And measures and matters of The Truth of the "time" we are in ...how "man" ..."thought to change time and times ... Dearly beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, how that one day is with the Lord, as a thousand year, and a thousand year as one day.
The Lord is not slack to fulfil his promise, as some men count slackness: but is patient to us ward, and would have no man lost, but would receive all men to repentance.
creteis@yahoo.com Behold in a dread nightmare of the dark season ...of the times and time ..of the season of man ...see son of man ...
and i was taken and shown a man ...
and the man became suddenly rich ...
and he bought ...a rich mans house ...
and the man bought a rich mans traveling vehicle ...
and his wife traveled with him ...as wives of rich men do ...
and one day the rich man and his rich wife returned to the rich mans house ...
and as they came out of their rich traveling vehicle ...he had ...and his wife had ...many more friends ...
and the friends and the many more friends ...gave handshakes and hugs and embraces ...to the suddenly rich man and his wife ...
and a fair to look upon younger woman whom they both had known ...came to the suddenly rich man ...and put her arms around his neck ...
and then the younger woman apparently fell backwards ... mmmm...with her arms still around the rich man's neck ...
even as if she ...needed the suddenly rich man ...for support ...that she might not fall ...
and the suddenly rich man stumbled ...falling upon the fair to look upon young woman ...
even putting his hand upon her ...
even as she laid upon the ground ...looking to him...
nevertheless the suddenly rich man ...rose up from falling upon the young woman ...and looked around ...
and reached out to the young woman ...that she might to get to her feet ...
and the rich man's wife ...and all of all and anyone that were there ... looked upon the suddenly rich man ...
and that to see what the suddenly rich man might do ...
Nevertheless i was not shown ...what the suddenly rich man's wife did ...
or what the friends ...and or ...the suddenly friends did ...
or whatsoever the fair to look upon young woman did ...
and scripture came back to remembrance ...
A wise woman upholdeth her house, but a foolish wife plucketh it down.
Who so feareth the Lord, walketh in the right path: and regardeth not him that abhorreth the ways of the Lord.
In the mouth of the foolish is the boasting of lordship, but the lips of the wise will beware of such.
Where no oxen are, the crib is empty: but where the oxen labor there is much fruit.
A faithful witness will not disassemble, but a false record will make a lie.
A scornful body seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy to come by, unto him that will understand.
See that thou meddle not with a fool, and do as though thou haddest no knowledge.
The wisdom of him that hath understanding is, to take heed unto his way, but the foolishness of the unwise deceiveth.
Fools make but of sport of sin, but there is favorable love among the righteous.
The heart of him that hath understanding will neither despair for any sorrow, ner be too presumptuous for any sudden joy.
The houses of the ungodly shall be overthrown, but the tabernacles of the righteous shall flourish.
There is a way which some men think to be right, but the end thereof leadeth unto death.
The heart is sorrowful even in laughter, and the end of mirth is heaviness.
An unfaithful person shall be filled with his own ways, but a good man will beware of such.
An ignorant body believeth all things, but who so hath understanding, looketh well to his goings.
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil, but a fool goeth on presumptuously.
An unpatient man dealeth foolishly, but he that is well advised, doth other ways.
The ignorant have foolishness in possession, but the wise are crowned with knowledge.
The evil shall bow themselves before the good, and the ungodly shall wait at the doors of the righteous.
The poor is hated even of his own neighbors, but the rich hath many friends.
Who so despiseth his neighbor, doth amiss: but blessed is he that hath pity of the poor.
They that imagine wickedness, shall be disappointed: but they that muse upon good things, unto such shall happen mercy and faithfulness.
Diligent labor bringeth riches, but where many vain words are, truly there is scarceness.
Riches are an ornament unto the wise, but the ignorance of fools is very foolishness.
A faithful witness delivereth souls, but a liar deceiveth them.
The fear of the Lord is a stronghold, for unto his he will be a sure defense.
The fear of the Lord is a well of life, to avoid the snares of death.
The increase and prosperity of the commons is the Kings honor, but the decay of the people is the confusion of the Prince.
