Job 23 Cross References - Bishops

¹ Iob aunswered, & said ² Though my talke be this day in bitternesse, and my plague greater then my groning ³ O that I might know him, and finde him, and that I might come before his seate ⁴ I woulde pleade my cause before hym, and fill my mouth with argumentes ⁵ I woulde knowe what aunswere he woulde geue me, and vnderstande what he woulde say vnto me ⁶ Will he pleade against me with his great power? No, but he will make me the stronger ⁷ There the righteous might dispute with him, so shoulde I be deliuered for euer from my iudge ⁸ Behold, though I go forwarde I find him not: If I go backwarde, I can get no knowledge of hym ⁹ If I go on the left side where he doth his worke, I can not attayne vnto him: Againe, if I go on the right side, he hydeth him selfe that I can not see hym ¹⁰ But as for my way, he knoweth it, and tryeth me, that as the gold I may come foorth ¹¹ My foote doth kepe his path, his hie way haue I holden, and will not go out of it ¹² I will not forsake the commaundement of his lippes, I haue esteemed the wordes of his mouth more then myne appoynted foode ¹³ He is still at one poynt, and who can turne him? he doth as him listeth, and bringeth to passe what he will ¹⁴ He perfourmeth the thing that is appoynted for me, and many such thinges doth he ¹⁵ This is the cause that I shrinke at his presence, so that when I consider him, I am afrayde of hym ¹⁶ For God maketh my heart softe, and the almightie putteth me in feare ¹⁷ Because I am not cut of before the darkenesse, neither hath he couered the cloude fro my face

¹⁹ I knowe this also, that he wyll commaunde his chyldren and his householde after him, that they kepe the way of the Lord, and to do iustice and iudgement, that the Lorde may bryng vppon Abraha that he hath spoken vnto him

²⁵ That be farre from thee that thou shouldest do after this maner, and slaye the ryghteous with the wicked, & that the ryghteous should be as the wicked, that be farre from thee: Shall not the iudge of all the worlde do accordyng to ryght ²⁶ And the Lorde sayde: If I fynde in Sodome fiftie ryghteous within the citie, I wyll spare all the place for their sakes ²⁷ And Abraham aunsweryng, sayde: beholde I haue taken vppon me to speake vnto the Lorde, whiche am but dust and asshes ²⁸ If there shall lacke fiue of fiftie ryghteous, wylt thou destroy all the citie for [lacke] of fiue? And he saide: If I fynde there fourtie and fiue I wyl not destroy them ²⁹ And he proceaded to speake vnto hym agayne, and sayde: What yf there shall be fourtie founde there? He aunswered: I wyll not do it for fourties sake ³⁰ He sayde vnto hym agayne: O let not my lord be angry that I speake: What yf there shall thirtie be founde there? And he sayde: I wyll do nothyng yf I fynde thirtie there ³¹ He sayde agayne: O see I haue taken vppon me to speake nowe also vnto my Lord: What if there shalbe twentie founde there? He aunswered, I wyll not destroy [them] for twenties sake ³² And he sayde: O let not my Lorde be angry, and I wyll speake yet but this once: What if ten shalbe found there? He aunswered, I wil not destroy [them] for tennes sake

¹² Thou saydest, I wyll surely do thee good, and make thy seede as the sande of the sea, whiche can not be numbred for multitude

¹² Wherfore should the Egyptians speake and say: For a mischiefe dyd he bryng them out, euen for to slay them in the mountaynes, & to consume them from the face of the earth? Turne from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this euyll [deuise] agaynst thy people ¹³ Remember Abraham, Isahac, and Israel thy seruauntes, to whom thou swarest by thy owne selfe, and saydest vnto them: I wyll multiplie your seede as the starres of heauen, and all this lande that I haue spoken of wyll I geue vnto your seede, and they shall inherite it for euer

