Wisdom 17:1

ENGBRENT: For great are thy judgments, and cannot be expressed: therefore unnurtured souls have erred.

ENGLXXUP: For great are thy judgments, and cannot be expressed:Therefore unnurtured souls have erred.

Wisdom 17:2

ENGBRENT: For when unrighteous men thought to oppress the holy nation; they being shut up in their houses, the prisoners of darkness, and fettered with the bonds of a long night, lay [there] exiled from the eternal providence.

ENGLXXUP: For when unrighteous men thought to oppress the holy nation;They being shut up in their houses, the prisoners of darkness, and fettered with the bonds of a long night,Lay there exiled from the eternal providence.

Wisdom 17:3

ENGBRENT: For while they supposed to lie hid in their secret sins, they were scattered under a dark veil of forgetfulness, being horribly astonished, and troubled with [strange] apparitions.

ENGLXXUP: For while they supposed to lie hidden in their secret sins,They were scattered under a dark veil of forgetfulness,Being horribly astonished,And troubled with strange apparitions.

Wisdom 17:4

ENGBRENT: For neither might the corner that held them keep them from fear: but noises [as of waters] falling down sounded about them, and sad visions appeared unto them with heavy countenances.

ENGLXXUP: For neither might the corner that held them keep them from fear:But noises as of waters falling down sounded about them,And sad visions appeared unto them with heavy countenances.

Wisdom 17:5

ENGBRENT: No power of the fire might give them light: neither could the bright flames of the stars endure to lighten that horrible night.

ENGLXXUP: No power of the fire might give them light:Neither could the bright flames of the starsEndure to lighten that horrible night.

Wisdom 17:6

ENGBRENT: Only there appeared unto them a fire kindled of itself, very dreadful: for being much terrified, they thought the things which they saw to be worse than the sight they saw not.

ENGLXXUP: Only there appeared unto themA fire kindled of itself, very dreadful:For being much terrified, they thought the things which they sawTo be worse than the sight they saw not.

Wisdom 17:7

ENGBRENT: As for the illusions of art magic, they were put down, and their vaunting in wisdom was reproved with disgrace.

ENGLXXUP: As for the illusions of art magic, they were put down,And their vaunting in wisdom was reproved with disgrace.

Wisdom 17:8

ENGBRENT: For they, that promised to drive away terrors and troubles from a sick soul, were sick themselves of fear, worthy to be laughed at.

ENGLXXUP: For they, that promised to drive away terrors and troubles from a sick soul,Were sick themselves of fear, worthy to be laughed at.

Wisdom 17:9

ENGBRENT: For though no terrible thing did fear them; yet being scared with beasts that passed by, and hissing of serpents,

ENGLXXUP: For though no terrible thing did fear them;Yet being scared with beasts that passed by, and hissing of serpents,

Wisdom 17:10

ENGBRENT: they died for fear, denying that they saw the air, which could of no side be avoided.

ENGLXXUP: They died for fear,Denying that they saw the air, which could of no side be avoided.

Wisdom 17:11

ENGBRENT: For wickedness, condemned by her own witness, is very timorous, and being pressed with conscience, always forecasteth grievous things.

ENGLXXUP: For wickedness, condemned by her own witness, is very timorous,And being pressed with conscience, always forecasteth grievous things.

Wisdom 17:12

ENGBRENT: For fear is nothing else but a betraying of the succours which reason offereth.

ENGLXXUP: For fear is nothing else but a betraying of the succors which reason offereth.

Wisdom 17:13

ENGBRENT: And the expectation from within, being less, counteth the ignorance more than the cause which bringeth the torment.

ENGLXXUP: And the expectation from within, being less,Counteth the ignorance more than the cause which bringeth the torment.

Wisdom 17:14

ENGBRENT: But they sleeping the same sleep that night, which was indeed intolerable, and which came upon them out of the bottoms of inevitable hell,

ENGLXXUP: But they sleeping the same sleep that night,Which was indeed intolerable,And which came upon them out of the bottoms of inevitable hell,

Wisdom 17:15

ENGBRENT: were partly vexed with monstrous apparitions, and partly fainted, their heart failing them: for a sudden fear, and not looked for, came upon them.

ENGLXXUP: Were partly vexed with monstrous apparitions,And partly fainted, their heart failing them:For a sudden fear, and not looked for, came upon them.

Wisdom 17:16

ENGBRENT: So then whosoever there fell down was straitly kept, shut up in a prison without iron bars.

ENGLXXUP: So then whosoever there fell down was straitly kept,Shut up in a prison without iron bars.

Wisdom 17:17

ENGBRENT: For whether he were husbandman, or shepherd, or a labourer in the field, he was overtaken, and endured that necessity, which could not be avoided: for they were all bound with one chain of darkness.

ENGLXXUP: For whether he were husbandman, or shepherd,Or a laborer in the field,He was overtaken, and endured that necessity, which could not be avoided:For they were all bound with one chain of darkness.

Wisdom 17:18

ENGBRENT: Whether it were a whistling wind, or a melodious noise of birds among the spreading branches, or a pleasing fall of water running violently,

ENGLXXUP: Whether it were a whistling wind,Or a melodious noise of birds among the spreading branches,Or a pleasing fall of water running violently,

Wisdom 17:19

ENGBRENT: or a terrible sound of stones cast down, or a running that could not be seen of skipping beasts, or a roaring voice of most savage wild beasts, or a rebounding echo from the hollow mountains: these things made them to swoon for fear.

ENGLXXUP: Or a terrible sound of stones cast down,Or a running that could not be seen of skipping beasts,Or a roaring voice of most savage wild beasts,Or a rebounding echo from the hollow mountains:These things made them to swoon for fear.

Wisdom 17:20

ENGBRENT: For the whole world shined with clear light, and none were hindered in their labour:

ENGLXXUP: For the whole world shined with clear light,And none were hindered in their labor:

Wisdom 17:21

ENGBRENT: over them only was spread a heavy night, an image of that darkness which should afterward receive them: but yet were they unto themselves more grievous than the darkness.

ENGLXXUP: Over them only was spread a heavy night,An image of that darkness which should afterward receive them:But yet were they unto themselves more grievous than the darkness.

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