THE SONG OF THE THREE CHILDREN


Three holy children, which follows in the third chapter of Daniel after this place, They fell down bound into the midst of the hot fiery furnace.

Chapter 1

25 The prayer of Azarias. 46 the cruelties of the King. 48 The flame devours the Chaldeans. 49 The Angel of the Lord was in the furnace. 51 The three children praise the Lord and provoke all creatures to the same.

AND they walked in the midst of the flame, praising God, and magnified the Lord.

Then Azarias stood p, and prayed on this manner, and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire, said,

Blessed be thou, o Lord God of our fathers: thy Name is worthy to be praised and honored for evermore.

For thou art righteous in all the things, that thou hast done unto us, and all thy works are true, and thy ways are right, and all thy judgments certain.

In all the things that thou hast brought upon us, and upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our fathers, thou hast executed true judgments: for by right and equity hast thou brought all these things upon us, because of our sins.

For we have sinned and done wickedly, departing from thee: in all things we have trespassed,

And not obeyed thy commandments, not kept them, neither done as thou had commanded us, thou hast done them in true judgment:

As in delivering us into the hands of our wicked enemies, and most hateful traitors, and to an unrighteous King, and the most wicked in all the world.

And now we may not open our mouths: we are become a shame and reproof unto thy servants, and to them that worship thee.

Yet for thy Name’s sake, we beseech thee, give us not up for ever, neither break thy covenant,

Neither take away thy mercy from us, for thy beloved Abraham’s sake, and for thy servant Isaak’s sake, and for thine holy Israel’s sake,

To whom thou have spoken and promised, that thou would multiply their seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand, that is upon the seashore.

For we, o Lord, are become less than any nation, and be kept under this day in tall the world, because of our sins:

So that now we have neither prince, nor Prophet, nor governor, nor burnt offering, nor sacrifice, nor oblation, nor incense, nor place to offer the first fruits before thee, that we might find mercy.

Nevertheless in a contrary heart, and an humble spirit, let us be received.

As in the burnt offering of rams and bullocks, and as in ten thousand of fat lambs, so let our offering be in thy sight this day, that it may please thee: for there is no confusion unto them that put their trust in thee.

And now we follow thee with all our heart, and fear thee, and seek thy face.

Put us not to shame, but deal with us after thy loving kindness, and according to the multitude of thy mercies.

Deliver us also by thy miracles, and give thy Name the glory, o Lord,

That all they which do thy servants evil, may be confounded: even let them be confounded by thy great force and power, and let their strength be broken,

That they may know, that thou only art the Lord God, and glorious over the whole world.

Now the King’s servants that had cast them in, ceased not to make the oven hot with naphtha, and with pitch, and with towe [animal fat, imo]* and with fagotes [kindle, bundle of wood]*,

So that the flame went out of the furnace forty and nine cubits.

And it broke forth, and burnt those Chaldeans, that it found by the furnace.

But the Angel of the Lord went down into the furnace with them that were with Azarias, and smote the flame of the fire out of the furnace,

And made in the midst of the furnace like a most hissing wind, so that the fire touched them not at all, neither grieved, nor troubled them.

Then these three (as out of one mouth) praised, and glorified, and blessed God in the furnace, saying,

Blessed be thou, o Lord God of our fathers, and praised, and exalted above all things for ever, and blessed be thy glorious and holy Name, and praised above all things, and magnified for ever.

Blessed be thou in the Temple of thine holy glory, and praised above all things, and magnified for ever.

Blessed thou that beholds the depths, and sitting upon the Cherubims, and praised above all things, and exalted for ever.

Blessed be thou in the glorious Thone of thy kingdom, and praised above all things, and exalted for ever.

Blessed be thou in the firmament of heaven, and praised above all things, and glorified for ever.

All ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

O heavens, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

All ye waters that be above the heaven, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

All ye powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

O sun and moon, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

O stars of heaven, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

Every shower, and dew, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

All ye winds, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

O fire and heat, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

O winter and summer, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

O dews and storms of snow, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

O frost and cold, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

O nights and days, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

O light and darkness, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

O lightnings and clouds, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

Let the earth bless the Lord: let it praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

O mountains, and hills, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

All things that grow on the earth, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

Let the earth bless the Lord: let it praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

O fountains, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

O Sea, and floods, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

O whales, and all that move in the waters, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

All ye fowls of heaven, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

All ye beasts and cattle, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

O children of men, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

Let Israel bless the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

O Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

O servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

O spirits and souls of the righteous, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

O Saints and humble of heart, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever.

O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him above all things for ever: for he hath delivered us from the hell, and saved us from the hand of death, and delivered us out of the midst of the furnace, and burning flame: even out of the midst of the fire hath he delivered us.

Confess unto the Lord, that he is gracious: for his mercy endures for ever.

All ye that worship the Lord, bless the God of gods: praise him, and acknowledge him: for his mercy endureth world without end.

*WP4Y,


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