¹³ And Moyses sayde vnto the Lorde: Then the Egyptians shall heare it, (for thou broughtest this people in thy might from among them. ¹⁴ And it wylbe tolde to the inhabiters of this lande also: for they haue hearde lykewyse, that thou Lorde art among this people, and that thou Lorde art seene face to face, and that thy cloude standeth ouer them, & that thou goest before them by day tyme in a pyller of a cloude, and in a pyller of fire by nyght ¹⁵ If thou shalt kyll all this people as they were but one man: then the nations whiche haue hearde the fame of thee, wyll say ¹⁶ Because the Lord is not able to bryng in this people into the lande whiche he sware vnto them, therefore he hath slaine them in the wyldernesse ¹⁷ And nowe I beseche thee, let the power of my Lord be great, accordyng as thou hast spoken, saying ¹⁸ The Lorde is long yer he be angrie, and of great mercy, and suffreth iniquitie and sinne, and leaueth no man innocent, and visiteth the vnrighteousnesse of the fathers vpon the chyldren, in the thirde and fourth generations ¹⁹ Be mercyfull I beseche thee vnto the sinne of this people accordyng vnto thy great mercy, as thou hast forgeuen this people from Egypt, euen vntyll nowe

¹⁹ God is not a man that he should lye, neither the sonne of a ma that he should repent: should he say & not do? or should he speake, and not make it good ²⁰ Beholde, I haue taken vpon me to blesse: for he hath blessed, and it is not in my power to aulter it

² And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lorde thy God led thee this fourtie yeres in the wildernesse, for to humble thee, & to proue thee, and to knowe what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest kepe his comaundementes, or no

³ And shall say vnto them: Heare O Israel, you are come this day vnto battayle agaynst your enemies, let not your heartes faynt, neither feare, nor be amazed, nor a dread of them

⁸ Oh Lorde what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backes before their enemies ⁹ Surely the Chanaanites, and all the inhabitauntes of the lande shal heare of it, and shall conspire against vs, and destroy the name of vs out of the worlde: And what wilt thou do vnto thy mightie name

²⁰ And she annswered them: Cal me not Naomi: but call me Mara, for the almightie hath made me verie bitter

² Nowe therfore, your king walketh before you: and I am olde and graye headed, and behold my sonnes are with you, & I haue walked before you from my childehod vnto this day ³ Beholde here I am, beare recorde of me before the Lorde & before his annoynted: Whose oxe haue I taken? or whose asse haue I taken? whom haue I done wrong to? Whom haue I hurt? Or of whose hande haue I receaued any bribe, to blind myne eyes therwith? and I will restore it you ⁴ They sayde: Thou hast done vs no wrong, nor hurt vs, neither hast thou taken ought of any mans hande ⁵ He sayd vnto them againe: The Lord is witnesse against you, and his annoynted is witnesse this day, that ye haue found naught in my handes. And they aunswered: He is witnesse

³ I beseche the, O Lorde, remember now how I haue walked before thee in trueth and with a perfect heart, & haue done that whiche is good in thy sight. And Hezekia wept sore

²⁰ Beholde therefore I wyll receaue thee vnto thy fathers, and thou shalt be put into thy graue in peace, and thyne eyes shall not see all the euill which I wyll bryng vpon this place. And they brought the king worde againe

¹¹ But laye thyne hand now vpon him, and touche all that he hath, and he shall curse thee to thy face ¹² And the Lorde saide vnto Satan: Lo, all that he hath be in thy power, only vpon him selfe see that thou lay not thine hand. And Satan went foorth from the presence of the Lorde

⁵ But lay thyne hande nowe vpon hym, and touch [once] his bone and his fleshe, and he shall curse thee to thy face ⁶ And the Lord sayde vnto Satan: Lo, he is in thyne hand, but saue his lyfe

² O that my complaynt were truely wayed, and my punishment layde in the balaunces together ³ For nowe it woulde be heauier then the sande of the sea: and this is the cause, that my wordes fayle me

⁹ O that God would begin and smite me, that he would let his hand go and take me cleane away ¹⁰ Then shoulde I haue some comfort, yea I woulde desire him in my payne that he would not spare, for I wil not be against the wordes of the holy one

³ Euen so haue I laboured whole monethes long in vayne, and many a carefull night haue I tolde

¹¹ Therfore I wil not spare my mouth, but I will speake in the trouble of my spirite, and muse in the bitternesse of my mynde

