Job 9 Cross References - Matthew

¹ Iob answered, & sayde: ² As for that, I know it is so of a trueth, that a man compared vnto God, can not be iustified. ³ If he wyll argue with him, he shall not be able to auswere hym vnto one among a thousande. ⁴ He is wyse of hert, and myghtie in strength. Who euer prospered, that toke parte against hym? ⁵ He translateth the mountaynes, or euer they be a ware, & ouerthroweth them in hys wrath. ⁶ He remoueth the earth oute of her place, that her pylers shake with all. ⁷ He commaundeth the Sonne, and it ryseth not she closeth vp the starres, as it were vnder a sygnet. ⁸ He him selfe alone spredeth out the heauens, and goeth vpon the waues of the see. ⁹ He maketh the vaynes of heauen, the Orions, the .vij. starres and the secrete places of the south. ¹⁰ He doth greate thynges, soch as are vnsearcheable, ye and wonders without nombre. ¹¹ If he came by me, I myght not loke vpon hym: yf he went his waye, I shulde not perceaue it. ¹² If he be hasty to take enye thynge awaye, who will make hym restore it agayne? Who wyll saye vnto hym: what doest thou? ¹³ He is God, whose wrath no man maye withstande: but the proudest of all muste stoupe vnder hym. ¹⁴ How shulde I then answere him? or what wordes shulde I fynde out agaynst hym? ¹⁵ Ye though I be rightuous, yet wyll I not geue him one worde agayne, but mekely submytte my self to my iudge. ¹⁶ All be it that I call vpon him, and he heare me, yet am I not sure, that he hath herde my voce: ¹⁷ he troubleth me so with the tempest, and woundeth me out of measure without a cause. ¹⁸ He wyll not let my sprete be in reste, but fylleth me with bytternesse. ¹⁹ If men wyll speake of strength, he is the strongest of all: yf men wyll speake of ryghtuousnes, who darre be my recorde. ²⁰ If I will iustifye my self, my awne mouth shall condemne me: yf I wyll put forth my selfe for a perfecte man, he shall proue me a wycked doer: ²¹ For that I shulde be an innocent, my conscyence knoweth it not, ye I my selfe am werry of my lyfe. ²² This one thyng wyll I saye: He destroyeth both the ryghtuous & vngodly. ²³ And though he slaye sodenly wyth the scourge, yet laugheth he at the punyshment of the innocent. ²⁴ As for the world, he geueth it ouer in to the power of the wycked, soch as the rulers be, wherof al landes are full. Is it not so? where is there eny, but he is soch one? ²⁵ My dayes haue bene more swyfte then a runner: they are gone sodenly, and haue sene no good thynge. ²⁶ They are passed awaye, as the shippes that be good vnder sayle, and as the Aegle that hasteth to the praye. ²⁷ When I am purposed to forget my complayninges to chaunge my countenaunce, & to conforte my selfe, ²⁸ then am I afrayed of all my workes, for I knowe, thou fauourest not an euell doer. ²⁹ If I be then a wycked one, why haue I laboured in vayne? ³⁰ Though I washed my self with snowe water, & made myne handes neuer so clene, ³¹ yet shuldest thou dyppe me in the myer, and myne awne clothes shulde defyle me. ³² For he that I must geue answere vnto, and with whom I go to lawe, is not a man as I am. ³³ Nether is there eny dayesman to reproue both the partes, or to laye hys hande betwixte vs. ³⁴ Let him take hys rod awaye from me, ye let him make me no more a frayed of hym, ³⁵ and then shall I answere hym wythout enye feare. For as longe as I am in suche fearfulnesse, I can make no answere: And why?

⁶ And God sayde: let there be a fyrmament betwene the waters, & let it deuyde the waters a sonder. ⁷ Than God made the fyrmament, and parted the waters whyche were vnder the fyrmament, from the waters that were aboue the fyrmament: And it was so.

¹⁶ And God made two greate lyghtes: A greater lyght to rule the daye, and a lesse lyght to rule the nyght: and he made sterres also.

⁹ And Moses told the children of Israell euen so: But they harkened not vnto Moyses for anguyshe of spirite and for cruell bondage.

¹⁴ or els I wyll at this tyme send all my plages vpon thyne hert, and vpon thy seruantes, and on thy people, that thou maist knowe that there is none lyke me in all the earth. ¹⁵ For nowe I wyl stretch out my hand & wil smite the & thy people with pestelence: so that thou shalt perysh from the earth. ¹⁶ Yet in verye dede for this cause haue I sterred the vp, for to shewe my power in the and to declare my name thorow out al the worlde. ¹⁷ If it be so that thou stoppest my people that thou wylte not let them goo:

²¹ And the Lord sayd vnto Moses: Stretch out thy hand vnto heauen, & let ther be darcknesse vpon the land of Egypt: euen that they may fele the darckenes. ²² And Moyses stretched forth hys hand vnto heauen, & ther was a thycke darckenes vpon al the land of Egipt .iij. dayes long,

¹⁷ And beholde I wyl harden the hertes of the Egyptians that they maye folowe you. And I wyll gett me honoure vpon Pharao and vpon all hys hoste, vpon his charettes and vpon his horsse men. ¹⁸ And the Egyptians shal know that I am the Lord whan I haue gotten me honour vpon Pharao vpon his charettes and vpon his horssemen.

¹¹ Who is lyke vnto the O Lorde amonge goddes: who is lyke the so gloryous in holynes, fearfull, laudable & that shewest wondres?

⁷ Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vayne, for the Lord wil not hold him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne.

⁵ And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of Ruben, Elizur the sonne of Sedeur: ⁶ of Simeon, Selumiel the sonne of Sury Sadai:

¹⁹ The Lorde is not a man, that he can lye, neither the sonne of man that he can repente: should he saye and not do, or shoulde he speake and not make it good?

¹² Then spake Iosua vnto the Lorde, the daye when the Lorde delyuered the Amorites before the chyldren of Israel, and he sayde in the sight of al Israel: Sunne stande thou still vpon Gabaon, & thou Mone, in the valeye of Aialon.

¹³ And Gedeon answered him: Oh my Lorde, yf the Lord be with vs, why is al this come vpon vs: ye & where be hys myracles whiche oure fathers tolde vs of & sayde, the Lorde brought vs out of Egyypt. But now the Lorde hath forsaken vs, & delyuered vs into the handes of the Madianites.

⁸ He reyseth vp the poore out of the duste, and lyfteth vp the begger from the dong hill: to set them among princes, and to enheret them with the seate of glory. For the pyllers of the earth are the Lordes, and he hath set the rounde worlde vpon them.

²⁵ If one man synne agaynste another daysemen maye make his peace: but yf a man synne agaynste the Lorde who can be hys dayse man? Notwythstandynge they herkened not vnto the voice of theyr father, because the Lorde wolde slaye them.

⁷ But the Lorde sayde vnto Samuel: loke not on his fashion nor on the height of hys stature, for I haue refused hym. Because it is not as man seyth. For man loketh on the outward apperaunce, but the Lorde beholdeth the harte.

²³ Saul and Ionathas louely and pleasaunte in theyr lyues, were in theyr deethes not deuyded, men swifter then Egles and stronger then Lyons.

¹⁵ And nowe concernynge that I am come to speake of thys thinge vnto the kinge my Lorde in the presence of the people: thy handmayde thought: suerlye I wyll speake vnto the kynge, paraduenture the kynge wyl here the request of his handmayde.

¹⁷ Then thine handmaid sayd: I praye God that the worde of my Lorde the kinge maye be immutable. For my Lord the kynge is as an angell of God, in hearinge of good or bad: and therfore the Lorde thy God be with the.

³⁰ And Dauid went vp on mount Oliuet & wepte as he wente, and had hys head couered & went therto barefote. And all the people that was wyth him, had euery man hys head couered, and as they went wepte also.

⁴ And the kynge hyd hys face and cryed with a loude voyce: my sonne Absalom, Absalom my sonne, my sonne.

¹⁶ Then came there two wemen that were harlottes vnto the kyng & stode before him. ¹⁷ And the one of them saide: Oh my lord I & this woman dwell in one house. And I was delyuered of a chyld with her in the said house. ¹⁸ And the thirde day after that I was delyuered, she was delyuered also: we two beynge together and no straunger with vs in the house saue we two alone. ¹⁹ And this wyues childe dyed in a nyght, for she had ouerlaide it. ²⁰ And then she arose at midnight, and toke my sonne from my syde, whyle thyne handmayde slept and laide it in her bosome, and put her dead childe in my bosome. ²¹ And when I rose vp in the mornynge to geue my child sucke, se, it was deade. But when I had loked more dylygentlye vpon it in the mornynge, beholde, it was not my sonne, whiche I dyd beare. ²² And the other woman sayde: it is not so: But the lyuing is my sonne, and the dead thyne. And she said agayne: thou saiest vntrue, for the dead is thy sonne, and the lyuynge myne. And thus they pleated before the kynge. ²³ Then sayd the king: the one sayeth, this that is a lyue, is my sonne & the dead is thyne. And the other saieth nay. But thy sonne is the dead & the lyue chylde is myne. ²⁴ Then sayd the kyng: bryng me a swerd. And they brought a swerde before the kyng. ²⁵ And then the kynge sayd: Deuyde thy liuing chylde in two, and geue the one halfe to the one, and the other to the other. ²⁶ Then spake the woman whose the lyuyng chylde was, vnto the kynge (for her bowelles yerned vpon her sonne) and sayde: I beseche the my Lorde, geue her the lyuynge chylde, and in no wyse sley it. And the other sayde: it shalbe neyther myne nor thyne, but deuide it. ²⁷ Then the kynge aunswered & sayd: geue her the lyuyng chylde, and sley it not, for she is the mother therof. ²⁸ And all Israel hearde of the iudgement which the kyng had iudged and feared the kynge: for they sawe that the wysdome of God was in hym to do iustice.

²⁷ But in deade can God dwell on the earthe? Beholde neyther heauen, nor heauen aboue all heauens are able to contayne the: howe muche lesse then thys house that I haue built?

