1 O Israelitish children, descendants of the seed of Abraham, obey this law, and in every way be religious.
2 Knowing that religious reasoning is lord of the passions, and those not only inward but outward.
3 When those persons giving up their bodies to pains for the sake of religion, were not only admired by men, but were deemed worthy of a divine portion.
4 And the nation through them obtained peace, and having renewed the observance of the law in their country, drove the enemy out of the land.