Job Cross References - Great

¹ In the lande of Hus there was a man whose name was Iob: & the same was a perfect & iust man, soch a one as feared God & exchued euell. ² And he had seuen sonnes, & thre daughters ³ His substaunce also was seuen .M. shepe, & thre .M. camels, .v.C. youck of oxen, & fyue .C. she asses, and a very greate housholde: so that he was one of the most principall men among all them of the east countre. ⁴ And his sonnes went and made banckettes: one daye in one house, another daye in another, and sent for theyr thre systers, to eat & drincke with them. ⁵ And it fortuned, that when they had passed ouer the tyme of their bancketting rounde aboute, Iob sent for them, and sanctified them, and gat vp early, and offered for euery one a brentofferynge. For Iob sayde: lest peraduenture my sonnes haue done some offence, & haue bene vnthankfull to God in their hertes. Thus did Iob euery daye. ⁶ And vpon a daye when the children of God cam & stode before the Lord, it fortuned that Sathan cam also among them. ⁷ And the Lorde sayde vnto Sathan. From whence commest thou? Sathan answered the Lord, and sayde: I haue gone about the lande, and walcked thorow it. ⁸ And the Lorde sayde vnto Sathan: hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob, how that there is none lyke him in the land? a perfect & a iust man: soch a one as feareth God, and exchueth euell? ⁹ Sathan answered, and sayde vnto the Lord. Doth Iob feare God for naught? ¹⁰ hast thou not preserued him, & his house, and all that he hath on euery syde? Thou hast blessed the worckes of hys handes, and hys possessyon is encreased in the lande. ¹¹ But laye thyne hand now vpon hym and touch all that he hath, and he shal curse the to thy face. ¹² And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan: lo, all that he hath, be in thy power: onely vpon hym selfe se that thou laye not thyne hande. And Satan went forth from the presence of the Lorde. ¹³ And vpon a certayn daye it fortuned, that his sonnes and daughters were eatyng and drincking wyne in their eldest brothers house, ¹⁴ and there came a messenger vnto Iob, and sayde: Whyle the oxen were a plowyng, and the asses goynge in the pasture besyde them, ¹⁵ the Sabees came in vyolently, and toke them awaye: yee, they haue slayne thy seruauntes with the edge of the sweard, and I onely ranne my waye, to tell the. ¹⁶ Whyle he was yet speakyng, there came another, and sayde: The fyre of God is fallen from heauen, and hath brent vp all thy shepe and seruantes, and consumed them: & I onely ranne my waye, to tell the. ¹⁷ And whyle he was yet speakinge, there came another, and sayde: The Caldees made thre armyes, and fell in vpon the camels, and haue caryed them awaye, yee, and slayne thy seruauntes with the swearde: and I onely am gotten awaye, to tell the. ¹⁸ And whyle he was yet speakyng, there came another, and sayde: Thy sonnes and thy daughters were eatynge and drynckynge wyne in theyr eldest brothers house, ¹⁹ and beholde, there came a myghtye greate wynde out of the south, and smote the foure corners of the house: which fell vpon thy children, and they are deed, and I am gotten a waye alone to tell the. ²⁰ Then Iob stode vp, and rent his clothes, and shaued hys heade, fell downe vpon the grounde, worshipped, ²¹ and sayd: Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shall I turne thyther agayne. The Lord gaue, and the Lorde hath taken awaye blessed be the name of the Lord. ²² In all these thynges dyd Iob not offende, ner murmured foolyshly agaynst God.

⁹ These are the generacyons of Noah Noah was iust & perfect in his generacions, and walked wt God.

²³ The children of Aram: Uz and Hul, Gether & Mas

¹ Abram was nynetye yere olde & .ix. & the Lorde apeared to Abram & sayde vnto hym: I am the almyghtie God: walke before me and be thou perfecte.

¹² And he sayde: laye not thy hande vpon the chylde, nether do any thinge at all vnto him, for now I knowe that thou fearest God, and hast for my sake not spared thyne onely sonne.

²⁰ And it chaunsed after these thinges, that one tolde Abraham sayinge: Beholde, Milcha, she hath also borne chyldren vnto thy brother Nachor. ²¹ Hus hys eldest sonne, and Bus hys brother, and Kemuell the father of the Syrians,

²⁸ The chyldren of Disan also are these: Uz and Iran.

²¹ Morouer thou shalt seke oute amonge all the people, men of actiuite, and such as feare God: true men, hatynge coueteousnes: and make them heedes ouer the people, captaynes ouer thousandes, ouer hundredes, ouer fyftye and ouer ten.

³ I beseche the nowe, O Lorde, remembre howe I haue walked before the in trueth and with a perfecte herte, and haue done that which is good in thy syght, and Hezekia wepte sore.

¹⁷ The sonnes of Sem, Elam, and Assur, Arphacsad, Lud, and Aram, and Uz, Hul, and Gether, and Masech.

⁴² The sonnes of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaeuan, and Zakan. The sonnes of Disan: Uz, and Aran.

²⁰ And of thys maner dyd Hezekia thorowe out all Iuda, & wrought it that is good, and ryght and true, before the Lorde hys God. ²¹ And in all the worckes that he beganne for the seruice of the house of God, for the lawe, and for the commaundementes, he sought his God, & that dyd he with all his hert, & prospered.

⁸ And the Lorde sayde vnto Sathan: hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob, how that there is none lyke him in the land? a perfect & a iust man: soch a one as feareth God, and exchueth euell?

³ And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan: hast thou not consydered my seruaunt Iob? for there is none lyke him in the land. For he is a perfect and iust man, soch a one as feareth God, and exchueth euell, & contynueth styll in hys godlynesse. And thou mouedest me agaynst him, that I shulde punysh him for naught.

¹¹ My fote doth kepe his path, his hye waye haue I holden, and will not go out of it. ¹² I will not forsake the commaundement of his lippes, but loke what he charged me with his mouth, that haue I shutt vp in my herte.

²⁸ And vnto man he sayde: Beholde, to feare the Lorde, is wysdome: and to for sake euell. is vnderstandinge.

