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Here the flame would burn low, to spare those creatures a scorching, that were thy emissaries against the godless; doubt there should be none, for any who saw it, but divine justice was at his heels. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 18)
So would thy own nature manifest a father’s universal love; this food should humour the eater’s whim, turning itself into that which he craved most. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 21)
In secret they offered their sacrifice, children of a nobler race, all set apart; with one accord they ratified the divine covenant, which bound them to share the same blessings and the same perils; singing for prelude their ancestral hymns of praise. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 9)
PREFACE: Many are the important truths conveyed to us by the law, by the prophets and by those other writers who have followed them. Israel must be given credit for its own philosophical tradition, suited not only to instruct those who talk its language, but to reach, in spoken or written form, the outside world too, and bring it great enlightenment. No wonder if my own grandfather, Jesus, who had devoted himself to the careful study of the law, the prophets, and our other ancestral records, had a mind to put something in writing himself that should bear on this philosophical tradition, to claim the attention of eager students who had already mastered it, and to encourage their observance of the law. I must beg its readers to come well-disposed to their task, and to follow me closely, making allowances for me wherever I seem to have failed in the right marshalling of words, as I pass on wisdom at second hand. Hebrew words lose their force when they are translated into another language; moreover, when the Hebrews read out the law, the prophets, and the other books among themselves, they read them out in a greatly different form. It was in my thirty-eighth year,✻ in the reign of Euergetes, that I went to Egypt and spent some time there. When I found writings preserved there which were of high doctrinal value, it seemed to me right and fitting that I, too, should be at some pains; I would set about translating this book. Learning I gave to the task and long labour, and so brought it to an end; and so I offer the book to all who are ready to apply their minds to it, and learn how a man must frame his conduct if he would live by the divine law. (Ecclesiasticus 1, 0)
and he has poured her out upon all his creation, upon all living things, upon all the souls that love him, in the measure of his gift to each. (Ecclesiasticus 1, 10)
Love of God is wisdom worth the having; (Ecclesiasticus 1, 14)
Fear him? Ay, and love him; your hearts shall be enlightened. (Ecclesiasticus 2, 10)
Fear the Lord, and doubt his promises? Love him, and not keep true to the way he shews us? (Ecclesiasticus 2, 18)
Fear the Lord, and not study to know his will? Love him, and not find contentment in his law? (Ecclesiasticus 2, 19)
Wherever choice souls are found, wisdom is the mother of them; all submissiveness and love their breed is. (Ecclesiasticus 3, 1)
My son, do all thou dost in lowly fashion; love thou shalt win, that is worth more than men’s praise. (Ecclesiasticus 3, 19)
Love her, as thou lovest life; wait early at her doors, if thou wouldst win her sweet embrace. (Ecclesiasticus 4, 13)
