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7:9. And when he was at the last gasp, he said thus: Thou indeed, O most
wicked man, destroyest us out of this present life: but the King of the
world will raise us up, who die for his laws, in the resurrection of
eternal life.
7:10. After him the third was made a mocking-stock, and when he was
required, he quickly put forth his tongue, and courageously stretched
out his hands:
7:11. And said with confidence: These I have from heaven, but for the
laws of God I now despise them, because I hope to receive them again
from him.
7:12. So that the king, and they that were with him, wondered at the
young man's courage, because he esteemed the torments as nothing.
7:13. And after he was thus dead, they tormented the fourth in the like
manner.
7:14. And when he was now ready to die, he spoke thus: It is better,
being put to death by men, to look for hope from God, to be raised up
again by him; for, as to thee, thou shalt have no resurrection unto
life.
7:15. And when they had brought the fifth, they tormented him. But he,
looking upon the king, 7:16. Said: Whereas thou hast power among men
though thou art corruptible, thou dost what thou wilt but think not that
our nation is forsaken by God.
7:17. But stay patiently a while, and thou shalt see his great power, in
what manner he will torment thee and thy seed.
7:18. After him they brought the sixth, and he being ready to die, spoke
thus: Be not deceived without cause: for we suffer these things for
ourselves, having sinned against our God, and things worthy of
admiration are done to us:
7:19. But do not think that thou shalt escape unpunished, for that thou
hast attempted to fight against God.
7:20. Now the mother was to be admired above measure, and worthy to be
remembered by good men, who beheld her seven sons slain in the space of
one day, and bore it with a good courage, for the hope that she had in
God:
7:21. And she bravely exhorted every one of them in her own language,
being filled with wisdom; and joining a man's heart to a woman's
thought,
7:22. She said to them: I know not how you were formed in my womb; for I
neither gave you breath, nor soul, nor life, neither did I frame the
limbs of every one of you.
7:23. But the Creator of the world, that formed the nativity of man, and
that found out the origin of all, he will restore to you again, in his
mercy, both breath and life, as now you despise yourselves for the sake
of his laws.
7:24. Now Antiochus, thinking himself despised, and withal despising the
voice of the upbraider, when the youngest was yet alive, did not only
exhort him by words, but also assured him with an oath, that he would
make him a rich and a happy man, and, if he would turn from the laws of
his fathers, would take him for a friend, and furnish him with things
necessary.
7:25. But when the young man was not moved with these things, the king
called the mother, and counselled her to deal with the young man to save
his life.
7:26. And when he had exhorted her with many words she promised that she
would counsel her son.
7:27. So bending herself towards him, mocking the cruel tyrant, she said
in her own language: My son have pity upon me, that bore thee nine
months in my womb, and gave thee suck three years, and nourished thee,
and brought thee up unto this age.
7:28. I beseech thee, my son, look upon heaven and earth, and all that
is in them, and consider that God made them out of nothing, and mankind
also:
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