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things, though they walked | Lord, thou didst magnify thy therein, neither melted they people, and glorify them, the icy kind of heavenly neither didft thou lightly remeat, that was of nature apt gard them: but didft affift to melt. them in every time and

22 For in all things, O place.

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4 Wifdom hath been cre-joicing. ated before all things, and the understanding of prudence from everlasting.

12 The fear of the Lord maketh a merry heart, and giveth joy and gladness, and a long life.

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5 The word of God moft high is the fountain of wis- 13 Whofo feareth the dom; and her ways are ever-Lord, it fhall go well with lafting commandments. him at the laft, and he fhall find favour in the day of his death.

6 To whom hath the root of wisdom been revealed? or who hath known, her wife counfels ?

7 Unto whom hath the knowledge of wifdom been made manifeft? and who hath understood her great experience?

14 To fear the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and it was created with the faithful in the womb.

15 She hath built an everlafting foundation with men, and the fhall continue with

8 There is one wife and their feed.

16 To

16 To fear the Lord is ledge are in the treasures fulness of wisdom, and fill- of wisdom: but godliness is an abomination to a fin

eth men with her fruits.

17 She filleth all their houte with things defirable, and the garners with her

increase.

18 The fear of the Lord is a crown of wisdom, making peace and perfect health to flourish: both which are the gifts of God: and it enlargeth their rejoicing that love him.

19 Wisdom raineth down fkill and knowledge of understanding, and exalteth them to honour that hold her faft.

20 The root of wisdom is to fear the Lord, and the branches thereof are long life.

21 The fear of the Lord driveth away fins: and where it is prefent it turneth away wrath..

22 A furious man cannot be juftified; for the fway of his fury fhall be his deftruç

tion.

23 A patient man will bear for a time, and afterward joy fhall fpring up unto him.

ner.

26 If thou defire wisdom, keep the commandments, and the Lord fhall give her unto thee.

27 For the fear of the Lord, is wifdom and inftruction: and faith and meekness are his delight.

28 Diftruft not the fear of the Lord, when thou art poor: and come not unto him with a double heart.

29 Be not an hypocrite in the fight of men, and take good heed what thou speakeft.

30 Exalt not thyfelf, left thou fall, and bring difhonour upon thy foul, and fo God difcover thy fecrets, and caft thee down in the midft of the congregation, becaufe thou camest not in truth to the fear of the Lord, but thy heart is full of deceit.

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CHAP. II.

Y fon, if thou come to ferve the Lord, prepare thy foul for tempta

tion.

24 He will hide his words for a time, and the lips of 2 Set thy heart aright, and many fhall declare his wif-conftantly endure, and make dom. not hafte in time of trou

25 The parables of know-ble.

3. Cleave

3 Cleave unto him, and faint-hearted! for he bedepart not away, that thou mayeft be increafed at thy laft end.

4 Whatsoever is brought upon thee, take cheerfully, and be patient when thou art changed to a low eftate. 5 For gold is tried in the fire; and acceptable men in the furnace of adverfity.

6 Believe in him, and he will help thee, order thy way aright, and truft in him.

7¶Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy, and go not afide left ye fall.

8 Ye that fear the Lord, believe him, and your reward fhall not fail.

9 Ye that fear the Lord,

lieveth not, therefore shall he not be defended.

14 Wo unto you that have loft patience! and what will ye do when the Lord fhall vifit you?

15 They that fear the Lord, will not disobey his word; and they that love him, will keep his ways.

16 They that fear the Lord, will feek that which is well-pleafing unto him; and they that love him, shall be filled with the law.

17 They that fear the Lord, will prepare their hearts, and humble their fouls in his fight,

18 Saying, We will fall

hope for good, and for ever-into the hands of the Lord,

lafting joy and mercy.

and not into the hands of

10 Look at the genera-men; for as his majesty is, tions of old, and fee: did e-fo is his mercy.

ver any trust in the Lord, and was confounded? or did any abide in his fear, and was forfaken? or whom did he ever defpife, that called upon him?