Patience is a token of wisdom, but wrath and hasty displeasure is a token of foolishness.
A merry heart is the life of the body, but rancor consumeth away the bones.
He that doeth a poor man wrong, blasphemeth his maker: but who so hath pity of the poor, doth honor unto God.
The ungodly is afraid of every peril, but the righteous hath a good hope even in death.
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding, and he will teach them that are unlearned.
Righteousness setteth up the people, but wickedness bringeth folk to destruction.
A discreet servant is a pleasure unto the King, but one that is not honest provoketh him unto wrathBetter is the poor that liveth godly, than is the blasphemer that is but a fool.
*from brawling, loud, quarrelsome
Where no discretion is, there the soul is not well: and who so is swift of foot, stumbleth hastily.
Foolishness maketh a man to go out of his way, and then is his heart unpatient against the Lord.
Riches make many friends, but the poor is forsaken of his own friends.
A false witness shall not remain unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
The multitude hangeth upon great men, and every man favoreth him that giveth rewards.
As for the poor, he is hated among all his brethren: yee his own friends forsake him, and he that giveth credence unto words, getteth nothing.
He that is wise loveth his own soul: and who so hath understanding, shall prosper.
A false witness shall not remain unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Delicate ease becometh not a fool, much more unseemly is it, a bond man to have rule of princes.
A wise man putteth off displeasure, and it is his honor to let some faults pass.
The kings dishonor is like the roaring of a Lion, but his friendship is like the dew upon the grass.
An undiscreet son is the heaviness of his father, and a *brauling wife is like the top of an house, where through it is ever dropping.
House and riches may a man have by the heritage of his elders, but a discreet woman is a gift of the Lord.
Slothfulness bringeth sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Who so keepeth the commandment, keepeth his own soul: but he that regardeth not his way, shall die.
He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth unto the Lord: and look what he layeth out, it shall be paid him again.
Chasten thy son while there is hope, but let not thy soul be moved to slay him.
For great wrath bringeth harm, therefore let him go, and so mayest thou teach him more nurture.
O' give ear unto good counsel, and be content to be reformed, that thou mayest be wise here after.
There are many devices in a mans heart, nevertheless the counsel of the Lord shall stand.
It is a mans worship to do good, and better is it to be a poor man, than a dissembler.
The fear of the Lord preserveth life, yee it giveth plenteousness, without the visitation of any plague.
A slothful body shooteth his hand into his bosom, so that he can not put it to his mouth.
If thou smitest a scornful person, the ignorant shall take better heed: and if thou reproveth one that hath understanding, he will be the wiser.
He that hurteth his father or shuteth out his mother, is a shameful and unworthy son.
My son heareth no more the doctrine that leadeth thee away from the words of understanding.
A false witness laugheth judgement to scorn, and the mouth of the ungodly eateth up wickedness.
Punishments are ordered for the scornful, and stripes for the fools back
THE REVELATION OF ST JOHN Chpt 3
And write unto the messenger of the congregation of Sardis: This sayth he that hath the spirit of God and the seven stars. I know your works: thou hast a name that you livest, and you are dead. Be awake and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die. For I have not found your works perfect before God. Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If you shalt not watch, I will come on you as a thief, and thou shall not know what hour I will come upon thee. You hast a few names in Sardis, which have not defiled their garments: and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy. He that overcometh shall be clothed in white array, and I will not put out his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my father, and before his Angels. Let him that hath ears, hear, what the spirit sayth unto the congregations.
And write unto the tidings bringer of the congregation of Philadelphia: this sayth he that is holy and true, which hath the key of David: which openeth and no man shuteth, and shuteth and no man openeth. I know your works. Behold I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it, for you have a little strength and hath kept my sayings: and hast not denied my name. Behold I make them of the congregation of Sathan, which call them selves Jewes and are not, but do lie: Behold, I will make them that they shall come and worship before your feet: and shall know that I love thee.
