Job 20 Cross References - Coverdale

¹ Then answered Sophar the Naamathite, and sayde: ² For the same cause do my thoughtes compell me to answere. And why? my mynde is tossed here and there. ³ I haue sufficiently herde the checkynge & reprofe, therfore am I purposed to make answere after my vnderstodinge. ⁴ Knowest thou not this, namely: that from the begynninge (euer sence the creacion of man vpon earth) ⁵ the prayse of the vngodly hath bene shorte, and that the ioye of Ypocrytes continued but ye twincklinge of an eye? ⁶ Though he be magnified vp to the heaue, so that his heade reacheth vnto the cloudes: ⁷ yet he perisheth at the last like donge: In so moch yt they which haue sene him, saye: Where is he? ⁸ He vanysheth as a dreame, so that he can nomore be founde, & passeth awaye as a vision in ye night. ⁹ So that the eye which sawe him before, getteth now no sight of him, & his place knoweth him nomore. ¹⁰ His childre go a begginge, their handes bringe the to sorow and heuynesse. ¹¹ From his youth his bones are ful of vyce, which shal lie downe wt him in ye earth. ¹² Whe wickednesse is swete in his mouth, he hydeth it vnder his tonge. ¹³ That he fauoureth, that wyll he not forsake, but kepeth it close in his throte. ¹⁴ The meate that he eateth, shalbe turned to the poyson of serpetes within his body. ¹⁵ The riches yt he deuoureth, shall he perbreake agayne, for God shal drawe them out of his bely. ¹⁶ The serpentes heade shall sucke him, and the adders tonge shall slaye him: ¹⁷ so that he shal nomore se the ryuers and brokes of hony and butter: ¹⁸ But laboure shal he, & yet haue nothinge to eate. Greate trauayle shal he make for riches, but he shal not enioye them. ¹⁹ And why? he hath oppressed the poore, and not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, and not buylded them. ²⁰ His bely coude neuer be fylled, therfore shall he perish in his couetousnesse. ²¹ He deuoured so gredely, yt he left nothinge behynde, therfore his goodes shal not prospere. ²² Though he had plenteousnesse of euerythinge, yet was he poore, & therfore he is but a wretch on euery syde. ²³ For though ye wicked haue neuer so moch to fyll his bely, yet God shal sende his wrath vpon him, and cause his battayll to rayne ouer him: ²⁴ so that yf he fle the yron weapens, he shall be shott with the stele bowe. ²⁵ The arowe shal be taken forth, & go out at his backe, and a glisteringe swearde thorow ye gall of him, feare shal come vpo him. ²⁶ There shal no darcknes be able to hyde him. An vnkyndled fyre shal consume him, and loke what remayneth in his house, it shall be destroyed. ²⁷ The heauen shall declare his wickednesse, & the earth shal take parte agaynst him. ²⁸ The substaunce that he hath in his house, shalbe taken awaye and perish, in the daye of the LORDES wrath. ²⁹ This is the porcion that ye wicked shal haue of God, and the heretage that he maye loke for of the LORDE.

²⁸ And God blessed them, and sayde vnto them: Growe, and multiplie, and fyll the earth, and subdue it, & haue domynion ouer the fish of the see, and ouer the foules of the ayre, and ouer all the beastes that crepe vpo the earth.

⁶ And the woman sawe that ye tre was good to eate of, and lustye vnto the eyes, and a pleasaunt tre to make wyse, and toke of the frute of it, and ate, and gaue vnto hir husbande also therof, and he ate.

¹ And God blessed Noe and his sonnes, and sayde vnto them: increace & multiplye, and fyll the earth. ² The feare also and drede of you be vpon all beastes of the earth, vpon all foules vnder the heauen, and vpon all that crepeth on the earth, and all fyshes of the see be geuen in to youre hades. ³ All that moueth and hath life, be youre meate. Euen as the grene herbe, so haue I geue you all.

⁴ And sayde: Come, let vs buylde a cite & a tower, whose toppe maye reach vnto heaue, yt we maye make vs a name, afore we be scatred abrode in all londes.

²⁴ Then the LORDE caused brymstone and fyre to rayne downe from the LORDE out of heauen vpon Sodoma and Gomorra,

² Yf thou wilt not, but holde them longer,

²³ So Moses stretched out his staff towarde heauen, and the LORDE caused it to thonder & hayle, so yt the fyre ranne alonge vpon the earth. Thus the LORDE hayled & rayned vpon the londe of Egipte,

³⁶ the LORDE also had geuen the people fauoure in the sight of the Egipcians, that they lent them, and so they spoyled the Egipcians.

⁹ The enemie thought: I will folowe vpon them, and ouertake them, and deuyde ye spoyle, and coole my mynde vpon them. I wil drawe out my swerde, and my hande shal destroye them. ¹⁰ Thou blewest with thy wynde, the see couered them, and they sancke downe as leed in the mightie waters.

¹ Yf a man steale an oxe or shepe, and slaye it, or sell it, he shall restore fyue oxen for an oxe, and foure shepe for a shepe.

³ But yf the sonne be gone vp vpo him, then hath he committed manslaughter, and he shal dye. A thefe shall make restitucion. Yf he haue nothige, the let him be solde for his theft.

¹⁸ And vnto ye people thou shalt saye: Sactifye yor selues agaynst tomorow, yt ye maye eate flesh: for youre wepynge is come into the eares of the LORDE, ye that saye: Who shal geue vs flesh to eate? for we were well at ease in Egipte. Therfore shal the LORDE geue you flesh to eate, ¹⁹ not one daye, not two, not fyue, not ten, not twentye dayes longe, ²⁰ but a moneth longe, tyll it go out at youre noses, and tyll ye lothe it: euen because ye haue refused the LORDE, which is amonge you, and haue wepte before him, & sayde: Wherfore wente we out of Egipte?

³³ But whyle ye flesh was yet betwene their tethe, & or euer it was vp, the wrath of the LORDE waxed whote amonge the people, and slewe them with an exceadinge greate slaughter.

²³ there shall not one se the londe that I sware vnto their fathers: nether shal eny of them that haue blasphemed me, se it.

³¹ Thine oxe shalbe slayne before thine eyes, but thou shalt not eate therof. Thine asse shalbe violently taken awaye (euen before yi face) and shal not be restored ye againe. Thy shepe shalbe geuen vnto thine enemies, and no man shal helpe the.

³³ The frute of yi londe and all yi laboure, shall a nacion eate, which thou knowest not: and thou shalt but onely be he that shalbe oppressed and suffre wronge, all the dayes of thy life.

²⁰ Then shall not the LORDE be mercifull vnto him, but his wrath and gelousy shall smoke ouer soch a man, and all the curses that are wrytten in this boke, shall lighte vpon him: and the LORDE shal put out his name from vnder heauen, ²¹ and shall separate him vnto euell out of all the trybes of Israel, acordinge vnto all the curses of the couenaunt, that is wrytten in the boke of this lawe. ²² So the posterities of youre childre which shal ryse vp after you, and the straungers that come out of farre countrees, shall saye (whan they se the plages of this londe, and the diseases wherwith the LORDE hath smytten it) ²³ that he hath brent vp all their londe with brymstone and salt, so yt it cannot be sowne, ner is frutefull, nether groweth there eny grasse therin, Like as Sodom, Gomor, Adama and Zeboim are ouerthrowne, which the LORDE ouerthrewe in his wrath and anger. ²⁴ Then shall all nacions saye: Wherfore hath the LORDE done thus vnto this londe? What greate wrothfull displeasure is this? ²⁵ Then shalt it be sayde: Euen because they haue forsaken the couenaunt of ye LORDE God of their fathers (which he made with them whan he broughte them out of the londe of Egipte) ²⁶ and they wete, and serued other goddes, and worshipped the, euen soch goddes as they knewe not, and whom he had not deuyded vnto them. ²⁷ Therfore the wrath of the LORDE waxed whote ouer this londe, to brynge vpon it all the curses that are wrytten in this boke. ²⁸ And the LORDE thrust them out of their londe wt greate wrath, indignacion & displeasoure & hath cast them into another londe, as it is come to passe this daye.