¹ I Made a couenaunt wt myne eyes that I wolde not loke vpon a damsell. ² For how great a porcion shall I haue of God? & what enheritaunce from the almightie on hie? ³ As for the vngodly and he that ioyneth him selfe to the company of wycked doers, shall not destruccion and misery come vpon him? ⁴ Doth not he se my wayes, and tell all my goinges? ⁵ If I haue walked in vanite, or yf my fete haue runne to disceaue: ⁶ let me be weyed in an euen balaunce, that God may se my innocency. ⁷ If so be that I haue withdrawne my fote out of the right waye, and yf my hert hath folowed mine eye sight? If I haue stained or defiled my handes? ⁸ then shal I sowe, and another eate, yee, my generacion and posterite shall be cleane roted out. ⁹ If my hert hath lusted after my neghboures wyffe, or yf I haue layde wayte at his dore? ¹⁰ O then let my wiffe grinde vnto another man and let other men lie with her. ¹¹ For this is a wickednesse and synne, that is worthy to be punisshed, ¹² yee, a fyre that vtterly shulde consume, and rote out all my substaunce. ¹³ Did I euer thinke scorne to do right vnto my seruauntes and maydens, when they had eny mater agaynst me? ¹⁴ But seinge that God will sytt in iudgment, what shall I do? And for so moch as he will nedes visett me, what answere shall I geue him? ¹⁵ He that fashioned me in my mothers wombe, made he not him also? were we not both shapena like in oure mothers bodies? ¹⁶ When the poore desired any thinge at me, haue I denied it them? Haue I caused the widdowe to stande waytinge for me in vayne? ¹⁷ Haue I eaten my porcion alone, that the fatherlesse hath had no parte with me? ¹⁸ for mercy grewe vp with me fro my youth, and compassion fro my mothers wombe. ¹⁹ Haue I sene any man perishe thorow nakednesse and want of clothinge? Or any poore man for lack of rayment, ²⁰ whose sydes thancked me not, because he was warmed with the wolle of my shepe? ²¹ Dyd I euer lyfte vp my hande to hurte the fatherlesse? yee, in the gate where I sawe my selfe to be in auctorite: ²² then let myne arme fall fro my shulder, and myne arme holes be broken from the ioyntes. ²³ For I haue euer feared the vengeaunce and punyshement of God, and knewe very well, that I was not able to beare hys burthen. ²⁴ Haue I put my trust in golde? Or haue I sayde to the fynest golde of all: thou arte my confidence? ²⁵ Haue I reioysed because my power was great, and because my hande gat so moche? ²⁶ Dyd I euer greatly regarde the rysynge of the sonne? or had I the goinge downe of the moone in greate reputacyon? ²⁷ Hath my hert medled priuely with any disceate? Or, dyd I euer kysse myne awne hande? ²⁸ that were a wyckednesse worthy to be punished, for then shulde I haue denyed the God that is aboue. ²⁹ Haue I euer reioysed at the hurte of myne enemy? Or was I euer glad, that any harme happened vnto him? Oh no. ³⁰ I neuer suffred my mouth to do soch a synne, as to wish him euell. ³¹ Dyd not the men of myne awne houshold saye: who shall let vs to haue oure belly full of his fleshe? ³² I haue not suffred a straunger to lye without, but I opened my dores vnto him, that went by the waye. ³³ Haue I kepte secrete my synne and hyd myne iniquite, as Adam dyd? ³⁴ Haue I feared any great multitude of people: or yf I had bene dispysed of the symple, O then shulde I haue bene afrayed. Thus haue I quyetly spent my lyfe, and not gone out at the dore. ³⁵ O that I had one which wolde heare me. Lo, this is my cause. In the which the almyghty shall answere for me: though he that is my contrary party, hath written a boke agaynst me. ³⁶ Yet wyll I take him vpon my shulder, and as a garlande about my head. ³⁷ I wyll tell him, the nomber of my goinges, and go vnto him as to a Prince. ³⁸ But yf case be that my lande crye agaynst me, or that the forowes therof make any complaynte: ³⁹ yf I haue eaten the frutes therof vnpayed for, yee yf I haue greued any of the plowmen: ⁴⁰ then let thystles growe in steade of my wheate, & cockle for my barleye. Here ende the wordes of Iob:

¹³ The feare of the Lorde abhorreth wyckednesse, pryde dysdayne, and the euell waye: and a mouth that speaketh wycked thynges, I vtterly abhorre.

⁶ With louinge mercy & faythfulnesse, synnes be forgeuen, & who so feareth the Lord eschueth euell.

²⁰ & all kynges of the lande of Hus, all kynges of the Philistines lande, Ascalon, Azah, Accaron and the remnaunt of Asdod,

²¹ And thou (O daughter Edom) that dwellest in the lande of Huz, be glad and reioyce: for the cuppe shall come vnto the also, whych whan thou suppest of, thou shalt be droncken.

¹⁴ And though Noe, Daniel & Iob, these thre men were amonge them, yet shall they in their ryghtuousnesse delyuer but their awne soules, sayeth the Lorde God.

²⁰ And yf Noe, Daniel & Iob were therin: as truly as I lyue (sayeth the Lorde God) they shall delyuer nether sonnes ner daughters, but saue their awne soules in their rightuousnes.

⁶ they were, both ryghteous before God, and walked in all the lawes and ordynaunces of the Lorde, that no man coulde fynde fawte with them.

¹¹ Beholde, we counte them happy which endure. Ye haue heard of the pacience of Iob, and haue knowen what ende the Lorde made. For the Lord is very pitiefull and mercyfull.

¹¹ Let him eschue euyll, & do good: let him seke peace, and ensue it.

¹¹ and Haman tolde them of the glory of his ryches, and the multitude of his children, & all together howe the kyng had promoted him so greatly and howe that he had set him aboue the princes and seruauntes of the kyng.

¹³ Holde your tonges for my sake, that I also maye speake, and my sorow shalbe the lesse.

¹³ He had seuen sonnes also & thre daughters.

³⁸ He blesseth them, so that they multiplye exceadingly, and suffreth not their catell to decrease.

³ It is but lost laboure that ye haste to ryse vp early, and so late take rest, and eate the breade of carefulnesse: for so he gyueth hys beloued sleape. ⁴ Lo, chyldren and the frute of the wombe are an herytage and gyfte, that commeth of the Lorde. ⁵ Lyke as the arowes in the hande of the gyaunt, euen so are the yonge chyldren. Happy is the man, that hath hys quyuer full of them, they shall not be ashamed, when they speake wyth theyr enemyes in the gate.

³ Thy wyfe shalbe as the frutefull vyne vpon the walles of thy house.

⁵ And Abram toke Sarai his wife & Lot his brothers sonne, & all theyr substaunce that they had in possessyon, & the soules that they had begotten in Haran. And they departed, that they myght come in to the londe of Chanaan,

¹⁶ And he truly intreated Abram well for her sake, and he had shepe & oxen and he asses, men seruauntes and mayde seruauntes, she asses & camels.

⁶ & the lande was not able to receaue them that they myght dwell together, for the substaunce of their ryches was greate, & they coulde not dwell to gether.

⁶ But vnto the sonnes of the concubynes whych Abraham had, he gaue gyftes, and sent them awaye from Isahac hys sonne (whyle he yet lyued) eastwarde, vnto the lande of kedes.

¹ Then Iacob lyfte vp hys fete, & came into the east countrey.

²³ Shall not their goodes and their substance and all theyr catell be oures, only yf we consente vnto them? For they wyll dwell with vs.

⁷ And he toke vp hys parable and sayde Balac the kynge of Moab hath fett me from Mesopotamia out of the mountaynes of the east (sayinge:) come, curse Iacob for my sake: come, & defye Israel.

³² And the botye and the praye which the men of warre had caught, was syxe hundred thousande, and .lxxv. thousande shepe: ³³ and .lxxij. thousande oxen ³⁴ .lxj. thousande asses:

³ And when Israel had sowen, the Madianites, the Amalechites & they of the east contreye came vp together against them: & pytched their tentes against them,

⁵ for they went vp, they and their cattell, & came wt their tentes as a multitude of greshopers: so that bothe they & also their camels were wt out nombre. And they entred into the lande to destroye it.

¹² And the Madianites, the Amalekites, and all they of the East, lay a longe in the valeye, lyke a multitude of greshopers, and their camelles were without nombre, euen as the sande by the see syde in multitude.

¹⁰ Zebath and Zalmona were in Carkar, and their hostes with them, vpon a .xv. thousand men, which were all that were lefte of all the hostes of them of the Easte: For there were slayne a hundred and twentye thousande men, that drewe swerdes.

² And there was a man in Maon whose possession was in Carmel, and the man was excedyng myghtie, and had thre thousand shepe & a thousand gootes. And he was sheryng his shepe in Carmell.

³⁰ and Salomons wysdome excelled the wysdome of all the chyldren of the east contrey, and all the wysdome of Egipt.

⁴ And Mesa kynge of Moab was a Lorde of shepe, and rendered vnto the kynge of Israel an hundred thousande lambes & an hundred thousande rammes with the wolle.

¹⁰ And he buylt towres in the wyldernesse, and digged many welles: For he had moche catell, in the valeys and playnes, plowmen and vynedressers in the mountaynes and in Charmel, for he loued husbandrye:

²⁹ And he made him cyties, and had of shepe and oxen great aboundance. For God had geuen him substaunce exceadinge moch.

⁹ when the Princes left of their talkinge, and layed their hande to their mouth: ¹⁰ when the myghty kepte still their voyce, and when their tonge cleued to the rofe of their mouthe.

²⁵ When I agreed vnto theyr waye, I was the chefe, and sat as a kynge with hys armye aboute hym. And whan they were in heuynes, I was theyr comfortoure.

¹² And the Lorde made Iob rycher then he was before: for he had fourtene .M. shepe .vj.M. camels, a .M. youck of oxen, and a .M. asses.

²² The blessynge of the Lorde maketh ryche men as for carefull trauayle, it doth nothynge therto.

