Matthew(i)
20 The vngodly despayreth all the dayes of his lyfe, & the nombre of a tyrauntes yeares is vnknowne.
21 A fearfull sounde is euer in hys eares, and when it is peace: yet feareth he destruccion:
22 He beleueth neuer to be delyuered out of darcknesse, the swearde is alwaye before his eyes.
23 When he goeth forth to get his lyuing, he thincketh planely, that the daye of darcknesse is at hande.
24 Sorowe and carefulnesse make hym afrayed, and compasse hym roundeaboute, lyke as it were a kynge with hys hoost redy to the battayl.
25 For he hath stretched out hys hande agaynste God, and armed him selfe agaynst the Almyghtye.
26 He rounneth proudly vpon him, and with a stiff necke fyghteth he agaynst him:
27 where as he couereth his face wyth fatnesse, and maketh his body well lykynge.
28 Therfore shall hys dwellynge be in desolate cytyes, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes of stones.
29 He shal not be ryche, nether shall hys substaunce contynue, ner encrease vpon earth.
30 He shall neuer come oute of darcknesse, the flame shall drye vp hys braunches, wyth the blast of the mouth of God shall he be taken awaye.
31 He wyll nether applye hym selfe to faythfulnes ner trueth, so sore is he disceiued wyth vanyte.
32 He shall perysh, afore his tyme be worne out, and his hand shal not be greene.
33 He shall be pluckte of as an vntymely grape from the vyne, and shal let his floure fal, as the olyue doeth.
34 For the congregacyon of ypocrites is vnfrutefull, and the fyre shall consume the houses of suche, as are gredy to receyue gyftes.
35 He conceyueth trauayle, he beareth myschefe, and hys bodye bryngeth forth disceate.