Wisdom of Solomon 3
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1BVt the soules of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment shal touche them. 2In the sight of the vnwise thei appeared to dye, and their end was thoght grieuous, 3And their departing from vs, destruction, but they are in peace. 4And thogh they suffer paine before men, yet is their hope ful of immortalitie. 5They are punished, but in fewe things, yet in many things shal they be wel rewarded: for God proueth them, & findeth them mete for him self. 6He tryeth them as the golde in the fornace, and receiueth them as a perfect frute offring. 7And in the time of their vision they shal shine, and runne through as the sparkes among the stubble. 8They shal iudge the nacions, and haue dominion ouer the people, and their Lord shal reigne for euer. 9They that trust in him, shal vnderstand the trueth, and the faithful shal remaine with him in loue: for grace and mercie is among his Saintes, and he regardeth his elect. 10But the vngodlie shalbe punished according to their imaginacions: for they haue despised the righteous, and forsaken the Lord. 11Who so despiseth wisdome and discipline, is miserable, and their hope is vaine, & their labours are foolish, and their workes vnprofitable. 12Their wiues are vndiscrete, & their children wicked: their offring is cursed. 13Therefore the barren is blessed which is vndefiled, and knoweth not the sinful bed: she shal haue frute in the visitation of the soules, 14And the eunuche, which with his hands hathe not wroght iniquitie, nor imagined wicked things against God: for vnto him shal be giuen the special gift of faith, and an acceptable porcion in the Temple of the Lord. 15For glorious is the frute of good labours, and the roote of wisdome shal neuer fade away. 16But the children of adulterers shal not be partakers of the holy things, and the seed of the wicked bed shalbe rooted out. 17And thogh they liue long, yet shal they be nothing regarded, and their last age shalbe without honour. 18If they dye hastely, they haue no hope, nether comfort in the day of tryal. 19For horrible is the end of the wicked generacion.