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And if any spur were needed yet for their ignorant superstition, the rivalry of craftsmen afforded it; (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 18)
So, unawares, the world was caught in the ambush; under the stress, now of bereavement, now of royal policy, men imparted to stocks and stones the incommunicable name of God. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 21)
honest men are assailed, kindnesses forgotten, souls defiled, breeds confused, marriages unsettled; adultery reigns and wantonness. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 26)
Despise we not the potter’s toil, that works the pliant earth between his fingers, and makes a cup here, a dish there for our use. Serve they noble ends or base, all alike come from the same clay, and what employment each of them shall find, it is the potter’s right to determine. (Wisdom of Solomon 15, 7)
Though hunger drove them to food, the men of Egypt turned away with loathing from the necessaries they craved, so foul the sight of the frogs that came to punish them. Thy own people should go wanting for a little, only so as to prepare them for the dainties that would follow. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 3)
Their oppressors must feel the pinch of poverty; for themselves, the sight of another’s chastisement should be lesson enough. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 4)
Bite of locust or sting of fly was the undoing of them; no salve could be found against the mortal punishment they had deserved. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 9)
They must feel the prick, to remind them of the commandments they had from thee, and then quickly be rescued before they sank into deep lethargy, beyond the reach of thy succour. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 11)
Wonder beyond all wont, that in water, the all-quenching, fire should rage its fiercest; no element but must rally in the cause of right. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 17)
Now, once again, fire forgot its own nature, this time, to give faithful souls their nourishment!✻ (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 23)
High above us, Lord, are thy judgements, mysterious thy dealings; no skill had those Egyptian hearts to understand them. (Wisdom of Solomon 17, 1)
The very men who had professed to rid ailing minds of all discomposure and disquiet, were now themselves sick with apprehension, to their great discomfiture. (Wisdom of Solomon 17, 8)
