...considerations, seem to be on their side. The best that can happen to him, the just man, is that he should be taken away, lest wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul. He is not fit to fight the cunning of his age with its own weapons. And, by a defiant paradox, the...

..." from the presence of evil," from the evil to come? " He was taken away," as the Wise Man says, " lest wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul. For the bewitching of vanity obscureth good things, and the wandering of concupiscence overturneth the...

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...in rest. For venerable old age is not that of long time, nor counted by the number of years...He was taken away lest wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul."] I had the thirteenth verse written in English on a black banner: "Being made perfect in a short space,...

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...who pleased God and was loved by him, and while living among sinners was taken from the earth. He was taken away lest wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul. For the fascination of vanity obscures good things, and roving desire perverts the innocent mind. Being...

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...life is old age. He pleased God and was beloved, and so since he lived among sinners he was removed; taken away lest wickedness should alter his understanding or deceit beguile his soul. For vanity bewitches and obscures good things, and the wandering of concupiscence overturns the innocent...