| Sirach 14:12
| Remember that death is not slow, and that the covenant of hell hath been shewn to thee: for the covenant of this world shall surely die.
| The covenant of hell. The decree by which all are to go down to the regions of death, (Challoner) which hell frequently denotes. (Haydock) --- Under the old law, all went down into some part of hell. (Worthington) --- Hath been. Greek, "hath not," etc. We know not when we shall die, though all must taste of death, (Haydock) 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, ver. 18. (Haydock) Certo veniunt ordine Parcae, Nulli jusso cessare licet. (Sen.[Seneca?] Hercul.)
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