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For Thou hast power of life and death; Thou leadest to the gates of hell and bringest up again.
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A man indeed killeth through his malice; and the spirit, when it is gone forth, returneth not, neither the soul received up cometh again.
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But it is not possible to escape Thine hand.
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For the ungodly, refusing to know Thee, were scourged by the strength of Thine arm. With strange rains, hails, and showers were they persecuted, which they could not avoid, and through fire were they consumed.
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For (which is most to be wondered at) the fire had more force in the water that quencheth all things; for the world fighteth for the righteous.
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For sometimes the flame was mitigated, that it might not burn up the beasts that were sent against the ungodly, but themselves might see and perceive that they were persecuted by the judgment of God.
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And at another time it burneth even in the midst of water above the power of fire, that it might destroy the fruits of an unjust land.
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Instead thereof Thou feddest Thine own people with angels' food, and didst send them bread from heaven prepared without their labor, able to satisfy every man's delight, and agreeing to every taste.
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For Thy sustenance declared Thy sweetness unto Thy children, and, serving the appetite of the eater, was tempered to every man's liking.
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But snow and ice endured the fire and melted not, that they might know that fire, burning in the hail and sparkling in the rain, did destroy the fruits of their enemies.
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But this again did even forget his own strength, that the righteous might be nourished.