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And therefore hath he sent me to shew thee all these things, and to say unto thee, Be of good comfort and fear not
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And hasten not with the times that are past, to think vain things, that thou mayest not hasten from the latter times.
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And it came to pass after this, that I wept again, and fasted seven days in like manner, that I might fulfil the three weeks which he told me.
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And in the eighth night was my heart vexed within me again, and I began to speak before the most High.
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For my spirit was greatly set on fire, and my soul was in distress.
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And I said, O Lord, thou spakest from the beginning of the creation, even the first day, and saidst thus; Let heaven and earth be made; and thy word was a perfect work.
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And then was the spirit, and darkness and silence were on every side; the sound of man's voice was not yet formed.
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Then commandedst thou a fair light to come forth of thy treasures, that thy work might appear.
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Upon the second day thou madest the spirit of the firmament, and commandedst it to part asunder, and to make a division betwixt the waters, that the one part might go up, and the other remain beneath.
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Upon the third day thou didst command that the waters should be gathered in the seventh part of the earth: six pats hast thou dried up, and kept them, to the intent that of these some being planted of God and tilled might serve thee.
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For as soon as thy word went forth the work was made.