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Name: Ælfric's Lives of Saints — Of the prayer of Moses
Author: Ælfric

Ælfric's Lives of Saints — Of the prayer of Moses

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“Ælfric's Lives of Saints — Of the prayer of Moses”, is a work by Ælfric. It explores elements such as punishment, Amalek and anywhile entire.

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Ælfric, Ælfric's Lives of Saints — Of the prayer of Moses

“ He who will watch, and worship God's Saints,
let him watch in stillness, and make no disturbance,
but sing his prayers as he best knoweth how;
and he who will drink, and make a foolish noise,
let him drink at home, not in the Lord's house,
that he dishonour not God, to his own punishment.
We have need to cry often to Christ,
but without carelessness and hypocrisy.
Even as the body liveth by bread and drink,
so shall the soul live by doctrine and prayers.
Many foolish deeds injure mankind,
either from selfwill, or from want of thought. ”

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Ælfric, Ælfric's Lives of Saints — Of the prayer of Moses

“ Moses had victory, and great succour,
the while he held up his hands in prayer;
and his will fainted not, but the weary body.
Now have we warfare against the fierce devil,
and he fighteth against us, because he is cruel;
how will it be then if we will not cry to the Saviour,
since the weariness of Moses might not be excused?
Verily he shall be overcome by the deceitful devil,
who will not call Christ to help him.
Every righteous man has had, even as we read in books,
succour and deliverance, when he, with full faith,
in his difficulties has cried to the Almighty. ”

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“ There is no fasting so good, nor so pleasing to God,
as is this fasting, that a man shun foulness,
and avoid sins, and leave off contentions,
and please God with good services,
and live discreetly, even as we said before.
The wise man must not be without good works,
nor the old be without piety,
nor the young be without obedience,
nor the wealthy be without almsdeeds,
nor women be without modesty,
nor the lord be false in words,
nor must any Christian man shamefully strive.
Again, it is very contrary that the poor be proud,
and it is odious that a king be unrighteous ”

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“ There will be many misfortunes at the end of this world,
but each one must patiently suffer his lot,
so that he sin not against God by murmuring,
and, for love of this world, merit for himself punishment. ”

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“ If then the head-men, and the cowl-wearing teachers,
will not take care for this, but think of worldly things,
and care neither for God's commands, nor for His worship,
then will God manifest in them (their) contempt of Him,
either by hunger or by pestilence, that they may acknowledge
that the Almighty Ruler thus wreaketh contempt of Himself;
and they, in addition, shall suffer in the other life,
either for a long time or for ever, for their life's carelessness. ”

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Ælfric, Ælfric's Lives of Saints — Of the prayer of Moses

“ The king then turned directly with his people,
and they all fasted three consecutive days, and the Lord had pity on them.
A man can neither write, nor reckon in words,
how often the Almighty God has awfully wreaked
contempt of Himself upon guilty men,
or how often He has pitied mankind in some way,
those who with confession ceased from their evil. ”

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“ And it is very hateful to God in the faithful people,
that they shall be disagreeing, and perverse among themselves;
and Christ said in His Gospel, that no kingdom
can stand anywhile entire, if it be not peaceable,
because God loveth integrity and peace among men. ”

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Ælfric, Ælfric's Lives of Saints — Of the prayer of Moses

“ Again, David the king, though He were pleasing to God,
sinned very grievously, and then God sent to him
the prophet Gad, saying these words to him,
' Choose thee now a punishment, since thou art deserving [of it] ,
either three years' famine, or three months' war,
that thou shalt flee for so long from thine enemies, if thou may,
or three days' pestilence.' Then said David to him,
'This is hard to me, but it is better for me nevertheless
that I should fall into God's hands rather than that I should fall into man's hands ”

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