¹ A songe of the stayres of Dauid: Beholde, howe good and ioyfull a thing it is, brethren to dwell together in vnitye. It is lyke the precyous oyntement vpon the heade, that ranne downe vnto the beerd: euen vnto Aarons beerd, and wente downe to the skyrtes of hys clothynge.

¹ Let brotherly loue continu

⁵ But God sawe that the malyce of man was greate in the erth, and all the ymaginacyon of the thoughtes of hys hert was onely euell euery daye.

²⁰ And Noah buylded an altare vnto the lorde, and toke of euery cleane beast, and of euery cleane foule, & offred sacrifyces in the altare.

³ Than Abraham rose vp early in the mornyng, & sadled his asse, and toke two of hys yonge men wyth hym, and Isahac hys sonne: and cloue wodd for the sacrifyce, and rose vp and gott hym to the place whyche God had appoynted hym.

² Than sayde Iacob vnto hys housholde and to all that were wyth hym: put awaye the straunge goddes that are amonge you and be cleane, and chaunge youre garmentes, ³ for we wyll aryse and goo vp to Bethell and I wyll make an aulter there, vnto God, which herde me in the daye of my tribulacyon, and was with me in the waye which I went.

¹² And Iethro Moses father in lawe offred burntofferynges and sacrifyces vnto God. And Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eate breade wyth Moses father in lawe before God.

¹⁰ And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses: Go vnto the people, and sanctifye them to daye and to morowe, and let them wash theyr clothes:

⁵ and sent yonge men of the chyldren of Israell, which brought burntofferynges, and offred peace offeringes of oxen vnto the Lord.

³ Yf hys sacrifyce be a burntofferynge, let hym offre a male of the oxen without blemyshe, and brynge hym (of hys own voluntary wyll) vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse before the Lorde. ⁴ And he shal put hys hande vpon the heade of the brent sacrifyce, and it shalbe accepted for him, to be hys attonement. ⁵ And he shall kyll the calfe of the droue before the Lord. And the prestes Aarons sonnes, shall brynge the bloude, and sprynckle it rounde aboute vpon the altare, that is by the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse. ⁶ And then shall he slaye the burntofferynge, and hewe hym in peces.

¹⁰ And the sonne of an Israelitish wife whose father was an Egypcian, went out amonge the chyldren of Israel. And thys sonne of the Israelitish wyfe & a man of Israel, stroue together in the hoste. ¹¹ And the Israelitish womans sonne blasphemed the name of the Lorde, and cursed, and they broughte hym vnto Moses. Hys mothers name was Salomyth, whych was the daughter of Dibry, of the trybe of Dan: ¹² and they put hym in warde, that the mynde of the Lorde myght be shewed them. ¹³ And the Lord spake vnto Moses sayinge: ¹⁴ brynge the cursed speaker wythout the hoste, and lett all that hearde hym, put theyr handes vpon hys heed, and let all the multitude stone hym. ¹⁵ And thou shalt speake vnto the chyldren of Israel sayinge: Whosoeuer curseth hys God, shall bere his synne: ¹⁶ And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lorde, let hym be slayne, and all the multitude shall stone hym to deeth. Whether he be borne in the londe or a straunger, whan he blasphemeth the name of the Lorde, let hym be slayne.

⁵ He answered: Yee, I am come to offer vnto the Lorde. Sanctifye youre selues, & come with me to the offerynge. And he sanctifyed Isai & his sonnes, & bad them to the offerynge.

³¹ And Elia toke .xij. stones according to the nombre of the .xij. trybes of the sonnes of Iacob (vnto whom the worde of the Lorde came, sayeng. Israel shalbe thy name.

¹⁰ and set two vnthriftes before him, to beare witnesse agaynst him, sayenge: thou dydest blaspheme God and the kyng. And then carye hym out, and stone hym to deeth.

¹³ & there came in two men (the children of Belial) and sate before him. And the two vnthriftie persones wytnessed agaynst Naboth, in the presence of the people, sayeng: Naboth dyd blaspheme God and the kyng, And they caried hym out of the cytie, and stoned hym wyth stones that he dyed.

³⁰ And the preastes and Leuites were purifyed, and clensed the people, and the gates and the wall.

¹¹ But laye thyne hand now vpon hym and touch all that he hath, and he shal curse the to thy face.

⁹ Then sayde hys wyfe vnto hym: Dost thou contynue yet in thy perfectnesse? curse God & dye.

⁴ For seyng that thy sonnes synned agaynst hym, dyd not he punysh them for theyr wyckednesse?

¹⁰ Hath he soch pleasure and delyte in the Almightye, that he darre alwaye call vpon God?

²⁵ When he goeth: the myghtye are afrayed, and feare troubleth them.

⁸ Therfore, take you now seuen oxen and seuen rammes, and go to my seruaunt Iob, and offre vp for youre selues a brent offeringe: and my seruaunt Iob shall praye for you. Hym wyll I accepte, and not deale wyth you after youre folyshnesse: in that ye haue not spoken the thinge whych is ryght, lyke as my seruaunt Iob hath done.

³ My voyce shalt thou heare by tymes, O Lorde, early in the mornyng will I directe my praier vnto the, and wyll loke vp.

¹⁰ Whatsoeuer thou takest in hande to do, that do with all thy power, for in the graue that thou goest vnto, there is nether worcke, councell, knowledge ner wysdome.

¹⁴ O Ierusalem, wash thyne hert from wickednesse, that thou mayest be helped. How long shal thy noysom thoughtes remayne with the?

⁹ Amonge all thynges, man hath the most disceatfull and stubberne herte. Who shall then knowe it? ¹⁰ Euen I the Lorde searche out the grounde of the herte, and trye the reynes, & rewarde euery man accordynge to his wayes, and accordynge to the frute of his workes.

²¹ defyleth the man. For from wyth in, euen out of the herte of men proceade euyll thoughtes, aduoutry, fornicacyon, murther, ²² theft, couetousnes, fraude, deceyte, vnclennes, a wycked eye, blasphemyes, pryde, folyshnes: ²³ all these euyll thynges come from wt in, and defyle a man.

⁷⁵ all the dayes of oure lyfe, in such holynes and rightewesnes as are accept before him

⁷ And shal not God auenge his electe, which crye daye and nyght vnto him, yee, though he deferre them?

⁵⁵ And the Iewes Easter was nye at hand, & many went out of the countre vp to Ierusalem before the Easter, to purify them selues.

²² Repente therfore of thys thy wyckednes, & praye God, that the thought of thyne herte maye be forgeuen the.

²⁶ Then the nexte daye Paul toke the men, and puryfyed hym selfe with them and entred into the temple, declarynge that he obserued the dayes of the purificacyon, vntyll that an offeryng shuld be offered for euery one of them.

⁵ Therfore iudge nothinge before the tyme vntyll the Lorde come, whych wyll lyghten thinges that are hyd in darcknes, and open the counsels of the hertes. And then shall euery man haue prayse of God.

² For I am gelous ouer you wt godly gelousye: For I haue coupled you to one man, that ye shulde make your selues a chaste virgin vnto Christ.

¹⁸ And praye all wayes with all maner of prayer and supplicacyon in the sprete: and watch ther vnto with all instance and supplycacyon for all saynctes

² The sonnes of God also sawe the daughters of men that they were fayre, and they toke them wyues from amonge all that they had chosen.

⁴ But there were gyauntes in the erth in those dayes: yee and after that the sonnes of God came vnto the daughters of men, and they had gendred vnto them, the same became myghtye men of the worlde, and men of renowne.

¹⁹ And he sayde agayne: heare thou therfore the worde of the Lorde. I saw the Lorde syt on hys seate, and all the hoost of heauen stode about hym, on hys ryght hand and on hys lefte.

¹ And Satan stode vp agaynst Israel, & prouoked Dauid to nombre Israel.

¹ And the children of God came and stode before the Lorde, and Satan came also amonge them, and stode before the Lorde.

⁷ Where wast thou, when the mornyng starres praysed me together, and all the chyldren of God reioysed triumphantly?