⁴ He is wyse in heart and mightie in strength: who hath ben fearce against hym, and hath prospered

¹¹ Lo, when he goeth by me, I shal not see hym, and when he passeth, I shall not perceaue hym ¹² If he be hastie to take away, who wil make him restore it? or who will say vnto hym, what doest thou ¹³ God will not withdraw his anger, and the most mightie helpes do stowpe vnder hym

¹⁵ For though I were righteous, yet might I not geue him one word againe, but mekely submit my selfe to hym as my iudge

¹⁹ If [men will speake] of strength, lo he is strong: if [men will speake] of iudgement, who shall bring me in to pleade

³³ Neither is there any dayesman to lay his hande betweene vs ³⁴ Let hym take his rodde away from me, yea let hym make me no more afrayde of him

¹ My soule is cut of though I lyue, I wil powre out my coplaynte against my selfe, and will speake out of the very heauinesse of my soule ² I will say vnto God: O do not condempne me, but shewe me wherefore thou contendest so with me

¹⁵ If I haue done wickedly, wo is me therefore: If I haue done righteously, yet dare I not lift vp my head, so full am I of confusion, and see myne owne miserie

⁶ That he might shewe thee the secretes of wysdome, howe thou hast deserued double according to right: Know therfore that God hath forgotten thee for thyne iniquitie

¹⁰ Though he turne all thinges vpsyde downe, close them in, gather them together, who will turne hym from his purpose

¹⁴ Beholde if he breake downe a thing, who can set it vp againe? yf he shut a thing, who wyll open it

³ Neuerthelesse, I talke with the almightie, and my desire is to commune with God

¹⁸ Beholde, now haue I prepared my iudgement, and knowe that I shalbe founde righteous

²¹ Withdrawe thyne hande from me, and let not the fearefull dreade of thee make me afrayde ²² Then call, and I wyll aunswere: or let me speake, and geue me then an aunswere ²³ How many are my misdeedes and sinnes? let me knowe my transgressions and offences

²² He beleueth neuer to be deliuered out of darknesse: for the sworde is alwayes before his eyes

²¹ O that a body might pleate with God, as one man doth with an other

⁹ The righteous also wyll kepe his way, and he that hath cleane handes wyll euer be stronger and stronger

⁶ The light shall be darke in his dwelling, and his candle shall be put out with him

¹⁸ They shall driue him from the light into darkenesse, and chaste him cleane out of the worlde

⁸ He hath hedged vp my way that I can not passe, and he hath set darkenesse in my pathes

¹¹ Shouldest thou then see no darknesse? shoulde not the water fludde run ouer thee

²² Receaue I pray thee the lawe at his mouth, and lay vp his wordes in thyne heart

³ O that I might know him, and finde him, and that I might come before his seate

² As God lyueth whiche hath taken away my iudgement, and the almightie that hath vexed my minde

²³ For I haue euer feared the vengeaunce and punishment of God, and [knewe very well that] I was not able to beare his burthen

³⁵ O that I had one which woulde heare me: beholde my signe in the whiche the almightie shal aunswere for me, though he that is my contrarie partie hath written a booke against me ³⁶ Yet will I take it vpon my shoulder, & as a garlande binde it about my head ³⁷ I will tell hym the number of my goinges, & go vnto him as to a prince

²⁹ When he geueth quietnesse, who can make trouble? and when he hydeth his face, who can beholde him? whether it be vpon nations, or vpo one man onely

¹⁴ Although thou sayest [to God] thou wylt not regarde it: yet iudgement is before him, trust thou in him

¹⁹ Teache vs what we shall saye vnto him: for we are vnmeete to frame our talke because of darkenesse

¹ Moreouer the Lorde spake vnto Iob, and saide ² Shall he whom the almightie wyl chasten, contend with him? Should not he which disputeth with God, geue him an aunswere ³ Then Iob aunswered the Lorde, saying ⁴ Beholde, I am vyle, what shall I aunswere thee, [therefore] I wyll laye my hande vpon my mouth ⁵ Once haue I spoken, but I wyll saye no more: yea twyse, but I wyl proceede no further

