Sirach 41
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1O Death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liueth at rest in his possessions, vnto the man that hathe nothing to vexe him, and that hathe prosperitie in all things: yea, vnto him that yet is able to receiue meat! 2O death, how acceptable is thy iudgement vnto the nedeful, and vnto him whose strength faileth, and that is now in the last age, & is vexed with all things, and to him that dispaireth, and hathe lost pacience! 3Feare not the iudgement of death: remember them that haue bene before thee, and that come after: this is the ordinance of the Lord ouer all flesh. 4And why woldest thou be against the pleasure of the moste High? whether it be ten or an hundreth, or a thousand yeres, there is no defense for life against the graue. 5The children of the vngodlie are abominable children, and so are they that kepe companie with the vngodlie. 6The inheritance of vngodlie children shal perish, and their posteritie shal haue a perpetual shame. 7The children complaine of an vngodlie father, because they are reproched for his sake. 8Wo be vnto you, ô ye vngodlie, which haue forsaken the Law of the moste high God: for thogh you increase, yet shal you perish. 9If ye be boine, ye shalbe borne to cursing: if ye dye, the curse shalbe your porcion. 10All that is of the earth, shal turne to earth againe: so the vngodlie go from the curse to destruction. 11Thogh men mourne for their bodie, yet the wicked name of the vngodlie shalbe put out. 12Haue regarde to thy name: for that shal continue with thee aboue a thousand treasures of golde. 13A good life hathe the dayes nombred: but a good name endureth euer. 14My children, kepe wisdome in peace: for wisdome that is hid, and a treasure that is not sene, what profite is in them bothe? 15A man that hideth his foolishnes, is better then a man that hideth his wisdome. 16Therefore beare reuerence vnto my wordes: for it is not good in all things to be ashamed: nether are all things alowed as faithful in all men. 17Be ashamed of whordome before father and mother: be ashamed of lies before the prince and men of autoritie: 18Of sinne before the iudge and ruler: of offence before the congregacion and people: of vnrighteousnes before a companion and friend, 19And of theft before the place where thou dwellest, & before the trueth of God & his couenant, and to leane with thine elbowes vpon the bread, or to be reproued for giuing or taking. 20And of silence vnto them that salute thee, and to loke vpon an harlot, 21And to turne away thy face from thy kinsman: or to take away a portion or a gift, or to be euil minded toward another mans wife, 22Or to sollicite anie mans maide, or to stand by her bed, or to reproche thy friends with wordes, 23Or to vpbraide when thou giuest anie thing, or to reporte a matter that thou hast heard, or to reueile secret wordes. 24Thus maiest thou wel be shamefast, and shalt finde fauour with all men.
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