Because thou hast kept the words of my patience therefore I will keep thee from the hour of temptation which will come upon all the world, to tempt them that dwell upon the earth. Behold I come shortly. Hold that which thou hast, that no man take away thy crown. Him that overcometh, will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out. And I will write upon him, the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, new Jerusalem: which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and I will write upon him my new name. Let him that hath ears, hear, what the spirit saith unto the congregations.
And unto the messenger of the congregation which is in Laodicia, write: This saith (Amen) the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creatures of God. I know thy works that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou were cold or hot. So then because thou art between both, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth: because thou sayst thou art rich and increased with goods, and hast need of nothing, and knowest not how thou art: wretched and miserable, poor, blind, and naked. I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayst be rich: and white raiment, that thou mayst be clothed, that thy filthy nakedness do not appear: and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayst see.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be fervent therefore and repent. Behold I stand at the door and knock. If any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in unto him and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh, will I grant to sit with me in my seat, even as I over came and have sitten with my father, in his seat. Let him that hath ears, hear what the spirit saith unto the congregationsJoseph was brought unto Egypt, and Putiphar a lord of Pharaos: and his chief marshal an Egyptian, bought him of the Ismaelites which brought him there. And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a lucky fellow and continued in the house of his master the Egyptian. And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did prosper in his hand: Wherefore he found grace in his masters sight, and served him. And his master made him ruler of his house, and put all that he had in his hand. And as soon as he had made him ruler over his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed this Egyptians house for Josephs sake, and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had: both in the house and also in the fields. And therefore he left all that he had in Josephs hand, and looked upon nothing that was with him, save only on the bread which he ate. And Joseph was a goodly person and well favored. And it fortuned after this, that his masters wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said: come lie with me. But he denied and said to her: Behold, my master knows not what he hath in the house with me, but hath committed all that he hath to my hand. He himself is not greater in the house than I, and hath kept nothing from me, but only thee because thou art his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, for to sin against God? And after this manner spake she to Joseph day by day: but he hearkened not unto her, to sleep near her or to be in her company.
And it fortuned about the same season, that Joseph entered into the house, to do his business: and there was none of the household by, in the house. And she caught him by the garment saying: come sleep with me. And he left his garment in her hand and fled and got him out. When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled out, she called unto the men of the house, and told them saying: See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to do us shame: for he came in to me, for to have slept with me. But I cried with a loud voice. And when he heard, that I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment with me and fled away and got him out.
And she laid up his garment by her, until her lord came home. And she told him according to these words saying. This Hebrews servant which thou hast brought unto us came in to me to do me shame. But as soon as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment with me and fled out. When his master heard the words of his wife which she told him saying: after this manner did thy servant to me, he waxed wroth.
And he took Joseph and put him in prison: even in the place where the kings prisoners lay bound. And there continued he in prison, but the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and got him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison which committed to Josephs hand all the prisoners that were in the prison house. And whatsoever was done there, that did he. And the keeper of the prison looked unto nothing that was under his hand, because the Lord was with him, and because that whatsoever he did, the Lord made it come luckily to passTHE REVELATION OF ST JOHN Chpt 12
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars. And she was with child and cried travailing in birth, and pained ready to be delivered. And there appeared another wonder in heaven, for behold a great red dragon having seven heads, and ten horns and crowns upon his heads: and his tail drew the third part of the stars, and cast them to the earth.
And the dragon stood before the woman, which was ready to be delivered: for to devour her child as soon as it were born. And she brought forth a man child, which should rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her son was taken up unto God, and to his seat. And the woman fled into wilderness, where she had a place, prepared of God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.And there was a great battle in heaven, Michael and his Angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon fought and his Angels, and prevailed not: neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon, that old serpent called the devil and Satan was cast out. Which deceiveth all the world. And he was cast into the earth, and his angels were cast out also.
And I heard a loud voice saying: in heaven is now made salvation and strength and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ. For he is cast down which accused them before God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the lamb, and by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth, and of the sea: for the devil is come down unto you which hath great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
And when the dragon saw, that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman, which brought forth the man child. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, times, and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. And the dragon cast out of his mouth water after the woman as it had been a river, because she should have been caught of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed, up the river, which the dragon cast out of his mouth. And the dragon was wroth with the woman: and went and made war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. And I stood on the sea *stonde(the flood out of satans mouth is all the worldly lies and deceptions and deceit ...)
that flood is the wicked waters of any and all LIES ...of the LEFT especially evil spiritual lies ...even as the king james bible of Gog and Magog ...fills the land ...
even true evil ...evil masked in good ...evil masked in love ...
