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saw him, and had com+ passion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight; and am no more worthy to be called thy son."

But the father said to his servants, "Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat and be merry. For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost and is found." and they began to be merry.

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing, And he called one of the ser

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vants, and asked what these things meant. unto him, "Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound." And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. And he answering said to his father, "Lo, these many years do I serve thee; neither transgressed I at any time thy commandments; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: but as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf." And he said unto him "Son, thou art ever with me, and all that

I have is thine. It is meet that we should make merry, and be glad; for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found."

CHAP. VII.

The Rich Man and Lazarus. Luke xvi. 19.

They who do not good here. açcording to their means, will be severely punished in a future state; and they who suffer poverty and sickness in this life, with a pious and contented mind, will be eternally happy hereafter.

THERE was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day. And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: G2

moreover, the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died and was buried. And in hell he lift uphis eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried, and said "Father Abraham, have mercy on me; and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame."

But Abraham said, "Son, remember that thou in thy life-time receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And besides all this,

between us and you there is a great gulph fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you, cannot; neither, can they pass, to us, that would come from thence. Then he said, "I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house; for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of tor

ment."

Abraham said unto him, "They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them. And he said, 'Nay, father Abraham; but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.' And he said unto him, 'If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither would they be

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