² I know that thou hast power ouer all thinges, and that there is no thought hid vnto thee ³ For who can keepe his owne counsaile so secrete but it shalbe knowen? Therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstoode not, euen the thinges that are to wonderfull for me, and passe myne vnderstanding ⁴ O hearken thou vnto me also, and let me speake: aunswere vnto the thing that I wyll aske thee ⁵ I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but nowe myne eye seeth thee

⁵ I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but nowe myne eye seeth thee ⁶ Wherefore I geue myne owne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes

⁶ Wherefore I geue myne owne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes ⁷ Now when the Lorde had spoken these wordes vnto Iob, it came to passe that the Lorde saide to Eliphas the Themanite: I am displeased with thee, and thy two friendes: for ye haue not spoken of me the thyng that is right, lyke as my seruaunt Iob hath done ⁸ Therefore take you now seuen oxen, and seuen rammes, and go to my seruaunt Iob, and offer vp for your selues a burnt offring, and my seruaunt Iob shall pray for you: him wyll I accept, and not deale with you after your foolishnesse, in that ye haue not spoken of me the thing which is right, lyke as my seruaunt Iob hath done

⁶ For God knoweth the way of the righteous: and the way of the vngodly shall perishe

¹ Why standest thou so farre of O God? [why] hidest [thee] in the tyme of trouble

¹ Howe long wylt thou forget me O God, for euer? howe long wilt thou hyde thy face from me ² Howe long shall I seke counsayle in my soule, and be so vexed in mine heart euery day? howe long shall myne enemie triumph ouer me ³ Loke downe and heare me O God my Lorde: lighten myne eyes, lest that I sleepe in death

³ Thou hast proued myne heart, thou hast visited [it] in the nyght season: thou hast tryed me, and founde no [wickednesse, for] I purposed that nothyng shoulde scape my mouth

⁵ O holde thou vp my goynges in thy pathes: that my footesteppes slyp not

²⁰ (18:19) God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng: accordyng to the cleannesse of myne handes he recompensed me ²¹ (18:20) Because I had kept the wayes of God: and had not wickedly shronke from my God ²² (18:21) For all his lawes were before me: and I reiected none of his commaundementes from me ²³ (18:22) And I was sounde & pure towardes hym: and I was weery lest I shoulde offende hym with my wickednesse ²⁴ (18:23) Therfore hath God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng: and accordyng to my cleannesse of my handes in his syght

⁹ (19:8) The feare of God is sincere, & endureth for euer: the iudgementes of God are trueth, they be iust in all poyntes ¹⁰ (19:9) They are more to be desired then golde, yea then much fine golde: they are also sweeter then hony and the hony combe

¹⁴ I am as [it were] into water resolued, and all my bones are out of ioynt: my heart also is like waxe melted in the middest of my bowels

¹¹ (25:9) Pardon thou therfore for thy name sake O God my wickednesse: for it is very great

⁴ For thy hande is heauie vpon me day and night: and my moysture is like the drouth in sommer. Selah

³ The wordes of his mouth are vnrighteous and full of deceipt: he hath left of to behaue him selfe wisely & to do good

¹ Iudge me O Lorde, and debate my cause with an vnnaturall people: oh delyuer me from the deceiptfull and wicked man

¹⁸ (44:18a) Our heart is not turned backe, neither our steppes be declined out of thy pathes

¹⁰ (66:9) For thou O Lord hast proued vs: thou hast tryed vs, like as siluer is tryed

² In the tyme of my trouble I sought the Lorde: my hande all the nyght catched & ceassed not, my soule refused comfort ³ I called to remembraunce God, and I was disquieted: I conferred with my selfe, and my spirite was wrapped in pensiuenesse. Selah

³ I called to remembraunce God, and I was disquieted: I conferred with my selfe, and my spirite was wrapped in pensiuenesse. Selah ⁴ Thou dydst kepe the watche of mine eies: I was amased & coulde not speake ⁵ I dyd thynke vpon the dayes past: and on the yeres of the olde worlde ⁶ I called to remembraunce my psalme, song on the musicall instrument in the nyght tyme: I communed with myne owne heart, & searched out my spirites ⁷ What, wyll the Lorde forsake me for euer? wyll he be no more intreated to be fauourable ⁸ Is his mercie cleane gone for euer? and is his promise made from one generation to another, come vtterly to an ende ⁹ Hath God forgotten to be gratious? and will he shut vp his louing kindnesse in displeasure? Selah

