the stocke of the wicked shal be wasted incontinently. 5Manie suche things haue I sene with mine eyes, and mine eare hathe heard greater things then these. 6In the congregacion of the vngodlie shal a fyre be kindeled, and among vnfaithful people shal the wrath be set on fyre. 7He spared not the olde gyants; which were rebellious, trusting to their owne strength, 8Nether spared he where as Lot dwelt, those whome he abhorred for their pride. 9He had no pitie vpon the people that were destroyed, & puffed vp in their sins. 10And so he preserued the six hundreth thousand fotemen, that were gathered in the hardnes of their heart, in afflicting them & pitying them, in smiting them & healing them, with mercie, & with chastisement. 11Therefore if there be one stiffe necked among the people, it is marueil if he scape vnpunished:for mercie and wrath are with him:he is mightie to forgiue , & to powre out displeasure. 12As his mercie is great, so is his punishment also:he iudgeth a man according to his workes. 13The vngodlie shal not escape with his spoile, and the pacience of the godlie shal not be delayed. 14He wil giue place to all good dedes, & euerie one shal finde according to his workes, [and after the vnderstanding of his pilgrimage.] 15The Lord hardened Pharao, that he shulde not knowe him, and that his workes shulde be knowen vpon the earth vnder the heauen. 16His mercie is knowen to all creatures: he hathe separate his light from the darknes with an adamant. 17Say not thou, I wil hide my self from the Lord:for who wil thike vpon me from aboue? 18Beholde, the heauen, and the *heauen of heauens, which are for God, the depth, and the earth, and all that therein is, shalbe moued when he shal visite. 19All the worlde which is created and made by his wil, the mountaines also, and the fundacions of the earth shal shake for feare, when the Lord loketh vpon them. 20These things doeth no heart vnderstand worthely, [but he vnderstandeth euerie heart.] 21And who vnderstandeth his wayes? and the storme that no man can se? for the moste parte of his workes are hid. 22Who can declare the workes of his righteousnes? or who can abide them? for his ordinance is farre of, and the trying out of all things faileth. 23He that is humble of heart, wil consider these things: but an vnwise and erronious man casteth his minde vpon foolish things. 24My sonne, hearken vnto me, and learne knowledge, and marke my wordes with thine heart. 25I wil declare thee weightie doctrine, & I wil instruct thee exactly in knowledge. 26The Lord hathe set his workes in good order from the beginning, & parte of them hathe he sundred from the other when he first made them. 27He hathe garnished his workes for euer, and their beginnings so long as they shal indure, they are not hungrie nor wearied in their labours, nor cease from their offices. 28None of them hindreth another, nether was anie of them disobedient vnto his wordes. 29After this the Lord loked vpon the earth and filled it with his goods things. 30With all maner of liuing beasts hathe he couered the face thereof, and they returne into it againe.
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