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

 (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:

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Sermon on the Mountain XXXIV

re-prove

(ri-proov)v. tr. re-proved, re-prov-ing, re-proves. 1. To voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke. See Synonyms at admonish. 2. To find fault with.[Middle English reproven, from Anglo-Norman repruver, variant of Old French reprover, from Late Latin reprobare, to disapprove. See REPROBATE.]--re-prov'a-ble adj. --re-prov'er n. --re-prov'ing-ly adv.

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If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.

And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

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And the Lord said unto Cain, - Where is Ab-el -thy brother?

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

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Also he sent forth a dove - from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth:

 then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

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And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered - my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man,

one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou moved-st me against him, to destroy him without cause.

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And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it - pleaseth thee.

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Unto the work-man he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

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And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, - he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all - that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved

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And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

And now art thou cursed - from the earth, which hath opened her mouth - to receive - thy brother's blood - from thy hand;

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And the Lord God said unto the work-man, What is this that thou hast done?

And the work-man said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat - all the days of thy life:

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But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but - a dead man, for the work-man which thou hast taken; for she - is a man's wife.

But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?

Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, -even she her-self said, He is my brother:

in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

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Or how wilt thou say to - thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye;

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Bless the Lord, all his works - in all places of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul.

Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.

  Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

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and, behold, a beam - is in - thine own eye?

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Where-fore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand? Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

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Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

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Sermon on the Mountain XXXIII

Judgement

And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, - after the name of his son, Enoch.

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And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,

And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, - but for the Lord, who is with you in the judgment.

Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

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Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: - they judge not the fatherless, - neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:

tin

(tin)n. 1.   SymbolSn. A malleable, silvery metallic element obtained chiefly from cassiterite. It is used to coat other metals to prevent corrosion and is a part of numerous alloys, such as soft solder, pewter, type metal, and bronze.

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And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: - afterward thou shalt be called, - The city of righteousness, - the faithful city.

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And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

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Zi-on shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.

And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

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And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them - under the oak which was by Shechem.

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For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

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Judge not, - that - ye be not judged.

For with what judgment ye judge, - ye shall be judged: and with what measure - ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

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He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

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And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, . . .

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And surely your blood of your lives will I require; - at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; - at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.

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. . .Thou wilt not require it.

Thou hast seen it: for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness - till thou find none.

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And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

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