²⁸ Gather now vnto me all the Elders of youre trybes, and youre officers, yt I maye speake these wordes in their eares, and take heauen and earth to recorde agaynst them.

¹³ He caried him ouer ye heigth of the earth, and fed him with the increase of the felde. He caused him sucke hony out of the rocke, and oyle out of the harde stone. ¹⁴ Butter of the kyne, and mylke of the shepe, with the fat of the lambes, and rammes of the sonnes of Basan, and he goates with the fat of the kydneys, and wheate: And gaue him drynke of the very bloude of grapes.

²⁴ They shal pyne awaye thorow honger, & be consumed of the feuers, and of bytter sicknesses. I wil sende amonge them ye tethe of beestes, and furious serpentes.

⁴¹ Yf I whet ye edge of my swerde, and my hande take holde of iudgment, then wyll I auenge me on myne enemies, and rewarde them that hate me.

²¹ But the Philistynes toke him, & put out his eyes, and broughte him downe to Gasa, & bounde him wt fetters, and made him to grynde in the preson. ²² But the heer of his heade beganne to growe agayne, where it was shauen of. ²³ Whan ye prynces of the Philistynes were gathered together, to make a greate sacrifice vnto Dagon their god, and to be ioyfull, they sayde: Oure god hath delyuered Samson or enemye in to or hande. ²⁴ Like wyse whan ye people sawe him, they praysed their god, & sayde: Oure god hath delyuered in to oure handes oure enemye, yt destroyed oure londe, & slewe many of vs. ²⁵ Now whan their hert was ioyfull, they sayde: Let vs fetch Samson, that he maye make some pastyme before vs. Then fetched they Samson out of the preson, & he made pastyme before them. And they set him betwene two pilers. ²⁶ But Samson sayde vnto the lad yt led him by the hande: Let me touche the pilers wher vpon the house stondeth, yt I maye leane ther vnto. ²⁷ As for ye house, it was full of men & wemen. All the prynces of the Philistynes were there also, and vpon the rofe were aboute a thre thousande men and wemen, which behelde what pastyme Samson made. ²⁸ But Samson called vpon the LORDE, & sayde: O LORDE LORDE, thynke vpon me, & strength me but this once O God I beseke the, yt for both myne eyes I maye auege me on the Philistynes. ²⁹ And he toke holde of ye two mydpilers, that the house stode vpon & was holden by, the one in his righte hade, & ye other in his lefte, ³⁰ & saide: My soule dye wt the Philistynes, & he bowed him selfe mightely. Then fell the house vpon the prynces & vpon all the people that were therin, so that there were mo of ye slayne which dyed in his death, the he slewe whyle he lyued.

³ Beholde, here am I: answere ye agaynst me before the RORDE and his anoynted, yf I haue taken eny mans oxe or asse, yf I haue done eny man violence or wronge, If I haue oppressed eny ma, yf I haue receaued a gifte of eny mans hande, and kepte it secretly, I wil restore it you agayne. ⁴ They saide: Thou hast done vs nether violence ner wronge, nether oppressed, ner taken ought of eny mans hande.

² And aboute the euetyde it fortuned that Dauid arose from his restinge place, & wente vp to ye toppe of the kynges palace, and from ye toppe he sawe a woman wasshinge hir selfe, and the woman was of a very fayre bewtye. ³ And Dauid sent, and caused to axe what woman it was, and sayde: Is not that Bethseba the doughter of Eliam the wife of Vrias the Hethite? ⁴ And Dauid sent messaugers, and caused for to fetch her. And wha she was come in vnto him, he laye with her. Neuertheles she halowed hir selfe from hir vnclennes, and turned agayne vnto hir house. ⁵ And the woma was with childe, and sent, and caused to tell Dauid and to saye: I am with childe.

⁶ The shepe also shal he make good foure folde, because he hath done soch a thinge, and not spared it.

¹⁰ Now therfore shal not ye swerde departe from thy house for ouer, because thou hast despysed me, and taken the wife of Vrias the Hithite, to be thy wife. ¹¹ Thus sayeth the LORDE: Beholde, I wyll rayse vp euell of thyne awne house, and wyll take thy wyues before thyne eyes, and wyl geue them vnto thy neghboure, so that he shall lye with thy wyues by Sonnelighte.

²⁹ hony, butter, shepe and fat oxen vnto Dauid, and to ye people that was with him, for to eate: for they thought, The people shall be hongrie, weerye and thirstye in the wyldernes.

¹⁴ Ioab sayde: Not so, I wil vpon him before thy face. Then toke Ioab thre speares in his hande, and thrust Absalom thorow ye hert, while he was yet alyue vpon the Oke.

³⁵ He teacheth my handes to fighte, and bendeth the stele bowe with myne armes.

¹⁰ Beholde therfore, I wil brynge mysfortune vpon the house of Ieroboam, and wyl rote out from Ieroboam eue him that maketh water agaynst the wall, the presoner and forsaken in Israel: and the posterite of ye house of Ieroboam wyll I swepe out, as donge is swepte out, tyll he be cleane broughte to naught.

³⁰ and the remnaunt fled to Aphek in to the cite, and the wall fell vpon the other seuen and twenty thousande men. And Benadab fled also vnto the cite in to a litle chamber.

¹⁹ and talke thou with him, and speake: Thus sayeth the LORDE: Thou hast slayne, and taken in possession. And thou shalt talke morouer vnto him, and saye: Thus sayeth the LORDE: Euen in the place where the dogges licked vp Naboths bloude, shall the dogges licke thy bloude also.

² Then a knyghte (vpon whose hande the kynge leaned) answered the ma of God, and sayde: And though the LORDE made wyndowes in heaue, how coulde soch a thinge come to passe? He saide: Beholde, thou shalt se it with thine eyes, & shalt not eate therof.

³⁷ So the deed carcase of Iesabel became euen as donge in the felde of Iesrael, so yt a man coulde not saye: This is Iesabel.

¹⁷ Beholde, the tyme commeth, that it shall all be caryed awaye vnto Babilon, and whatsoeuer thy fathers haue layed vp vnto this daye, and there shall nothinge be lefte, sayeth the LORDE.

² And ye LORDE sent men of warre vpon him out of Chaldea, out of Syria, out of Moab, & fro amonge the childre of Ammon, & caused the for to come in to Iuda, to destroie it acordinge to the worde of the LORDE, which he spake by his seruauntes the prophetes.

¹¹ and tolde them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, all together how the kynge had promoted him so greatly, and how that he was taken aboue the prynces and seruauntes of the kynge. ¹² Aman sayde morouer: Yee and Hester the quene let no man come with the kynge vnto the bancket that she had prepared, excepte me, and tomorow am I bidden vnto her also with the kynge.

¹⁰ So they hanged Aman on the galowe that he had made for Mardocheus. Then was the kynges wrath stylled.

¹⁵ the Sabees came in violetly, and toke them all awaye: yee they haue slayne the seruauntes with the swearde, and I only ranne my waye, to tell the.

¹⁷ In the meane season whyle he was yet speakinge, there came another, and sayde: The Caldees made thre armies, and fell in vpon the camels, which they haue caried awaye, yee and slayne the seruauntes with the swearde: and I only am gotte awaye, to tell the.

¹¹ Now when Iobs frendes herde of all ye trouble, that happened vnto him, there came thre off them, euery one from his owne place: namely, Eliphas the Themanite, Baldad the Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathite. For they were agreed together to come, to shewe their compassion vpon him, and to comforte him.

