Sirach 2
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1MY sonne, if thou wilt come into the seruice of God, [stand fast in righteousnes and feare, and] prepare thy soule to tentacion. 2Settle thine heart, and be pacient: [bow downe thine eare, and receiue the wordes of vnderstanding] and shrinke not awaie, when thou art assailed, [but waite vpon God paciently.] 3Ioyne thy self vnto him, and departe not away, that thou maist be increased at thy last end. 4Whatsoeuer cometh vnto thee, receiue it paciently, and be pacient in the change of thine affliction. 5For as golde [& siluer are] tryed in the fyre, euen so are men acceptable in the fornace of aduersitie. 6Beleue in God and he wil helpe thee: order thy waye aright, & trust in him: [holde fast his feare, and growe olde therein.] 7Ye that feare the Lord, waite for his mercie: shrinke not awaye from him that ye fall not. 8Ye that feare the Lord, beleue him and your rewarde shal not faile. 9O ye that feare the Lord, trust in good things, & in the euerlasting ioy & mercie. 10[Ye that feare the Lord, loue him, & your hearts shalbe lightened.] 11Consider the olde generacions [of men, ye children,] and marke them wel: was there euer anie confounded, that put his trust in the Lord? or who hathe continued in his feare, and was forsaken? or whome did he euer dispise, that called vpon him? 12For God is gracious and merciful, and forgiueth sinnes and saueth in the time of trouble, [& is a defender for all them that seke him in the trueth.] 13Wo vnto them, that haue a feareful heart, [and to the wicked lippes] and to the faint hands, and to the sinner that goeth two maner of wayes. 14Wo vnto him that is faint hearted, for he beleueth not: therefore shal he not be defended. 15Wo vnto you that haue lost pacience, [& haue forsaken the right wayes, and are turned backe into frowarde wayes:] for what wil ye do when the Lord shal visit you? 16They that feare the Lord, wil not disobey his worde: and they that loue him, wil kepe his wayes. 17They that feare the Lord, wil seke out the things that are pleasant vnto him: and they that loue him, shalbe fulfilled with his Law. 18They that feare the Lord, wil prepare their hearts, and humble their soules in his sight. 19[Thei that feare the Lord, kepe his commandements, and wil be pacient til he se them, 20Saying, If we do not repent] we shal fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men. 21Yet as his greatnes is, so is his mercie.
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