¹⁹ Thy way is in the sea, and thy pathes in the great waters: and thy footesteppes are not knowen

¹⁶ (88:15) Thyne indignation hath gone ouer me: and thy terrours haue vndone me

⁴⁶ (89:45) O God howe long wylt thou hyde thy selfe? for euer? shall thy wrath burne lyke fire

² Cloudes and thicke darknesse are rounde about hym: iustice and iudgement are the habitation of his throne

³ Truely our Lorde is in heauen: he hath done whatsoeuer pleased him

¹¹ (119:3) I haue hyd thy wordes within my heart: for this ende, that I shoulde not sinne agaynst thee

¹⁰³ (119:7) Howe sweete are thy wordes vnto my throte: truely [they be sweeter] then hony is to my mouth

¹²⁰ (119:8) My fleshe trembleth for feare of thee: and I am afrayde of thy iudgementes

¹²⁷ (119:7) Therfore I loue thy commaundementes: aboue golde and precious stone

⁵ And such as do wander in their owne peruersnes, those God will cause to walke with the workers of wickednes: [so] peace [shalbe] vpon Israel

⁶ God doth whatsoeuer pleaseth hym in heauen and in earth: in the sea, and in all deepe places

³ (138:4) In the day [of myne aduersitie] I called vpon thee, and thou heardest me: thou enduedst my soule more and more with strength

¹ O God thou hast searched me to the quicke: and thou hast knowen me ² Thou knowest my downe sitting & myne vprising: thou vnderstandest my thoughtes long before they be ³ Thou compassest about my path, and my iourney into all coastes: and thou vsest all my wayes

³ As siluer is tryed in the fire, and golde in the furnace: so doth the Lorde proue the heartes

²¹ There are many deuises in a mans heart: neuerthelesse, the counsayle of the Lorde shall stande

¹⁵ The croked can not be made straight, nor the imperfection of thynges can be numbred

¹⁴ I considered also that whatsoeuer God doth, it continueth for euer: And that nothyng can be put vnto it, nor taken from it, & that God doth it to the intent that men shoulde feare hym

¹⁸ And then go to, saith the Lorde, let vs talke together: though your sinnes be as red as scarlet, they shalbe as whyte as snowe: and though they were lyke purple, they shalbe as whyte as wooll

⁵ Then sayd I, Wo is me, for I am lost, in as much as I am a man of vncleane lippes, and dwell among people that hath vncleane lippes also: for mine eyes haue seene the kyng the Lorde of hoastes

¹⁷ And I wyll wayte vpon the Lorde that hideth his face from the house of Iacob, and I wyll loke for him

²⁴ The Lorde of hoastes hath sworne an othe, saying: It shall come to passe as I haue determined, and shalbe fulfylled as I haue deuised ²⁵ So that Assyria shall I destroy in my lande, and vpon my mountaynes wil I treade hym vnder foote, wherthrough his yoke shall come from them, and his burthen shalbe taken from their shoulder ²⁶ This deuise hath God taken through the whole worlde, and this is his hande stretched out ouer all people ²⁷ For yf the Lord of hoastes determine a thyng, who is able to disanull it? And if he stretch foorth his hande, who may returne it agayne

⁸ Yea in the way of thy iudgementes, O Lord, haue we put our trust in thee: thy name also and the remembraunce of thee, is the thing that our soule longeth for

⁴ There is no displeasure in me, els when the vineyarde bringeth me foorth bryers and thornes I woulde go thorowe it by warre, and burne it vp together

⁸ Thou wylt punishe it in the braunches, yet not beyonde measure: for in the day that the east winde bloweth sore, it taketh away the fruites

²⁷ Howe may then Iacob thinke, or may Israel say, My wayes are hid from the Lord, and my God knoweth not of my iudgementes ²⁸ Knowest thou not, or hast thou not hearde that the euerlasting God, the Lorde whiche made all the corners of the earth, is neither weerie nor fainte? and that his wysdome can not be comprehended

