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For there is this also to consider, that had the woman been weak of spirit, despite her motherhood, she might have wept over them, and perchance spoken thus:

Alas, for my sons, that some were yet unwed, and those that were wedded had begotten no children; I shall never see children of yours, nor shall I be called by the name of grandparent.

Alas, for my sons, that some were yet unwed, and those that were wedded had begotten no children; I shall never see children of yours, nor shall I be called by the name of grandparent.

Ah me, that had many beautiful children, and am a widow and desolate in my woe! Neither will there be any son to bury me when I am dead!'

But the holy and God-fearing mother wailed not with this lamentation over any one of them, neither besought she any to escape death, nor lamented over them as dying men; but, as though she had a soul of adamant and were bringing forth the number of her sons, for a second time, into immortal life, she besought rather and entreated of them that they should die for religion's sake.

For it would be shameful if, while this aged man endured the agony for religion's sake, you that are young men shrank before the pain.

Remember that for the sake of God ye have come into the world, and have enjoyed life, and that therefore ye owe it to God to endure all pain for his sake; for whom also our father Abraham made haste to sacrifice his son Isaac, the ancestor of our nation; and Isaac, seeing his father's hand lifting the knife against him, did not shrink.

Remember that for the sake of God ye have come into the world, and have enjoyed life, and that therefore ye owe it to God to endure all pain for his sake; for whom also our father Abraham made haste to sacrifice his son Isaac, the ancestor of our nation; and Isaac, seeing his father's hand lifting the knife against him, did not shrink.

And ye also, having the same faith unto God, be not troubled; for it were against Reason that ye, knowing righteousness, should not withstand the pains.'

With these words the mother of the seven encouraged every single one of her sons to die rather than transgress the ordinance of God; they themselves also knowing well that men dying for God live unto God, as live Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the patriarchs.

SOME of the guards declared that when she also was about to be seized and put to death, she cast herself on the pyre in order that no man might touch her body.

SOME of the guards declared that when she also was about to be seized and put to death, she cast herself on the pyre in order that no man might touch her body.

O mother, that together with thy seven sons didst break the tyrant's force, and bring to nought his evil devices, and gavest an example of the nobleness of faith.

For truly it was a holy war which was fought by them. For on that day virtue, proving them through endurance, set before them the prize of victory in incorruption in everlasting life.

And these men, therefore, having sanctified themselves for God's sake, not only have received this honour, but also the honour that through them the enemy had no more power over our people, and the tyrant suffered punishment, and our country was purified, they having as it were become a ransom for our nation's sin; and through the blood of these righteous men and the propitiation of their death, the divine Providence delivered Israel that before was evil entreated.

And these men, therefore, having sanctified themselves for God's sake, not only have received this honour, but also the honour that through them the enemy had no more power over our people, and the tyrant suffered punishment, and our country was purified, they having as it were become a ransom for our nation's sin; and through the blood of these righteous men and the propitiation of their death, the divine Providence delivered Israel that before was evil entreated.

For when the tyrant Antiochus saw the heroism of their virtue, and their endurance under the tortures, he publicly held up their endurance to his soldiers as an example; and he thus inspired his men with a sense of honour and heroism on the field of battle and in the labours of besieging, so that he plundered and overthrew all his enemies.

O Israelites, children born of the seed of Abraham, obey this Law, and be righteous in all ways, recognizing that Inspired Reason is lord over the passions, and over pains, not only from within, but from without ourselves; by which means those men, delivering up their bodies to the torture for righteousness' sake, not only won the admiration of mankind, but were deemed worthy of a divine inheritance.

Now these are the words that the mother of the seven sons, the righteous woman, spake to her children:

'I was a pure maiden, and I strayed not from my father's house, and I kept guard over the rib that was builded into Eve.

He quoted to us the proverb of Solomon, "He is a tree of life to all them that do his will."

He confirmed the words of Ezekiel, "Shall these dry bones live?" For he forgat not the song that Moses taught, which teaches, "I will slay and I will make alive. This is your life and the blessedness of your days."'

For who is able to distinguish love, except the one that is loved?

And because I shall love Him that, is the Son, I shall become a son;

For he that is joined to Him that is immortal, will also himself become immortal;

For he that is joined to Him that is immortal, will also himself become immortal;

And it is not (possible) that he should change it and put it in another place: because he hath no power over it:

That which is the older shall not be altered by those that are younger than itself.

That which is the older shall not be altered by those that are younger than itself.

For who is there that shall put on thy grace, and be hurt?

Thou hast given us thy fellowship: it was not that thou wast in need of us: but that we are in need of thee:

Thou hast given us thy fellowship: it was not that thou wast in need of us: but that we are in need of thee:

Distill thy dews upon us and open thy rich fountains that pour forth to us milk and honey:

For there is no repentance with thee that thou shouldest repent of anything that thou hast promised:

For there is no repentance with thee that thou shouldest repent of anything that thou hast promised:

So that thou mayest, not draw them back and take them again:

For it destroys what is foreign, and everything that is bitter:

For thus it was from the beginning and will be to the end, that nothing should be His adversary, and nothing should stand up against Him.

