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For neither is there any God but Thou, that careth for all, to whom Thou mightest show that Thy judgment is not unjust;
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neither shall king or tyrant be able to set his face against Thee for any whom Thou hast punished.
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Inasmuch then as Thou art righteous Thyself, Thou orderest all things righteously, thinking it not agreeable with Thy power to condemn him that hath not deserved to be punished.
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For Thy power is the beginning of righteousness, and because Thou art the Lord of all, it maketh Thee to be gracious unto all.
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For when men will not believe that Thou art of a full power, Thou showest Thy strength; and among them that know it Thou makest their boldness manifest.
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But Thou, mastering Thy power, judgest with equity, and orderest us with great favor; for Thou mayest use power when Thou wilt.
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But by such works hast Thou taught Thy people that the just man should be merciful, and hast made Thy children to be of a good hope that Thou givest repentance for sins.
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For if Thou didst punish the enemies of Thy children, and the condemned to death with such deliberation, giving them time and place whereby they might be delivered from their malice,
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with what great circumspection didst Thou judge Thine own sons, unto whose fathers Thou hast sworn and made covenants of good promises?
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Therefore, whereas Thou dost chasten us, Thou scourgest our enemies a thousand times more, with the intent that, when we judge, we should carefully think of Thy goodness, and when we ourselves are judged, we should look for mercy.
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Therefore, whereas men have lived dissolutely and unrighteously, Thou hast tormented them with their own abominations.