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For when the horrible fierceness of beasts came upon these, and they perished with the stings
of crooked serpents, thy wrath endured not for ever:
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But they were troubled for a small season, that they might be admonished, having a sign of
salvation, to put them in remembrance of the commandment of thy law.
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For he that turned himself toward it was not saved by the thing that he saw, but by thee, that
art the Saviour of all.
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And in this thou madest thine enemies confess, that it is thou who deliverest from all evil:
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For them the bitings of grasshoppers and flies killed, neither was there found any remedy for
their life: for they were worthy to be punished by such.
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But thy sons not the very teeth of venomous dragons overcame: for thy mercy was ever by
them, and healed them.
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For they were pricked, that they should remember thy words; and were quickly saved, that
not falling into deep forgetfulness, they might be continually mindful of thy goodness.
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For it was neither herb, nor mollifying plaister, that restored them to health: but thy word, O
Lord, which healeth all things.
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For thou hast power of life and death: thou leadest to the gates of hell, and bringest up again.
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A man indeed killeth through his malice: and the spirit, when it is gone forth, returneth not;
neither the soul received up cometh again.
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But it is not possible to escape thine hand.
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For the ungodly, that denied to know thee, were scourged by the strength of thine arm: with
strange rains, hails, and showers, were they persecuted, that they could not avoid, and through fire
were they consumed.
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For, which is most to be wondered at, the fire had more force in the water, that quencheth all
things: for the world fighteth for the righteous.
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For sometime the flame was mitigated, that it might not burn up the beasts that were sent
against the ungodly; but themselves might see and perceive that they were persecuted with the
judgment of God.
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And at another time it burneth even in the midst of water above the power of fire, that it might
destroy the fruits of an unjust land.
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Instead whereof thou feddest thine own people with angels' food, and didst send them from
heaven bread prepared without their labour, able to content every man's delight, and agreeing to
every taste.
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For thy sustenance declared thy sweetness unto thy children, and serving to the appetite of
the eater, tempered itself to every man's liking.
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But snow and ice endured the fire, and melted not, that they might know that fire burning in
the hail, and sparkling in the rain, did destroy the fruits of the enemies.
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But this again did even forget his own strength, that the righteous might be nourished.
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