*stonde: two possible words come from the Middle English: stound: meaning "a short time" and stonen: meaning "stunned". stunned because of the vision.
And the dragon stood before the woman, which was ready to be delivered: for to devour her child as soon as it were born.
ABORTION comes to mind...
Every man can *eschue a person moved to anger, for what he doth wisely? Even so shall the Lord of Hosts take away from Jerusalem and from Juda, all possessions and power, all meat and drink, the captain and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the wise and the aged man, the worshipful of fifty year old, and the honorable: the Senators, and the men of understanding: the masters of crafts and orators. And I shall give you children to be your princes,( sayeth the Lord ) and babes shall have the rule of you. One shall ever be doing violence and wrong to another. The boy will presume against the elder, and the vile person against the honorable. Ye when one shall take a friend of his own kindred by the bosom, and say: Thou hast clothing, thou shalt be our head, for thou mayest keep us from this fall and peril.
Then shall he swear and say: I can not help you. Moreover, there is neither meat nor clothing in my house, make me no ruler of the people. For Jerusalem and Juda must decay, because both their words and counsel are against the Lord, they provoke the presence of his Majesty unto anger. The changing of their countenance betrayeth them, yee they declare their own sins themselves, as the Sodomites, and hide them not. Woe be unto their souls, for they shall be heavily rewarded. Then shall they say: O happy are the godly, for they may enjoy the fruits of their studies. But woe be unto the ungodly and unrighteous for they shall be rewarded after their works. O my people, *ribaudes oppress thee, and women have rule of thee. O my people, thy leaders deceive thee, and tread out the way of thy footsteps. The Lord is here to commune of the matter, and standeth to give judgement with the people. The Lord shall come forth to reason with the Senators and princes of his people, and shall say thus unto them: It is ye that have burnt up my vineyard, the robbery of the poor is in your house. Wherefore do ye oppress my people, and marred the faces of the innocents? thus shall the Lord God of Hosts revile them.
Moreover thus sayeth the Lord: Seeing the daughters of Sion are become so proud, and come in with stretched out necks, and with vain wanton eyes: seeing they come in tripping so nicely with their feet: Therefore shall the Lord shave the heads of the daughters of Sion, and make their beauty bare in the day. In that day shall the Lord take away the gorgeousness of their apparel, and spangles, chains, *partlets, and collars, bracelets and hooves, that goodly flowered wide and boarded raiment, brushes and head bands, rings and garlands, holy day clothes and veils, kerchiefs and pins, glasses and smocks, bonnets and *taches
And instead of good smell there shall be stink among them. And for their girdles there shall be loose bands. And for well set hair there shall be baldness. Instead of a stomacher, a sackcloth, and for their beauty witherdness and *son burning. Their husbands and their mighty men shall perish with the sword in battle.
*eschue (avoid, escape) *ribaudes ( extortioners :MN). *partlets = ruffled covering for the neck. *taches = buckles, clasps, fasteners. *son burning exactly as recorded
And the children of Israel began again to commit wickedness in the sight of the Lord. And the Lord delivered them into the hands of the Philistines forty years. And there was a man in Zaraah of the kindred of the Dannites, named Manoah, whose wife was barren and bare not. And the Angel of the Lord appeared unto his wife and said unto her: Behold, thou art barren and bearest not: But thou shalt conceive and bear a son. And now beware, and drink no wine, nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for see, thou shalt conceive and bear a son. And there may no razor or shearers come on his head: for the lad shall be an abstainer unto God, even from the time of his birth. And he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hands of the Philistines.
Then the wife went and told her husband saying: a man of God came unto me, and the fashion of him was like the fashion of an Angel of God exceeding fearful. But I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name. And he said unto me: behold thou shalt be with child and bear a son, and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the lad shall be an abstainer to God even from his birth to the day of his death.
