{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">“But God is not angry with you on account of this, but\r\nthat you may convert your house,<a id=\"r1551\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1551\"><sup>[1551]</sup></a> which have committed\r\niniquity against the Lord, and against you, their parents.\r\nAnd although you love your sons, yet did you not warn your\r\nhouse, but permitted them to be terribly corrupted.<a id=\"r1552\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1552\"><sup>[1552]</sup></a> On\r\nthis account is the Lord angry with you, but He will heal\r\nall the evils which have been done in your house. For, on\r\naccount of their sins and iniquities, you have been destroyed\r\nby the affairs of this world. But now the mercy of the Lord<a id=\"r1553\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1553\"><sup>[1553]</sup></a>\r\nhas taken pity on you and your house, and will strengthen\r\nyou, and establish you in His glory.<a id=\"r1554\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1554\"><sup>[1554]</sup></a> Only be not easy-minded,<a id=\"r1555\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1555\"><sup>[1555]</sup></a>\r\nbut be of good courage and comfort your house.\r\nFor as a smith hammers out his work, and accomplishes\r\nwhatever he wishes,<a id=\"r1556\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1556\"><sup>[1556]</sup></a> so shall righteous daily speech overcome\r\nall iniquity.<a id=\"r1557\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1557\"><sup>[1557]</sup></a> Cease not therefore to admonish your sons;\r\nfor I know that, if they will repent with all their heart, they\r\nwill be enrolled in the Books of Life with the saints.”<a id=\"r1558\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1558\"><sup>[1558]</sup></a> Having\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_327\">327</span>ended these words, she said to me, “Do you wish to hear\r\nme read?” I say to her, “Lady, I do.” “Listen then, and\r\ngive ear to the glories of God.”<a id=\"r1559\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1559\"><sup>[1559]</sup></a> And then I heard from her,<a id=\"r1560\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1560\"><sup>[1560]</sup></a>\r\nmagnificently and admirably, things which my memory could\r\nnot retain. For all the words were terrible, such as man\r\ncould not endure. The last words, however, I did remember;\r\nfor they were useful to us, and gentle.<a id=\"r1561\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1561\"><sup>[1561]</sup></a> “Lo, the God of\r\npowers, who by His invisible strong power and great wisdom\r\nhas created the world, and by His glorious counsel has surrounded\r\nHis creation with beauty, and by His strong word\r\nhas fixed the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth\r\nupon the waters, and by His own wisdom and providence<a id=\"r1562\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1562\"><sup>[1562]</sup></a>\r\nhas created His holy<a id=\"r1563\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1563\"><sup>[1563]</sup></a> church, which He has blessed, lo! 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