Adam Clarke on Ecclesiastes 3:7
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Ecclesiastes3:7
A time to rend, - sew, - keep silence, - speak - - "Intestine broils
And factions rend a state: at length the breach
Is heal'd, and rest ensues. Wisdom restrains
The tongue, when words are vain: but now, 'Tis time to speak, and silence would be criminal."
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