Thy heart had gone too far in this world, and think thou to comprehend the way of the most High?
The more thou search, the more thou shall marvel.
(a.) Alt. of Apocalyptical
(n.) Alt. of Apocalyptist
They that be born in the strength of youth are of one fashion, and they that are born in the time of age, when the womb fail, are otherwise.
Why the law of our forefathers are brought to nought, and the written covenants come to none effect-
Go thy way, weigh me the weight of the fire, or measure me the blast of the wind, or call me again the day that is past.
Thou hast given a right judgment, but why judge thou not thyself also?
And yet their reward appear not, and their labor had no fruit: for I have gone here and there through the heathen, and I see that they flow in wealth, and think not upon thy commandments.
Iniquity shall be increased above that which now thou see, or that thou hast heard long ago.
Could thou not make those that have been made, and be now, and that are for to come, at once; that thou might shew thy judgement the sooner?
Salt waters shall be found in the sweet, and all friends shall destroy one another; then shall wit hide itself, and understanding withdraw itself into his secret chamber-
It were better that we were not at all, than that we should live still in wickedness, and to suffer, and not to know wherefore.
How my adventures become your sins?
Nevertheless now have I asked thee but only of the fire and wind, and of the day where-through thou hast passed, and of things from which thou canst not be separated, and yet canst thou give me no ans...
If the most High grant thee to live, thou shall see after the third trumpet that the sun shall suddenly shine again in the night, and the moon thrice in the day:
As concerning the things whereof thou asked me, I will tell thee; for the evil is sown, but the destruction thereof is not yet come.
Go thy way to a woman with child, and ask of her when she had fulfilled her nine months, if her womb may keep the birth any longer within her.
We pass away out of the world as grasshoppers, and our life is astonishment and fear, and we are not worthy to obtain mercy.
How, and when shall these things come to pass? wherefore are our years few and evil?
The more thou search, the more thou shall marvel; for the world hast fast to pass away-
The land, that thou see now to have root, shall thou see wasted suddenly.