¹⁷ There must the wicked ceasse from their tyranny, there soch as are ouerlaboured, be at rest:

² Yf we begynne to comon with the, peradueture thou wilt be myscontent, but who can witholde himself from speakynge?

²⁰ They shalbe destroyed from the mornynge vnto the euenynge: yee they shall perish, or euer they be awarre:

³ I haue sene my self, when the foolish was depe roted, that his bewty was sodely destroyed: ⁴ that his children were without prosperite or health: that they were slayne in the dore, and no ma to delyuer them: ⁵ that his haruest was eaten vp off the hungrie: that the weapened man had spoyled it, and that the thurstie had droncke vp his riches. It is not the earth that bryngeth forth trauayle,

⁴ For the allmighty hath shott at me with his arowes, whose indignacion hath droncke vp my sprete, and ye terrible feares of God fight agaysnt me.

⁸ therof yee and that none other mans eye shall se me eny more. For yf thou fasten thine eyes vpon me, I come to naught like

¹⁰ ner turneth agayne in to his house, nether shall his place knowe him eny more.

⁸ Enquere of them that haue bene before the, search diligently amonge thy forefathers: ⁹ Namely, yt we are but of yesterdaye, and considre not, that oure dayes vpon earth are buth a very shadow.

¹² No: but (or euer it be shot forth, and or euer it be gathered) it wythereth, before eny other herbe. ¹³ Euen so goeth it with all them, that forget God: and euen thus also shal the ypocrytes hope come to naught.

¹⁸ But yf it be taken out off his place, euery man denyeth it, sayenge: I knowe the not. ¹⁹ Lo, thus is it wt him, that reioyseth in his owne doinges: and as for other, they growe out of the earth.

¹ Then answered Sophar the Naamathite, and sayde:

¹⁹ What is he, that will go to lawe with me? For yf I holde my tonge, I shal dye.

²⁶ that thou layest so sharply to my charge, and wilt vtterly vndoo me, for ye synnes of my yougth?

¹⁰ But as for man, when he is deed, perished and consumed awaye, what becommeth of him?

¹⁰ With vs are olde and aged men, yee soch as haue lyued longer then thy forefathers.

¹⁶ How moch more then an abhominable and vyle ma, which dryncketh wickednesse like water?

²¹ A fearfull sounde is euer in his eares, & when it is peace, yet feareth he destruccion:

²⁹ He shall not be rich, nether shall his substaunce continue, ner encrease vpon earth.

²⁹ He shall not be rich, nether shall his substaunce continue, ner encrease vpon earth. ³⁰ He shal neuer come out of darcknesse, the flame shal drye vp his braunches, with ye blast of the mouth of God shal he be take awaie. ³¹ He wil nether applye himself to faithfulnes ner treuth, so sore is he disceaued wt vanite. ³² He shall perish, afore his tyme be worne out, and his honde shal not be grene. ³³ He shalbe pluckte of as an vntymely grape from ye vyne, and shal let his floure fall, as the olyue doth. ³⁴ For the congregacion of Ypocrites is vnfrutefull, & the fyre shal consume the houses of soch, as are gredy to receaue giftes.

¹¹ God hath geuen me ouer to the vngodly, and delyuered me in to the hondes of ye wicked.

¹³ He hath compased me rounde aboute with his dartes, he hath wounded my loynes, & not spared. My bowels hath he poured vpon the grounde.

¹⁸ O earth, couer not my bloude, and let my crienge fynde no rowme.

⁵ Shal not the light of the vngodly be put out? yee the flame of his fyre shal not burne. ⁶ The light shalbe darcke in his dwellinge, & his candle shalbe put out with him. ⁷ His presumptuous goinges shal be kepte in, and his owne councell shal cast him downe.

¹¹ Fearfulnesse shal make him afrayed on euery syde, that he shall not knowe, where to get out.

¹⁵ Other men shall dwel in his house (which now is none of his) and brymstone shalbe scatered vpon his habitacion.

¹⁸ he shalbe dryuen from the light into darcknesse, and be cast clene out of the worlde.

¹⁸ he shalbe dryuen from the light into darcknesse, and be cast clene out of the worlde. ¹⁹ He shall nether haue children ner kyn?folkes amonge his people, no ner eny posterite in his countre:

¹⁹ He shall nether haue children ner kyn?folkes amonge his people, no ner eny posterite in his countre:

²¹ Soch are now the dwellynges of the wicked, and this is ye place of him that knoweth not God.

³ Lo, ten tymes haue ye reproued me: are ye not ashamed, for to laugh me so to scorne?

²⁰ My bone hangeth to my skynne, and the flesh is awaye, only there is left me the skynne aboute my teth.

²⁹ But bewarre of the swearde, for the swearde wylbe avenged of wickednesse, and be sure, that there is a iudgment.

² For the same cause do my thoughtes compell me to answere. And why? my mynde is tossed here and there. ³ I haue sufficiently herde the checkynge & reprofe, therfore am I purposed to make answere after my vnderstodinge.

⁵ the prayse of the vngodly hath bene shorte, and that the ioye of Ypocrytes continued but ye twincklinge of an eye?

⁷ yet he perisheth at the last like donge: In so moch yt they which haue sene him, saye: Where is he?

¹⁰ His childre go a begginge, their handes bringe the to sorow and heuynesse.

¹⁵ The riches yt he deuoureth, shall he perbreake agayne, for God shal drawe them out of his bely. ¹⁶ The serpentes heade shall sucke him, and the adders tonge shall slaye him:

¹⁸ But laboure shal he, & yet haue nothinge to eate. Greate trauayle shal he make for riches, but he shal not enioye them.

¹⁸ But laboure shal he, & yet haue nothinge to eate. Greate trauayle shal he make for riches, but he shal not enioye them. ¹⁹ And why? he hath oppressed the poore, and not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, and not buylded them. ²⁰ His bely coude neuer be fylled, therfore shall he perish in his couetousnesse. ²¹ He deuoured so gredely, yt he left nothinge behynde, therfore his goodes shal not prospere. ²² Though he had plenteousnesse of euerythinge, yet was he poore, & therfore he is but a wretch on euery syde.

²⁶ Now slepe they both a like in the earth, & the wormes couer them. ²⁷ But I knowe what ye thinke, yee and what ye ymagin agaynst me vnrightuously. ²⁸ For ye saye: where is the prynces palace? where is the dwellynge of the vngodly:

³⁰ that the wicked is kepte vnto the daye of destruccion, and that the vngodly shalbe brought forth in the daye of wrath.

⁶ Thou hast take the pledge from thy brethre for naught, & robbed the naked of their clothinge:

² For some me there be, that remoue other mes londe markes: that robbe them of their catell, and kepe the same for their owne: ³ that dryue awaye the asse of the fatherlesse: that take ye wyddowes oxe for a pledge: ⁴ that thrust the poore out of the waye, & oppresse the symple of the worlde together. ⁵ Beholde, the wilde asses in ye deserte go by tymes (as their maner is) to spoyle: Yee the very wildernesse ministreth foode for their children. ⁶ They reape the corne felde that is not their owne: and gather the grapes out of his vynyarde, whom they haue oppressed by violence. ⁷ They are the cause yt so many men are naked and bare, hauynge no clothes to couer them and kepe them from colde: ⁸ So that when the showers in the mountaynes haue rayned vpon them, & they be all wett, they haue none other sucoure, but to kepe them amonge the rockes. ⁹ They spoyle the suckinge fatherlesse children, and put the poore in preson: ¹⁰ In so moch that they let them go naked without clothinge, and yet the hungrie beare the sheeues. ¹¹ The poore are fayne to laboure in their oyle mylles, yee and to treade in their wyne presses, and yet to suffre thyrst. ¹² The whole cite crieth vnto the LORDE with sighinge, the soules of the slayne make their complaynte: But God destroyeth them not for all this,

³ My lippes shall talke of no vanite, and my tonge shal speake no disceate,

⁸ What hope hath ye Ypocrite, though he haue greate good, and though God geue him riches after his hertes desyre?

