2 Esdras 8:4

2 Esdras 8:4 Context

²I will tell thee a similitude, Esdras, As when thou askest the earth, it shall say vnto thee, that it giueth much mold wherof earthen vessels are made, but litle dust that golde commeth of: euen so is þ^e course of this present world. ³There be many created, but few shall be saued. ⁴So answered I and said, Swallow then downe O my soule, vnderstanding, and deuoure wisedome. ⁵For thou hast agreed to giue eare, and art willing to prophesie: for thou hast no longer space then onely to liue. ⁶O Lord, if thou suffer not thy seruant that we may pray before thee, and thou giue vs seed vnto our heart, and culture to our vnderstanding, that there may come fruit of it, howe shall each man liue that is corrupt, who beareth the place of a man?

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