2 Esdras 8:3

2 Esdras 8:3 Context

¹And he answered me, saying, The most High hath made this world for many, but the world to come for fewe. ²I will tell thee a similitude, Esdras, As when thou askest the earth, it shall say vnto thee, that it giueth much mold wherof earthen vessels are made, but litle dust that golde commeth of: euen so is þ^e course of this present world. ³There be many created, but few shall be saued. ⁴So answered I and said, Swallow then downe O my soule, vnderstanding, and deuoure wisedome. ⁵For thou hast agreed to giue eare, and art willing to prophesie: for thou hast no longer space then onely to liue.

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