Ecclesiasticus — Chapter 15
These annotations are from the original 1609 Douay Old Testament, the first complete English Catholic Bible translation, produced by English scholars in exile at the English College of Douai. The archaic spelling is preserved.
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Verse 11
Say not: It is by God, that she is absent: for doe not thou the things that he hateth. God iustly decreed that which men vniustly haue done.
Verse 14
God from the beginning made man, and left him in the hand of his owne counsel.
Verse 21
He hath commanded no man to doe impiously, and he hath giuen no man space to sinne: for he desireth not a multitude of faithlesse and vnprofitable children.