³⁸ then heare thou vp to heauen thy dwelling place, all the prayers and supplicacyons that shalbe made of all men thorowout all thy people Israel, which shal knoweledge euery man the plage of hys owne herte, and stretche forth hys handes vnto thys house, ³⁹ and be mercyfull, and worcke, and geue euery man according to his wayes (euen as thou onelye knowest euerye mannes herte, for thou knowest the hertes of all the children of Adam)

⁴⁶ And finally when they shall haue synned agaynst the (for there is no man that synneth not) & thou art angrye with them and hast delyuered them to their enemyes, that they be caryed awaye prysoners vnto the land of theyr enemyes, whether ferre or neare,

¹² Moreouer se, God is with vs in the forewarde, and his priestes, and the rorynge trompettes to crye alarum agaynst you. Ye chyldren of Israell fight not with the Lorde God of youre fathers: for it wyll not prospere wyth you.

¹³ & made intercessyon to hym: and he was entreated of hym and hearde hys prayer and brought hym agayne to Ierusalem into hys kyngdom. And then Manasseh knewe how that the Lorde was the very God.

¹² And Mardocheus came agayn to the kinges gate, but Haman gat him home in al the haste mournynge with bare heade,

⁸ And when the Kynge came agayne oute of the palace garden into the parler, where they had eaten, Haman had layed hym vpon the bed that Esther sat vpon. Then sayde the Kynge? will he force the quene also besyde me in the house? As sone as that worde wente out of the kynges mouthe, they couered Hamans face.

¹⁴ & the postes that rode vpon the mules, made haste with al spede according to the kinges word: & the commaundement was deuysed in the castel of Susan.

¹ In the lande of Nus there was a man called Iob: an innocent & vertuous man, soche one as feared God exchued euell.

¹³ Now vpon a certayne daye when his sonnes and daughters were eatynge, and drinckinge wyne in their eldeste brothers house, ¹⁴ there came a messenger vnto Iob, & sayde: Whyle the oxen were a plowynge, & the Asses going in the pasture besyde them: ¹⁵ the Sabees came in violently, and toke them all awaye: ye they haue slayne thy seruauntes with the swearde and I only ranne my waye, to tell the. ¹⁶ And whyle he was yet speakynge, there came another, and sayde: The fyre of God is fallen from heauen, it hath consumed, and brent vp all thy shepe and seruauntes: and I only ranne my waye, to tell the. ¹⁷ In that meane season whyle he was yet speakynge there came another, and sayde: The Caldees made thre armies, & fell in vpon thy camels, which they haue caried awaye, yee and slayne thy seruauntes with the swearde: and I only am gotten awaye, to tell the: ¹⁸ Whyle he was speakynge, there came yet another, & sayde: Thy sonnes and daughters were eatyng & drynckynge wyne in their eldest brothers house, ¹⁹ & sodenly there came a mightie greate wynde out of the South, and smote the .iiij. corners of the house, which fell vpon thy chyldren, so that they are deed: and I am gotten awaye alone, to tell the.

³ Then sayde the Lorde vnto Sathan: hast thou not consydered my seruaunt Iob, how that he is an innocent and vertuous man soch one as feareth God, and extrueth euel, and that there is none lyke hym in the land? But thou mouedest me agaynst hym, to punyshe hym: yet is it in vayne, for he contynueth still in his godlynesse.

⁷ So went Sathan forth from the Lorde, and smote Iob with maruelous sore byles, from the sole of the fote vnto hys crowne:

¹³ They sat them doune by hym also vpon the grounde .vij. dayes and .vij. nightes. Nether was there eny of them that spake one worde vnto hym, for they sawe that hys payne was verye greate.

²⁰ Wherfore is the lyght geuen to hym that is in miserye? and lyfe vnto them, that haue heuy hertes?

²⁵ For the thynge that I feared, is come vpon me: and the thing that I was afraied of, is happened vnto me?

⁷ Consydre (I praye the) whoeuer peryshed beynge an innocent? Or, when were the godly destroied?

¹⁷ Shall man be moare iust then God? Or shall man be purer then his maker?

¹⁹ How moche moare in them that dwell in houses of claye whose foundacion is but earth, which shalbe consumed by the Moth.

⁸ But now wyll I speake of the Lorde, and talke of God: ⁹ which doeth thinges, that are vnsearcheable, and marueles without nombre:

¹⁰ Then shoulde I haue some comforte: ye I woulde desyre him in my payne, that he shoulde not spare, for I wyll not be agaynst the wordes of the holy one.

⁶ my dayes passe ouer more spedelye, then a weeuer can weeue out his webbe: and are gone, or I am a warre. ⁷ O remembre, that my lyfe is but a wynde, and that myne eye shall nomore se the pleasures

¹¹ Therfore I wyll not spare my mouth, but will speake in the trouble of my sprete, in the bytternesse of my mynde wyll I talke.

¹³ When I thynke: my bed shall comforte me. I shall haue some refresshynge by talckinge by my self vpon my couche:

¹⁵ that my soule wyssheth rather to be strangled, and my bones to be deed. ¹⁶ I can se no remedy, I shall loue nomore: O spare me then, for my dayes are but vayne

¹⁹ Why goest thou not from me, ner lettest me alone, so longe tyll I swalowe doune my spetle?

²¹ Why doest thou not forgeue me my synne? Wherfore takeste thou not awaye my wyckednesse. Beholde, now must I slepe in the dust: & yf thou sekest me to morow in the morning, I shalbe gone.

⁵ If thou woldest now resorte vnto God by tymes, & make thyne humble prayer to the Almyghtye:

²⁰ Beholde, God wyll not cast awaye a vertuous man, nether wyl he helpe the vngodly.

² As for that, I know it is so of a trueth, that a man compared vnto God, can not be iustified. ³ If he wyll argue with him, he shall not be able to auswere hym vnto one among a thousande. ⁴ He is wyse of hert, and myghtie in strength. Who euer prospered, that toke parte against hym?

¹⁹ If men wyll speake of strength, he is the strongest of all: yf men wyll speake of ryghtuousnes, who darre be my recorde. ²⁰ If I will iustifye my self, my awne mouth shall condemne me: yf I wyll put forth my selfe for a perfecte man, he shall proue me a wycked doer:

²⁰ If I will iustifye my self, my awne mouth shall condemne me: yf I wyll put forth my selfe for a perfecte man, he shall proue me a wycked doer: ²¹ For that I shulde be an innocent, my conscyence knoweth it not, ye I my selfe am werry of my lyfe. ²² This one thyng wyll I saye: He destroyeth both the ryghtuous & vngodly.

³² For he that I must geue answere vnto, and with whom I go to lawe, is not a man as I am. ³³ Nether is there eny dayesman to reproue both the partes, or to laye hys hande betwixte vs.

² and wyl saye vnto God: O do not condempne me, but shewe me the cause, wherfore thou iudgeste me on thys maner. ³ Thynkeste thou it well done, to oppresse me, to caste me of (beinge a worke of thy handes) and to manteyne the councell of the vngodly?

⁷ where as (notwithstandynge) thou knowest that I am no wycked person, and that there is no man able to delyuer me out of thyne hande. ⁸ Thy handes haue made me, and fashoned me altogether roundabout wilt thou then destroye my sodenlye?

¹⁴ Wherfore dydest thou kepe me, when I synned, and haste not clensed me from myne offence?

¹⁴ Wherfore dydest thou kepe me, when I synned, and haste not clensed me from myne offence? ¹⁵ Yf I do wickedlye, wo is me therfore: Yf I be righteous, yet darre I not lyfte vp my heade: so full am I of confusion, and se myne owne mysery.

¹⁵ Yf I do wickedlye, wo is me therfore: Yf I be righteous, yet darre I not lyfte vp my heade: so full am I of confusion, and se myne owne mysery. ¹⁶ Thou huntest me out (being in heuynesse) as it were a Lyon, and troubleste me oute of measure. ¹⁷ Thou bringeste fresh wytnesses against me, thy wrath increaseste thou vpon me, very many are the plages that I am in.

⁴ Wylt thou saye vnto God: The thynge that I take in hande is perfecte, and I am clene in thy syght? ⁵ O that God woulde speake, and open hys lyppes agaynst the, ⁶ that he myght shewe the (out of his secrete wysdome) howe manyfolde his Lawe is: then shuldest thou knowe, that God had forgotten the, because of thy synnes.

¹⁰ Though he turne all thynges vp syde downe, close them in, or thrust them to gether who darre check hym therfore?

⁶ The houses of robbers are in wealth & prosperite, and they that maliciously medle agaynst God, dwell without care: ye God geueth all thinges rychely with hys hande. ⁷ Aske the catell, & they shall infourme the: the fowles of the ayre, and they shall tell the: ⁸ Speake to the earth, & it shall shewe the: Or to the fysshes of the sea, and they shall certifie the. ⁹ What is he, but he knoweth that the hande of the Lorde made all these? ¹⁰ In whose hande is the soule of euery lyuynge thinge, & the breth of all men.

¹³ Ye with God is wysdome and strength, it is he that hath councell and forknowlege.

¹⁷ He caryeth awaye the wyse men, as it were a spoyle, and bringeth the iudges out of their wyttes.

¹¹ Shall he not make you afrayed, when he sheweth hym selfe? Shall not his terrible feare fall vpon you?

¹⁸ Beholde, now haue I prepared my iudgement, and knowe that I shalbe founde ryghtwes. ¹⁹ What is he, that wyll go to lawe with me? For yf I holde my tonge, I shall dye. ²⁰ Neuerthelesse graunte me two thinges, and then wyll I not hyde my selfe from the.

²⁰ Neuerthelesse graunte me two thinges, and then wyll I not hyde my selfe from the. ²¹ Withdrawe thyne hande from me, and let not the fearfull drede of the make me afrayed.

²¹ Withdrawe thyne hande from me, and let not the fearfull drede of the make me afrayed. ²² And then sende for me to the lawe, that I maye answere for my selfe: or els, let me speake, and geue thou the answere.