Then Manoah made intercession to the Lord, and said: I pray thee my Lord let the man of God which thou sendest come once more unto us and teach us what we shall do unto the lad when he is born. And God heard the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God came again unto the wife, as she sat in the fields: But Manoah her husband was not with her. Then the wife made haste and ran and showed her husband and said to him: Behold the man appeared unto me that came the other day unto me.
And Manoah arose and went after his wife and came to the man and said unto him: art thou the man that spakest unto my wife? And he said, yee. Then Manoah said, now when thy saying is come to pass: what shall be the manner of the child, and what shall he do? And the Angel of the Lord said unto Manoah: thy wife must abstain from all that I said unto her: she may eat of nothing that cometh of the vine tree, nor drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: But must observe all that I bade her. Then said Manoah unto the Angel of the Lord, grant us to tarry until we have made ready a kid and have set it before thee. And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah: though thou make me abide, I will not eat of thy meat. And moreover, if thou wilt prepare a burntoffering, that thou must offer unto the Lord. For Manoah knew not that it was an angel of the Lord. And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord: what is thy name, that when thy saying is come to pass, we may do thee some worship? And the angel of the Lord said unto him: why askest thou after my name? when it is marvelous.
And Manoah took a Kid with a meat offering and offered it upon a rock unto the Lord. And the angel did wonderfully, Manoah and his wife looking upon. For when the flame came up out of the altar, the angel of the Lord ascended up in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked upon and fell flat on their faces unto the ground: But the angel of the Lord did no more appear unto Manoah and his wife. And then Manoah knew that it was an angel of the Lord: and said unto his wife: we shall surely die, because we have seen God. But his wife said unto him: If the Lord would kill us, he would not have received a burntoffering and a meatoffering of our hands, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would have told us as he hath of things to come. And the wife bare a son, and called his name Samson. And the lad grew, and the Lord blessed him. And the spirit of the Lord began first to be with the house of Dan, between Zaraah and EsthaolSamson went down to Thamnath, and saw a woman in Thamnath of the daughters of the Philistines, and came up and told his father and his mother, and said: I have seen a woman in Thamnath of the daughters of the Philistines. And now give her me to wife. Then his father and mother said unto him, is there never a woman of the daughters of thy brethren, among all my people: but that thou must go and fetch a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, give me this woman for she pleaseth me well. But his father and mother knew not that it was the Lords doing, and that he sought an occasion of the Philistines, which at that time reigned over Israel.
Then went Samson and his father and his mother down to Thamnath. And when they came to the vineyards of Thamnath: behold a young lion roared upon him. And the spirit of the Lord came upon him. And he tare him, as a man would rent a Kid, and yet had nothing in his hand. Nevertheless he told not his father and mother what he had done. And he went down and talked with the woman, which seemed well favoured in the sight of Samson.
And within a short space after, as he went thither again to take her to wife, he turned out of the way, to see the carcase of the *Lion. And behold there was a swarm of bees in the carcase of the *Lion and honey. And he took of the honey in his hands and went eating, and came to his father and mother, and gave them also. And they did eat. But he told not them, that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the *Lion.
And when his father was come unto the woman, Samson made there a feast, for so used the young men to do. And when her friends saw him, they brought thirty companions to bear fellowship. And Samson said unto them: I will put forth a riddle unto you. And if you can declare it within seven days of the feast and find it out, I will give you thirty shirts and thirty changes of garments: But and if you cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty shirts and thirty changes of garments. And they answered him, put forth thy riddle and let us hear it. And he said unto them: Out of the eater came meat: and out of the strong came sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle. And when the seventh day was come, they said unto Samsons wife, Flatter with thine husband, that he may declare us thy riddle, or else we will burn thee and thy fathers house with fire: have ye called us to make us beggars or not? Then Samsons wife wept unto him and said, it cannot be but that thou hatest me and lovest me not: for thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my folk and wilt not tell me what it meaneth. And he said: Behold, I have not told it my father, nor my mother, and should I tell it thee?
