2 Esdras 8:6
“O 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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2 Esdras 8:6 Context
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? 7For thou art alone, and we all one workemanship of thine hands, like as thou hast said. 8For when the body is fashioned now in the mothers wombe, and thou giuest it members, thy creature is preserued in fire & water, and nine months doeth thy workemanship endure thy creature which is created in her.
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O Lord, if thou suffer not thy servant, that we may pray before thee, and thou give us seed unto our heart, and culture to our understanding, that there may come fruit of it; how shall each man live that is corrupt, who beareth the place of a man?
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