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O receive the gift that is given you, and be glad, giving thanks unto him that hath led you to the heavenly kingdom.
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Arise up and stand, behold the number of those that be sealed in the feast of the Lord;
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Which are departed from the shadow of the world, and have received glorious garments of the Lord.
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Take thy number, O Sion, and shut up those of thine that are clothed in white, which have fulfilled the law of the Lord.
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The number of thy children, whom thou longedst for, is fulfilled: beseech the power of the Lord, that thy people, which have been called from the beginning, may be hallowed.
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I Esdras saw upon the mount Sion a great people, whom I could not number, and they all praised the Lord with songs.
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And in the midst of them there was a young man of a high stature, taller than all the rest, and upon every one of their heads he set crowns, and was more exalted; which I marvelled at greatly.
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So I asked the angel, and said, Sir, what are these?
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He answered and said unto me, These be they that have put off the mortal clothing, and put on the immortal, and have confessed the name of God: now are they crowned, and receive palms.
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Then said I unto the angel, What young person is it that crowneth them, and giveth them palms in their hands?
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So he answered and said unto me, It is the Son of God, whom they have confessed in the world. Then began I greatly to commend them that stood so stiffly for the name of the Lord.