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But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will touch them.
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Verse 1. Of death, is not in Septuagint During life the just are protected by God, (Lu. 12:7) and still more in death. This passage is very applicable to martyrs. Calmet.—Temporal death is to the just the road to happiness, where they shall not incur damnation, or the torment of death. Though the martyrs seem to be utterly destroyed, they pass to joys eternal and unspeakable. Worthington.
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