And she wept unto him seven days, while the feast lasted. And the seventh day he told her, because she lay so sore upon him. And she told it the children of her folk. And the men of the city said unto him the seventh day before the *son went down, What is sweeter than honey, and what is stronger or than a Lion. Then said he unto them: If ye had not ploughed with my calf, ye had not found out my riddle. Then the spirit of the Lord came upon him. And he went down to Askalon, and slew thirty men of them and spoiled them, and gave their garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And he was wroth and went up to his fathers house. But Samsons wife was given to one of his companions that bare him company*L all are capitals as recorded. *son as written sonne sun elsewhere is spelled sunne.
But it chanced within a while after, even in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a Kid. And when he supposed to have gone in unto his wife into the chamber, her father would not suffer him to go in: But said: I thought that thou hadst hated her, and therefore gave I her unto one of thy companions. Howbeit her younger sister is fairer than she. Take her instead of the other. Then said Samson unto them: Now I am blameless concerning the Philistines though I do them evil.
And Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and fastened tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. And he set the firebrands on fire, and put them into the corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the reaped corn and also the standing, with vine and olives. Then the Philistines asked, who had done that? And it was told them that Samson the son in law of the Thamnite, because he had taken his wife and given her to one of his companions. And the Philistines came and burnt her and her father with fire.
And Samson said unto them: should ye do so? for I will surely be avenged of you, and then I will cease. And he smote them leg and thigh with a mighty plague. And then he went and dwelt in the cave of the rock Etam.
Then the Philistines came up and pitched against Juda, and lay in Lehi. And the men of Juda said, Why are ye come against us? And they answered to bind Samson are we come, even to do him as he hath done to us. Then three thousand men of Juda went down to the cave of the rock Etam, and said to Samson: wettest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? Wherefore then hast thou served us thus? And he answered them, as they served me, so have I served them.
And they said unto him, we are come to bind thee and to deliver thee into the hands of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them: sware unto me, that ye shall not hurt me yourselves. And they said, we will not hurt thee, save only bind thee and deliver thee unto their hands: But we will not kill thee. And so they bound him with two new cords and brought him up from the rock. And when he come to Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him. And the spirit of the Lord came upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire and the bands loosed from his hands. And he found a *Jaw bone of a *ratten ass, and put forth his hand and caught it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
And Samson said: with the Jaw of an ass, have I made heaps: with the Jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. And when he had left speaking he cast away the Jaw out of his hand and called the place Ramath Lehi. And he was sore a thirst, and called on the Lord and said. Thou Lord hath given this great victory, through the hand of thy servant. And now I must die for thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised. But God brake a great tooth that was in the Jaw, and there came water thereout. And when he had drunk his spirit came again, and he was refreshed, wherefore the name thereof was called the well of the caller on, which is in Lehi unto this day. And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years*J capital J as recorded. *ratten (rat eaten or rotten)
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an whore, and went in unto her. And it was told the Gazites, that Samson was come thither. And they went about and laid await for him all night in the gate of the city, but were still all the night saying: Tarry till the morning that it be day, and then let us kill him. And Samson took his rest till midnight, and arose at midnight took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two side posts, and rent them off, bars and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that lieth before Hebron.
And after that he loved a woman, upon the river of Sorek, called Dalilah unto whom came the Lords of the Philistines, and said unto her: Flatter with him and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may have power over him, that we may bind him, to bring him under, and we will give every man eleven hundred silverlings.
And Dalilah said to Samson. Oh, tell me where thy great strength lieth, and if thou were bound wherewith men might constrain thee. And Samson said unto her: If men bound me with seven green *withies that were never dried, I should be weak and as another man. And then the Lords of the Philistines brought her seven withies that were yet green and never dried and she bound him therewith. Notwithstanding she had men lying in wait with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, the Philistines be upon thee Samson. And he brake the cords as a string of tow breaketh, when it feeleth fire. And so his strength was not known.
