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Thou, father, hast gloriously established our right government by thy endurance; and making of much account our service past, prevented its destruction, and, by thy deeds, hast made credible the words of philosophy.
10
O aged man of more power than tortures, elder more vigorous than fire, greatest king over the passions, Eleazar!
11
For as father Aaron, armed with a censer, hastening through the consuming fire, vanquished the flame-bearing angel,
12
so, Eleazar, the descendant of Aaron, wasted away by the fire, did not give up his reasoning.
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And, what is most wonderful, though an old man, though the labours of his body were now spent, and his fibres were relaxed, and his sinews worn out, he recovered youth.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.