²² And then sende for me to the lawe, that I maye answere for my selfe: or els, let me speake, and geue thou the answere. ²³ Howe greate are my mysdedes and synnes? Let me knowe my transgressions and offences.

³ Thynkest thou it now well done to open thyne eyes vpon soche one, and to brynge me before the in iudgement? ⁴ Who can make it cleane, that commeth of an vncleane thynge? No body.

¹⁶ For thou hast nombred all my goynges, yet be not thou to extreame vpon my synnes.

⁵ but thy wyckednesse teacheth thy mouth, and so thou hast chosen the a craftie tonge. ⁶ Thyne owne mouth condemneth the, and not I: ye thyne owne lyppes shape the an answere.

⁶ Thyne owne mouth condemneth the, and not I: ye thyne owne lyppes shape the an answere.

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.

¹¹ God hath geuen me ouer to the vngodly, & deliuered me into the handes of the wycked. ¹² I was somtyme in wealth, but sodenlye hath broughte me to noughte. He hath taken me by the neck, he hath rente me, and set me, as it were a marck for hym to shute at.

¹⁴ Ye hath geuen the one wounde vpon another, and is fallen vpon me lyke a giaunte.

¹⁷ Howbeit there is no wyckednesse in my handes, and my prayer is cleane.

⁶ For when I pondre & considre this, I am afrayed, & my fleshe is smitten with feare. ⁷ Wherfore do wicked men lyue in health and prosperite, come to their olde age, and increase in ryches? ⁸ Their childers children lyue in their syght, and their generacion before their eyes. ⁹ Their houses are safe from all feare, for the road of God doth not smyte them. ¹⁰ Their bullocke grendeth, and that not oute of tyme: their cowe calueth, and is not vnfrutefull. ¹¹ They sende forth their children by flockes, and their sonnes lead the daunce. ¹² They beare with them tabrettes and harpes, & haue instrumentes of musycke at their pleasure. ¹³ They spent their dayes in welthinesse: but sodenlye they go doune to hel. ¹⁴ They say vnto God: go from vs: we desyre not the knowledge of thy wayes. ¹⁵ What maner of felow is the Almightye, that we shoulde serue him? What profyt should we haue, to submitte oure selues vnto hym? ¹⁶ Lo there is vtterly no goodnesse in them, therfore wyll not I haue to do with the councell of the vngodly. ¹⁷ How oft shall the candle of the wicked be put oute? howe oft commeth their destruccyon vpon them? O what sorow shal god geue them for their part in his wrath?

²⁷ But I knowe what ye thincke, yea and what ye ymagin against me vnrighteously.

⁵ Commeth not this for that great wickednesse, & for thine vngracious dedes which are innumerable? ⁶ thou hast taken the pledge from thy brethren for nought and robbed the naked of their clothing. ⁷ To suche as were wery, hast thou geuen no water to drincke, thou hast withdrawen bread from the hungry. ⁸ Shoulde suche one then as vseth violence, wrong and oppression (doing al thing of parcialite, and hauinge respecte of personnes) dwel in the lande? ⁹ Thou hast sent wyddowes away emptye and oppressed the poore fatherlesse. ¹⁰ Therfore art thou compased aboute wyth snares on euery side, and sodenly vexed with feare. ¹¹ Shouldest thou then se no darckenesse? Should not the water floude runne ouer the? ¹² Now because that God is hyer then the heauens, & because thou seyst that the starres are so hye ¹³ wilt thou therfore saye: Tush, how shoulde God know? Doth his dominion reach beyond the cloudes: ¹⁴ Tush, the cloudes couer him, that he may not se, for he dwelleth in heauen. ¹⁵ Well thou wilt kepe the olde waye, that all wicked men haue gone: ¹⁶ bothe olde and young, whose foundacyon is a runninge water, ¹⁷ whiche say vnto God: go from vs, and after this maner: Tush, what wyll the Almyghty do vnto vs? ¹⁸ where as he (notwithstandinge) fylleth their houses wyth all good Whyche meanyng of the vngodly be farre from me. ¹⁹ For with ioy shall the godly, and with gladnesse shall the innocent se, ²⁰ that their encrease shall be hewen doune, and their posteryte consumed wyth fyre. ²¹ Therfore reconcile the vnto God, and be content, so shall all thinges prospere wyth the ryghtwell. ²² Receyue the lawe at his mouth, & laye vp his wordes in thine hert. ²³ For yf thou wilt turne to the Almighty, thou shalt stande fast, & al vnrighteousnesse shalbe farre from thy dwellinge: ²⁴ He shall geue the an haruest, whiche in plenty & aboundance shall exceade the dust of the earth, and the gould of Ophir lyke riuer stones ²⁵ Yea, the almighty his own self shalbe thine haruest, and the heape of thy moneye. ²⁶ Then shalt thou haue thy delyte in the Almighty, & lift vp thy face vnto God. ²⁷ Then shalt thou make thy prayer vnto hym, and he shal heare the, and thou shalt kepe thy promises.

²⁷ Then shalt thou make thy prayer vnto hym, and he shal heare the, and thou shalt kepe thy promises. ²⁸ Then loke what thou takest in hand he shall make it to prospere with the, and the light shall shyne in thy wayes. ²⁹ For who so humbleth hym selfe, him shall he set vp: and who so loketh mekely, shalbe healed. ³⁰ Yf thou be innocent, he shall saue the: and thorow the vngyltinesse of thyne handes shalt thou be delyuered.

³ O that I might se him, and fynde hym. O that I myght come before his seat, ⁴ to pleat my cause before him, & to fill my mouth wt argumentes.

⁴ to pleat my cause before him, & to fill my mouth wt argumentes. ⁵ That I might know, what answer he would geue me: & that I might vnderstand, what he woulde saye vnto me. ⁶ Wyl he pleate against me with his greate power & strength, or will he leane him selfe vtterly vpon me? ⁷ Oh no, let him not do so with me. But let him geue me lyke power to go to the lawe, then am I sure to winne my matter.

⁷ Oh no, let him not do so with me. But let him geue me lyke power to go to the lawe, then am I sure to winne my matter. ⁸ For though I go before, I fynde him not. Yf I come behynde, I can get no knowledge of him: ⁹ Yf I go on the left side to pondre his worckes, I can not atteine vnto them. Agayn, yf I go on the right syde, he hydeth him self, that I can not se him.

¹³ It is he him selfe alone, who wyll turne hym back? He doth as him listeth, and bryngeth to passe what he will.

¹⁵ Thys is the cause, that I shrincke at hys presence, so that when I consydre him, I am afrayed of hym.

¹² The whole cyty cryeth vnto the Lorde with syghynge, the soules of the slayne make their complainte. But God destroieth them not for al this,

²⁵ Is it not so? Who wyll then reproue me as a lyar, & say that my wordes are nothing worth.

⁴ But how may a man compared vnto God, be iustified? Or, how can he be cleane that is borne of a woman?

⁶ Howe muche more then man, that is but corrupcion: & the sonne of man, whyche is but a worme?

¹¹ The very pillers of heauen tremble & quake at his reprofe. ¹² He stilleth the sea with his power, and thorow hys wisdom hath he set forthe the world.

¹² He stilleth the sea with his power, and thorow hys wisdom hath he set forthe the world. ¹³ Wyth his spirites hath he garnisshed the heauens, & with his hand hath he wounded the rebellious serpent. ¹⁴ This is nowe a short summe of his doynges. But who is able sufficiently to rehearse his workes? Who can perceyue and vnderstand the thondre of his power?

² As truly as God liueth (which hath taken away my power from me) and the almighty, that hath vexed my mynd.

⁹ There putteth he his hande vpon stony rockes, and ouerthroweth the mountaynes

² O that I were as I was in the monethes by past, & in the daies when God preserued me: ³ when his light shyned vpon my head: when I went after the same lyght and shininge euen thorowe the darckenesse. ⁴ As it stode with me, when I was welthy and had ynoughe: when God prospered my house: ⁵ when the almighty was wt me: when my houshold folckes stode about me: ⁶ when my wayes ranne ouer wt butter and when the stony rockes gaue me ryuers of oyle: ⁷ when I went thorow the cytye vnto the gate, and when they set me a chaire in the strete: ⁸ when the younge men (as sone as they sawe me) hid them selues, and when the aged arose, and stode vp vnto me: ⁹ when the Princes lefte of their talkinge, & layed their hande to their mouthe: ¹⁰ when the mighty kepte styll their voice, and when their tonges cleaued to the rofe of their mouthes. ¹¹ When al they that hearde me, called me happie: & when all they that sawe me, wyshed me good. ¹² For I delyuered the poore when he cried, and the fatherlesse that wanted helpe. ¹³ He that shoulde haue bene lost, gaue me a good worde, and the wyddowes herte praysed me. ¹⁴ And why? I put vpon me ryghteousnes, whyche couered me as a garment, and equyte was my croune. ¹⁵ I was an eye vnto the blinde, and a fote to the lame, ¹⁶ I was a father vnto the poore and when I knew not their cause, I sought it oute diligently. ¹⁷ I brake the chaftes of the vnrighteous, and plucte the spoyle oute of their tethe. ¹⁸ Therfore, I thought verely, that I should haue dyed in my nest: & that my daies should haue bene as many as the soundes of the sea. ¹⁹ For my rote was spred oute by the waterside and the dew lay vpon my corne. ²⁰ My honour encreased more and more, and my bowe was euer the stronger in my hande. ²¹ Vnto me men gaue eare, me they regarded, and with silence they taryed for my counsel. ²² Yf I had spoken they woulde haue it none other wayes; my wordes were so well taken amonge them. ²³ They wayted for me, as the earth doeth for the rayne: and gaped vpon me, as the ground doeth to receyue the latter shower. ²⁴ When I laughed, they knew wel it was not earnest: and this testimony of my countenaunce pleased them nothinge at all.

²⁴ When I laughed, they knew wel it was not earnest: and this testimony of my countenaunce pleased them nothinge at all. ²⁵ When I agreed vnto their waye, I was the chefe, and sat as a Kynge amonge hys seruauntes: Or as one that comforteth suche as be in heauynesse.