²⁰ O prayse the Lorde ye angels of his, ye that excell in strength: ye that fulfyll his commaundement, & herken vnto the voyce of his wordes.

²⁵ He answered, and sayde: lo, for all that, yet do I se foure men going lowse in the myddest of the fyer, and nothynge corrupte: and the fourth is lyke the sonne of God to loke vpon.

¹ And he shewed me Iesua the hye prest standyng before the angel of the lord and Satan stode at his ryght hand to resyst hym.

¹⁰ Take hede: that ye despyse not one of these lytelones. For I saye vnto you, that in heauen their angels do alwayes beholde the face of my father, whych is in heauen.

³⁸ which was the sonne of Enos. which was the sonne of Seth: which was the sonne of Adam: which was the sonne of God.

⁷⁰ Iesus answereth them: Haue not I chosen you twelue, and one of you is a deuyll?

⁹ And the great dragon, that olde serpent, called the deuyll & Sathanas, was cast out. Which deceaueth all the worlde. And he was cast into the erth & his angelles were cast out also ¹⁰ And I hearde a lowde voyce sayinge: in heauen is now made saluacyon and strength & the kyngdome of oure God, & the power of hys Chryst. For is cast doune, which accused them before God daye and nyght.

²⁵ and they departed. But he went in, and stode before his master. And Elisa sayde vnto him: whence commest thou Gehezi? He sayde: thy seruaunt went no whether.

² And the Lord sayde vnto Satan: From whence commest thou? Satan answered the Lorde, and sayde: I haue gone about the land, and walcked thorow it.

¹⁰ And the man that stode amonge the myrre trees answered & sayde: These are they whom the Lorde hathe sente to go thorowe the world. ¹¹ And they answered the aungel of the Lorde, that stode among the myr trees and sayde. We haue gone thorowe the worlde: and beholde all the worlde dwell at ease and are carelesse.

⁷ These horses were very stronge, and wente out: & sought to go & take theyr iourney ouer the whole earth. And he sayde: get you hence, & go thorow the worlde. So they wente thorow out the world.

⁴³ When the vnclene spryte is gone out of a man, he walketh throughout drye places, sekyng rest, and findeth none.

⁸ Be sober and watch, for youre aduersary the deuyll as a roaring lyon walketh about, sekyng whom he maye deuoure:

⁹ And the great dragon, that olde serpent, called the deuyll & Sathanas, was cast out. Which deceaueth all the worlde. And he was cast into the erth & his angelles were cast out also

¹² Therfore reioyce heuens, & ye that dwell in them. Woo to the inhabiters of the erth, and of the see: for the deuyll is come downe vnto you, which hath great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short tyme. ¹³ And when the dragon sawe that he was caste vnto the erth, he persecuted the woman, which brought forth the man chylde. ¹⁴ And to the woman were geuen two wynges of a great Egle, that she myght flye into the wyldernes into her place, where she is norysshed for a tyme, tymes, & halfe a tyme, from the presence of the serpent. ¹⁵ And the dragon cast oute of hys mouth water after the woman as it had bene a ryuer, because she shuld haue bene caught of the floud. ¹⁶ And the erth holpe the woman, and the erth opened her mouth & swalowed, vp the ryuer, which the dragon cast out of his mouth. ¹⁷ And the dragon was wroth wyth the woman: and went, & made warre wyth the remnaunt of hyr sede, which kepe the commaundementes of God, and haue the testimony of Iesus Christe. And he stode on the see sande.

⁸ and shall go out to deceaue the people, whych are in the foure quarters of the erth, Gog & Magog, to gather them together to battayle, whose nombre is as the sonde of the see:

³ But Moses was a very meke man, aboue all the men of the earth.

⁷ My seruaunt Moses is not so, which is faithfull in all myne house. ⁸ Unto him wil I speake mouth to mouth in a visyon: but in rydels and symylitudes doth not he se the Lord. Wherfore then were ye not afrayed to speake agaynst my seruaunt Moses?

⁷ Onely be thou strong & as bolde as thou canst, that thou mayest obserue & do according to all the lawe, which Moses my seruaunt commaunded the. Tourne therfrom nether to the right hand, nor to the lefte: that thou mayste do wysely in all thou takest in hande:

³⁰ and Salomons wysdome excelled the wysdome of all the chyldren of the east contrey, and all the wysdome of Egipt. ³¹ For he was wyser then all men, yee then, Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, & Darda the sonnes of Mahol. And his name was spoken of thorowe out all nacyons on euery syde.

²⁵ lyke vnto him was there no kyng before hym, that turned to the Lorde with all hys herte, with all his soule & all hys myght accordynge to all the lawe of Moses, nether after hym arose there any soche as he.

¹⁵ For the olde captaynes that were before me, had bene chargeable vnto the people, and had taken of them bread and wyne, and .xl. sycles of syluer: yee, and their seruauntes had oppressed the people. But so dyd not I, and that because of the feare of God.

¹ In the lande of Hus there was a man whose name was Iob: & the same was a perfect & iust man, soch a one as feared God & exchued euell.

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

²² One thyng it is and therfore I sayed. He destroyeth both the righteous and vngodly. ²³ And though he staye sodenly with the scourge, yet wyll he laugh at the punyshement of the innocent.

⁴ Thus he that calleth vpon God, and whom God heareth, is mocked of hys neyghboure: the godly and innocent man is laughed to scorne.

⁸ Uertuous men therfore shall well consydre this, and the innocent shall take parte agaynst the ypocrite. ⁹ The righteous also will kepe hys waye, and he that hath cleane handes, wyll euer be stronger and stronger.

¹⁴ To whom hath he geuen hys herte, for to drawe hys sprete and breth vnto hym?

⁷ Now when the Lorde had spoken these wordes vnto Iob, it fortuned, that the Lord sayde vnto Eliphas the Themanite: I am displeased with the, and thy two frendes, for ye haue not spoken of me the thynge that is ryght, lyke as my seruaunt Iob hath done. ⁸ Therfore, take you now seuen oxen and seuen rammes, and go to my seruaunt Iob, and offre vp for youre selues a brent offeringe: and my seruaunt Iob shall praye for you. Hym wyll I accepte, and not deale wyth you after youre folyshnesse: in that ye haue not spoken the thinge whych is ryght, lyke as my seruaunt Iob hath done.

²³ I was also vncorrupte before him: and eschued myne awne wickednes.

¹⁴ Eschue euell, & do good. seke peace and ensue it.

¹ To the Chaunter, of Dauid the seruaunt of the Lorde. My hert sheweth me the wyckednesse of the vngodly, that there is no feare of God before hys eyes.

²⁷ Fle from euell, and do the thynge that is good, and dwel for euer.

¹¹ I had rather be a dore keper in the house of my God, then to dwell in the tentes of vngodlynesse.

²⁰ Thou spakest somtyme in vysyons vnto thy saynctes, and saydest: I haue layed helpe vpon one that is myghty, I haue exalted one chosen out of the people.

¹⁶ Wash you therfore, and make you cleane, put awaye your euell ententes out of my syght, cease from doynge of euell.

¹ Beholde, this is my seruaunte vpon whom I leane, myne electe, In whom my soule is pacifyed. I haue geuen hym my sprete, that he maye shewe forth iudgement and equitye among the Gentiles.

⁴ and sayd vnto me: marcke well with thine eyes, herken to with thine eares, and fasten it in thine hert, whatsoeuer I shal shewe the, for to that intent that they myght be shewed the therfore art thou brought hyther. And whatsoeuer thou seyst, thou shalt certyfye the house of Israell therof.

³⁹ And one of the euyll doers whych were hanged, rayled on him, sayinge: If thou be Chryst, saue thy selfe and vs. ⁴⁰ But the other answered & rebuked him, sayinge: Fearest thou not God, seynge thou art in the same dampnacyon?

⁴⁷ Iesus sawe Nathanael comynge to him, & sayeth of him: Beholde a ryght Israelyte, in whom is no gyle.

²¹ and sayd: Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shall I turne thyther agayne. The Lord gaue, and the Lorde hath taken awaye blessed be the name of the Lord.