The Lord has multiplied the knowledge of Himself, and is zealous that these things should be known, which by His grace have been given to us.

Blessed then are the ministers of that draught who are entrusted with that water of His:

Blessed then are the ministers of that draught who are entrusted with that water of His:

They have assuaged the dry lips, and the will that had fainted they have raised up;

And souls that were near departing they have caught back from death:

And limbs that had fallen they straightened and set up:

He became like me, in order that I might receive Him:

He was reckoned like myself in order that I might put Him on;

Like my nature He became that I might learn Him and like my form, that I might not turn back from Him:

Like my nature He became that I might learn Him and like my form, that I might not turn back from Him:

Because He it is that is incorrupt, the fulness of the ages and the Father of them.

He hath given Him to be seen of them that are His, in order that they may recognize Him that made them: and that they might not suppose that they came of themselves:

He hath given Him to be seen of them that are His, in order that they may recognize Him that made them: and that they might not suppose that they came of themselves:

He hath given Him to be seen of them that are His, in order that they may recognize Him that made them: and that they might not suppose that they came of themselves:

He hath given Him to be seen of them that are His, in order that they may recognize Him that made them: and that they might not suppose that they came of themselves:

He hath given Him to be seen of them that are His, in order that they may recognize Him that made them: and that they might not suppose that they came of themselves:

And the Most High shall be known in His Saints, to announce to those that have songs of the coming of the Lord;

That they may go forth to meet Him, and may sing to Him with joy and with the harp of many tones:

And there shall neither be anything that breathes without knowledge, nor any that is dumb:

And there shall neither be anything that breathes without knowledge, nor any that is dumb:

Tell forth ye who were in silence, that your mouth hath been opened.

Ye, therefore, that were despised, be henceforth lifted up, because your righteousness hath been exalted.

For I do not turn away my face from them that are mine;

I fashioned their members: my own breasts I prepared for them, that they might drink my holy milk and live thereby.

Who then shall rise up against my handiwork, or who is there that is not subject to them?

And yet beloved ones in the Beloved: those who are kept, in Him that liveth:

And they that are saved in Him that was saved;

And they that are saved in Him that was saved;

Open your ears and I will speak to you. Give me your souls that I may also give you my soul,

That none of those who hear may fall in war, and that those again who have known Him may not perish, and that those who receive may not be ashamed.

That none of those who hear may fall in war, and that those again who have known Him may not perish, and that those who receive may not be ashamed.

That none of those who hear may fall in war, and that those again who have known Him may not perish, and that those who receive may not be ashamed.

For their book is victory which is yours. And she (Victory) sees you before her and wills that you shall be saved. Hallelujah.

And gave me that I might speak the fruit of His peace:

And I drank and was inebriated with the living water that doth not die;

Behold! all thy servants are fair, who do good works, and turn away from wickedness to the pleasantness that is thine:

He hath filled me with words of truth; that I may speak the same;

And by it the worlds talk one to the other; and in the Word there were those that were silent;

Teach me the Psalms of thy truth, that I may bring forth fruit in thee:

And open to me the harp of thy Holy Spirit, that with all its notes I may praise thee, O Lord.

As the sun is the joy to them that seek for its daybreak, so is my joy the Lord;

And it hath been made known to His faithful ones, and hath been given without stint to all those that trust in Him. Hallelujah.

For the word of the Lord searches out all things, both the invisible and that which reveals His thought;

And He made the sun for the day that it may be bright, but night brings darkness over the face of the land;

And there is nothing that is without the Lord; for He was before any thing came into being:

And all that have seen me were amazed: and I was regarded by them as a strange person:

And from thence He gave me the way of His precepts and I opened the doors that were closed,

And I went over all my bondmen to loose them; that I might not leave any man bound or binding:

My heart was lifted up in the love of the Most High and was enlarged: that I might praise Him for His name's sake.

My members were strengthened that they might not fall from His strength.

O Lord, for the sake of them that are deficient do not remove thy word from me!

And they supposed of that vain thing that it was something great;

And they supposed of that vain thing that it was something great;

And they mocked at them that were walking in error;

And the Holy Spirit milked Him: because His breasts were full, and it was necessary for Him that His milk should be sufficiently released;

For His thought is not like the thought of the world nor the thought of the flesh, nor like them that serve carnally.

And He who gathers together the things that are betwixt is He also who cast me down:

He who gave me authority over bonds that I might loose them;

He that overthrew by my hands the dragon with seven heads: and thou hast set me over his roots that I might destroy his seed.

He that overthrew by my hands the dragon with seven heads: and thou hast set me over his roots that I might destroy his seed.

Thy way was without corruption, and thy face; thou didst bring thy world to corruption: that everything might be dissolved, and then renewed,

And that the foundation for everything might be thy rock: and on it thou didst build thy kingdom; and it became the dwelling place of the saints. Hallelujah.