²² In tymes past thou didest set vp me on hie, as it were aboue the wynde, but now hast thou geuen me a very sore fall.

⁷ Yf so be that I haue with drawne my fote out of the right waye, yf my herte hath folowed myne eye syght, yf I haue stayned or defyled my handes.

²³ For I haue euer feared the vengeaunce & punishement of God, & knew very wel, that I was no able to beare his burthen.

³⁵ O that I had one whiche woulde heare me. Lo, this is my cause. Let the almighty geue me answere: and let hym that is my contrary party, sue me with a lybell.

³⁵ O that I had one whiche woulde heare me. Lo, this is my cause. Let the almighty geue me answere: and let hym that is my contrary party, sue me with a lybell. ³⁶ Then shal I take it vpon my shoulder, & as a garlande about my heade. ³⁷ I haue tolde the nombre of my goynges & delyuered them vnto hym as to a Prynce.

¹ So these thre men would stryue no more wyth Iob, because he helde him selfe a ryghteous man. ² But Eliu the sonne of Barachell the Bussite of the kinred of Ram, was very sore displeased at Iob, that he called him felfe iust before God.

² But Eliu the sonne of Barachell the Bussite of the kinred of Ram, was very sore displeased at Iob, that he called him felfe iust before God.

⁵ If thou canste, then geue me aunswere: prepare thy selfe to stande before me face to face.

⁵ If thou canste, then geue me aunswere: prepare thy selfe to stande before me face to face. ⁶ Beholde, before God am I euen as thou, for I am fashyoned, and made euen of the same moulde. ⁷ Therfore, thou nedest not be afrayed of me, neyther nedest thou to feare, that my auctoryte shalbe to heauye for the.

⁷ Therfore, thou nedest not be afrayed of me, neyther nedest thou to feare, that my auctoryte shalbe to heauye for the. ⁸ Now haste thou spoken in myne eares, and I haue heard the voyce of thy wordes: ⁹ I am clene withoute any faute, I am innocente, & there is no wyckednesse in me,

⁹ I am clene withoute any faute, I am innocente, & there is no wyckednesse in me, ¹⁰ But lo, he hath pyked a quarell agaynste me, and taketh me for hys enemye, ¹¹ he hath put my fote in the stockes, & loketh narowlye vnto all my pathes. ¹² Beholde, vnto these vnreasonable wordes of thyne wil I make aunswere. Shulde God be reproued of man?

¹² Beholde, vnto these vnreasonable wordes of thyne wil I make aunswere. Shulde God be reproued of man? ¹³ Why doest thou then stryue agaynst hym, because he geueth the no accomptes of all hys doynges?

¹³ Why doest thou then stryue agaynst hym, because he geueth the no accomptes of all hys doynges?

⁵ And why? Iob hath sayde: I am ryghtuous, but GOD doth me wronge. ⁶ I muste nedes be a lyar, thoughe my cause be ryghte, and vyolently I am plaged where as I made no faut:

¹⁴ To whome hath he geuen hys herte, for to drawe hys spryte and breth vnto hym? ¹⁵ All flesh shall come together vnto naught, & all men shall turne agayne vnto earthe.

²⁹ If he delyuer and graunte pardon, who wil iudge or condemne? But yf he hyde away hys countenaunce, who wyll turne it aboute agayne, whether it be to the people or to anye man?

³¹ For so muche then as I haue begonne to talke of GOD, I wyll not hyndre the. ³² If I haue gone a mysse, enfourme me: yf I haue done wronge, I wyl leaue of.

³⁵ As for Iob he hath nether spoken to the purpose nor wyselye.

⁵ loke vnto the heauen, and beholde it: consydre the cloudes, how they are hyer then thou. ⁶ If thou sinnest, what doest thou vnto hym? If thyne offences be manye, howe gettest thou his fauoure? ⁷ Yf thou be ryghteous what geuest thou hym? Or what receyueth he of thy handes?

¹⁴ Whan thou speakest then, shulde not he pardon the, yf thou open thy selfe before hym, and put thy trust in hym?

¹⁶ Therfore hath Iob opened hys mouthe but in vayne, and folyshlye hathe he made so many wordes.

⁵ Behold, God casteth not away the myghtye, for he hym selfe is myghtye in power and wysdome.

¹⁷ Neuerthelesse thou haste condemned the iudgemente of the vngodly, yea euen suche a iudgement and sentence shalt thou suffre. ¹⁸ For then shall not thy cause be stylled wyth crueltie, nor pacyfyed wyth manye gyftes. ¹⁹ Hath God ordeyned then, that the gloryous lyfe of the, & all suche myghtye men shuld not be put doune?

¹ At thys, my herte is astonyed, & moued out of hys place.

⁷ He sendeth feare vpon euery man that they myght knowe theyr owne worckes.

⁹ Oute of the south commeth the tempest, and coulde out of the north.

¹⁸ Hast thou helped him to spreade oute the heauen, which is to loke vpon, as it were cast of cleare metall?

²³ It is not we that can fynde oute the almighty for in power, equyte, and righteousnesse, he is hyer than can be expressed.

⁴ Where wast thou, when I layde the foundacyons of the earth? Tel planely yf thou hast vnderstandyng. ⁵ Who hath measured it, knoweste thou? Or, who hath spreade the lyne vpon it? ⁶ Wherevpon stande the pylers of it? Or who layed the corner stone? ⁷ Where wast thou when the mornyng starres praysed me together & all the chyldren of God reioysed triumphantly?

¹¹ saying: Hytherto shalt thou come, but no forther, & here shalte thou laye doune thy proude & hye waues. ¹² Haste thou geuen the mornyng his charge (as sone as thou wast borne) and shewed the daye sprynge his place, ¹³ that it might take holde of the corners of the earthe, & that the vngodlye myght be shaken out? ¹⁴ Theyr tokens & weapons haste thou turned lyke claye & set them vp agayne as the chaunginge of a garment. ¹⁵ Yea thou hast spoyled the vngodly of theyr lyght, & broken the arme of the proude. ¹⁶ Camest thou euer into the grounde of the sea: or haste thou walked in the lowe corners of the depe?

¹⁹ then shewe me where lyght dwelleth, & where darcknes is: ²⁰ that thou mayest brynge vs vnto theyr quarters, yf thou canste tell the waye to theyr houses.

³¹ Haste thou brought the .vij. starres together? Or art thou able to breake the circle of heauen? ³² Canst thou brynge forth the mornynge starre or the euenyng starre at conuenyente tyme, & conueye them home agayne? ³³ Knowest thou the course of heauen, that thou mayest set vp the ordynaunce thereof vpon the earth? ³⁴ Moreouer canst thou lyfte vp thy voyce to the cloudes, that they maye powre doune a greate rayne vpon the? ³⁵ Canste thou thondre also that they maye go theyr waye, & be obedient vnto the, saying: Lo here are we. ³⁶ Who geueth sure wysdome or stedfast vnderstandyng? ³⁷ who numbreth the cloudes in wysdome? who stylleth the vehement waters of heauen? ³⁸ who turneth the clottes to duste, & then to be clottes agayne? ³⁹ Hunteste thou the praye from the lyon, or fedest thou hys welpes ⁴⁰ lying in theyr dennes, & lurkyng in theyr couches? ⁴¹ who prouydeth meate for the rauen, when his younge ones crye vnto God, and fle aboute for wante of meate?

²⁷ Dothe the Aegle mounte vp, and make his neste on hye at the commaundement? ²⁸ He abydeth in the stonye rockes, and vpon the hye toppes of harde mountaynes, where no man can come. ²⁹ From thence maye he beholde his praye, and loke farre aboute wyth hys eyes. ³⁰ His younge ones are fed with bloude, & where any deade bodye lyeth, there is he immediatly.

² Can he that stryueth with the almightye, be at reste? Shulde not he whiche disputeth with God, geue hym an aunswere?

⁹ Is thyne arme then lyke the arme of God? Maketh thy voyce such a sound as hys doeth?

⁹ Is thyne arme then lyke the arme of God? Maketh thy voyce such a sound as hys doeth?

⁹ Is thyne arme then lyke the arme of God? Maketh thy voyce such a sound as hys doeth? ¹⁰ Then arme thy selfe with thyne owne power, vp, decke the in thy ioly araye,

¹⁰ Then arme thy selfe with thyne owne power, vp, decke the in thy ioly araye, ¹¹ poure oute the indignacyon of thy wrath: se that thou caste doune all the proude,

¹⁴ From the men of thy hande (O Lord) from the men of the worlde, which haue theyr porcion in this lyfe: whose bellyes thou fyllest with thy treasure. They haue chyldren at theyr desyre, and leaue the rest of of theyr substaunce for their babes.

⁶ Yet in my trouble I called vpon the Lord, and complayned vnto my God. So he hearde my voyce out of hys holye temple, and my complaynte came before hym ye euen into hys eares.

¹² Who can tell, how oft he offendeth? Oh clense thou me fro my secrete fautes.

³ For all they that hope in the shall not be ashamed: but suche as be scornefull despysers without a cause they shall be put to confucyon.

⁶ I wash my handes with innocencye, O Lorde, and so go I to thyne alter.

⁵ The voyce of the Lorde breaketh the Cedre trees: yea the Lorde breaketh the Ceders of Libanus.

⁶ By the worde of the Lorde were the heauens made, and all the hoostes of theym by the breth of hys mouth.

³³ But the Lorde will not leaue him in hys handes, nor condempne him when he is iudged.

⁵ Behold, thou hast made my dayes a span longe, and my lyfe as it were nothynge before the. O how vayne are all men liuing? Selah

¹⁰ Turne thy plages awaye fro me, for I am consumed thorow the feare of thy hande. ¹¹ When thou punishest man for sinne. thou chastenest him: so that his beutye consumeth awaye, lyke as it were a moth. O how vayne are al men? Selah.

¹³ Oh spare me a lytle that I may refreshe my selfe, before I goo hence, and be no more sene.

¹² For innumerable troubles are come about me: my synnes haue taken suche holde vpon me that I am not able to loke vp: yea they are mo in number then the heares of my head and my hert hath fayled me.

