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And he said unto me, Up, Esdras, and hear the words that I am come to tell thee.
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And I said, Speak on, my God. Then said he unto me, The sea is set in a wide place, that it might be deep and great.
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But put the case the entrance were narrow, and like a river;
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Who then could go into the sea to look upon it, and to rule it? if he went not through the narrow, how could he come into the broad?
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There is also another thing; A city is builded, and set upon a broad field, and is full of all good things: