2 And in that He said, Cry aloud, thou that travailest not , He meaneth this; Let us not, like women in travail, grow weary of offering up our prayers with simplicity to God. (2CL) 3 Again, in that He said, For the children of the desolate are more than of her that hath the husband , He so spake, because our people seemed desolate and forsaken of God, whereas now, having believed, we have become more than those who seemed to have God. (2CL) 4 Again another scripture saith, I came not to call the righteous, but sinners . (2CL)
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