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Chapter V.
After him, there will
stand up David worthy of his descendant the Lord, and declare:
“I, Lord, proclaimed thee by every means; I set forth that only
thy name was to be worshiped; I said, ‘Blessed is the
man153
who fears the Lord’; I said too,
‘The saints shall154
be joyful in
glory’; and I said, ‘The desire of the
wicked155
shall
perish,’ that these people might acknowledge thee and cease to
sin. I, when I had become possessed of royal power, clothed in
sackcloth, with dust spread beneath me, and with the emblems of my
greatness laid aside, lay down in my clothes, that an example might be
given to these people of gentleness and humility. I spared my enemies
who desired to slay me, that these people might approve of my
mercifulness, as worthy of being imitated.” After him, Isaiah,
who was worthy of the Spirit of God, will not be silent; but will say:
“I, Lord, whilst thou wast speaking through my mouth, gave this
warning,—‘Woe to those156
who join house
to house,’ that I might set a limit to covetousness. I bore
witness that thine anger came upon the wicked, that at any rate fear of
punishment, if not hope of reward, might keep back these people from
their evil deeds.”E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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