The Wisdome of Solomon. Chapter 16

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CHAP. XVI.

2 God gaue strange meate to his people, to stirre vp their appetite, and vile beasts to their enemies to take it from them. 5 Hee stung with his serpents, 12 but soone healed them by his word onely. 17 The creatures altred their nature to pleasure Gods people, and to offend their enemies.

¹Therefore by the like were they punished worthily, and by the multitude of beasts tormented.¹

²In stead of which punishment, dealing graciously with thine owne people thou preparedst for them meate of a strange taste: euen quailes to stirre vp their appetite:²

³To the end that they desiring food might for the ougly sight of the beasts sent among them, loath euen that which they must needs desire: but these suffering penury for a short space, might be made partakers of a strange taste.

⁴For it was requisite, that vpon them excercising tyranny should come penury which they could not auoyde: but to these it should onely be shewed how their enemies were tormented.

⁵For when the horrible fiercenesse of beasts came vpon these, and they perished with the stings of crooked serpents, thy wrath endured not for euer.⁵

⁶But they were troubled for a smal season that they might be admonished, hauing a signe of saluation, to put them in remembrance of the commandement of thy Law.⁶

⁷For hee that turned himselfe towards it, was not saued by the thing that he saw: but by thee that art the sauiour of all.

⁸And in this thou madest thine enemies confesse, that it is thou who deliuerest from all euill:

⁹For them the bitings of grassehoppers and flies killed, neither was there found any remedy for their life: for they were worthy to bee punished by such.⁹

¹⁰But thy sonnes, not the very teeth of venemous dragons ouercame: for thy mercy was euer by them, and healed them.

¹¹For they were pricked, that they should remember thy words, and were quickly saued, that not falling into deep forgetfulnesse, they might be continually mindefull of thy goodnesse.¹¹

¹²For it was neither herbe, nor mollifying plaister that restored them to health: but thy word, O Lord, which healeth all things.

¹³For thou hast power of life and death: thou leadest to the gates of hell, and bringest vp againe.¹³

¹⁴A man indeed killeth through his malice: and the spirit when it is gone foorth returneth not; neither the soule receiued vp, commeth againe.

¹⁵But it is not possible to escape thine hand.

¹⁶For the vngodly that denied to know thee, were scourged by the strength of thine arme: with strange raines, hailes, and showers were they persecuted, that they could not auoyd, and through fire were they consumed.¹⁶

¹⁷For, which is most to be wondered at, the fire had more force in the water that quencheth all things: for the world fighteth for the righteous.¹⁷

¹⁸For sometimes the flame was mitigated, that it might not burne vp the beasts that were sent against the vngodly: but themselues might see and perceiue that they were persecuted with the iudgement of God.

¹⁹And at another time it burneth euen in the midst of water, aboue the power of fire, that it might destroy the fruits of an vniust land.

²⁰In stead whereof thou feddest thine owne people, with Angels food, and didst send them from heauen bread prepared without their labour, able to content euery mans delight, and agreeing to euery taste.²⁰

²¹For thy sustenance declared thy sweetnesse vnto thy children, and seruing to the appetite of the eater tempered it selfe to euery mans liking.²¹

²²But snow and yce endured the fire and melted not, that they might know that fire burning the haile, and sparkling in the raine, did destroy the fruits of the enemies.²²

²³But this againe did euen forget his owne strength, that the righteous might be nourished.

²⁴For the creature that serueth thee who art the maker, encreaseth his strength against the vnrighteous for their punishment, and abateth his strength for the benefit of such as put their trust in thee.

²⁵Therefore euen then was it altered into all fashions, and was obedient to thy grace that nourisheth all things, according to the desire of them that had need:²⁵

²⁶That thy children, O Lord, whom thou louest, might know that it is not the growing of fruits that nourisheth man: but that it is thy word which preserueth them that put their trust in thee.²⁶

²⁷For that which was not destroied of the fire, being warmed with a litle Sunne beame, soone melted away,

²⁸That it might bee knowen, that wee must preuent the Sunne, to giue thee thanks, and at the day-spring pray vnto thee.

²⁹For the hope of the vnfaithfull, shal melt away as the Winters hoarefrost, and shall runne away as vnprofitable water.

Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Wisdom of Solomon Chapter 16

¹ Num. 21. 6. chap.11. 15,16.
² Num. 11. 31.
⁵ Or, thy people. , Num. 21. 6. 1.cor.10. 9.
⁶ Num. 21. 9.
⁹ Exod.8. 24 and 10. 4. reuel.9. 7.
¹¹ Hebr. stung. , Or, neuer drawen from.
¹³ Psal. 105. deut.32.39. 1.sam.2, 6.
¹⁶ Exod.9. 23.
¹⁷ Iud.5.20.
²⁰ Exod. 16. 14. num. 11.7. psal. 78.25. ioh. 6.31.
²¹ Iudg.6.4. , Or, Manna. , Or, was tempered.
²² Chap.19. 20.
²⁵ Or, things. , Or, of them that prayed.
²⁶ Deut.8.3. matth.4.4.

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