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She preseved him, that was first formed by God the father of the world, when he was created alone,
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And she brought him out of his sin, and gave him power to govern all things.
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But when the unjust went away from her in his anger, he perished by the fury wherewith he murdered his brother.
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For whose cause, when water destroyed the earth, wisdom healed it again, directing the course of the just by contemptible wood.
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Moreover when the nations had conspired together to consent to wickedness, she knew the just, and preserved him without blame to God, and kept him strong against the compassion for his son.
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She delivered the just man who fled from the wicked that were perishing, when the fire came down upon Pentapolis:
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Whose land for a testimony of their wickedness is desolate, and smoketh to this day, and the trees bear fruits that ripen not, and a standing pillar of salt is a monument of an incredulous soul.