Then said Dalilah to Samson: See thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Now yet tell me I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said: If I were bound with new ropes that never were occupied, then should I be weak, and as another man. And Dalilah took new ropes and bound him therewith, and said unto him, the Philistines be upon thee Samson. And there were layers of wait in the chamber, and he brake them from off his arms, as they had been but a thread. And Dalilah said unto Samson, hitherto thou hast beguiled me and told me lies: I pray thee yet tell me wherewith men may bind thee. And he said unto her: If thou plaitedest the seven locks of my head with an hair lace and fasten them with a nail. And she said unto him, the Philistines be upon thee Samson. And awaked out of his sleep, and plucked and went away with the nail that was in the plaiting and with the hair lace. Then she said unto him: How canst thou say that thou lovest me, when thine heart is not with me: for thou hast mocked me this three times, and hast not told wherein thy great strength lieth. And as she lay upon him with her words continually vexing of him, his soul was encumbered even unto the death. And he told her all his heart, and said unto her: there never came razor nor shears upon mine head, for I have been an abstainer to God even from my mothers womb. If mine hair were cut off, my strength would go from me, and I should wax and be like all other men. And when Dalilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent for the Philistines saying, come up yet this once, for he hath showed me all his heart.
Then the Lords of the Philistines came and brought the money in their hands. And she made him sleep upon her lap, and sent for a man, and cut off the seven locks of his head and began to vex him. But his strength was gone from him. And she said the Philistines be upon thee Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep and thought to go out as at other times before and shake himself, and knew not that the Lord was departed from him. But the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters. And he was made to grind in the prison house, how be it the hair of his head began to grow again after that he was shorn.
Then the Lords of the Philistines gathered them together, for to offer a solemn offering unto Dagon their God, and to rejoice: for they said, our God hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hands. And when the people saw him, they praised their God: for they said our God hath delivered into our hands our enemy, that destroyed our country and slew many of us. And when their hearts were merry, they said: send for Samson and let him play before us. And they fetched Samson out of the prison house, and he played before them, and they set him between the pillars. And Samson said unto the lad that led him by the hand: set me that I may touch the pillars that the house stands upon, and that I may lean to them. And the house was full of men and women. And there was all the lords of the Philistines. And there were upon the roof a three thousand men and women, that beheld how Samson played.
And Samson called unto the Lord, and said: my Lord Jehovah think upon me, and strengthen me, at this time only O' God, that I may be avenged of the Philstines for my two eyes. And Samson caught the two middle pillars on which the house stood and on which it was borne up, the one in his right hand, and the other in his left, and said: my soul die with the Philistines, and bowed them with might. And the house fell upon the lords and upon all the people that were therein. And so the dead which he slew at his death, were more than they which he slew in his life. And then his brethren and all the house of his father; came down and took him up, and brought him and buried him between Zaraah and Esthaol, in the burying place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years*withies (willow like branches)
Faith is a sure confidence of things which are hoped for, and a certainty of things which are not seen. By it the elders were well reported of. Through faith we understand that the world was ordained by the word of God and that things which are seen, were made of things which are not seen. By faith Abel offered unto God a more plenteous sacrifice than Cain: by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: by which also he being dead, yet speaketh.
By faith was Enoch translated that he should not see death: neither was he found: for God had taken him away. Before he was taken away, he was reported of, that he had pleased God: but without faith it is unpossible to please him. For he that cometh to God must believe that God is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek him.
By faith Noah honoured God, after that he was warned of things which were not seen and prepared the ark to the saving of his household, through the which ark, he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which cometh by faith.
By faith Abraham, when he was called obeyed, to go out into a place, which he should afterward receive to inheritance, and he went out not knowing whither he should go.
By faith he removed into the land that was promised him, as into a strange country, and dwelt in tabernacles: and so did Isaac and Jacob heirs with him of the same promise. For he looked for a city having a foundation whose builder and maker is God.
Through faith Sara also received strength to be with child and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful which had promised.
And therefore sprang thereof, one (and of one which was as good as dead) so many in multitude, as the stars of the sky, and as the sand of the seashore which is innumerable.
