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And others who had run together into caves near by to keep the Sabbath day secretly, being discovered by Philip, were all burned together, because they had a conscience against helping themselves because of the honor of the most sacred day.
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Now I beseech those who read this book that they be not discouraged by these calamities, but that they judge those punishments not to be for destruction, but as a chastening of our nation.
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For it is a token of His great goodness when wicked doers are not suffered any long time, but forthwith punished.
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For as with other nations, whom the Lord patiently forbeareth to punish till they have come to the fullness of their sins, so He dealeth not with us,
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lest that, having come to the height of sin, afterwards He should take vengeance on us.
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.