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Remember that death will not wait, and that the covenant of Hades hasn’t been shown to you.
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Verse 12. The covenant of hell. The decree by which all are to go down to the regions of death, ( Challoner.) which hell frequently denotes. Bible.—Under the old law, all went down into some part of hell. Worthington.—Hath been. Greek “hath not,” and so forth We know not when we shall die, though all must taste of death, ( Bible.) and therefore we must make haste to do good. Menochius.—Shall, or “is, he shall die the death,” (Genesis 2:17) as the Greek has this sentence. verse 18. Bible.
Certo veniunt ordine Parcæ,
Nulli jusso cessare licet. Sen. Hercul.
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