¹⁰ But Iob sayde vnto her: Thou speakest lyke a folysh woman. Shal we receaue prosperite at the hand of God, and not receaue aduersite? In all these thinges, did not Iob synne with his lyppes.

¹⁴ They saye also vnto God: go from vs, we desyre not the knowledge of thy wayes. ¹⁵ Who is the Allmyghtie, that we shulde serue hym? And what profyt shuld we haue to submyt our selues vnto him?

¹⁰ Yee, what is he amonge you, that wyl do so moch as to shut the dores, or to kindle the fyre vpon myne aulter for naught? I haue no pleasure in you, sayeth the Lord of hostes: and as for the meatoffringe, I wyl not accepte it at youre hande.

²⁶ For what doth it proffet a man, yf he wynne all the whole worlde: & lose hys awne soule? Or what shal a man geue to redeme his soule agayne with all?

⁸ For bodely exercyse profyteth lytell: but godlynes is profytable vnto all thynges, as a thinge which hath promyses of the lyfe that is nowe, & of the lyfe to come.

⁶ Godlynes is greate ryches If a man be content with that he hath.

¹ After these thynges were done, the worde of the Lorde came vnto Abram in a vysyon sayinge, Feare not Abram, I am thy defence, and thy rewarde shall be exceadynge great.

¹² Isahac sowed in that lande, and founde in that same yere an .C. busshels: & the Lorde blessed hym,

³⁰ For it was but lytle that thou haddest before I came, and nowe it is encreased into a multitude, and the Lorde hath blessed the for my sake. But nowe when shall I make prouisyon for myne awne house also?

⁴³ And the man increaced exceadyngly, and had a great flocke, mayde seruauntes and man seruauntes, camels and asses.

⁵ And it fortuned from the tyme that he had made him rular ouer hys house and ouer all that he had, the Lorde blessed the Egyptyans house for Iosephs sake, and the blessynge of the Lorde was vpon all that he had: in the house, and in the felde.

²⁵ From thy fathers God which hath helped the, and with the almyghtye which hath blessed the wyth blessynges from heauen aboue, wyth blessynges of the depe that lyeth vnder, and wyth blessynges of the brestes and of the wombe.

¹³ He wyll loue the, & blesse the, & multiplye the: he wyll also blesse the frute of thy wombe, and the frute of thy londe, thy corne, thy wyne and thyne oyle, & the frute of thine oxen, & the flockes of thy shepe in the lande, which he sware vnto thy fathers to geue the.

² And all these blessinges shall come on the, and ouertake the, yf thou shalt herken vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God. ³ Blessed shalt then be in the towne, and blessed in the feldes: ⁴ blessed shalbe the frute of thy body, and the frute of thy grounde, and the frute of thy cattell, the frute of thyne oxen, & the flockes of thy shepe: ⁵ blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. ⁶ Blessed shalt thou be, when thou goest out, and blessed when thou comest in.

¹¹ Blesse Lord his fyrst frutes and accept the worke of his handes: smyte the loynes of them that ryse agaynst him, and of them that hate him, that they ryse not agayne.

²⁷ The eternall God is thy refuge, & vnder the armes of the Euerlastynge God shalt thou lyue. He shall cast out the enemye before the, and saye, destroye.

¹⁶ They were a wall of defence vnto vs both by nyght & daye, all the whyle we were with them keping shepe.

³ His substaunce also was seuen .M. shepe, & thre .M. camels, .v.C. youck of oxen, & fyue .C. she asses, and a very greate housholde: so that he was one of the most principall men among all them of the east countre.

⁶ when my wayes ranne ouer with butter, and when the stony rockes gaue me ryuers of oyle:

²⁵ Haue I reioysed because my power was great, and because my hande gat so moche?

¹² For thou Lorde wylt geue thy blessynge vnto the ryghteous: and with thy fauorable kyndnesse wylt thou defende hym, as with a shylde.

⁷ The Angell of the Lorde taryethe rounde about them that feare hym, and delyuereth them.

²¹ My lyppes wylbe fayne, whan I synge vnto the:

¹² Why hast thou then broken downe her hedge, that all they whych go by, plucke of her grapes?

¹⁷ And the glorious maiesty of the Lorde oure God be vpon vs: prospere thou the worke of oure handes vpon vs, O prospere thou oure handy worke.

¹ A songe of the stayres. Blessed are all they that feare the Lord, and walke in hys wayes. ² For thou shalt eate the laboures of thyne handes O well is the, and happy shalt thou be. ³ Thy wyfe shalbe as the frutefull vyne vpon the walles of thy house. ⁴ Thy chyldren lyke the Olyue braunches rounde aboute thy table.

² This he hedged, thys he walled rounde aboute, and planted it with goodly grapes. In the myddest of it buylded he a towre, and made a wyne presse therin. And afterwarde when he loked that it shulde brynge him grapes, it brought forth thornes.

⁵ Well, now I shall tell you how I wyll do with my vyneyarde: I will take the hedge from it, that it maye perysh, and breake downe the wall, that it maye be troden vnder fote.

⁵ Yee, I my selfe (sayth the Lorde) wyll be vnto her a wall of fyer rounde aboute, and wylbe honoured in her.

⁸ for thus sayeth the Lorde of hoostes. After that glorious power hath he sent me out to the Heathen, whych spoyled you, for whoso toucheth you, shall touch the aple of hys owne eye.

⁵ whych are kept by the power of of God thorow fayth, vnto saluacion, whych is prepared allready to be shewed in the last tyme,

¹¹ And so Abimelech charged all hys people, sayinge: he that toucheth this man or hys wyfe, shall dye the death.

⁵ And it fortuned, that when they had passed ouer the tyme of their bancketting rounde aboute, Iob sent for them, and sanctified them, and gat vp early, and offered for euery one a brentofferynge. For Iob sayde: lest peraduenture my sonnes haue done some offence, & haue bene vnthankfull to God in their hertes. Thus did Iob euery daye.

¹² And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan: lo, all that he hath, be in thy power: onely vpon hym selfe se that thou laye not thyne hande. And Satan went forth from the presence of the Lorde.

⁵ But laye thyne hand now vpon him, and touch once his bone and flesh, and he shall curse the to thy face.

⁵ But now that the plage is come vpon the, thou art greued: now that it hath touched thy selfe, thou art faynt harted.

²¹ Haue pyte vpon me, haue pyte vpon me (O ye my frendes) for the hand of God hath touched me.

¹⁵ Touch not myne anoynted, & do my prophetes no harme.

²⁵ Therfore is the wrath of the Lord kindled also agaynst hys people, and he shaketh his hande at them: yee, he hath smyten, so that the hylles dyd tremble. And theyr karcases dyd lye in the open streates, lyke myre. And in all thys, the wrath of God hath not ceassed, but hys hande is stretched out styl.

²¹ If he do not thys, he stombleth and suffreth hunger. And yf he suffre hunger he is out of pacience, and blasphemeth his kyng & his God. Then loketh he vp warde, & downe warde to the earth,

¹³ Ye speake harde wordes agaynst me, sayeth the Lorde. And yet ye saye: What haue we spoken agaynst the? ¹⁴ Ye haue sayde: It is but lost labour, to serue God? What profyt haue we for kepynge his commaundementes, and for walkynge humbly before the Lorde of hostes?

⁹ And the men raged in gret heate: & spake euyll of the name of God, which hath power ouer those plages, & they repented not of theyr euill dedis, to geue him glory.

¹¹ and blasphemed the God of heauen for sorowe & payne of theyr sores, & repented not of theyr dedes.

²¹ And ther fell a greate hayle (as it had bene talentes) out of heauen vpon the men, and the men blasphemed God: because of the plage of the hayle, for it was great, and the plage of it sore.

⁶ But Abram sayde to Sarai: beholde, thy mayde is in thy hande, do with hyr as it pleaseth the. And whan Sarai fared foule wyth her, she fled from the face of her.

²³ Now therfore beholde the Lord hath put a lyenge sprete in the mouth of all these thy prophetes: and the Lorde hath spoken euell towarde the.