¹¹ I wil teach you in the name of God, & the thinge that I haue of ye Allmightie, wil I not kepe from you.

¹³ sayege: This is the porcion that the wicked shall haue of God, & the heretage that Tyrauntes shal receaue of ye Allmightie.

¹³ sayege: This is the porcion that the wicked shall haue of God, & the heretage that Tyrauntes shal receaue of ye Allmightie. ¹⁴ Yf he get many childre, they shal perish wt the swearde, & his posterite shall haue scarcenesse of bred.

¹⁴ Yf he get many childre, they shal perish wt the swearde, & his posterite shall haue scarcenesse of bred. ¹⁵ Loke whom he leaueth behinde him, they shal dye & be buried, & no man shall haue pite of his wyddowes.

¹⁵ Loke whom he leaueth behinde him, they shal dye & be buried, & no man shall haue pite of his wyddowes. ¹⁶ Though he haue as moch money as the dust of the earth, & raymet as ready as the claye,

¹⁶ Though he haue as moch money as the dust of the earth, & raymet as ready as the claye,

¹⁶ Though he haue as moch money as the dust of the earth, & raymet as ready as the claye, ¹⁷ he maye well prepare it: but the godly shal put it vpon him, and the innocet shal deale out the money.

¹⁷ he maye well prepare it: but the godly shal put it vpon him, and the innocet shal deale out the money.

¹⁷ he maye well prepare it: but the godly shal put it vpon him, and the innocet shal deale out the money. ¹⁸ His house shal endure as the moth, & as a bothe that the watch man maketh.

¹⁸ His house shal endure as the moth, & as a bothe that the watch man maketh. ¹⁹ When the rich man dyeth, he carieth nothinge with him: he is gone in ye twincklynge of an eye.

¹⁹ When the rich man dyeth, he carieth nothinge with him: he is gone in ye twincklynge of an eye. ²⁰ Destruccion taketh holde vpo him as a water floude, & ye tepest stealeth him awaye in the night season.

²⁰ Destruccion taketh holde vpo him as a water floude, & ye tepest stealeth him awaye in the night season. ²¹ A vehement wynde carieth him hence, & departeth: a storme plucketh him out of his place. ²² It ru?sheth in vpon him, and spareth him not, he maye not escape from the power therof. ²³ Than clappe me their hodes at him, yee and ieast of him, whe they loke vpon his place.

⁶ whe my wayes ranne ouer wt butter, & when the stony rockes gaue me ryuers of oyle:

² For how greate a porcio shal I haue of God fro aboue? & what enheritauce fro ye Almightie on hie? ³ As for the vngodly & he yt ioyneth himself to ye copani of wicked doers shal not destruccion & misery came vpon him?

¹³ Dyd I euer thynke scorne to do right vnto my seruautes and maydens, when they had eny matter agaynst me? ¹⁴ But seynge that God wil sytt in iudgment, what shal I do? And for so moch as he wil nedes vyset me, what answere shal I geue him? ¹⁵ He that fashioned me in my mothers wombe, made he not him also? were we not both shappen alyke in oure mothers bodies? ¹⁶ When the poore desyred enythinge at me, haue I denyed it them? Haue I caused ye wyddowe stonde waytinge for me in vayne? ¹⁷ Haue I eaten my porcion alone, that the fatherles hath had no parte with me? ¹⁸ (for mercy grewe vp with me fro my youth, & compassion fro my mothers wombe.) ¹⁹ Haue I sene eny man perish thorow nakednes & want of clothinge? Or, eny poore man for lack of rayment, ²⁰ whose sydes thanked me not, because he was warmed wt ye woll of my shepe? ²¹ Dyd I euer lyft vp my honde to hurte the fatherlesse? Yee in the gate where I sawe my self to be in auctorite: ²² The let myne arme fall fro my shulder, & myne arme holes be broken from the ioyntes.

²⁵ Haue I reioysed because my substaunce was greate, and because my honde gat so moch?

²⁹ Haue I euer reioysed at the hurte of myne enemy? Or, was I euer glad, yt eny harme happened vnto him? Oh no,

³⁸ But yf case be that my londe crie agaynst me, or yt the forowes therof make eny complaynte: ³⁹ yf I haue eaten the frutes therof vnpayed for, yee yf I haue greued eny of the plow men:

⁷ for I thought thus within my self: It becometh olde men to speake, & the aged to teach wy?dome.

¹³ lest ye shulde prayse youre selues, to haue founde out wy?dome: because it is God that hath cast him out, & no man. ¹⁴ Neuerthelesse, seynge he hath not spoken vnto me, therfore will not I answere him as ye haue done ¹⁵ (for they were so aba?shed, that they coude not make answere, ner speake one worde) ¹⁶ but in so moch as ye wil not speake, stondinge still like dom men & makinge no answere: ¹⁷ I haue a good hope for my parte to shappe him an answere & to shewe him my meanynge. ¹⁸ For I am full of wordes, & the sprete that is within me, copelleth me. ¹⁹ Beholde, I am as the new wyne which hath no vente, & bursteth the new vessels in sunder. ²⁰ Therfore wil I speake, that I maye haue vete: I wil open my lyppes, and make answere.

³ My hert shall ordre my wordes a right, & my lyppes shal talke of pure wy?dome.

⁹ there is a greate crie & coplaynte made by the that are oppressed with violence, yee eueryman complayneth vpon the cruell arme of tyrauntes.

⁹ So Eliphas the Themanite, Baldad ye Suhite and Sophar the Naamathite wete their waye, and did acordynge as the LORDE commaunded them. The LORDE also accepted the personne off Iob,

¹² God is a rightuous iudge, & God is euer threateninge. Yf men wil not turne, he hath whet his swearde: he hath bent his bowe & made it ready.

⁷ He sytteth lurkynge in the gardens, that he maye pryuely murthur the innocent, his eyes are set vpo the poore.

¹⁸ Helpe the fatherlesse and poore vnto their right, that the vngodly be nomore exalted vpon earth.

⁵ The LORDE seith both the rightuous and vngodly, but who so deliteth in wickednes, him his soule abhorreth. ⁶ Vpon the vngodly he shal rayne snares, fyre, brymstone, storme and tempest: this rewarde shal they haue to drynke.

⁶ Vpon the vngodly he shal rayne snares, fyre, brymstone, storme and tempest: this rewarde shal they haue to drynke.

⁵ Now for the troubles sake off the oppressed, & because of the complaynte of the poore, I wil vp (sayeth the LORDE) I wil helpe the, and set the at rest.

¹⁰ He rode vpo the Cherubins & dyd fle: he came flyenge with the wynges of the wynde.

⁹ Thou shalt make the like a fyre ouen in tyme of thy wrath: the LORDE shal destroye the in his displeasure, & the fyre shall consume them.

⁷ Oh remebre not ye synnes & offences of my youth, but acordinge vnto thy mercy thynke vpon me (O LORDE) for thy goodnesse.

²² Thou hydest them priuely by thine owne presence from the proude men, thou kepest them secretly in thy tabernacle, from the strife of tonges.

³ For whyle I helde my tonge, my bones consumed awaye thorow my daylie complaynynges. ⁴ And because thy hande was so heuy vpon me both daye and night, my moysture was like the drouth in Sommer. Sela.

⁸ They shalbe satisfied with the pleteousnesse of thy house, and thou shalt geue them drynke of the ryuer of thy pleasures. ⁹ For by the is ye well of life, & in thy light, shall we se light.

¹⁰ Suffre yet a litle whyle, & ye vngodly shalbe clene gone: thou shalt loke after his place, & he shal be awaye.

