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For it was requisite, that upon them exercising tyranny should come penury, which they could not avoid: but to these it should only be shewed how their enemies were tormented.
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For when the horrible fierceness of beasts came upon these, and they perished with the stings of crooked serpents, thy wrath endured not for ever:
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But they were troubled for a small season, that they might be admonished, having a sign of salvation, to put them in remembrance of the commandment of thy law.
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For he that turned himself toward it was not saved by the thing that he saw, but by thee, that art the Saviour of all.
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And in this thou madest thine enemies confess, that it is thou who deliverest from all evil:
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For them the bitings of grasshoppers and flies killed, neither was there found any remedy for their life: for they were worthy to be punished by such.
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But thy sons not the very teeth of venomous dragons overcame: for thy mercy was ever by them, and healed them.
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For they were pricked, that they should remember thy words; and were quickly saved, that not falling into deep forgetfulness, they might be continually mindful of thy goodness.
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For it was neither herb, nor mollifying plaister, that restored them to health: but thy word, O Lord, which healeth all things.
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For thou hast power of life and death: thou leadest to the gates of hell, and bringest up again.
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A man indeed killeth through his malice: and the spirit, when it is gone forth, returneth not; neither the soul received up cometh again.