⁴ And Satan answered the Lord, & sayde: Skyn for skynne? yee, a man wyll geue all that euer he hath, for his lyfe. ⁵ But laye thyne hand now vpon him, and touch once his bone and flesh, and he shall curse the to thy face. ⁶ And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan: lo, there hast thou hym in thy power, but spare hys lyfe. ⁷ So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Iob with maruelous sore byles, from the sole of hys fote vnto hys crowne:

¹⁰ The fearcenesse of man shall turne to thy prayse: and the fearcenesse of other shalt thou refrayne.

⁸ In measure doth he smyte him, whyle he sendeth vnto him soch thinges, wherby he commeth to hys mynde agayne. For in the daye that the east wynde bloweth sore, it taketh awaye the frutes.

⁵ Zedekiah the kynge answered & sayde: lo, he is in youre handes, for the kyng maye denye you nothinge.

³² And there was there, an heard of many swyne, feding on an hyll: and they besought him, that he wold suffre them to enter into them. And he suffred them. ³³ Then went the deuels out of the man, & entred into the swyne. And the heard ranne heedlyng with violence into the lake, and were choked.

³¹ And the Lord sayde: Symon, Simon, beholde, Satan hath desyred to syfte you, as it were wheate: ³² but I haue prayed for the, that thy fayth fayle not. And when thou arte conuerted, strength thy brethren.

³⁵ The father loueth the sonne & hath geuen all thynges into hys hande ³⁶ He that beleueth on the sonne hath euerlastinge lyfe: He that beleueth not the sonne, shall not se lyfe, but the wrath of God abydeth on him.

¹¹ Iesus answered: Thou couldest haue no power at all agaynst me, except it were geuen the from aboue. Therfore he that delyuered me vnto the, hath the more synne.

¹³ Ther hath none other temptacyon taken you, but soche as foloweth the nature of man. But God is faythfull whych shall not suffer you to be tempted aboue youre strength: but shall in the myddes of the temptacyon make awaye, that ye maye be able to beare it.

⁷ For though I wolde boast, I shall not be a foole: for I wolde saye the trueth. Neuerthelesse, I spare you: lest any man shulde thinke of me, aboue that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.

⁴ And his sonnes went and made banckettes: one daye in one house, another daye in another, and sent for theyr thre systers, to eat & drincke with them.

¹ Make not thy boost of to morowe for thou knowest not what maye happen to daye.

¹² For a man knoweth not hys tyme, but lyke as the fyshe are taken with the angle, and as the byrdes are catched with the snare: Euen so are men taken in the perlous tyme, when it commeth sodenly vpon them.

¹⁹ and I will saye to my soule: Soule thou hast moche goodes layd vp in stoore for many yeares, take thyne ease: eate, drincke, be mery. ²⁰ But God sayd vnto him. Thou fole, this nyght will they fetche awaye thy soule agayne from the. Then whose shall those thynges be, which thou hast prouided?

²⁷ They dyd eate & dryncke, they maryed wyues and were maried, euen vnto that same daye that Noe went into the Arke: and the floude cam, and destroyed them all. ²⁸ Lykewyse also as it chaunced in the dayes of Lot. They dyd eate, they drancke, they bought, they solde they planted, they buylded: ²⁹ But euen the same daye that Lot went out of Zodom, it rayned with fyre and brymstone from heauen, & destroyed them all.

³⁴ Take hede to your selues, lest at anye tyme youre hertes be ouercome with surfettynge and dronkennes and cares of thys lyfe, and so the daye come vpon you vnwares.

¹⁷ The messenger answered & sayd. Israel is fled before the Philistines, & there is a greate slaughter chaunsed amonge the people, & thy two sonnes, Hophni & Phinehes are deed, & the arcke of God is taken.

¹³ And there cam a messenger to Dauid & sayd: the hertes of the men of Israel are turned after Absalom.

³¹ One purseuaunt shall mete another: yee, one poste shall come by another, to bring the kynge of Babylon tydinges: that his cytie is taken in on euery syde,

⁷ And the chyldren of Cusch: Seba and Hauilah and Sabtha, and Rahma, and Sabthecha. The chyldren of Rahma: Scheba and Dedan.

²⁸ Obal also & Abimael and Scheba,

³ Iecksan begat Seba & Dedan. And the sonnes of Dedan were: Assurim. Letusim and Leumim.

²⁰ And one of the sonnes of Ahimelech the sonne of Ahitob (named Abiathar) escaped & fled to Dauid. ²¹ And Abiathar shewed Dauid, how that Saul had slayne the lordes preastes.

¹⁶ Whyle he was yet speakyng, there came another, and sayde: The fyre of God is fallen from heauen, and hath brent vp all thy shepe and seruantes, and consumed them: & I onely ranne my waye, to tell the. ¹⁷ And whyle he was yet speakinge, there came another, and sayde: The Caldees made thre armyes, and fell in vpon the camels, and haue caryed them awaye, yee, and slayne thy seruauntes with the swearde: and I onely am gotten awaye, to tell the.

¹⁹ and beholde, there came a myghtye greate wynde out of the south, and smote the foure corners of the house: which fell vpon thy children, and they are deed, and I am gotten a waye alone to tell the.

¹⁹ They turne them to the pathes of Theman, and to the wayes of Saba, wherin they haue put their trust.

¹⁰ The kynges of Tharsis and of the Iles shall geue presentes, the kynges of Araby and Saba shall bring gyftes.

¹⁴ Thus sayeth the Lord. The occupiers of Egypt, the marchauntes of the Morians and Sabees, shall come vnto the with tribute, they shalbe thyne, they shall folowe the, and go with cheynes vpon their fete. They shall fall downe before the, and make supplicacyon vnto the. For God (without whom there is none other God) shalbe with the.

⁴² Then was there great chere with her to optayne peace, and though with those men many men came, yet were ther also brought, men of Sabba from the wildernesse: which gaue them bracelettes vpon theyr handes, & sett glorious crownes vpon theyr heades:

⁸ Your sonnes and youre daughters wyll I sell thorowe the handes of the chyldren of Iuda, and so they shall geue them forth to sell, vnto them of Saba, a people of a farre countre: for the Lorde him selfe hath sayde it.

²⁴ Than the Lorde rayned vpon Sodome & Gomorra, brymston & fyre from the Lorde out of heauen,

²⁸ Praye ye vnto the Lorde: for it is moch that there shulde be thonders of God & hayle. I will let you go, and ye shall tary no longer.

²⁴ And there came a fyre out from before the Lorde, & consumed vpon the alter the burntoffryng & the fatt. Whych whan all the people sawe, they gaue thankes, and felle on theyr faces.

² & there went a fyre out from the Lorde, and consumed them, & they dyed before the Lord.

¹ And it fortuned, that whan the people dyd wykedlye, it was a dyspleasure in the eares of the Lord. And when the Lord heard it, his countenaunce was prouoked to wrath, & the fier of the Lord burnt among them, & consumed them that were the vttemost of the hoste. ² And the people cried vnto Moses. And whan Moses made intercession vnto the Lord, the fier quenched. ³ And the name of the place was called Thaberah, because the fier of the Lord burnt among them.

¹⁵ And ther was a feare in the host, in the felde, & amonge all people: in so moche that they that were gone out of the watche to robbe, were afrayde also: and the erth trymbled, for the feare that was sent of God.

³⁸ And the fyre of the Lord fell, & consumed the burntsacrifyce & the wodd, the stones & the dust, & lycked vp the water that was in the pitte.

¹⁰ Elia answered and sayde to the captayne ouer the fyftie: yf I be a man of God, fyre come downe from heauen, and consume the & thy fyftie. And there came fyre of God, and consumed him and his fyftie.

¹² Elia answered and sayde vnto them: yf I be a man of God, fyre come downe from heauen, and consume the & thy fyftie. And there came fyre of God downe from heauen, & consumed him and his fyftie. And the kyng went agayne and sent the thirde captayne ouer fyftie wt his fyftie men.