⁷ One depe calleth another wyth the voyce of thy whistles, al thy waues and water floudes are gone ouer me.

²² But for thy sake we are kylled all the daye longe, and are counted as shepe apoynted to be slayne.

² Therfore wyl we not feare though the earth fell, and though the hylles were caryed into the myddest of the sea.

¹¹ God spake once a worde, twyse haue I hearde the same: that power belongeth vnto God

¹⁸ If I enclyne vnto wyckednesse wyth my herte, the Lorde wyll not heare me. ¹⁹ Therfore God hath herde me, and consydred the voyce of my prayer. ²⁰ Praysed be God, which hath not cast out my prayer, ner turned his mercy fro me.

⁸ The earth shoke, and the heauens dropped at the presence of God in Sinai, at the presence of God, whyche is the God of Israell.

¹⁵ My mouth shall speake of thy righteousnesse and sauyng health all the day longe, for I knowe no ende therof.

¹⁸ Blessed be the Lorde God, euen the God of Israell, whiche onely doeth wonderous thinges.

³ And why? I was greued at the wicked, to se the vngodly in suche prosperitie. ⁴ For they are in no parell of deathe, but stande fast lyke a palace. ⁵ They come in no misfortune lyke other folke, neither are they plaged like other men. ⁶ And this is the cause that they be so puft vp in pryde, and ouerwhelmed with crueltie & vnrighteousnesse. ⁷ Their eyes swell for fatnesse, they do euen what they lyst.

¹³ Shoulde I then clense my herte in vayne (thougt I) and washe my handes in innocency?

³ The earh is weake and al that is therein, but I beare vp her pyllers.

² In the tyme of my trouble I soughte the Lorde, I helde vp myne handes vnto him in the night season, for my soule refused all other comforte. ³ When I was in heuinesse, I thought vpon God: when my hert was vexed, then dyd I speake Selah.

¹⁹ Thy waye was in the sea, and thy pathes in the greate waters, yet coulde noman know thy fotesteppes.

¹⁵ Persecute them euen so with thy tempest, and make them afrayed with thy storme.

⁷ Thyne indignacion lieth harde vpon me, and thou vexest me wyth all thy floudes Selah.

¹⁵ My strength is gone for very sorow & myserye, wyh fearfulnesse do I beare thy burthens.

¹⁵ My strength is gone for very sorow & myserye, wyh fearfulnesse do I beare thy burthens. ¹⁶ Thy wrathfull dyspleasure goeth ouer me the feare of the, oppresseth me.

¹⁶ Thy wrathfull dyspleasure goeth ouer me the feare of the, oppresseth me. ¹⁷ They come rounde about me dayly lyke water, and compasse me together on euerye side. ¹⁸ My louers, and frendes hast thou put awaye fro me, and turned awaye myne acquayntaunce.

¹⁰ Thou breakest the proude, like one that is wounded, thou scatrest thine enemies abroad with thy mightye arme.

⁴⁷ O remembre how shorte my time is, hast thou made all men for nought?

⁹ For when thou art angrye, all oure dayes are gone, we brynge our yeares to an ende, as it were a tale that is tolde. ¹⁰ The dayes of oure age are .iij. score yeares and ten: and though men be so strong that they come to foure score yeares, yet is their strength then but laboure, & sorowe: so soone passeth it awaye, and we are gone. ¹¹ But who regardeth the power of thy wrath thy fearfull and terrible displeasure?

³ The floudes aryse (O Lorde) the floudes lyft vp their noyse, the floudes lyfte vp theyr waues. ⁴ The waues of the sea are mightye, & rage horribly: but yet the Lorde that dwelled on hye, is mightier.

² Thou deckest thy self with light, as it were with a garment, thou spredest out the heauen lyke a curtayne. ³ Thou voltest it aboue with waters, thou makest the cloudes thy charet, & goest vpon the wynges of the wynde.

³ Thou voltest it aboue with waters, thou makest the cloudes thy charet, & goest vpon the wynges of the wynde.

¹³ Thou waterest the hilles from aboue, the earth is filled wt the frutes of thy workes.

²⁴ O Lord, how manifolde are thy workes, right wisely hast thou made them al: yea, the earth is full of thy ryches.

²³ So he sayde he wuld haue destroyed them had not Moses hys chosen stand before him in that gappe: to turne awaye his wrathfull indignatyon, lest he should destroy them.

⁶ Ye mountaynes that ye skypped lyke rammes: and ye litle hilles, like yong shepe? ⁷ The earth trembled at the presence of the Lorde, at the presence of the God of Iacob.

¹ I am wel pleased, that the Lord hath hearde the voyce of my prayer. ² That he hath enclyned his eare vnto me, therfore wil I cal vpon him as long as I lyue.

¹²⁰ My flesh trembleth for feare of the, and I am afrayed of thy iudgementes.

¹ The songe of the steares. When the Lorde turneth agayn the captiuitie of Syon, then shall we be lyke vnto them that dreame.

³ If thou Lorde wylte be extreme to marke what is done amysse. Oh Lord who may abide it?

⁴ Whych only doth greate wonders, for his mercy endureth for euer. ⁵ Which by hys wisdome made the heauens for his mercy endureth for euer.

²³ Trye me, O God, and seke the grounde of myne herte: proue me, and examen my thoughtes. ²⁴ Loke well if there be any way of wickednesse in me, and leade me in the way euerlastynge.

² And entre not into iudgement with thy seruaunt, for in thy sighte shall no man lyuyng be iustefied.

⁴ He telleth the numbre of the starres, and calleth them all by their names.

¹⁹ Where much babling is, ther must nedes be offence: he that refraineth his lippes is wisest of all.

²⁰ Who so hath a frowarde herte obtayneth no good: & he that hath an ouerthwarte tonge, shall fall into myschyefe.

⁵ Why wylt thou set thyne eie vpon the thing, which sodenly vanysheth awaye? For ryches make them selues wynges, & take their flight lyke an Aegle into the ayre.

¹³ He that hydeth hys synnes, shall not prospere: but who so knowledgeth them and forsaketh them shal haue mercy. ¹⁴ Well is hym that standeth alwaye in awe: as for hym that hardeneth his hert, he shall fal into myschyefe.

²⁶ He that trusteth in his own hert, is a foole: but he that dealeth wysely, shal be safe.

¹ He that is styfnecked and wyll not be refourmed, shal sodenly be destroied without any helpe

¹¹ Al this hath he ordeyned maruelous goodly: to euery thing his due tyme He hath planted ignorance also in the hertes of men, that thei shuld not find out the ground of his workes, whiche he doth from the beginning to the end.

¹⁰ What is more excellente then man? yet can he not in the lawe get the vyctorye of him that is myghtyer then he:

¹ For all these thynges purposed I in my mynd to seke out. The ryghtuous and wyse yea and their workes also are in the hande of God: and their is no man knoweth eyther the loue or hate of the thyng that he hath before him. ² It happeneth vnto one as vnto another: It goeth wt the ryghtuous as wt the vngodli wt the good & cleane as wt the vncleane: wt him that offereth as wt him that offereth not: lyke as it goeth wyth the vertuous, so goeth it also wyth the sinner: As it happeneth vnto the periured, so happeneth it also vnto him that is afraied to be forsworne. ³ Amonge all thynges that come to passe vnder the Sunne, this is a mysery, that it happeneth vnto all alyke. This is the cause also that the hertes of men are ful of wyckednes, and mad folishnes is in their hertes as longe as they liue, vntyl they dye.

¹⁶ Washe you, make you cleane, put awaye youre euill thoughtes out of my sighte, cease from doynge of euyll and vyolence. ¹⁷ Lerne to do right, applye youre selues to equite, delyuer the oppressed, helpe the fatherlesse to hys ryght, let the wyddowes complaynte come before you. ¹⁸ Nowe go to (sayth the Lorde) we will talke together. Is it not so? Thoughe youre synnes be as reade as scarlet, shal they not be whyther then snowe? And though they were lyke purple, shall they not be lyke white wolle?

¹⁹ Men shall crepe into holes of stone, and into caues of the earthe, from the syghte of the fearfull iudge, and from the glorye of hys magesty: what tyme as he shall make hym vp to shake the earthe.

²¹ that he maye the better crepe into the caues & rockes, and into the cliffes of harde stones, from the syghte of the fearfull iudge & from the glorye of hys Magestye.

⁵ Then I sayde: O wo is me. For I was astonished: that I (which am a man of vncleane lippes and dwell amonge people that hath vncleane lyppes also) shulde se the kynge and the Lorde of hostes wyth myne eyes.

¹⁰ For the sterres and planetes of heauen shal not geue their lyght, the sunne shalbe quenched in the risinge, and the mone shall not shyne with his light.

¹³ Moreouer, I wil so shake the heauen, that the earth shall remoue oute of her place. Thus shall it go with Babilon in the wrath of the Lorde of Hostes in the daye of his fearfull indignacyon. ¹⁴ And Babilon shalbe as an hunted or chased do, and as a flocke wythout a sheperde. Euery man shal turne to his own people, and flee eche one into his owne land.

² whych sendeth her message ouer the sea in shyppes of redes vpon the water: and sayeth: go sone & do youre message vnto a straunge and harde folke, to a fearful people, and to a people that is forther then this: to a desperate and pylled folke, whose lande is deuyded from vs with riuers of water.

¹ Beholde, the Lorde shal waste & plage the worlde, he shal make the face of the earthe desolate, & scatre abroade the inhabitoures therof.

¹⁹ The earthe shall geue a greate cracke, it shall haue a sore ruyne, & taken an horrible fall. ²⁰ The earth shal stacker lyke a drocken man, & be taken awaye like a tente. Her mysdedes shal lie so heauy vpon her, that she must fal, and neuer ryse vp agayne.

¹⁷ Ryghtuousnes will I set vp agayne in the balaunce, and iudgement in the weyghtes. The tempeste of haile shall take awaye your refuge, that ye haue to disceyue wythall, & the ouerflowynge waters shall breake doune youre stronge holdes of dyssimulacion:

⁷ For the Egipcians helpe shalbe but vayne and lost. Therfore I tolde you also, that your pryde shulde haue an end.

