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Before man is life and death. Whichever he likes, it will be given to him.
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Verse 17. And fire. Or, good and evil, as the Vulg. explains it, (verse 18) though the Greek be silent. Bible.—The law written on the heart, as well as on the tables of stone, shews man his duty; and he has free-will to comply with it. Deuteronomy 30:15. Jeremiah 21:8. Calmet.—He may enjoy every advantage of life, denoted by these two elements. Lyr.
An quod in his vitæ causa est, hæc perdidit exul
His nova fit conjux; hæc duo magna putant. Ovid, Fast. 4.
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