²⁶ Put me now in remembraunce: for we wyl reason together, & shew what thou hast for thee to make thee righteous

¹⁵ O howe profounde art thou O God, thou God and sauiour of Israel

¹⁰ In the beginning of a thing I shewe the ende therof, & I tell before thinges that are not yet come to passe: My deuise standeth stedfastly stablished, and I fulfill all my pleasure

⁶ Seke the Lorde whyle he may be founde, and call vpon hym whyle he is nye ⁷ Let the vngodly man forsake his owne wayes, and the vnrighteous his owne imaginations, and turne agayne vnto the Lorde, so shall he be mercifull vnto hym: and to our God, for he is very redy to forgeue

¹ The ryghteous perisheth, and no man regardeth it in his heart: good godly people are taken away, & no man considereth it, namely, that the righteous is conueyed away from the wicked

¹⁶ For I chyde not euer, and am not wroth without ende: but the blasting goeth from me, and is included in the body, and I made the breath

⁵ Wyll God continue his wrath for euer? wyll he kepe our faultes in memorie to the ende? Neuerthelesse, thou speakest such wordes, but thou art euer doyng worse and worse to the vtmost of thy power

¹ O Lorde thou art more righteous, then that I shoulde dispute with thee: neuerthelesse, let me talke with thee in thynges reasonable. Howe happeneth it that the way of the vngodly is so prosperous? and that it goeth so well with them which without any shame offend and liue in wickednesse

⁷ Doubtlesse our owne wickednesse doth rewarde vs: but Lorde do thou accordyng to thy name, though our transgression and sinnes be many, and agaynst thee haue we sinned

¹⁶ When I had founde thy wordes I did eate them vp greedyly, they haue made my heart ioyfull and glad: for thy name was called vpon me O Lorde God of hoastes

⁴⁶ Be not faynt hearted, and feare not at euery rumoure that shalbe hearde in the lande: for euery yere bryngeth newe tidinges, and in the yere folowing newe tidinges, and robbyng in the lande, and lorde vpon lorde

¹⁹ O remember yet my miserie and my trouble, the wormewood and the gall ²⁰ Yea thou shalt remember them, for my soule melteth away in me

³³ As truely as I lyue saith the Lorde God, I my selfe wyll rule you with a mightie hande, with a stretched out arme, and with indignation powred out ouer you

³⁵ And I wyll bryng you into the wildernesse of the people, & there I wyll be iudged with you face to face

³⁵ And all they that dwel vpon the earth, are to be reputed as nothing, and according to his will he worketh in the armie of heauen, among the inhabitours of the earth: and there is none that may resist his hand, or say vnto him, what doest thou

¹⁸ O my God, encline thyne eare & hearken, open thyne eyes, beholde howe we be desolated, yea and the citie also which is called after thy name: for we do not present our prayers before thee in our owne righteousnes, but in thy great mercies ¹⁹ O Lorde heare, O forgeue Lorde, O Lorde consider and do it, defer not, for thyne owne sake O my God: because thy name is called vpon thy citie, & vpon thy people

¹⁵ Alas for this day, for the day of the Lorde is at hande, euen as a destruction from the almightie shall it come

⁹ The Lordes voyce cryeth vnto the citie, and the man that shalbe saued considereth thy name: hearken what is your rodde, & heare him that warneth you

¹⁶ When I hearde, my belly trembled, my lippes shoke at the voice, rottennesse entred into my bones, & I trembled in my selfe, that I might rest in the day of trouble: for when he commeth vp vnto the people, he shall destroy them

⁶ Which start backe from the Lorde, and neither seke after the Lorde nor regard hym

⁹ And the same third part wyl I bring through the fire, & wyl cleanse them as the siluer is cleansed, yea and trye them lyke as golde is tryed: then shal they call vpon my name and I wyll heare them, I wyll say it is my people, and they shall say, Lorde my God

² But who may abyde the day of his comming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is lyke a purging fire, and lyke fullers sope ³ And he shall sit downe to trye and fine the siluer, and he shal purge the children of Leui, and purifie them as golde and siluer: and they shal bring vnto the lorde offeringes in righteousnesse

