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Who wast taken up in a whirlwind of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses.
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Who art registered in the judgments of times to appease the wrath of the Lord, to reconcile the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
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Blessed are they that saw thee, and were honoured with thy friendship.
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For we live only in our life, but after death our name shall not be such.
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Elias was indeed covered with the whirlwind, and his spirit was filled up in Eliseus: in his days he feared not the prince, and no man was more powerful than he.
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No word could overcome him, and after death his body prophesied.
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In his life he did great wonders, and is death he wrought miracles.
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For all this the people repented not, neither did they depart from their sins till they were cast out of their land, and were scattered through all the earth.
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And there was left but a small people, and a prince in the house of David.
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Some of these did that which pleased God: but others committed many sine.
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Ezechias fortified his city, and brought in water into the midst thereof, and he digged a rock with iron, and made a well for water.