Matthew(i)
22 The Lord hym self had me in possession in the begynning of hys wayes, or euer he beganne hys workes afore tyme.
23 I haue bene ordeyned from euerlasting, & from the beginning or euer the earthe was made.
24 When I was borne, there were nether depthes nor springs of water.
25 Before the foundacions of the mountaynes were layed, yea, before al hylles was I borne.
26 The earth & all that is vpon the earth was not yet made, no not the grounde it selfe.
27 For when he made the heauens, I was present: when he sette vp the depthes in ordre:
28 when he hanged the cloudes aboue: when he fastened the sprynges of the depe:
29 When he shut the sea within certayn boundes, that the waters should not go ouer their markes. When he layed the foundacions of the earth
30 I was with hym, ordering all thinges, delytynge dayly, and reioysinge all waye before hym.
31 As for the rounde compase of his worlde, I make it ioyfull: for my delyte is to be among the chyldren of men.
32 Therfore herken vnto me, O ye chyldren, for blessed are they that kepe my wayes.
33 O geue eare vnto nurtour, be wyse, and refuse it not.
34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watchynge dayly at my gates, & geuynge attendaunce at the postes of my dores.
35 For who so findeth me, findeth life and shall obtayne fauour of the Lorde.
36 But who so offendeth agaynste me, hurteth hys owne soule. All they that hate me, are the louers of death.