¹³ They on the stones, [are they] which when they heare, receaue the worde with ioy: & these haue no rootes, which for a whyle beleue, and in tyme of temptation go away ¹⁴ And that which fell among thornes, are they, which whe they haue hearde, go foorth, and are choked with cares & ryches, and voluptuous lyuyng, & bring foorth no fruite ¹⁵ But that [which fell] on ye good groude, are they, which with a pure and good hearte heare the worde, and kepe it, and bryng foorth fruite through pacience

⁴² And the Lorde saide: Who is a faythfull and wyse stewarde, whom his lorde shall make ruler ouer his housholde, to geue them their portion of meate in due season

⁴⁶ The Lord of that seruaunt wyll come in a day when he thynketh not, and at an houre when he is not ware, and wyll hewe hym in peeces, and geue hym his portion with the vnbeleuers

³² He sayde vnto them: I haue meate to eate that ye wote not of

³⁴ Iesus sayth vnto them: my meate is to do the wyll of hym that sent me, and to finishe his worke

⁶⁶ From that time, many of his disciples wet backe, & walked no more with him ⁶⁷ Then sayde Iesus vnto the twelue: Wyll ye also go away ⁶⁸ Then Simon Peter aunswered him: Lorde, to who shall we go? Thou hast the wordes of eternall lyfe ⁶⁹ And we beleue and are sure that thou art Christe, the sonne of ye lyuyng God

³¹ Then sayde Iesus to those Iewes which beleued on him: Yf ye continue in my word, then are ye my very disciples

¹⁷ He sayde vnto hym the thirde tyme: Simon Ioanna, louest thou me? Peter was sory, because he sayde vnto hym the thirde tyme, louest thou me: And he sayde vnto hym, Lorde thou knowest all thynges, thou knowest that I loue thee. Iesus sayth vnto hym: feede my sheepe

²² And strengthed the disciples soules agayne, and exhorted them to continue in the fayth, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kyngdome of God

¹⁸ Which when they were come to hym, he saide vnto them: Ye knowe from the first daye that I came into Asia, after what maner I haue ben with you at all seasons ¹⁹ Seruyng the Lorde with all humblenesse of mynde, and with many teares, and temptations whiche came vnto me by the layinges awayte of the Iewes

³³ I haue desired no mans syluer, golde, or vesture ³⁴ Yea, ye your selues knowe, that these handes haue ministred vnto my necessities, and to them that were with me

⁷ To them, whiche by continuyng in well doyng seke for glorie, and honour, and immortalitie, eternall lyfe

¹⁹ Nowe we knowe that what thynges so euer the lawe saith, it saith it to them which are vnder the lawe: That all mouthes maye be stopped, and that al ye world may be indaungered to God ²⁰ Because that by the deedes of the lawe, there shall no flesshe be iustified in his syght. For by the lawe, commeth the knowledge of sinne ²¹ But nowe is the righteousnes of God declared without the lawe, beyng witnessed by the testimonie of the lawe and of the prophetes ²² The ryghteousnes of God [commeth] by the fayth of Iesus Christe, vnto all and vpon all them that beleue. There is no difference

¹ There is then no dampnation to them which are in Christe Iesu, which walke not after the fleshe, but after the spirite

³³ Who shall lay any thyng to the charge of Gods chosen? It is God that iustifieth ³⁴ Who is he that can condempne? It is Christe which dyed, yea rather which is raysed agayne, which is also on the ryght hande of God, and maketh intercession for vs

¹⁹ Thou wylt say then vnto me: Why then blameth he [vs] yet? For who hath ben able to resist his wyll

³³ O the deepenesse of the ryches both of the wisdome and knowledge of God, howe vnsearcheable are his iudgementes, and his wayes past fyndyng out

³ With me it is but a very small thyng that I shoulde be iudged of you, either of mans iudgement: No, I iudge not mine owne selfe ⁴ For I knowe nothing by my selfe, yet am I not thereby iustified: but he that iudgeth me is the Lorde

¹² For our reioycyng is this, the testimonie of our conscience, that in simplicitie & godly purenesse, and not in fleshely wisdome, but by the grace of God, we haue had our conuersatio in the worlde, and most of all to you wardes