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CHAP. III. EAR me your father, O children, and do thereafter, that ye may be fafe.

2 For the Lord hath

II For the Lord is full of compaffion and mercy, long-given the father honour over

fuffering, and very pitiful, and forgiveth fins, and faveth in time of affliction.

12 Wo be to fearful hearts, and faint hands, and the finner that goeth two ways!

13 Wo unto him that is

the children, and hath confirmed the authority of the

mother over the fons.

3 Whoso honoureth his father, maketh an atonement for his fins.

4 And he that honoureth his mother, is as one that layeth

layeth up treasure.

5 Whofo honoureth his father, fhall have joy of his own children, and when he maketh his prayer, he fhall be heard.

6 He that honoureth his father fhall have long life; and he that is obedient unto the Lord fhall be a comfort to his mother.

7 He that feareth the Lord, will honour his father, and will do fervice unto his parents, as to his masters.

8 Honour thy father and mother, both in word and deed, that a bleffing may come upon thee from them.

9 For the bleffing of the father establisheth the houses of children, but the curfe of the mother rooteth out foundations.

10 Glory not in the dif honour of thy father, for thy father's dishonour is no glory unto thee.

thy father fhall not be forgotten; and inftead of fins, it fhall be added to build thee up.

15 In the day of thine affliction it fhall be remembered; thy fins also shall melt away, as the ice in the fair warm weather.

16 He that forfaketh his father, is as a blafphemer, and he that angereth his mother, is curfed of God.

17 My fon, go on with thy business in meekness, so shalt thou be beloved of him that is approved.

18 The greater thou art, the more humble thyself, and thou fhalt find favour before the Lord.

19 Many are in high place, and of renown: but mysteries are revealed unto the meek.

20 For the power of the Lord is great, and he is honoured of the lowly.

21 ¶ Seek not out the II For the glory of a man, things that are too hard for is from the honour of his fa- thee, neither fearch the ther; and a mother in difho- things that are above thy nour, is a reproach unto the children.

12 My fon, help thy father in his age, and grieve him not as long as he liveth.

13 And if his understanding fail, have patience with him, and despise him not when thou art in thy full ftrength.

14 For the relieving of

ftrength.

22 But what is commanded thee think thereupon with reverence: for it is not needful for thee to fee with thine eyes the things that are in fecret.

23 Be not curious în unneceffary matters: for more. things are frewed unto thee,

than

than men understand.

24 For many are deceived by their own vain opinion, and an evil fufpicion hath overthrown their judgment. 25 Without eyes thou fhalt want light: profefs not the knowledge therefore that thou haft not.

26 A stubborn heart fhall fare evil at the laft: and he that loveth danger, shall perish therein.

27 An obftinate heart fhall be laden with forrows, and the wicked man fhall heap fin upon fin.

28 In the punishment of the proud there is no remedy for the plant of wickedness hath taken root in him.

29 The heart of the prudent will understand a parable, and an attentive ear is the defire of a wife man.

30 Water will quench a flaming fire, and alms maketh an atonement for fins.

31 And he that requiteth good turns, is mindful of that which may come hereafter and when he falleth, he fhall find a stay.

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2 Make not an hungry foul forrowful; neither provoke a man in his distress.

3 Add not more trouble to an heart that is vexed; and defer not to give to him that is in need.

4 Reject not the fupplication of the afflicted; neither turn away thy face from a poor man.

5 Turn not away thine eye from the needy, and give him none occafion to curse thee:

6 For if he curfe thee in the bitterness of his foul, his prayer shall be heard of him that made him.

7 Get thyfelf the love of the congregation, and bow thy head to a great man.

8 Let it not grieve thee to bow down thine ear to the poor, and give him a friendly answer with meeknefs.

9 Deliver him that suffereth wrong, from the hand of the oppreffor: and be not faint-hearted when thou fitteft in judgment.

10 Be as a father unto the fatherlefs, and inftead of a husband unto their mother; fo fhalt thou be as the fon of the moft High, and he fhall love thee more than thy mother doth.

II ¶ Wisdom exalteth her children,

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