² Where as he neuertheles plageth the wicked, and yet goeth not from hys word when he steppeth forthe, and taketh the victory agaynste the housholde of the frowarde, & agaynste the helpe of euyll doars. ³ Nowe the Egypcyans are men, and not God, and theyr horses fleshe and not sprete. And as soone as the Lorde stretched oute his hande, then shall the helper fall, and he that shuld haue ben helped, and shall all together be destroyed.

¹² Who hath holden the waters in hys fyst? Who hath measured heauen with his spanne, and hath comprehended all the earth of the worlde in thre fyngers? Who hath weyed the mountaynes and hylles?

²² That he sytteth vpon the circle of the worlde, and that al the inhabytours of the worlde are in comparison of him, but as greshoppers: That he spredeth out the heauens as a coueryng, that he stretcheth them out, as a tent to dwell in:

²⁶ Lyft vp youre eyes on hye, and consydre. Who hath made those thynges, whyche come out by so greate heapes? And he can call them all by their names. For there is nothynge hyd vnto the greatnesse of his power, strength, and myght. ²⁷ How maye then Iacob thyncke, or how maye Israel saye: My wayes are hyd from the Lorde, and my God knoweth not of my iudgementes. ²⁸ Knowest thou not, or hast thou not hearde, that the euerlastynge God the Lorde whiche made all the corners of the earth, is nether weery nor faynt, & that his wysdome can not be comprehended,

⁵ For thus sayeth God the Lord vnto hym (euen he that the made heauens, and spred them abrode & seth forth the earth with her increase, whych geueth breath vnto the people that is in it, & to them that dwell therin)

²⁴ For thus sayth the Lorde thy redemer euen he that fashioned the from thy mothers wombe: I am the Lorde, whiche do all thinges my selfe alone. I onlye haue spred oute the heauens and I only haue layde the foundacyon of the earth.

⁹ Wo be vnto hym that chydeth wyth hys maker, the potsherde with the potter: Sayeth the claye to the potter: What makest thou? or thy worcke serueth for nothynge?

⁹ Wake vp, wake vp, and be strong: O thou arme of the Lorde: wake vp, lyke as in tymes paste, euer and sence the worlde beganne.

¹⁵ For thus sayeth the hye and excellent, euen he that dwelleth in euerlastingnesse, whose name is the holy one. I dwell hye aboue & in the sanctuary, and with him also, that is of a contrite & humble spirite: that I maye heale a troubled mind, & a contrite hert. ¹⁶ For I chide not euer, & am not wroth without ende. But the blastinge goeth from me, though I make the breath.

⁶ Their webbe maketh no clothe and they maye not couer them with their laboures. Their dedes are the dedes of wickednes, and the worck of robbery is in their handes:

⁶ We are al as vncleane thinge, and all oure ryghteousnesses are as the clothes defyled with the floures of a woman: we fall euerychone as the leafe, for oure synnes carye vs awaie like the winde.

²² Yea, & that so sore: that thoughe thou wasshe the with Nitrus, and make thy self to fauoure with that swete smelling herbe of Borith: yet in my sight thou art stayned with thy wyckednesse, sayeth the Lorde thy God.

³⁵ Yet darrest thou saye: I am giltlesse: Tush, his wrath can not come vpon me. Beholde, I will reason with the because thou darrest say: I haue not offended.

¹³ For lo, he commeth doune lyke as a cloude, and his charettes are lyke a stormye winde: hys horsemen are swyfter then the Aegle. Wo vnto vs, for we are destroyed. ¹⁴ O Ierusalem wash thine herte from wyckednesse, that thou mayest be helped. Howe longe shal thy noysome thoughtes remayne with the.

²⁴ I behelde the mountaynes, and they trembled, and al the hilles were in a feare.

¹⁸ Sorowe is come vpon me, and heuynes vexeth my herte,

¹¹ As for theyr Goddes, it maye well be sayde of them: they are Goddes, that made neyther heauen nor earthe: therfore shall they peryshe from the earthe, & from al thynges vnder heauen

¹ O Lorde, thou art more rightuous then that I shulde dyspute with the: Neuertheles, lett me talke wyth the in thynges resonable. How happeneth it, that the waye of the vngodlye is so prosperous: and that it goeth so well with them, which (without eny shame) offende and lyue in wyckednesse? ² Thou plantest them, they take rote, they growe, and brynge forth fruite: They booste moch of the, yet doest thou not punish them.

⁴ For the grounde shalbe dried vp, because there commeth no rayne vpon it. The plowmen also shalbe a shamed, & shall couer their heades.

⁹ Amonge all thynges lyuinge, man hath the moste disceytfull and vnsercheable herte. Who shall then knowe it? ¹⁰ Euen I the Lorde search out the grounde of the herte, & trye the reynes, and rewarde euery man accordinge to hys wayes, and acordynge to the fruyte of his councels.

⁶ Maye not I do with you, as this Potter doth, O ye house of Israel, sayeth the Lord? Beholde, ye house of Israell: ye are in my hande, euen as the claye in the Potters hande.

¹⁹ Beholde, the stormy wether of the Lorde (that is his indignacyon) shall go forth, and shall fal downe vpon the head of the vngodlye.

⁹ They departed from hence in heuynes, but wyth ioye wyll I brynge them hyther agayne. I wyl lede them by the ryuers of water in a straighte waye, where they shall not stomble: For I wyll be Israels father, and Ephraim shalbe my fyrstborne.

¹⁹ Beholde, lyke as the Lyon commeth vp from the pleasaunt medowes of Iordane vnto the grene pastures of Etham, so wyll I dryue hym, and make hym runne agaynste her. But who is the yongeman that I wyll ordeyne thereto? Who is lyke vnto me? What is he that wyll stryue wyth me? What shepherde may stande in my handes?

³ Agaynst me onely he turneth hys hande, and layeth it euer vpon me.

¹⁵ He hath fylled me with bytternesse, and geuen me wormwod to dryncke.

¹⁸ I thought in my selfe: I am vndone, there is no hope for me in the Lorde. ¹⁹ Zain. O remembre yet my mysery & my trouble the wormwod and the gall.

¹⁹ Koph. Oure persecuters are swyfter then the Aegles of the ayre, they folowed vpon vs ouer the mountaynes, and layed wayte for vs in the wildernesse.

¹³ Therfore thus sayth the Lorde God: I wyll breake oute in my wrothfull displeasure with a stormye wynd, so that in myne anger there shall come a myghtye shower of rayne, & hayle stones in my wrath, to destroye withall.

¹⁹ If I sende a pestilence into the lande, & poure oute my sore indignacion vpon it in bloude, so that I rote oute of it bothe man & beast, ²⁰ & yf Noe, Daniel and Iob were therin: as truly as I lyue (sayeth the Lorde GOD) they shall delyuer neyther sonnes nor doughters, but saue their owne soules in theyr ryghtuousnes. ²¹ Moreouer thus sayth the Lord god: Though I sende my foure troublous plages vpon Ierusalem: the swearde, honger, perlous, beastes and pestilence, to destroye man and beaste oute of it:

³ Thus sayeth the Lorde God: Beholde, I wil vpon the, & wil drawe my swerde out of the sheath, and rote out of the both the righteous & the wycked. ⁴ Seinge then that I will rote oute of the both the righteous and wicked, therfore shall my swerde go oute of his sheath againste all flesh from the North to the south:

¹³ Smyte thou vpon the thyghe, for wherfore shoulde not the plage & staf of iudgement come?

⁷ When thou arte put oute, I wyll couer the heauen, and make hys starres dymme. I wyll sprede a cloude ouer the sunne, and the moone shall not geue her lyghte. ⁸ All the lyghtes of heauen wyll I put oute ouer the, and brynge darckenesse vpon thy lande, sayeth the Lorde God.

²⁰ Daniel also cryed loude, and sayd: O that the name of God myghte be praysed for euer and euer, for wysdome and strengthe are hys owne:

² I thoughte it good to shew the tokens and meruelous worckes, that the hye God hath wrought vpon me. ³ O how greate are hys tokens, and howe myghtie are hys wonders? His kyngedome is an euerlastynge kyngedome, and hys power lasteth for euer & euer.

¹⁷ This erande of the watcher is a commaundement grounded and sought oute in the councell of him, that is most holye, to learne men for to vnderstande, that the hyest hath power, ouer the kyngedomes of men, and geueth them, to whome it lyketh hym, & bryngeth the very oute castes of men ouer them.

³⁴ When this tyme was passed, I Nabuchodonosor lyfte vp myne eyes vnto heauen, and myne vnderstandynge was restored vnto me agayne. Then gaue I thanckes vnto the hyghest. I magnifyed and praysed hym that lyueth for euermore, whose power endureth alwaye, and his kingdome from one generacion to another: ³⁵ in comparison of whom al they that dwel vpon the earth, are to be reputed as nothinge. He handleth accordinge to hys wyl, among the powers of heauen & amonge the inhabytours of the earthe: and there is none that maye resyste hys hande, or say: what doest thou?

³⁵ in comparison of whom al they that dwel vpon the earth, are to be reputed as nothinge. He handleth accordinge to hys wyl, among the powers of heauen & amonge the inhabytours of the earthe: and there is none that maye resyste hys hande, or say: what doest thou? ³⁶ At the same tyme was myne vnderstandyng geuen me agayne, and I was restored to the honoure of my kingedome, to my dignite, & to myne owne shappe agayne. My greate estates and princes soughte vnto me, and I was set in my kyngdome agayn, so that I had yet greater worshyppe. ³⁷ Then dyd I Nabuchodonosor loue, magnifye and prayse the kynge of heauen: for all hys worckes are true, and hys wayes righte. As for those that go on proudely, he is able to brynge them doune.