³⁵ Hope thou in the LORDE, & kepe his waye: & he shal so promote the, that thou shalt haue the lode by enheritauce, & se, when the vngodly shall perishe. ³⁶ I myself haue sene the vngodly in greate power, & florishinge like a grene baye tre:

³⁶ I myself haue sene the vngodly in greate power, & florishinge like a grene baye tre:

¹ Pvt me not to rebuke (Oh LORDE) in thine anger: Oh chaste me not in thy heuy displeasure. ² For thy arowes stick fast in me, and thy honde presseth me sore. ³ There is no whole parte in my body, because of thy displeasure: there is no rest in my bones, by reason of my synnes. ⁴ For my wickednesses are gone ouer my heade, and are like a sore burthen, to heuy forme to beare. ⁵ My woundes styncke & are corrupte, thorow my folishnesse. ⁶ I am brought into so greate trouble and misery, that I go mournynge all the daye longe. ⁷ For my loynes are clene dried vp, and there is no whole parte in my body. ⁸ I am feble and sore smytte, I roare for the very disquietnes of my hert.

² And so I shut my mouth, whyle the vngodly layed wayte for me. ³ I helde my tonge, I was domme, I kepte sylence, yee eue from good wordes, but it was payne and grefe to me.

⁵ LORDE, let me knowe myne ende, and the nombre of my dayes: that I maye be certified what I wante.

²⁰ That thou smytest vs so in the place of the serpet, & couerest vs with ye shadowe of death. ²¹ Yf we had forgotten the name of oure God, & holde vp oure hondes to eny straunge God: Shulde not God fynde it out? for he knoweth the very secretes of the hert.

³ My mouth shal speake of wy?dome, and my hert shal muse of vnderstondinge.

⁸ Oh let me heare of ioye and gladnesse, that the bones which thou hast broken, maye reioyse. ⁹ Turne thy face fro my synnes, and put out all my my?dedes.

¹⁸ Namely, how thou hast set the in a slippery place, that thou maiest cast the downe headlynges & destroye the. ¹⁹ O how sodenly do they consume, perish, & come to a fearfull ende?

¹⁹ O how sodenly do they consume, perish, & come to a fearfull ende? ²⁰ Yee euen like as a dreame when one awaketh, so makest thou their ymage to vanish out of the cite.

²⁰ Yee euen like as a dreame when one awaketh, so makest thou their ymage to vanish out of the cite.

² I wil open my mouth in parables, and speake of thinges of olde. ³ Which we haue herde and knowne, and soch as oure fathers haue tolde vs. ⁴ That we shulde not hyde them from the children of the generacions to come: but to shewe the honoure of the LORDE, his might and wonderfull workes that he hath done. ⁵ He made a couenaunt with Iacob, and gaue Israel a lawe, which he comaunded oure forefathers to teach their children.

³⁰ So they ate & were fylled, for he gaue them their owne desyre. They were not dispoynted of their lust. ³¹ But whyle ye meate was yet in theyr mouthes: The heuy wrath of God came vpo the, slewe ye welthiest of the, & smote downe ye chosen men of Israel.

¹⁶ The haters of ye LORDE shulde mysse Israel, but their tyme shulde endure for euer. He shulde fede them with the fynest wheate floure, & satisfie them with hony out of the stony rocke.

¹⁰ Which perished at Endor, & became as the doge of ye earth.

¹⁵ My strength is gone for very sorow and misery, with fearfulnesse do I beare thy burthens.

⁵ As soone as thou scatrest them, they are euen as a slepe, and fade awaye sodenly like the grasse.

¹⁵ That a man in his tyme is but as is grasse, & florisheth as a floure of the felde. ¹⁶ For as soone as the wynde goeth ouer it, it gone, and the place therof knoweth it nomore.

⁹ Let his children be vagabundes, and begg their bred: let them seke it, as they that be destroyed. ¹⁰ Let the extorcioner cosume all that he hath, and let straungers spoyle his laboure.

¹⁰ Let the extorcioner cosume all that he hath, and let straungers spoyle his laboure. ¹¹ Let there be no man to petie, ner to haue compassion vpon his fatherlesse children. ¹² Let his ende be destruccion, and in the nexte generacion let his name be clene put out. ¹³ Let the wickednesse of his fathers be had in remembraunce in the sight of the LORDE, and let not the synne of his mother be done awaye. ¹⁴ Let them be allwaye before the LORDE, but as for the memoriall of them selues, let it perish from out of the earth. ¹⁵ And that because his mynde was not to do good, but persecuted the poore helplesse, and him that was vexed at the herte, to slaye him.

¹⁷ He clothed him self with cursynge like as with a rayment: yee it wente in to his bowels like water, and like oyle in to his bones. ¹⁸ Let it be vnto him as the cloke that he hath vpon him, and as the gyrdle that he is gyrded withall.

¹⁶ All the whole heauens are the LORDES, but the earth hath he geue vnto ye childre of men.

¹¹ I sayde in my haist: All men are lyers.

⁴ Euen mightie & sharpe arowes, wt hote burnige coales.

¹² let us swalowe the vp like ye hell, let us deuoure the quycke and whole, as those that go downe in to the pytt.

³¹ Therfore shal they eate ye frutes of their owne waye, and be fylled wt their owne councels:

¹¹ Yee that thou mourne not at the last (when thou hast spent thy body and goodes) ¹² and then saye: Alas, why hated I nurtoure? why dyd my hert despyse correccion? ¹³ Wherfore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my teachers, & herkened not vnto them that infourmed me?

²² The wickednesses of the vngodly shal catch himself, and with the snares of his owne synnes shal he be trapped. ²³ Because he wolde not be refourmed, he shal dye: and for his greate foolishnesse he shal be destroyed.

³¹ but yf he maye be gotten, he restoreth agayne seuen tymes asmoch, or els he maketh recompence with all the good of his house.

²³ so longe till she hath wounded his lyuer with hir darte: like as yf a byrde haisted to the snare, not knowinge that the parell of his life lyeth there vpo.

¹⁷ stollen waters are swete, & the bred that is preuely eaten, hath a good taist. ¹⁸ But they cosider not that death is there, and that hir gestes go downe to hell.

⁴ Riches helpe not in the daye of vengeaunce, but rightuousnesse delyuereth fro death.

²⁹ Pacience is a token of wi?dome, but wrath and haistie displeasure is a token of foolishnesse.

³¹ He that doth a poore man wroge, blasphemeth his maker: but who so hath pitie of the poore, doth honoure vnto God. ³² The vngodly is afrayed of euery parell, but the rightuous hath a good hope eue in death.

¹⁷ Euery ma liketh the bred that is gotten with disceate, but at the last is mouth shalbe fylled with grauell.

²² Se yt thou robbe not ye poore because he is weake, and oppresse not ye simple in iudgment: ²³ for ye LORDE himself wyl defende their cause, and do violence vnto them yt haue vsed violence.

⁸ Yee ye morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou perbreake, and lese those swete wordes.

²⁰ Kepe no company wt wyne bebbers and ryotous eaters of flesh: ²¹ for soch as be dronckardes and ryotous, shal come to pouerte, & he that is geuen to moch slepe, shal go wt a ragged cote.

²⁹ Where is wo? where is sorow? where is strife? where is braulynge? where are woundes without cause? where be reed eyes? ³⁰ Euen amonge those that be euer at the wyne, and seke out where the best is. ³¹ Loke not thou vpon the wyne, how reed it is, and what a color it geueth in the glasse. ³² It goeth downe softly, but at the last it byteth like a serpet, and styngeth as an Adder. ³³ So shal thine eyes loke vnto straunge women, & thine herte shal muse vpon frowarde thinges. ³⁴ Yee thou shalt be as though thou slepte, in ye myddest of ye see, or vpo ye toppe of the mast. ³⁵ They wounded me (shalt thou saie) but it hath not hurte me, they smote me, but I felt it not. Whe I am wel wakened, I wil go to ye drynke agayne.

