Wisdom — Chapter 12
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Verse 4
From the land of Iurie, called sacred, because God was there rightly served in the old testament, and mans redemption was wrought there by Christ.
Verse 5
From the land of Iurie, called sacred, because God was there rightly served in the old testament, and mans redemption was wrought there by Christ.
Verse 10
By custome malice became as it were natural, after that nature was corrupted.
Verse 18
Gods power being Almightie is only limited by his wil.
Verse 24
Serpents, hares, moles, and like beastes, which seeme not only superfluous in the world, but also hurtful, yet were esteemed as Gods.
Verse 27
Knowing him to be the only true God, by whom they saw their false Gods destroyed, yet they did not serve him as God.