¹⁸ O kynge, God the hyest gaue vnto Nabuchodonosor thy father, the dignite of a kynge with worshippe and honoure, ¹⁹ so that al people, kynredes and tunge stode in awe & feare of him, by reason of the hye estate, that he had lente him. For why, he slewe whom he wold: he smote, whom it pleased hym. Agayne, whom he wolde, he set vp: and whome he lyst, he put doune. ²⁰ But because hys herte was so proude, and hys stomacke set so fast vnto wilfulnesse: he was deposed from hys kingly trone, & his magesty was taken from hym.

²⁰ But because hys herte was so proude, and hys stomacke set so fast vnto wilfulnesse: he was deposed from hys kingly trone, & his magesty was taken from hym. ²¹ He was shote oute from amonge men, his herte was lyke a beastes herte, and hys dwellynge was wyth the wylde asses: he was fayne to eate grasse lyke an oxe, and hys body was wet with the dewe of the heauen: tyll he knewe, that the hyest had power vpon the kingdomes of men, and setteth ouer them, whome he lyst.

²¹ He was shote oute from amonge men, his herte was lyke a beastes herte, and hys dwellynge was wyth the wylde asses: he was fayne to eate grasse lyke an oxe, and hys body was wet with the dewe of the heauen: tyll he knewe, that the hyest had power vpon the kingdomes of men, and setteth ouer them, whome he lyst. ²² And thou hys sonne (O Balthazar) for al this, hast not submytted thyne herte, thoughe thou knewest all these thynges, ²³ but hast magnyfyed thy selfe aboue the Lorde of heauen, so that the vessels of hys house were broughte before the, that thou, and thy Lordes, with thy quene and concubynes, myght drincke wyne thereoute: And hast praysed the Idoles of syluer and golde, copper and yron, of wode and stone: As for the God in whose hande consysteth thy breth and all thy wayes: thou haste not loaued hym. ²⁴ Therfore is the palme of thys hande sente hyther from hym, to token vp thys writinge. ²⁵ And thys is the scrypture, that is wryten vp: Mane, Thetel, Phares. ²⁶ Nowe the interpretacyon of the thynge is thys: Mane, God hath nombred the kyngdome, and brought it to an ende: ²⁷ Thetel, thou arte weyed in the balaunce and arte founde to lyghte: ²⁸ Phares, thy kyngdome is delte in partes, and geuen to the Medes and Perses. ²⁹ Then commaunded Balthazar, to clothe Daniel wyth purple, to hange a cheyne of golde aboute hys necke, and to make a proclamacyon concerning him: that he shulde be the ruler of the thyrde parte of hys kyngedome. ³⁰ The very same nyghte was Balthazar the kynge of the Caldees slayne,

⁷ After this I sawe in a vision by night, and beholde, the fourthe beast was grymme and horrible, and maruelous strong. It had great yron teeth, it deuoured and destroyed, and stamped the resydue vnder hys fete. It was farre vnlyke the other beastes, that were before it: for it had ten hornes, whereof I toke good hede. ⁸ And beholde, there came vp amonge them another lyke horne, before whom there were thre of the fyrste hornes pluckte awaye. Beholde, thys horne had eyes lyke a man, and a mouth speakynge presumptuous thynges. ⁹ I loked tyl the seates were prepared, and tyll the olde aged sat hym doune. His clothynge was as whyte as snowe, and the hearres of hys heade, lyke the pure woll. His trone was lyke the fyrye flamme, and his wheles as the burnynge fyre. ¹⁰ There drewe forthe a fyrye streame, and wente out from him. A thousande tymes a thousande serued him .x.M. tymes ten thousande stode before him. The iudgement was set, and the bokes opened. ¹¹ Then toke I hede therunto, because of the voyce of the proude wordes, whyche the horne spake. I behelde, tyll the beaste was slayne, and his bodye destroyed, and geuen ouer to be brent in the fire. ¹² As for the power of the other beastes also it was taken awaye, but their lyues were prolonged for a tyme and season. ¹³ I sawe in a vision by nyght, and beholde, there came one in the cloudes of heauen lyke the sonne of a man, whyche went vnto the olde aged, before whome they broughte hym. ¹⁴ Then gaue he hym power and dignitie regal, that al people trybes and tunges shoulde serue him. Hys power is an euerlastynge power, whych shal neuer be put doune, and his kingdome endureth vncorrupte. ¹⁵ My herte was vexed, and I Daniel had a troubled spirite within me, and the visions of my heade made me afrayed: ¹⁶ til I gat me vnto one of them that stode by, to knowe the trueth, concernynge all these thynges. So he tolde me, and made me vnderstand the interpretacion of these thinges. ¹⁷ These foure greate beastes, are foure kynges, whiche shal arise out of the earth. ¹⁸ These shall take in the kingedome of the sayntes of the most hyest, and possesse it still more and more for a longe season. ¹⁹ After this I requyred diligently to knowe the trueth, concerning the fourth beast, whiche was so farre vnlyke the other beastes, and so horrible: whose teeth were of yron, and his nayles of brasse: which deuoured and destroyed, and stamped the residue vnder his fete. ²⁰ I desired also to knowe the trueth, as touching the ten hornes that he had vpon hys heade, and thys other, whiche came vp afterwarde, before whose face there fell doune thre: whyche horne had eyes, and a mouthe that spake presumptuous thynges, and loked with a grymmer vysage, then his felowes. ²¹ I behelde, and the same horne made battaile againste the saintes, yea and gat the victorie of them, ²² vntill the tyme that the olde aged came, that the iudgemente was geuen to the chefest sayntes: and till the tyme that the saintes hath the kingedome in possession. ²³ He gaue me this answere: That fourthe beast shalbe the fourth kingedome vpon earth: it shalbe more then all other kingedomes, it shall deuoure, treade doune, and destroye all other landes. ²⁴ The ten hornes are ten kinges, that shall aryse out of the kingedom, after whom there shall stande vp another, whiche shalbe greater then the fyrste. ²⁵ He shall subdue thre Kynges, and shal speake wordes against the hyest of all: he shall destroy the saintes of the most hyest, and thincke, that he may chaunge tymes and lawes. They shalbe geuen vnder his power, vntill a time, two tymes, and half a tyme. ²⁶ But the iudgemente shalbe kepte, so that his power shalbe taken from him, for he shall be destroyed, and perishe at the laste. ²⁷ As for the kingedome, power and all might that is vnder the heauen, it shalbe geuen to the holy people of the most hyest, whose kingedome is euerlastinge, yea all powers shall serue & obeye him. ²⁸ Thus farre extende the wordes. Neuertheles I Daniel was so vexed in my thoughtes, that my countenaunce chaunced, but the wordes I kepte styl in my herte.

³ and I turned me vnto god the Lorde, for to praye and make myne intercession, with fastinge, sackcloth & ashes,

¹⁸ O my God, enclyne thine eare, and herken (at the leaste for thine owne sake) open thyne eyes: beholde, how we be desolated, yea and the cytye also, whiche is called after thy name: for we do not cast oure prayers before the in oure owne righteousnesse, no: but onely in thy greate mercyes.

¹⁰ The earth shall quake before him, yea, the heauens shalbe moued: The sunne & moue shall be darckened, and the starres shal wythdraw theyr shyne,

¹³ For lo, he maketh the mountaynes, he ordeyneth the wynde, he sheweth man what he is aboute to do: he maketh the mornynge & the darcknesse: he treadeth vpon the hye places of the earthe: the Lorde God of hostes is hys name.

⁸ The Lorde maketh the seuen starres and the Dryons, he turneth the nighte into daye, and of the daye he maketh darcknesse. He calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them oute vpon the playne grounde: the Lorde is hys name:

⁹ At the same tyme (sayeth the Lorde God) I shall cause the Sunne to go downe at none, and the land to be darcke in the cleare daye.

⁸ Their horses are swifter then the cattes of the mountayne, & byte sorer then the wolues in the euenynge. Theyr horsmen come by greate heapes from farre, they fle hastely to deuour as the Aegle.

¹⁴ Thou makest men as the fysh in the sea, and lyke as the crepynge beastes that haue no gyde. ¹⁵ They take vp all with theyr angle, they catche it in theyr net, and gather it in theyr yarne: whereof they reioyce, and are glad, ¹⁶ Therfore offre they vnto theyr net, and do sacryfyce vnto theyr yarne: because that thorowe it theyr porcyon is become so fat, & theyr meate so plenteous. ¹⁷ Wherfore they cast oute theyr net agayne, and neuer cease to slaye the people.

⁶ He standeth and measureth the earth. He loketh, and the people consume awaye, the mountaines of the worlde fall doune to poulder, & the hilles are faine to bowe them selues for hys goynges are euerlastynge and sure.

¹⁰ When the mountaynes sawe the, they were afrayed, the water streame wente awaye: the depe made a noyse at the lyftyng vp of thyne hande.

⁶ For thus sayth the Lorde of hostes: yet ones more wyll I shake heauen and earthe, the sea and the drye lande:

²¹ Speake to Zorobabel the prynce of Iuda, and saye: I wyll shake bothe heauen and earthe,

⁷ What art thou, thou greate mountayne, before Zorobabel: thou must be mayde euen. And he shall brynge vp the fyrst stone, so that men shall crye vnto hym: good lucke, good lucke.

¹ The heauy burthen which the lord hath deuised for Israel. Thus saieth the lord, which spred the heauens abroade, layde the foundacyon of the earth, and geueth man the breath of lyfe:

⁴ Then shall his fete stand vpon the mount olyuete, that lyeth vpon the east syde of Ierusalem. And the mount olyuete shal cleue in two, eastward & westward, so that there shalbe a great valley: & the half mount shal remoue toward the north, & the other toward the south. ⁵ And ye shal fle vnto the valley of my hylles, for the valley of the hylles shal reach vnto Asal. Yea, fle shal ye, like as ye fled for the earthquake in the dayes of Osiah king of Iuda. And the lord my God shall come, and al sayntes with him.

¹³ And lead vs not into temptaciou. But delyuer vs from euyll. For thyne is the kingdome and the power, and the glorye for euer Amen.

²⁷ and abundance of rayne descended, and the floudes came, and the wyndes blewe and bet vpon that housse, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.

²⁶ euen so father, for so it pleased the.