³ One poore man oppressinge another by violence, is like a contynuall rayne that destroyeth ye frute.

²⁰ Yf thou seyst a man that is haistie to speake vnaduysed, thou mayest trust a foole more then him.

¹⁸ Yee I was weery of all my laboure, which I had taken vnder the Sonne, because I shulde be fayne to leaue them vnto another man, that cometh after me: ¹⁹ for who knoweth, whether he shalbe a wyse ma or a foole? And yet shal he be lorde of all my labours, which I with soch wy?dome haue taken vnder the Sonne. Is not this a vayne thinge? ²⁰ So I turned me to refrayne my mynde from all soch trauayle, as I toke vnder the Sonne:

¹ So I turned me, and considered all the violent wronge that is done vnder the Sonne: and beholde, the teares of soch as were oppressed, and there was no man to comforte them, or that wolde delyuer and defende them from the violence of their oppressours.

⁸ Yf thou seyst the poore to be oppressed and wrongeously dealt withall, so yt equite & the right of the lawe is wraisted in the londe: maruell not thou at soch iudgmet, for one greate ma kepeth touch with another, and the mightie helpe the selues together.

¹³ Yet is there a sore plage, which I haue sene vnder the Sonne (namely) riches kepte to the hurte of him yt hath them in possession. ¹⁴ For oft times they perishe with his greate misery and trouble: and yf he haue a childe, it getteth nothinge.

⁹ Be not haistely angrie in yi mynde, for wrath resteth in the bosome of a foole.

⁹ Be glad then (O thou yonge man) in thy youth, and lat thine hert be mery in thy yonge dayes: folowe the wayes of thine owne hert, and the lust of thine eyes: but be thou sure, that God shal bringe the in to iudgment for all these thinges.

⁷ As for the vynyarde of the LORDE of hoostes it is the house of Israel, and whole Iuda his fayre plantinge. Of these he loked for equyte, but se there is wronge: for rightuousnesse, lo, It is but misery. ⁸ Wo to you that ioyne one house to another, and bringe one londe so nigh vnto another, till ye can get no more grounde. Wil ye dwell vpon the earth alone?

¹⁵ Butter and hony shal he eate, yt he maye knowe the euel, and chose ye good.

²² Then because of the aboundaunce of mylck, he shal make butter and eat it. So that euery one which remayneth in the londe, shal eate butter and hony.

²² and beholde, there is trouble and darcknesse, vexacion is rounde aboute him, and the cloude of erroure And out of soch aduersite, shall he not escape.

⁶ For I shal sende him amonge those ypocritish poeple, amonge the people that haue deserued my disfauoure shal I send him: that he maye utterly robbe them, spoyle them, and treade them downe like the myre in the strete.

¹³ And yet thou thoughtest in thine harte: I will clymme vp in to heauen, and make my seate aboue the starres of God, I wyll syt vpon the glorious mount toward the North, ¹⁴ I wyll clymme vp aboue the cloudes, & wilbe like the highest of all.

²⁰ and art not buried wt them? Euen because that thou hast waisted thy lode, and destroyed thy people. For the generacion of the wicked shalbe without honor, for euer. ²¹ There shal a waye be sought to destroye their childre, for their fathers wickednes: they shal not come vp agayne to possesse the londe, and fyll the worlde ful of castels and townes. ²² I wil stonde vp agaynst them (sayeth the LORDE of hoostes) and root out ye name and generacion of Babilon (saieth the LORDE)

⁴ Myne herte paunted, I trembled for feare. The darcknesse made me fearfull in my mynde.

⁷ The swete wyne shal mourne, the grapes shalbe weake, and all yt haue bene mery in harte, shal sighe. ⁸ The myrth of tabrettes shalbe layde downe, the chere of the ioyful shal ceasse, and the pleasure of lutes shal haue an ende: ⁹ there shal no more wyne bedronke with myrth, the beer shal be bytter to the that drinke it, ¹⁰ the wicked cities shalbe broken downe, all houses shalbe shut, that no man maye come in. ¹¹ In the stretes shal there be lift vp a crie because of wyne, all mens chere shal vanish awaye, and all ioye of the earth shal passe.

¹⁸ Who so escapeth the terrible crie, shal fall in to the pyt. And yf he come out of the pyt, he shalbe take with the snare. For the wyndowes aboue shalbe opened, and the foundacion of the earth shal moue.

²¹ For beholde, the LORDE wil go out of his habitacion, & vyset the wickednes of the that dwell vpon earth. He wil discouer the bloude that she hath deuoured, she shal neuer hyde the, that she hath murthured.

⁷ But now the multitude of all the people, that went out agaynst Ariel: the whole hooste, the stronge holdes, and sege: is like a dreame which apeareth in the night. ⁸ It is like as when an hungrie man dreameth that he is eatynge, and when he awaketh, he hath nothinge: like as when a thurstie man dreameth that he is drinkinge, and when he awaketh, he is faynt, and his soule vnpacient. So is the multitude of all people, that mustre them selues agaynst the hill of Sion.

⁶ Youre beastes haue borne burthens vpo their backes towarde the South, thorow the waye that is ful of parell and trouble, because of the lyo and lyones, of the Cockatrice and shutynge dragon. Yee the Mules bare youre substaunce, and the Camels brought yor treasure vpon their croked backes, vnto a people that can not helpe you.

³³ For he hath prepared the fyre of payne from the begynnynge, yee euen for kynges also. This hath he made depe & wyde, ye norishinge therof is fyre and wodde innumerable, which the breath ofte LORDE kyndleth, as it were a match of brymstone.

¹⁷ When the thurstie and poore seke water & fynde none, & when their tunge is drie of thurst: I geue it them, saieth the LORDE. I the God of Israel forsake them not.

²⁰ But the wicked are like the raginge see, that ca not rest, whose water fometh with the myre & grauel. ²¹ Eueso ye wicked haue no peace, saieth my God.

¹⁹ Thine owne wickednesse shal reproue the, and thy turnynge awaye shal condemne the: that thou mayest knowe and vnderstonde, how euel and hurtful a thinge it is, yt thou hast forsaken the LORDE thy God, and not feared him, saieth the LORDE God of hoostes.

² and layed agaynst the Sonne, the Moone and all the heauenly hooste: whom they loued, whom they serued, whom they ranne after, whom they sought & worshipped. They shal nether be gathered together ner buried, but shal lye vpo the earth, to their shame and despisinge.

¹⁵ O thou beloued, why doest thou so shamefull greate blasphemies in my house? euen as though that holy flesh might absolue the, specially when thou hast made thy boost off thy wickednes. ¹⁶ The LORDE called the a grene olyue tre, a fayre one, a frutefull one, a goodly one: but now that there is a contrary reporte off the abrode, he will burne the vp, ad destroye thy braunches.

⁶ He shall be like the heeth, that groweth in the wildernes. As for the good thinge that is for to come, he shall not se it: but dwell in a drie place off the wildernes, in a salt and vnoccupied londe. ⁷ O Blissed is the man, that putteth his trust in the LORDE, and whose hope the LORDE is himself. ⁸ For he shalbe as a tre, that is planted by the water syde: which spredeth out the rote vnto moystnesse, whom the heate can not harme, when it commeth, but his leaues are grene. And though there growe but litle frute because off drouth, yet is he not carefull, but he neuer leaueth of to bringe forth frute.

¹¹ The disceatfull maketh a nest, but bringeth forth no yonge: He commeth by riches, but not rightuously. In the myddest off his life must he leaue them behinde him, and at the last be founde a very foole.

