THE WISDOME OF Iesus the sonne of Sirach, Or Ecclesiasticus. Chapter 2

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CHAP. II.

1 Gods seruants must looke for trouble, 7 and be patient, and trust in him. 12 For woe to them that doe not so. 15 But they that feare the Lord, will doe so.

¹My sonne, if thou come to serue the Lorde, prepare thy soule for temptation.¹

²Set thy heart aright, and constantly endure, and make not haste in time of trouble.²

³Cleaue vnto him, and depart not away, that thou mayest be increased at thy last end.

⁴Whatsoeuer is brought vpon thee, take cheerefully, and bee patient when thou art changed to a lowe estate.

⁵For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of aduersitie.⁵

⁶Beleeue in him, and he will helpe thee, order thy way aright, and trust in him.

⁷Ye that feare the Lord, waite for his mercie, and goe not aside, lest ye fall.

⁸Yee that feare the Lord, beleeue him, and your reward shall not faile.

⁹Ye that feare the Lord, hope for good, and for euerlasting ioy and mercy.

¹⁰Looke at the generations of old, and see, did euer any trust in the Lord, and was confounded? or did any abide in his feare, & was forsaken? or whom did hee euer despise, that called vpon him?

¹¹For the Lord is full of compassion, and mercie, longsuffering, and very pitifull, and forgiueth sinnes, and saueth in time of affliction.¹¹

¹²Woe be to fearefull hearts, and faint hands, and the sinner that goeth two wayes.

¹³Woe vnto him that is faint hearted, for he beleeueth not, therefore shall he not be defended.

¹⁴Woe vnto you that haue lost patience: and what will ye doe when the Lord shall visite you?

¹⁵They that feare the Lord, will not disobey his word, and they that loue him, will keepe his wayes.¹⁵

¹⁶They that feare the Lord, will seeke that which is well pleasing vnto him, and they that loue him, shall bee filled with the Law.

¹⁷They that feare the Lord, will prepare their hearts, and humble their soules in his sight:

¹⁸Saying, We will fal into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men: for as his maiestie is, so is his mercie.

Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Ecclesiasticus Chapter 2

¹ Mat.4.11. 2.tim.3.12. 1.pet.4.12.
² Or, haste not.
⁵ Wisd.3.6 pro. 17.3.
¹¹ Psal.37.25
¹⁵ Ioh.14.20

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