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32 And what shall I say more? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, of Barak, of Samson, of Jephthae, of David, of Samuel, and of the prophets:
33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, practis'd justice, obtained what was promised, stopped the mouths of lions,
34 were proof against the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, show'd their resolution in distress, and their valour in fight, putting to flight the armies of the aliens.
35 women recovered their children, tho' dead, by their being raised to life again: some expired under torments, refusing to be delivered; that they might obtain a better deliverance at the resurrection.
36 others suffer'd cruel indignities and scourgings, besides chains and imprisonment.
37 they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandred about in sheepskins, and goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented:
38 (of whom the world was not worthy) they wandred in desarts, and in mountains, having no retreat but the dens and caves of the earth.
39 Tho' these were all celebrated for their faith, they did not receive the reward that was promised: