Challoner [1752], THE NEW TESTAMENT OF Our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated out of the Latin Vulgat Diligently compared with the original Greek And first published by the English College of Rhemes, anno 1582. Newly revised, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures. WITH ANNOTATIONS For clearing up modern Controversies in Religion, and other Difficulties of Holy Writ () [word count] [B12000].
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CHAP. XIV.
The evil of avarice: works
of mercy are recommended,
and the love of wisdom.
1 Blessed is the man
that hath not slipt by a
word out of his mouth, and
is not pricked with the remorse
of sin.
2 Happy is he that hath
had no sadness of his mind,
and who is not fallen from his
hope.
3 Riches are not comely
for a covetous man and a niggard,
-- --
and what should an envious
man do with gold?
4 He that gathereth together
by wronging his own
soul, gathereth for others,
and another will squander away
his goods in rioting.
5 He that is evil to himself,
to whom will he be good? and
he shall not take pleasure in
his goods.
6 There is none worse than
he that envieth himself, and
this is the reward of his wickedness:
7 And if he do good, he
doth it ignorantly, and unwillingly:
and at the last he
discovereth his wickedness.
8 The eye of the envious
is wicked: and he turneth away
his face, and despiseth
his own soul.
9 The eye of the covetous
man is insatiable in his portion
of iniquity: he will not
be satisfied till he consume his
own soul, drying it up.
10 An evil eye is towards
evil things: and he shall not
have his fill of bread, but shall
be needy and pensive at his
own table.
11 My son, if thou have
any thing, do good to thyself,
and offer to God worthy offerings.
12 Remember that death
is not slow, and that note the
covenant of hell hath been
shewed to thee: for the covenant
of this world shall surely
die.
13 Do good to thy friend
before thou die, and according
to thy ability stretch out
thy hand, and give to the
poor.
14 Defraud not thyself of
the good day, and let not the
part of a good gift overpass
thee.
15 Shalt thou not leave to
others to divide by lot thy
sorrows and labours?
16 Give and take, and
justify thy soul.
17 Before thy death work
justice: for in hell there is no
finding food.
18 All flesh shall fade as
grass, and as the leaf that
springeth out on a green tree.
19 Some grow, and some
fall off: so is the generation of
flesh and blood, one cometh
to an end, and another is born.
20 Every work that is corruptible
shall fail in the end:
and the worker thereof shall
go with it.
21 And every excellent
work shall be justified: and
the worker thereof shall be
honoured therein.
22 Blessed is the man that
shall continue in wisdom, and
that shall meditate in his justice,
and in his mind shall think of
the all-seeing eye of God.
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23 He that considereth her
ways in his heart, and hath
understanding in her secrets,
who goeth after her as one
that traceth, and stayeth in her
ways:
24 He who looketh in at
her windows, and hearkeneth
at her door:
25 He that lodgeth near
her house, and fastening a pin
in her walls shall set up his
tent nigh unto her, where
good things shall rest in his
lodging for ever:
26 He shall set his children
under her shelter, and shall
lodge under her branches:
27 He shall be protected
under her covering from the
heat, and shall rest in her
glory.
Challoner [1752], THE NEW TESTAMENT OF Our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated out of the Latin Vulgat Diligently compared with the original Greek And first published by the English College of Rhemes, anno 1582. Newly revised, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures. WITH ANNOTATIONS For clearing up modern Controversies in Religion, and other Difficulties of Holy Writ () [word count] [B12000].
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