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Behold, I say unto you, Nay. you, and if ye persist in these demneth things, his judgments O that he Would shew you must speedily come unto you. eye, he can that he can pierce you, and with one glance ofhis this in: from you O that he would rid smite you to the dust. unto listen would, ye And, O that quity, and abomination. your the word of his commands, bearts destroy your souls. yourselves, and be familiar and let this not pride of Think of your brethren, like unt with all, and free with your sub before ye stance, that they may be mch like unto you. But And alter God. of om Kingd the for ye seek for riches, seek riches, that ye have obtained a hope in Christ, ye shall obtain to da intent the for them, seek will ye and if ye seek them; to good; to clothe the naked, and to feed the hungry, and sick, and the liberate the captive, and administer relief to the afflicted. concerning And now my brethren, I have spoken unto you or, and neighb your pride; and those of you which have afflicted hearts, persecuted him, because that ye were proud in your ye of it! of the things which God hath given you, what say unto hin nable abomi are things Do ye not suppose that such precious In his who created all flesh ? And the one being is as and for the dust; the of is flesh sight as the other. And all keep his should they that them, self same end hath he*created make I now And r. foreve him glorify commandments, and were * an end of speaking unto you concerning this pride. Andr crim’ that I must speak unto you concerning a grosse not David and Solomon truly had many which thing was abommnable beiore hand of : that some of you have have obtained many riches; and because your brethren, ye are Y obtained more abundantly than that of wear stiff necks, lifted up in the pride of your hearts, and and high heads, because of the costliness of your Behold, and concubines, won his Son. 127 OP JAGOB. BOOK JACOB. OF But bethe § my heart would rejoice excedingly, because of you. r crimes. word of God burthens me because of your grosse bez 0 People For behold, thus saith the Lord: This tures: for they wax in iniquity; they understand not the Scripdoms, because whore seek to excuse themselves in committing David, and Soloof the things which were written concerning have Lord: Whereiore, thus saith the me, saith the Lord. f [A not sutier that this people shall to like au, the Lord 7 7-4 and me, hear en, brethr Wherefore, my unto them of old. the Lord: for there shall not anyman ¢ in © of word the to hearken . you among have save it be * 7 . , God, will - * wife ; and.concubines he one For J, the Lord God; delighteth in_the shall have none: And whoredomsQs an abomination before chastity of women. Wherefore, this pee ple me : thus saith the Lord of Hosts. : Tose. ee 2 - ee cs , shall keep my commandments, saith the ord of Hosts or the saith will, 1 if For sakes. cursed be the land for their my command will I me, unto seed Lord of Hosts, raise up Foy things. these unto hearken shall they people: otherwise, behold, I, the Lord, seen have the the heard and sorrow, mourning of the daughters of my people, in ihe land of Jerusalem; yea, and in all the lands of my people, because of the And I will wickedness and abominations of their husbands. not suffer, saith the Lord fair of Hosts, that the cries of the daughters of this people, which I have led out of the land of Jerusalem, shall.come up unto me, against the men of my people, saith the Lord of Hosts; for they shall not lead away captive, the daughters of my people, because of their tenderness, save I shall visit them with a sore curse, eyen unto destruction: for they shall not commit whoredoms, like unto Thewot old, saith the Lord of Hosts. And now behold, my brethren, ye know that these commandments were given to our father Lehn; wherefore, ye have known them before; and ye heve come unto great condemnation; for ye have done these things, which ye ought not to have done. Behold, ye have done greater iniquities than the Lamanites, our brethren. Ye have broken the hearts of your tender wives, and lost the confidence of your children, because of your bad examples before them; and the sobbings of their hearts aseendeth up to God against you. And because of the strictness o! the word of God, which cometh dowiagainst you, maHy hear{s / < / 3 died, pierced with deep wounds. fig oti re But behold, 1, Jacob, would speak/unto you mn heart. mye ain Look unto with God exceeding : tha are pur¢ and pray with firmness of mind, faith, and he will console .you = a a ti |