³ The nexte daye folowinge, Pashur brought Ieremy out of the stockes agayne. Then sayde Ieremy vnto him: The LORDE shall call the nomore Pashur (that is excellent and increasinge) but Magor (that is fearfull ad afrayed) euery where. ⁴ For thus saieth the LORDE: beholde, I will make the afrayed, the thy self, and all that fauoure ye: which shal perish with the swearde off their enemies, euen before yi face. And I wil geue whole Iuda vnder the power of the kinge of Babilon, which shall carie some vnto Babilon presoners, and slaye some with the swearde.

⁹ Wherfore, I thought from hence forth, not to speake of him, ner to preach eny more in his name. But the worde off the LORDE was a very burnynge fyre in my hert and in my bones, which when I wolde haue stopped, I might not.

¹³ Wo worth him, that buyldeth his house with vnrightuousnes, ad his perlers with the good, that he hath gotten by violence: which neuer recompenseth his neghburs laboure, ner payeth him his hyre.

¹⁷ Neuertheles, as for thine eyes and thine herte, they loke vpon covetousnesse, to shed innocent bloude, to do wronge and violence.

²³ because they synned shamefully in Israel. For they haue not onely defiled their neghbours wyues, but also preached lyenge wordes in my name, which I haue not commaunded them. This I testifie, & assure, saieth the LORDE.

⁴³ Feare, pyt, and snare shall come vpo the (o Moab) saieth the LORDE. ⁴⁴ Who so escapeth the feare, shal fall in the pyt: and who so getteth out off the pyt, shall be taken in the snare. For I will bringe a yeare off visitacion vpon Moab, saieth the LORDE.

³⁴ Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon hath deuoured and distroyed me, he hath made me an emptie vessell. He swalowed me vp like a Dragon, and fylled his bely with my delicates: he hath cast me out,

⁴⁴ Morouer, I wil vyset Bel at Babilo: & the thinge that he hath swalowed vp, that same shal I plucke out of his mouth. The Gentiles also shall runne nomore vnto him, yee and the walles of Babilon shal fall.

¹⁶ All thine enemies gape vpon the, whisperinge and bytinge their teth, sayenge: let vs deuoure, for the tyme that we loked for, is come: we haue founde and sene it.

³⁴ To treade all the presoners of the earth vnder his fete.

³⁸ Out of the mouth of the most highest goeth not euell and good.

¹² The tyme cometh, the daye draweth nye: Who so byeth, let him not reioyce: he that selleth, let him not be sory: for why, Trouble shall come in the myddest off all rest:

²⁹ The people in the londe vseth wicked extorcio and robbery. They vexe the poore and nedy: and oppresse the straunger agaynst right.

¹³ Thy filthinesse is abhominable, for I wolde haue clensed the, but thou woldest not be clensed. Thou canst not be pourged from thine vnclennesse, till I haue poured my wrothfull indignacion vpon the.

²⁷ Shulde not they then lye also amonge ye worthies, and vncircumcised Giauntes? which wt their weapens are gone downe to hel: whose sweardes are layed vnder their heades, whose wickednesse is vpon their bones: because that as worthies, they haue brought feare into ye lode of ye lyuinge;?

¹¹ which was very hye, greate and mightie: ye heyth reached vnto the heaue, and the bredth extended to all the endes of the earth:

²² Euen thou (o kynge) art the tre, greate & stroge. Thy greatnesse increaseth, & reacheth vnto the heauen, so doth thy power to the endes of the earth.

⁷ They haue sowne wynde, therfore shal they reepe a storme. Their sede shal beare no corne, there shal no meel be made of their increase: though yere be, yet shall straungers deuoure it vp. ⁸ Israel shall perish, the Gentiles shall entreate him as a foule vessel.

¹ Do not thou triumphe (O Israel) make no boostinge more then the Heithen, for thou hast comitted aduoutry agaynst yi God: straunge rewardes hast thou loued, more the all corne floores.

¹ Heare this worde, o ye fat kyne, that be vpon the hill of Samaria: ye that do poore me wronge, and oppresse the nedy: ye that saye to youre lordes: brynge hyther, let vs drynke. ² Therfore the LORDE hath sworne by his holynesse: The dayes shall come vpon you, that ye shalbe lift vp vpo speares, and youre posterite caried awaye in fyssher pannes. ³ Ye shall get you out at the gappes one after another, and in Armon shal ye be cast awaye, sayeth the LORDE.

¹⁹ Yee like as when a ma runeth fro a lyon, and a Beer meteth with him: or, whe he commeth into the house, and leeneth his honde vpon the wall, a serpent byteth him.

⁴ Heare this, O ye yt oppresse the poore, and destroye the nedy in ye londe, sayenge:

¹ I sawe the LORDE stondinge vpon the aulter, and he sayde: smyte the dore cheke, that the postes maye shake withall. For their couetousnesse shal fall vpon all their heades, and their posterite shalbe slayne with the swerde. They shall not fle awaye, there shall not one off them escape, ner be delyuered. ² Though they were buryed in the hell, my honde shal fetch them from thence: though they clymme vp to heauen, yet shal I cast them downe:

² Though they were buryed in the hell, my honde shal fetch them from thence: though they clymme vp to heauen, yet shal I cast them downe: ³ though they hyde them selues vpo the toppe of Carmel, yet shal I seke them out, and brynge them from thence: Though they crepe downe fro my sight in to the depe of the see, I shal comaude the serpente, euen there to byte them.

³ The pryde of thine herte hath lift the vp, thou that dwellest in ye stroge holdes off stone, and hast made the an hye seate: Thou sayest in thyne herte: who shal cast me downe to the grounde? ⁴ But though thou wentest vp as hye as the Aegle, and maydest thy nest aboue amonge the starres: yet wolde I plucke the downe from thece.

² When they covet to haue londe, they take it by violence, they robbe men off their houses. Thus they oppresse a ma for his house, & euery man for his heretage.

⁹ the women off my people haue ye shot out fro their good houses, and taken awaye my excellent giftes from their children.

¹⁸ Nether their syluer ner their golde shalbe able to delyuer the in that wrothfull daye of the LORDE, but the whole londe shalbe cosumed thorow the fyre of his gelousy: for he shall soone make clene ryddaunce of all them that dwell in the londe.

² yf ye will not heare it, ner regarde it, to geue the glory vnto my name (sayeth the LORDE off hoostes) I wil sende a curse vpon you, & will curse youre blessinges: yee curse them will I yf ye do not take hede.

⁵ I will come & punysh you, & I myself wil be a swift wytnes agaynst the witches, agaynst the aduouterers, agaynst false swearers: yee ad agaynst those, that wrogeously kepe backe the hyrelynges dewty: which vexe the wyddowes & the fatherlesse, & oppresse the straunger, and feare not me, sayeth the LORDE of hoostes.

⁷ Now when he sawe many of the Pharises and of ye Saduces come to hys baptim, he sayde vnto them: ye generacio of vipers, who hath certified you, that ye shal escape ye vengeaunce to come?

¹² which hath also his fan in his hond, and will pourge his floore, and gadre the wheet into his garner, & will burne ye chaffe with vnquencheable fyre.

²⁹ Wherfore yf thy right eye offende the, plucke hym out, and cast him from the. Better it is for the, that one of thy membres perisshe, then that thy whole body shulde be cast in to hell. ³⁰ Also yf thy right honde offende the, cut hym of, and cast him from the. Better yt is that one of thy mebres perissh, the yt all yi body shulde be cast in to hell.

²¹ Not all they that saye vnto me, LORDE LORDE, shall enter in to the kyngdome of heauen: but he that doth the will of my father which ys in heauen.

¹² and the chyldren of the kyngdome shalbe cast out in to vtter darcknes: there shalbe wepinge & gnasshing of teth.

²³ And thou Capernaum which art lift vp vnto heauen, shalt be brought downe vnto hel. For yf the miracles which haue bene done in the, had bene shewed in Sodom, they had remained vnto this daye.

