Sirach 42
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1OF these things be not thou ashamed, nether haue regarde to offend for anie persone, 2Of the Law of the most High & his couenant, & of iudgement to iustifie the godlie: 3Of the cause of thy companion, and of strangers, or of distributing the heritage among friends: 4To be diligent to kepe true balance, and weight, whether thou haue muche or litle: 5To sel marchandise at an indifferent price, and to correct thy children diligently, and to beat an euil seruant to the blood: 6To set a good locke where an euil wife is, and to locke where manie hands are: 7If thou giue anie thing by nomber, and weight, to put all in writing, bothe that that is giuen out, and that that is receiued againe: 8To teache the vnlearned, & the vnwise, & the aged, that contend against the yong: thus shalt thou be wel instructed, and approued of all men liuing. 9The daughter maketh the father to watche secretly, and the carefulnes that he hathe for her, taketh away his slepe in the youth, lest she shulde passe the floure of her age: and when she hathe an housband, lest she shulde be hated: 10In her virginitie, lest she shulde be defiled, or gotten withchilde in her fathers house, and, when she is with her housband, lest she misbehaue her self: and when she is maried, lest she continue vnfruteful. 11If thy daughter be vnshamefast, kepe her straitly, lest she cause thine enemies to laugh thee to scorne, and make thee a commune talke in the citie, and diffame thee among the people, and bring thee to publicke shame. 12Beholde not euerie bodies beautie, and companie not among women. 13For as the moth cometh out of garments: so doeth wickednes of the woman. 14The wickednes of a man is better then the good intreatie of a woman, to wit, of a woman that is in shame, and reproche. 15I wil remember the workes of the Lord, and declare the thing that I haue sene: by the worde of the Lord are his workes. 16The sunne that shineth, loketh vpon all things, and all the worke thereof is ful of the glorie of the Lord. 17Hathe not the Lord appointed that his Saincts shulde declare all his wonderous workes, which the almightie Lord hathe stablished to confirme all things by in his maiestie? 18He seketh out the depth, and the heart, and he knoweth their practises: for the Lord knoweth all science, and he beholdeth the signes of the worlde. 19He declareth the things that are past, and for to come, and discloseth the paths of things that are secret. 20No thoght may escape him, nether may anie worde be hid from him. 21He hathe garnished the excellent workes of his wisdome, and he is from euerlasting to euerlasting, and for euer: vnto him may nothing be added, nether can he be minished: he hathe no nede of anie counseler. 22Oh, how delectable are all his workes, & to be considered euen vnto the sparkes of fyre! 23They liue all, and endure for euer: and when soeuer nede is, they are all obedient. 24Thei are all double, one against another: he hathe made nothing that hathe anie faute. 25The one commendeth the goodnes of the other, & who can be satisfied with beholding Gods glorie?
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