Wisdom of Solomon 16
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1THerefore by suche things they are worthely punished & tormented by the multitude of beastes. 3To the intent that thei that desired meat, by the things which were shewed and sent among them, might turne awaye their necessarie desire, & that thei, which had suffred penurie for a space, shulde also fele a newe taste. 4For it was requisite, that they which vsed tyrannie, shulde fall into extreme pouertie, and that to these onelie it shulde be shewed, how their enemies were tormented. 5For when the cruel fiercenes of the beasts came vpon them, and they were hurt with the stings of cruel serpents, 6Thy wrath endured not perpetually, but they were troubled for a litle season, that they might be reformed, hauing a signe of saluacion, to remember the commandement of thy Law. 7For he that turned toward it, was not healed by the thing that he sawe, but by thee, ô Sauiour of all. 8So in this thou shewedst our enemies, that it is thou, which deliuerest from all euil. 9For the biting of greshopers and flyes killed them, and there was no remedie founde for their life: for they were worthie to be punished by suche. 10But the teeth of the venemous dragons colde not ouercome thy children: for thy mercie came to helpe them, & healed them. 11For they were pricked, because thei shulde remember thy wordes, and were spedely healed, lest they shulde fall into so depe forgetfulnes, that thei colde not be called backe by thy benefite. 12For nether herbe nor plaster healed them, but thy worde, ô Lord, which healeth all things. 13For thou hast the power of life & death, and leadest downe vnto the gates of hel, and bringest vp againe. 14A man in dede by his wickednes may slaie another: but when the Spirit is gone forthe, it turneth not againe, nether can he call againe the soule that is taken away. 15But it is not possible to escape thine hand. 16For the vngodlie that wolde not knowe thee, were punished by the strength of thine arme, with strange raine and with haile, and were pursued with tempest, that they colde not auoide, & were consumed with fyre. 17For it was a wonderous thing that fyre might do more then water, which quencheth all things: but the worlde is the aduenger of the righteous. 18For some time was the fyre so tame, that the beasts, which were sent against the vngodlie, burnt not: and that, because they shulde se and knowe, that they were persecuted with the punishment of God. 19And some time burnt the fyre in the middes of the water aboue the power of fyre, that it might destroye the generacion of the vniust land. 20In the stead whereof thou hast fed thine owne people with Angels fode, and sent them bread readie from heauen without their labour, which had abundance of all pleasures in it & was mete for all tastes. 21For thy sustinance declared thy swetnes vnto thy children, which serued to the appetite of him, that toke it, & was mete to that that euerie man wolde. 22Moreouer the snowe and yce abode the fyre & melted not, that thei might knowe, that the fyre burning in the hayle, & sparkeling in the raine, destroyed the frute of the enemies. 23Againe it forgate his owne strength, that the righteous might be nourished. 24For the creature that serueth thee which art the maker, is fierce in punishing the vnrighteous : but it is easie to do good vnto suche as put their trust in thee. 25Therefore was it changed at the same time vnto all facions to serue thy grace, which nourisheth all things, according to the desire of them that had nede thereof, 26That thy children whome thou louest, ô Lord, might knowe, that it is not the increase of frutes that fedeth men, but that it is thy worde, which preserueth them that trust in thee. 27For that which colde not be destroyed with the fyre, being onely warmed a litle with the sunne beames, melted, 28That it might be knowen that we oght to preuente the sunne rising to giue thankes vnto thee, and to salute thee before the daye spring. 29For the hope of the vnthankeful shal melt as the winter yce, and flowe away as vnprofitable waters.