¹⁴ Beholde, there came fyre downe from heauen, and burnt vp the two fore captaynes ouer fyftie with their fyfties: therfore let my lyfe nowe be preciouse in thy syght.

⁴ Agayne, the Lord shewed me thys visyon: beholde, the Lorde God called the fyre to punysh wythall, and it deuoured the great depe: yee, it consumed a parte all redy.

¹³ And he dyd grett wonders, so that he made fyre come doune from heauen in the syght of men.

²⁸ And Haran dyed in the presence of Terah hys father, in the londe of hys natyuitye, euen in Ur of the Caldees.

³¹ And Terah toke Abram his sonne, and Lot the sonne of Haran, hys sonnes sonne, & Sara hys daughter in lawe, hys sonne Abrams wyfe. And they departed together from Ur of the Caldees, that they myght go into the londe of Chanaan, & they came vnto Charan, & dwelt there.

³ Dauid sayde vnto him: whence comest thou? He sayde vnto him: Out of the hoste of Israel am I escaped.

¹⁵ the Sabees came in vyolently, and toke them awaye: yee, they haue slayne thy seruauntes with the edge of the sweard, and I onely ranne my waye, to tell the.

¹³ Behold, this people came not of the Caldees, but Assur made them strong with great shippes. They set vp the strong holdes therof, & destroyed his palaces, & he brought it in decaye.

⁶ For lo, I wil rayse vp the Caldees, that bitter and swyfte people: which shall go as wyde as the land is, to take possession of dwelling places, that be not their awne.

²⁸ Nowe had Absalom commaunded his younge men, sayenge: marke when Amnons hert is mery wyth wyne & when I byd you smyte Amnon, then kyll hym: and feare not, haue not I bydden you? be bolde therfore, & playe the men.

¹³ And vpon a certayn daye it fortuned, that his sonnes and daughters were eatyng and drincking wyne in their eldest brothers house,

² O that the displeasure which I haue were truly weyed, and my punishment layed in the balaunces togeather: ³ for now is it heuyer then the sande of the see. And thys is the cause, that my wordes are so sorowfull.

¹⁴ He hath geuen me one wound vpon another, and is fallen vpon me lyke a giaunte.

⁹ He hath spoyled me of myne honoure, and taken the crowne awaye fro my head. ¹⁰ He hath destroyed me on euery syde, and I am vndone: My hope hath he taken awaye fro me, as it were a tre pluckt vp by the rote.

² My sayinge is yet this daye in bytternes, and my hande heuy because of my gronynge.

¹⁴ If he get many children, they shall perish with the swerde, and his posterite shall haue scarcenesse of bred.

¹⁹ Greate are the troubles of the ryghteous but the Lorde delyuereth hym out of all.

² It happeneth vnto one as vnto another: it goeth with the ryghteous as with that the vngodly: with the good and cleane as wyth the vncleane: wyth hym that offereth as with him that offereth not: lyke as it goeth wyth the vertuous, so goeth it also with the synner: As it happeneth vnto the periured, so happeneth it also vnto him that is afrayed to be forsworne.

¹⁹ For early in the mornynge euery daye: yee, both daye & night shall it go thorowe: & when the noyse therof is perceaued, it shall gendre vexation.

¹² Haue ye no regarde O all ye that go fore by, be holde and se, yf there be eny sorow lyke vnto myne, wherwith the Lorde hath troubled me, in the daye of his fearfull wrath.

⁶ Therfore haue I geuen you ydle teeth in all youre cyties, and scarsnesse of bred in all your palaces: yet will ye not turne vnto me, sayeth the Lorde. ⁷ When there were but thre monethes vnto the haruest, I withelde the rayne from you: ye I rayned vpon one cytie: and not vpon another, one pece of grounde was moystured wt rayne, and the grounde that I rayned not vpon, was drye. ⁸ Wherfore two, yee, thre cyties came vnto one, to drincke water: but they were not satisfyed, yet will ye not turne vnto me, sayeth the Lorde. ⁹ I haue smytten you with drouth & blastinge: and loke howe many orchardes, vyneyardes, fyggetrees & olyuetrees ye had: the caterpyller hath eaten them vp. But yet will ye not turne vnto me, sayeth the Lorde. ¹⁰ Pestylence haue I sent amonge you, as I dyd in Egypt: your yonge men haue I slayne with the swerde, and caused your horses to be taken captyue: I made the stinckynge sauour of youre tentes to come vp into youre nostrels. Yet will ye not turne vnto me, sayeth the Lorde. ¹¹ Some of you haue I ouerthrowen, as I ouerthrewe Sodome and Gomorre: so that ye were as a bronde plucte out of the fyre. Yet wyll ye not turne vnto me, sayeth the Lorde.

³² And they sent that partye coloured coote, and brought it vnto their father and sayde: Thys haue we founde: se whether it be thy sonnes coote or no. ³³ And he knewe it sayinge, it is my sonnes coote, a wycked beast hath deuoured hym, Ioseph is rent in peces.

³⁶ And Iacob theyr father sayde vnto them: Me haue ye robbed of my chyldren: Ioseph is a waye, and Symeon is awaye, and ye take Ben Iamin awaye. All these thynges are agaynst me.

³⁰ and sayde: my soule shall dye with the Philistines, and bowed them with all hys myghte. And the house fell vpon the lordes and vpon all the people that were therin. And so the deed which he slewe at hys deeth, were moo then they whych he slewe in hys lyfe.

³³ And the kynge was moued, and went vp to a chambre ouer the gate, and wept. And as he went, thus he sayde: O my sonne Absalom, my sonne, my sonne Absalom, wolde God I had dyed for the: O Absalom my sonne, my sonne.

³⁰ But the rest fled to Aphek into the cytie. And there fell a walle vpon .xxvij. thousand of the men that were lefte. And Benhadad fled, & came into the cytie, from chambre to chambre.

¹¹ Then shall it be sayde to the people & Ierusalem: a stronge wynde in the hye places of the wyldernesse commeth thorow the waye of my people, but neyther to fan, nor to cleanse. ¹² After that, shall there come vnto me a stronge wynde from those places, and then wyll I also gyue sentence vpon them.

²⁷ and a shower of rayne descended, and the floudes came, and the wyndes blew, and bet vpon that house, and it fell, and greate was the fall of it.

¹ Ther were present at the same season, certayne men that shewed him of the Galyleans, whose bloude Pylate had myngled with theyr awne sacryfyce. ² And Iesus answered, and sayde vnto them: Suppose ye that these. Galyleans were greater synners then all the other Galyleans, because they suffred suche punysshment? ³ I tell you naye: but except ye repent: ye shall all lyke wyse perysshe. ⁴ Or those .xviij. vpon which the toure in Syloe fell, and slewe them, thynke ye, that they were synners aboue all men that dwelt in Ierusalem? ⁵ I tell you naye: But excepte ye repent, ye all shall lyke wyse perysshe.

⁴ When the straungers sawe the beast hange on hys hande, they sayde amonge them selues: no doute thys man is a mortherer: Whom (though he haue escaped the see) yet vengeaunce suffreth not to lyue.

² in the which in tyme passed ye walked, accordyng to the course of this worlde, euen after the gouerner that ruleth in the ayer, the sprete that nowe worketh in the chyldren of vnbelefe

²⁹ And when Ruben came agayne vnto the pytt & founde not Ioseph there, he rent his cloothes

³⁴ And Iacob rent hys cloothes, and put sacke clothe aboute his loynes, and sorowed for his sonne a longe season.

¹⁸ And I fell downe flat before the Lorde: euen as at the fyrst tyme, and .xl. dayes & .xl. nyghtes I dyd nether eate bread nor drincke water, because of all youre synnes, whych ye synned, in doynge wyckedly in the syght of the Lord in that ye prouoked hym vnto wrath.

