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[1]She preferred the first fourmed father of the worlde that was created alone, and brought hym out of his fall: |
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[2]And gaue him power to rule all thynges. |
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[3]But when the vnrighteous went away in his wrath from her, he perished by the furious desire to murther his brother. |
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[4]For whom when the water destroyed the whole worlde, wisdome agayne preserued it, her selfe gouernyng the iust man by no costly worke of wood. |
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[5]Moreouer, when the nations were confounded [or ioyned together] in their malicious confederacie, she founde out the righteous, and preserued hym faultlesse vnto God, and kept hym strong agaynst the loue of his sonne. |
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[6]She preserued the ryghteous when he fled from the vngodly that perished, what tyme as the fire fell downe vpon the fiue cities. |
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[7]Like as yet this day the [vnfruitfull] waste [and] smokyng lande geueth testimonie of their wickednesse: yea the vnripe & vntymely fruites that growe vpon the trees, and for a token of a remembraunce of the vnfaythfull soule, there standyng a pyller of salt. |
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[8]For all such as regarded not wisdome, gat not only this hurt, that they knewe not the thynges which were good: but also left behynde them vnto men a memoriall of their foolishnesse, so that in the thynges wherin they sinned, they coulde not be hyd. |
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[9]But as for such as toke heede vnto wisdome, she hath deliuered them from sorowe. |
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[10]When the ryghteous fled because of his brothers wrath, wisdome led hym the ryght way, shewed hym the kyngdome of God, gaue hym knowledge of holy thynges, made hym riche in his labours, & brought to passe the thynges that he went about. |
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[11]In the disceiptfulnesse of such as defrauded hym, she stoode by hym and made hym riche. |
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[12]She saued hym from the enemies, and defended him from the deceauers: In a strong battayle she gaue hym the victorie, that he myght knowe howe that the feare of God is stronger then all thynges. |
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[13]When the ryghteous was solde, she forsoke hym not, but delyuered hym from sinne: She went downe with hym into the dungeon, |
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[14]And fayled hym not in the bandes, till she had brought hym the scepter of the realme, and power agaynst those that oppressed hym: As for them that had accused hym, she declared them to be lyers, and brought hym to perpetuall worshyp. |
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[15]She deliuered the ryghteous people and faultlesse seede, from the nations that oppressed them. |
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[16]She entred into the soule of the seruaunt of the Lorde, and stoode by hym in wonders and tokens agaynst the dreadfull kynges. |
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[17]She gaue the ryghteous the reward of their labours, and led them foorth a marueylous way: on the day tyme she was a shadowe vnto them, and a lyght of starres in the nyght season. |
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[18]She brought them through the red sea, and caryed them through the great water. |
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[19]But she drowned their enemies [in the sea] but brought them out of the bottome of the deepe. |
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[20]So the ryghteous toke the spoyles of the vngodly, & praysed thy holy name O Lorde, and magnified thy victorious hande with one accorde. |
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[21]For wisdome openeth the mouth of the dumbe, and maketh the tongues of babes to be eloquent. |