²⁰ a brosed rede shalnot he breake, & flaxe the beginneth to burne he shal not quenche, tyll he sende forth iudgemen vnto to victory,

³⁶ But I say vnto you, that of euery idell worde that men shall haue spoken: they shall geue a countes at the daye of iudgement. ³⁷ For thy wordes thou shalt be iustified: & by thy wordes thou shalt be condemned.

²⁵ In the .iiij. watch of the night. Iesus came vnto them walking on the sea. ²⁶ And when his disciples sawe him walkinge on the sea, they were troubled, saying: it is some spirite, & cried out for feare. ²⁷ And straight way Iesus spake vnto them saing be of good cheare, it is I, be not afrayed. ²⁸ Peter aunswered him & saied: master: if thou be he, bid me come vnto the on the water. ²⁹ And he saide come. And when Peter was come doun out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Iesus. ³⁰ But when he saw a mighty wynd, he was afrayed. And as he began to synke, he cried saying: master, saue me.

¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me to do as me lusteth with myne owne? Is thyne eye euel because I am good?

²¹ Iesus answered, and sayd vnto them: Verelye I say vnto you: if ye shal haue fayth, and shall not dout ye shall not onely do that which I haue done to the fygge tree but also yf ye shall saye vnto thys mountayne, take thy selfe awaye and cast thy selfe into the sea it shall be done.

²⁹ Immediatly after the trybulations of those dayes, shall the sonne be darkened: and the mone shall not gyue hyr lyght, and the starre shal fall from heauen, & the powers of heauen shal moue.

⁵¹ And beholde the vayle of the tempell dyd rent in twayne from the toppe to the bottome and the earth dyd quake, and the rockes did rent,

²⁹ He wyllinge to iustifye hym self, sayde vnto Iesus. Who is then my neyghboure?

² And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto them: Suppose ye that these Galileans were greater synnes then all the other Galileans, because they suffred suche punishment? ³ I tell you naye: but excepte ye repente, ye shall all lykewyse peryshe. ⁴ Or those .xviij. vpon whome the towre in Siloe fell, & slewe them, thinke ye that they were sinners aboue all men that dwell in Hierusalem?

¹⁵ And he sayde vnto them: Ye are they whiche iustifye your selues before men: but God knoweth your hertes. For that which is highly estemed amonge men, is abhominable in the syght of God.

¹¹ and great earthquakes shall be in all quarters and honger, and pestilence and fearfull thinges. And great sygnes shall ther be from heauen.

²⁵ And ther shalbe signes in the sunne, and in the mone, and in the starres: & in the earth, the people shalbe in such perplexitye, that they shall not tel which waye to turne them selues. The sea and the waters shall roore, ²⁶ and mens hertes shall fayle them for feare, & for lokinge after those thinges whiche shall come on the earth. For the powers of heauen shal moue.

⁴¹ And while they yet beleued not for ioye, and wondred, he said vnto them: haue ye here anye meate?

¹⁹ And when they had rowen about a .xxv. or a .xxx. furlonges, they sawe Iesus walke on the sea, and drawe nye vnto the shippe and they were afrayed.

³ Iesus aunswered: Neyther hath thys man synned nor yet hys father and mother: but that the workes of God shoulde be shewed on him.

²⁵ euen that the saiyng might be fulfilled that is writen in their lawe: they hated me without a cause.

¹⁴ when she knew Peters voyce, she opened not the entrey for gladnes, but ran in and tolde, how Peter stode before the entrey. ¹⁵ And they sayde vnto her: thou arte mad. And she bare them doune that it was euen so. Then sayde they: it is hys Aungel. ¹⁶ But Peter contynued knockynge. And when they had opened the dore, and sawe hym, they were astonyed.

¹³ And from thence we set a compasse and came to Regium. And after one daye the south wynd blew, and we came the next daye to Putiolus:

²⁰ because that by the dedes of the lawe, shall no fleshe be iustifyed in the syght of God. For by the lawe commeth the knoweledge of synne.

¹⁸ So hath he mercie on whom he wyll, and whom he wyll, he maketh harde herted. ¹⁹ Thou wylt saye then vnto me: why then blameth he vs yet? For who can resist hys wyll? ²⁰ But O man, what arte thou whiche disputeste wyth God? Shall the worke saye to the workeman, why haste thou made me on thys fashion?

²⁰ But O man, what arte thou whiche disputeste wyth God? Shall the worke saye to the workeman, why haste thou made me on thys fashion?

³ For they are ignoraunte of the ryghteousnes whiche is alowed before God, and go aboute to stablish theyr owne ryghtuousnes, and therfore are not obediente vnto the ryghtuousnes whiche is of valoure before God.

³³ O the deapnes of the abundaunte wysedome and knoweledge of God: howe vnsearcheable are his iudgementes, and hys wayes paste fyndynge out? ³⁴ For who hath knoweth the mynde of the Lord? Or who was his counseller?

²⁵ For the folyshnes of God is wyser then men, and the weaknes of God is stronger then men.

⁴ I knowe nought by my selfe: yet am I not therby iustified. It is the Lorde that iudgeth me.

²² Either shall we prouoke the Lorde? Or are we stronger then he? All thinges are laufull vnto me, but all thinges are not expedient.

² And though I could prophecye, and vnderstande all secretes, and all knowledge: yea, yf I had all fayth so that I coulde moue mountaines out of theyr places, and yet had no loue, I were nothing.

⁸ he shedde on vs aboundauntlye in all wysdome & perseueraunce.

¹¹ that is to saye in hym in whome we are made heyres, and were thereto predestinate accordynge to the purpose of hym which worketh all thynges after the purpose of hys owne wyll,

¹⁹ and what is the excedynge greatnes of hys power to vs warde, whiche beleue accordynge to the workynge of that hys myghtye power,

¹⁰ to the entente, that nowe vnto the rulers & powers in heauen myght be knowen (by the congregation) the manifolde wysedome of God,

²⁰ Vnto hym that is able to do excedinge aboundantly aboue all that we are or thinke, accordinge to the power that worketh in vs,

⁸ Yea I thinke al thinges but losse for that excellent knowledge sake of Christ Iesu my Lord. For whom I haue counted al thinges losse, and do iudge them but dounge, that I myght wynne Christe, ⁹ and might be founde in hym, not hauinge mine owne rightuousnes, which is of the lawe, but that whyche spryngeth of the fayth, is in CHRISTE. I meane the rightuousnes, whiche commeth of God thorowe fait

¹² Not as though I had alreadie atteined to it, either were already perfecte: but I folowe yf that I maye comprehende that, wherin I am comprehended of Christ Iesu. ¹³ Brethren I count not my selfe that I haue gotten it: but one thinge I say. I forget that, whiche is behinde, & stretche my selfe vnto that whiche is before, ¹⁴ and prease vnto the marke appointed, to obteine the reward of the high callinge of God in Christe Iesu. ¹⁵ Let vs therfore as many, as be perfect be thus wyse minded, & yf ye be other wise minded, I pray God open euen this vnto you.

⁵ and vayne disputacyons of men wyth corrupte myndes, and destytute of the trueth, whiche thynke that lucre is Godlines, from suche separate thy self.

¹⁶ whiche onelye hath immortalitie, and dwelleth in lyght that no man can attayne, whome neuer man sawe, neyther can se, to whom be honoure and rule euerlastynge. Amen.

³⁶ Other tasted of mockynges and scourgynges, moreouer of bondes and prysonmente, ³⁷ were stoned, were hewen a sounder, were tempted, were slayne wyth swerdes, walked vp and doune in shepes skynnes, in gotes skynnes, in nede, trybulacyon, and vexacyon,

¹¹ No maner chastisynge for the presente tyme semeth to be ioyeous, but greuous: neuerthelesse afterwarde, it bryngeth the quyet frute of ryghtuousnes vnto them whiche are therein exercysed.

²⁶ whose voyce then shouke the earth, and now declareth saiyng: yet ones more wyll I shake not the earth only, but also heauen.

² for in many thinges we synne all. Yf a man synne not in worde, the same is a perfect man and able to tame al the bodye.

⁶ but geueth more grace. ⁷ Submytte your selues to God, and resiste the deuyl, and he wyll flye from you.

¹⁴ and yet can not tell what shall happen to morowe. For what thynge is youre lyfe? It is euen a vapoure that appeareth for a lyttel tyme, and then vanysheth awaye:

²³ which when he was reuyled, reuyled not agayne: when he suffered, he threatened not: but commytted the cause to him that iudgeth ryghtuously,

⁸ If we saye that we haue no sinne, we deceiue oure selues, and trueth is not in vs.

¹ My lytle chyldren, these thinges wryte I vnto you, that ye sinne not, yf anye man synne, yet we haue an aduocate with the father, Iesus Christe, whiche is rightuouse, ² and he it is that obtayned grace for our sinnes, not for oure sinnes onelye, but also for the synnes of al the worlde.

²⁰ But if our hertes condempne vs, God is greater then our hertes, and knoweth all thinges.

²⁴ Vnto hym that is able to kepe you, that ye fal not, and to preserue you fautles before the presence of hys glorye wyth ioye, ²⁵ that is to saye, to God oure sauyoure whiche onelye is wise be glorye maiestye, dominion and power, now and for euer. Amen.

¹⁴ And heauen vanished awaye, as a scrole, when it is rolled together. And al mountaines and Iles, were moued out of their places.

¹³ And the same houre was there a greate earth quake, and the tenth parte of the cytye fell, and in the earth quake were slayne names of men seuen thousande, and the remnaunte were feared, and gaue glorye to GOD of heauen.

¹⁸ And there folowed voices thonderinges & lighteninges, & there was a greate earth quake suche as was not sence men were vpon the earth so mighty an earthquake & so great. ¹⁹ And the greate city was deuided into thre parties, & the cyties of al nacions fel. And great Babilon came in remembraunce before God, to geue vnto her the cup of the wine of the fyercenes of his wrath. ²⁰ Euery Ile fleed away, & the mountaines were not founde.

¹¹ And I sawe a great whyte seate and hym that sate on it, from whose face fled away bothe the earthe & heauen, & theyr place was no more founde.