¹⁶ Dauid therfore besought God for the chylde, and fasted and went in, and laye all nyght vpon the erthe. ¹⁷ And the elders of hys house arose and went to hym, to take him vp from the erth. But he wolde not, nether dyd he eate meat wyth them. ¹⁸ And it happened the seuenth daye, that the chylde dyed. And the seruauntes of Dauid durst not tell him, that the chylde was deed. For they sayd: beholde, while the chyld was yet alyue, we spake vnto hym, and he wolde not herken vnto oure voyce. Howe wyll he then vexe hym selfe, yf we tell hym, that the chylde is deed? ¹⁹ But Dauid seynge hys seruauntes whysperynge, perceaued, that the chylde was deed, & Dauid sayd vnto hys seruauntes: is the chylde deed? They sayde: yee. ²⁰ And Dauid arose from the erth, and washed and anoynted him selfe, and chaunged his apparell, & came into the house of the Lorde, & worshypped, & afterward cam to hys awne house and badd that they shulde set bred before hym, and he dyd eate.

³ And whan all the chyldren of Israel sawe howe the fyre, and the glorye of the Lorde came downe vpon the house, they fell downe flat vpon their faces to the erth vpon the pauement, and worshypped and confessed vnto the Lord, that he is gracious, and that his mercye lasteth euer.

³ And when I hearde this saying, I rente my clothes and my rayment, and pluckte of the heer of my heade, and of my beerd, and sate mourninge.

³⁹ And he went a lytell farther, and fell flat on his face, and prayed, sayinge: O my father, yf it be possible, let this cuppe passe from me: neuerthelesse, not as I will, but as thou wilt.

⁶ Submyt youre selues therfore vnder the myghty hande of God, that he maye exalte you, when the tyme is come.

¹⁹ In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eate bread, tyll thou be turned agayne into the grounde, for out of it was thou taken, in asmuch as thou art dust, & into dust shalt thou be turned agayne.

² And Iacob was wrooth wt Rahel sayig: Am I in Goddes stead, which kepeth from the the frute of thy wombe?

⁵ Nowe therfore be not greued ther wyth, nether let it seme a cruel thynge in your eyes, that ye solde me hyther. For God dyd send me before you to saue lyfe.

⁷ The Lorde maketh poore, & maketh ryche: bringeth lowe, and heueth vp on hye.

¹⁸ And Samuel tolde hym euery whytte, and hydd nothynge from hym. And he sayd: it is the Lorde, let him do what semeth hym best,

¹² haplye the Lorde wyll loke on my wepyng eyes & wretchednesse, & do me good for hys curssynge this daye.

¹⁵ And the kynge herkened not vnto the people: for it was the ordinaunce of God, that he myght performe hys sayenge, which the Lorde spake by Ahiah the Silonite vnto Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat.

¹⁹ And Hezekia sayde vnto Isay: wellcome be the worde of the Lorde which thou hast spoken: And he sayde: shall ther not be peace and truthe in my dayes?

¹ Of Dauid, when he chaunged his speche before Abimelech. which droue hym awaye and he departed. I Wyll allwaye geue thanckes vnto the Lorde, hys prayse shall euer be in my mouth.

⁹ Delyuer me from all myne offences, & make me not a rebuke vnto the foolish.

¹⁷ For he shall cary nothyng awaye with hym when he dyeth, nether shall hys pompe folowe hym:

³⁸ He shall stande fast for euermore as the moone, and as the faythfull wytnesse in heauen. Selah: ³⁹ But thou hast abhorred & forsaken thyne anoynted, & art displeased at him. ⁴⁰ Thou hast broken the couenaunt of thy seruaunt, cast his crowne to the grounde. ⁴¹ Thou hast ouerthrowne all hys hedges, and broken downe hys stronge holdes. ⁴² All they that go by, spoyle hym, and he is become a rebuke vnto hys neyghboures. ⁴³ Thou hast set vp the ryght hande of hys enemyes: & made all hys aduersaryes to reioyce. ⁴⁴ Thou hast taken awaie the edge of his swearde: & geuest hym not victory in the battayle. ⁴⁵ Thou hast put out his glory, & cast his trone downe to the grounde. ⁴⁶ The dayes of his youth hast thou shortened: and couered him wt dishonoure. Selah. ⁴⁷ Lorde, howe longe wilt thou hid thy selfe? for euer? and shall thy wrath burne lyke fyre? ⁴⁸ O remembre, how shorte my tyme is, wherfore hast thou made all men for naught? ⁴⁹ What man is he that lyueth, and shall not se death? and shall he deliuer his awne soule from the hande of hell? Selah. ⁵⁰ Lorde, where are thy olde louyng kyndnesses, which thou sworest vnto Dauid in thy treuth? ⁵¹ Remember (Lorde) the rebuke that thy seruauntes haue & how I do beare in my bosome thy rebukes of many people. ⁵² Wher with thyne enemies haue blasphemed the, and sclaunder the fotesteppes of thyne anoynted. Praysed be the Lord for euermore: Amen: Amen.

¹⁵ Lyke as he came naked out of hys mothers wombe, so goeth he thither agayne, & carieth nothing awaye with hym of all his laboure.

¹⁹ For vnto whomsoeuer God geueth riches goodes and power, he geueth it hym to enioye it, to take it for hys porcyon, and to be refreshed of hys laboure: thys is the gyfte of God.

⁷ Or euer the syluer lace be taken awaye, and or the golden well be broken. Or the pot be broken at the well, and the whele vpon the cysterne:

¹⁵ Wherfore, prayse ye the lord in the valleys, euen the name of the lord God of Israel in the Iles of the see

²⁴ Who suffred Iacob to be troaden vnder fote, and Israel to be spoyled? Dyd not the Lord? Because we haue synned agaynst him & haue had no delyte to walke in his wayes, nether bene obedient vnto his lawe.

⁷ It is I that created the lyght & darcknes. I make peace and trouble: yee, euen I the Lorde do all these thinges.

³⁸ Out of the mouth of the moost hyghest goeth not euell and good?

⁶ Crye they out Alarum with the trompet in the cytie, and the people not afrayed? Commeth there eny plage in a cytie without it be the Lordes doynge?

¹⁵ Is it not lawfull for me to do as me lysteth wt myne awne goodes? Is thyne eye euyll, because I am good?

²⁸ for to do whatsoeuer thy hande and thy counsell determyned before to be done.

²⁰ gyuynge thankes allwayes for all thynges, vnto God the father in the name of oure Lorde Iesus Chryst,

¹⁸ In all thynges geue thankes. For this is the wyll of God thorowe Christ Iesu towarde you.

⁷ For we brought nothynge into the worlde, nether maye we cary any thynge out.

¹⁷ Euery good gyfte, and euery parfayt gyft, is from aboue, and commeth downe from the father of lyghtes wt whome is no variablenes, nether is he chaunged vnto darcknes.

¹⁰ Therfore herken vnto me, ye that haue vnderstandynge. Farre be it from God, that he shuld medle wyth wickednesse: and farre be it from the Almyghtye, that he shulde medle wyth vnryghteous dealynge:

¹⁸ Is it reason, that thou shuldest saye to the kynge: Thou art wicked, or, thou art vngodly, and that before the prynces? ¹⁹ He hath no respecte vnto the personnes, of the lordly, and regardeth not the rych more then the poore. For they be all the worcke of hys handes.

⁴ Beholde. I am to vyle a personne, to answere the, therfore wyll I laye my hande vpon my mouth. ⁵ Once or twise haue I spoken, but I wyll saye nomore. ⁶ Then answered the Lorde vnto Iob out of the storme, and sayde: ⁷ Gyrde vp thy loynes now lyke a man, and tell me the thinges that I will aske the. ⁸ Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? Or wylt thou condemne me, that thou thy selfe mayest be made ryghteous?

²⁰ But O man, what art thou, which disputest with God? Shall the worcke saye to the worke man: why hast thou made me on this fassyon?

⁴ and let pacience haue her parfect worke, that ye maye be parfecte and sounde, lackyng nothyng.

¹² Happy is the man that endureth temptacyon: for when he is tryed, he shall receaue the crowne of lyfe, which the Lorde hath promysed to them that loue hym.

⁷ that the triall of youre fayth beyng moche more precious then golde that peryssheth (though it be tryed with fyre) myght be founde vnto laude, glory and honoure, at the apperynge of Iesus Chryst,