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And said courageously, These I had from heaven; and for his laws I despise them; and from him I hope to receive them again.
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Insomuch that the king, and they that were with him, marvelled at the young man's courage, for that he nothing regarded the pains.
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Now when this man was dead also, they tormented and mangled the fourth in like manner.
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So when he was ready to die he said thus, It is good, being put to death by men, to look for hope from God to be raised up again by him: as for thee, thou shalt have no resurrection to life.
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Afterward they brought the fifth also, and mangled him.
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Then looked he unto the king, and said, Thou hast power over men, thou art corruptible, thou doest what thou wilt; yet think not that our nation is forsaken of God;
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But abide a while, and behold his great power, how he will torment thee and thy seed.
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After him also they brought the sixth, who being ready to die said, Be not deceived without cause: for we suffer these things for ourselves, having sinned against our God: therefore marvellous things are done unto us.
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But think not thou, that takest in hand to strive against God, that thou shalt escape unpunished.
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But the mother was marvellous above all, and worthy of honourable memory: for when she saw her seven sons slain within the space of one day, she bare it with a good courage, because of the hope that she had in the Lord.
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Yea, she exhorted every one of them in her own language, filled with courageous spirits; and stirring up her womanish thoughts with a manly stomach, she said unto them,