¹⁹ For God was in Christe, reconciling the worlde to hym selfe, not imputyng their sinnes vnto them, and hath committed to vs the preachyng of the atonement ²⁰ Nowe then are we messengers in the rowme of Christe, euen as though God dyd beseche you through vs. So praye we you in Christes steade, that ye be reconciled vnto God

⁹ And he sayde vnto me: My grace is sufficient for thee. For my strength is made perfect in weakenesse. Most gladly therfore, I wyll rather glorie in my infirmities, that the power of Christ myght dwell in me ¹⁰ Therfore haue I delectation in infirmities, in rebukes, in necessities, in persecutions, in anguishes for Christes sake: For when I am weake, then am I strong

⁹ And hath opened vnto vs the misterie of his wyll, accordyng to his good pleasure which he had purposed in himselfe ¹⁰ That in the dispensation of the fulnesse of the tymes, he myght gather together in one all thinges in Christe, both which are in heauen, and which are in earth, in hym ¹¹ In whom also we are chosen, beyng predestinate accordyng to the purpose of hym who worketh all thynges after the councell of his owne wyll

¹⁰ Ye [are] witnesses, & God [also] howe holyly, and iustly, and vnblameably, we behaued our selues among you that beleue

³ That no man shoulde be moued in these afflictions: For ye your selues knowe, that we are appoynted therevnto

⁹ For God hath not appoynted vs to wrath: but to obtayne saluation, by our Lorde Iesus Christe

¹⁶ Who only hath immortalitie, dwelling in the light that no man can attayne vnto, Whom no man hath seene, neither can see, vnto whom be honour & power euerlastyng. Amen

¹⁹ But the strong foundation of God standeth styl, hauyng this seale: The Lorde knoweth the that are his: And, let euery one that nameth the name of Christe, depart from iniquitie

⁶ Seing therfore it foloweth, that some must enter there into, and they to who the Gospell was first preached entred not therin for vnbeliefe

³⁸ And the iuste shall lyue by fayth: And yf he withdrawe hym selfe, my soule shall haue no pleasure in hym ³⁹ We are not of them that withdrawe our selues vnto perdition: but we parteyne vnto fayth, to the wynning of the soule

¹⁷ By fayth Abraham offered by Isaac when he was proued: and he that had receaued the promises, offered vp his only begotten sonne

² My brethren, count it all ioy whe ye fall into diuers temptations ³ Knowyng (this) that the trying of your fayth worketh patience ⁴ And let patience haue [her] perfect worke, that ye may be perfect & sounde, lackyng nothyng

¹² Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: For when he is tryed, he shall receaue the crowne of lyfe, which the Lorde hath promised to them that loue hym

¹⁷ Euery good geuyng, and euery perfect gyft is from aboue, and cometh downe from the father of lyghtes, with who is no variablenes, neither shadow of turnyng

⁷ That the triall of your fayth, beyng much more precious then golde that perisheth, though it be tried with fyre, myght be founde vnto laude, glorie, and honour, at the appearyng of Iesus Christe

² And as newe borne babes, desire ye ye milke of the worde, which is without deceipt: that ye may growe therby [vnto saluatio

⁸ And a stone that men stumble at, and a rocke wherat they be offended, whiche stumble at the worde, and beyng disobedient, vnto the whiche thing they were euen ordeyned

²⁰ For yf they, after they haue escaped from the fylthynesse of the worlde, thorowe the knowledge of the Lord, & the sauiour Iesus Christe, are yet tangled agayne therein, and ouercome, then is the later end worse with them then the begynnyng ²¹ For it had ben better for them not to haue knowen the way of righteousnes, then after they haue knowen it, to turne from the holy commaundement that was geuen vnto them ²² But the same is happened vnto them that is vsed to be spoken by the true prouerbe: The dogge is tourned to his owne vomite againe, and the sowe that was wasshed, is turned againe to her wallowyng in the myre

¹⁹ They went out from vs, but they were not of vs: For yf they had ben of vs, they woulde no doubt haue continued with vs: But that it myght appeare that they were not of vs