Ecclesiasticus 38:16
“My sonne, let teares fall downe ouer the dead, and begin to lament, as if thou hadst suffered great harme thy selfe: and then couer his body according to the custome, & neglect not his buriall.”
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Ecclesiasticus 38:16 Context
14For they shall also pray vnto the Lord, that hee would prosper that, which they giue, for ease and remedy to prolong life. 15He that sinneth before his maker, let him fal into the hand of the Phisitian. 16My sonne, let teares fall downe ouer the dead, and begin to lament, as if thou hadst suffered great harme thy selfe: and then couer his body according to the custome, & neglect not his buriall. 17Weepe bitterly, and make great moane, and vse lamentation, as hee is worthy, and that a day or two, lest thou be euill spoken of: and then comfort thy selfe for thy heauinesse. 18For of heauinesse commeth death, and the heauinesse of the heart, breaketh strength.
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My son, let tears fall down over the dead, and begin to lament, as if thou hadst suffered great harm thyself; and then cover his body according to the custom, and neglect not his burial.
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