And they all died in faith, and received not the promises: but saw them afar off, and believed them, and saluted them: and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. They that say such things, declare that they seek a country. Also if they had been mindful of that country, from whence they came out, they had leisure to have returned again: But now they desire a better, that is to say a heavenly. Wherefore God is not ashamed of them, even to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
By faith Abraham offered up Isaac, when he was tempted, and he offered him being his only begotten son, which had received the promises of whom it was said, in Isaac shall thy seed be called: for he considered that God was able to raise up again from death. Therefore received he him, for an example. In faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, concerning things to come.
By faith Jacob when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph, and bowed himself toward the top of his sceptre.
By faith Joseph when he died, remembered the departing of the children of Israel, and gave commandment of his bones.
By faith Moses when he was born, was hid three months of his father and mother, because they saw he was a proper child: neither feared they the kings commandment.
By faith Moses when he was great, refused to be called the son of Pharaohs daughter, and chose rather to suffer adversity with the people of God, then to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season, and esteemed the rebuke of Christ greater riches then the treasure of Egypt. For he had a respect unto the reward.
By faith he forsook Egypt, and feared not the fierceness of the king. For he endured even as he had seen him which is invisible.
Through faith he ordained the *ester lamb, and the effusion of blood, lest he that destroyed the first born, should touch them.
By faith they passed through the reed sea as by dry land, which when the Egyptians had assayed to do, they were drowned.
By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were compassed about seven days.
By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with the unbelievers, when she had received the spies to lodging peaceably.
And what shall I more say, the time would be too short for me to tell of Gideon, of Barach, and of Samson, and of Jephthae: also of David and Samuel, and of the Prophets: Which through faith subdued kingdoms wrought righteousness, obtained the promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, of weak were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. And the women received their dead raised to life again.
Others were racked, and would not be delivered, that they might receive a better resurrection. Others tasted of mockings and scourgings, moreover of bonds and prisonment: were stoned, were hewn asunder, were tempted, were slain with swords, walked up and down in sheepskins, in goatskins, in need tribulation and vexation which the world was not worthy of: they wandered in wilderness, in mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.
And these all through faith obtained good report, and received not the promise, God providing a better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect*ester lamb: this is the lamb offered at the first passover.
and others of a similitude ...
"the rich man's glory us high ceilings (sealings)..."
"rich young man running in Adirondack Park..."
"wicked wretched rude rich man. "
"The rich man has many friends..."
"UNGodly third world of super poor ...and super rich..."
"high and rich mans past darkness rises up"
"the young man in UnGodlie rich woman's house..."
"the house keeper of the rich ruler of darkness..."
"rich man poor man vehicles..."
"final state of the rich estate of the world of the worldly."
"ruled over rich mans house..."
"rich relatives wretched will..."
"the wealth of the rich man..."
"super rich foreign subdivision..."
"the unGodly rich and wise of their own thinking..."
"fame and riches fall to drunkenness..."
"the man and the rich widow..."
"rich mans business failures and watchers of the world..."
"rich religious ritual baptism..."
"who will spend the riches... "
"more on ...the wretched rich..."
"be care full ...around the care less rich man."
" spirit of murder ...within ..a rich mans house..."
"wretchedness of the ...rich and the renegades... "
"the rich man and seven times the harlot ..."
"the rich man and the stranger... "
"rich mans tude ...attitude..."
" more wretchedness of the rich man... "
"rich mans son ...and the last seals... "
" rich and poor flee ...to higher ground... "
"in the world of the worldly ...consuming rich and wretched poor... "
"the man who helped the rich man ...with his investments ... "
"more economic collapse ...praying to the rich ..."
"rich mans vanity...toy cars... "
"flight of the rich mans son..."
"snow ...storm ...and the rich ..."
"rich mans factory and wife ..."
"rich man ...strong mans ...house ...and the eagle..."
"rich mans house and the storm..."
"rich and famous ...poor and forgotten ..."
"poor mans furnace ...rich mans proud hearth (fireplace) ..."
"Rich mans house ...the burning ...and the waters ..."
Richmans house ...above the waters of God ...
Rich mans fear ...money and the ripping hearts
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