²⁰ But he yt is sowne in the stonye grounde, is this: wha one heareth the worde, & anone with ioye receaueth it: ²¹ neuertheles he hath no rote i him, but endureth for a season: wha trouble & persecucion aryseth because of the worde, immediatly he his offended.

²⁶ What helpeth it a man though he wanne the whole worlde, and yet suffred harme in his soule? Or what can a man geue, to redeme his soule withall?

¹³ Wo vnto you Scrybes and Pharises, ye ypocrytes, that shut vp the kyngdome of heauen before men: Ye come not in youre selues, nether suffre ye them to enter, that wolde be in.

²⁴ O ye blynde gydes, which strayne out a gnat, but swalowe vp a Camell.

⁵¹ and shal hew him in peces and geue him his rewarde with ypocrytes: there shal be waylinge and gnasshinge of teth.

³ When Iudas which betrayed him, sawe this that he was condemned vnto death, it repented him, and brought agayne the thirtie syluer pens to the hye prestes and the elders, ⁴ and sayde: I haue done euell, in that I haue betrayed innocet bloude. They sayde: What haue we to do with yt? Se thou therto.

²⁵ And immediatly she wete in to the kinge with haist, and sayde: I will that thou geue me straight waye in a platter the heed of Ihon the baptist.

⁴³ Yf thy hade offende the, cut him of. Better it is for the to entre in to life lame, the hauynge two hondes to go in to hell in to the euerlastinge fyre, ⁴⁴ where their worme dyeth not, and their fyre goeth not out. ⁴⁵ Yf thy fote offende the, cut him of. Better it is for the to entre into life crepell, the hauynge two fete to be cast in to hell in the fyre euerlastynge, ⁴⁶ where their worme dyeth not, and their fyre goeth not out. ⁴⁷ Yf thine eye offende the, cast him from the. Better it is for the to entre in to ye kyngdome of God with one eye, then hauynge two eyes to be cast in to the fyre of hell: ⁴⁸ where their worme dyeth not, and their fyre goeth not out. ⁴⁹ For euery ma must be salted wt fyre, & euery offerynge shalbe seasoned wt salt.

² But there is nothinge hyd, that shal not be discouered: nether secrete, that shal not be knowne. ³ Therfore whatsoeuer ye haue spoke in darknesse, that same shal be herde in light: and that ye haue spoken in to the eare in the chabers, shalbe preached vpon the house toppes.

¹⁷ and he thought in himself, and sayde: What shal I do? I haue nothinge wher in to gather my frutes. ¹⁸ And he sayde: This wil I do, I wil breake downe my barnes, & buylde greater, and therin wil I gather all myne increace, & my goodes, ¹⁹ & wil saye vnto my soule: Soule, thou hast moch goodes layed vp in stoare for many yeares, take now thine ease, eate, drinke, and be mery. ²⁰ But God sayde vnto him: Thou foole, this night shal they requyre thy soule from the, and whose shal it be that thou hast prepared?

²⁴ and he cried, and sayde: Father Abraham, haue mercy vpon me, and sende Lazarus, that he maye dyppe the typpe of his fynger in water, & coole my tonge, for I am tormeted in this flame.

²⁴ and he cried, and sayde: Father Abraham, haue mercy vpon me, and sende Lazarus, that he maye dyppe the typpe of his fynger in water, & coole my tonge, for I am tormeted in this flame. ²⁵ But Abraha saide: Remebre sonne, yt thou hast receaued good in yi life, & contrary wyse Lazarus receaued euell. But now is he comforted, and thou art tormented.

⁸ But Zacheus stode forth, and sayde vnto the LORDE: Beholde LORDE, the half of my goodes geue I to the poore: and yf I haue defrauded eny man, I restore him foure folde.

²¹ Then sayde Iesus agayne vnto them: I go my waye, and ye shal seke me, and shal dye in youre synnes: whither I go, thither can not ye come.

²⁴ Therfore haue I sayde vnto you, that ye shal dye in youre synnes. For yf ye beleue not that I am he, ye shal dye in youre synnes.

²⁵ that the one maye take the rowme of this mynistracion and Apostelshippe, from the which Iudas by transgression fell, that he might go awaye in to his awne place.

²² As for the people, they cried therto: This is a voyce of God, and not of a man. ²³ Immediatly the angell of the LORDE smote him, because he gaue not God the honoure: And he was eaten vp of wormes, and gaue vp the goost.

³ Whan Paul had gathered a bondell of stickes, and layed them on the fyre, there came a vyper out of the heate, and leape on Pauls hande. ⁴ Whan the people sawe the beest hange on his hande, they sayde amonge them selues: This man must nedes be a murthurer, who vengeaunce suffreth not to lyue, though he haue escaped the see. ⁵ But he shoke of ye beest in to the fyre, and and felt no harme. ⁶ Howbeit they wayted, wha he shulde haue swollen, or fallen downe deed sodenly. But whan they had loked a greate whyle, and sawe yt there happened no harme vnto him, they chaunged their myndes, and sayde that he was a God.

¹⁶ in the daye whan God shal iudge the secretes of men by Iesus Christ, acordinge to my Gospell.

¹³ Their throte is an open sepulcre, with their tunges they haue disceaued, the poyson off Aspes is vnder their lippes.

¹³ to lyue after the flesh: for yf ye lyue after ye fleshe, ye must dye: but yf ye mortyfye the dedes of the body thorow the sprete, ye shal lyue.

² For I beare them recorde, that they are zelous for Gods cause, but not wt vnderstondinge.

⁵ Therfore iudge ye nothinge before ye tyme, vntyll the LORDE come, which shal brynge it to lighte that is hyd in darknesse, and ope the councels of ye hertes, and the shal euery one haue prayse of God.

¹¹ Seynge then that we knowe, how that the LORDE is to be feared, we fare fayre with men, but we are knowne well ynough vnto God: I trust also, that we are knowne in youre consciences.

⁴ Let euery man proue his owne worke, and the shal he haue reioysinge in his awne selfe, and not in another.

¹⁹ Wherfore deare brethren, let euery man be swifte to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.

⁶ But ye haue despised the poore. Are not the rych they which oppresse you: & they which drawe you before iudges?

¹³ For ther shalbe iudgement merciles to him that sheweth no mercy, & mercy reioiseth against iudgment.

⁸ Drawe nye to God & he wil drawe nye to you. Clense yor hondes ye synners, and pourge youre hertes ye wauerynge mynded. ⁹ Suffre affliccions: sorowe ye and wepe. Let youre laughter be turned to mornynge, and youre ioye to heuynes.

¹⁶ But nowe ye reioyce in youre bostinges. All soche reioysynge is euell.

¹ Goo to now ye riche men. Wepe, and howle on yor wretchednes that shal come vpon you. ² Youre riches is corrupte, youre garmetes are motheaten. ³ Youre golde & yor siluer are cancred, & the rust of them shalbe a witnes vnto you, & shal eate youre flesshe, as it were fyre. Ye haue heaped treasure togedder in yor last dayes: ⁴ Beholde, the hyre of the labourers which haue reped downe youre feldes (which hyer is of you kept backe by fraude) cryeth: and the cryes of the which haue reped, are entred in to the eares of the LORDE Sabaoth.

¹³ They are the ragynge waues of the see, fominge out their awne shame. They are wandrynge starres, to who is reserued the myst of darcknes for euer.

⁷ And as moche as she gloryfied her selfe and lyued wantanly, so moch poure ye in for her of punysshmet, and sorowe, for she sayeth in her herte: I syt beinge a quene, and am no wyddowe, and shall se no sorowe.

¹⁷ for at one houre so greate ryches is come to naught. And euery shippe gouerner, and all they that occupie shippes, and shippmen which worke in the see, stode a farre of,

¹ And he shewed me a pure ryuer of water of life clere as cristall: proceadinge out of the seate of God and of ye lambe