Sermon on the Mountain XXXV

 My Beloved

And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.

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But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

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And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the Lord: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.

And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

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Give not that which is holy unto the dogs,

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 (rend)v. rent   (rent). or rend-ed rend-ing, rends.v. tr. 1. To tear or split apart or into pieces violently. See Synonyms at tear1. 2. To tear (one's garments or hair) in anguish or rage. 3. To tear away forcibly; wrest. 4. To pull, split, or divide as if by tearing: "Chip was rent between the impulse to laugh wildly and a bitterness that threatened hot tears" (Louis Auchincloss). 5. To pierce or disturb with sound: a scream rent the silence. 6. To cause pain or distress to: tales that rend the

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As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair work-man which is without discretion.

The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.

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neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them - under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

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Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

          If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

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Ask, and it shall be given you;

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For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

  The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

For the kingdom is the Lord's: and he is the governor among the nations.

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seek, and ye shall find;

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I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. . . .

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Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother?

And he said, I know not: Am I - my brother's keeper?

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all - his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

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And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

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And it came to pass when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;

And they took him, and cast him into a pit:

and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

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 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.

I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

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Where is Abel thy brother?

And he said, I know not: Am I - my brother's keeper?

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I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

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knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

ISamuelyeaon-AmAll-ah