Sirach 38
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1HOnor the physicion with that honor that is due vnto him, because of necessitie: for the Lord hathe created him. 2For of the moste High cometh healing, and he shal receiue giftes of the King. 3The knowledge of the physicion lifteth vp his head, and in the sight of great men he shalbe in admiration. 4The Lord hathe created medecines of the earth, and he that is wise, wil not abhorre it. 5Was not the water made swete with wood, that men might know the vertue thereof? 6So he hathe giuen men knowledge, that he might be glorified in his wonderous workes. 7With suche doeth he heale men, and taketh away their paines. 8Of suche doeth the apothecarie make a confection, and yet he can not finish his owne workes: for of the Lord cometh prosperitie and welth ouer all the earth. 9My sonne, faile not in thy sickenes, but praye vnto the Lord, & he wil make thee whole. 10Leaue of from sinne, and order thine hands a right, and clense thine heart from all wickednes. 11Offer swete incense, and fine floure for a remembrance: make the offring fat, for thou art not the first giuer. 12Then giue place to the physicion: for the Lord hathe created him: let him not go from thee, for thou hast nede of him. 13The houre may come, that their enterprises may haue good successe. 14For they also shal praye vnto the Lord, that he wolde prosper that, which is giuen for ease, & their physicke for the prolonging of life. 15He that sinneth before his maker, let him fall into the hands of the physicion. 16My sonne, powre forthe teares ouer the dead, and beginne to mourne, as if thou hadest suffred great harme thy self, & then couer his bodie according to his appointement, and neglect not his buryal. 17Make a grieuous lamentacion, and be earnest in mourning, & vse lamentacion as he is worthie, & that, a daye or two, lest thou be euil spoken of, and then comforte thy self for thine heauines. 18For of heauines cometh death, and the heauines of the heart breaketh the strength. 19Of the affection of the heart cometh sorow, and the life of him that is afflicted, is according to his heart. 20Take no heauines to heart: driue it away and remember the last end. 21Forget it not: for there is no turning againe: thou shalt do him no good, but hurte thy self. 22Remember his iudgement: thine also shalbe likewise, vnto me yester daye, and vnto thee to day. 23Seing the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest, & comforte thy self againe for him, when his spirit is departed from him. 24¶The wisdome of a learned man cometh by vsing wel his vacant time: and he that ceaseth from his owne matters and labour, may come by wisdome. 25How can he get wisdome that holdeth the plough, and he that hathe pleasure in the gode, and in driuing oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and talketh but of the brede of bullockes? 26He giueth his minde to make forowes, and is diligent to giue the kine fodder. 27So is it of euerie carpenter, and workemaster that laboreth night and daye: and they that cut, and graue seales, and make sondrie diuersities, and giue them selues to contrefait imagerie, and watch to performe the worke. 28The smithe in like maner abideth by his anuil, and doeth his diligence to labour the yron: the vapour of the fyre dryeth his flesh, and he muste fight with the heat of the fornace: the noyce of the hammer is euer in his eares, and his eyes loke stil vpon the thing that he maketh: he setteth his minde to make vp his workes: therefore he watcheth to polish it perfitely. 29So doeth the potter sit by his worke: he turneth the whele about with his fete: he is careful alwaye at his worke, and maketh his worke by nomber. 30He facioneth the claye with his arme, & with his feete he tempereth the hardnes thereof: his heart imagineth how to couer it with lead, and his diligence is to clense the ouen. 31All these hope in their hands, and euerie one bestoweth his wisdome in his worke. 32Without these can not the cities be mainteined, nor inhabited, nor occupied. 33And yet they are not asked their iudgement in the counsel of the people, nether are thei hie in the congregacion, nether sit they vpon the iudgement seates, nor vnderstand the order of iustice: they can not declare matters according to the forme of the Law, and they are not mete for hard matters. 34But thei mainteine the state of the worlde, and their desire is concerning their worke and occupacion.
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