Job 23 Cross References - Great

¹ Iob answered, and sayde: ² My sayinge is yet this daye in bytternes, and my hande heuy because of my gronynge. ³ O that I myght se him, and fynde hym: O that I myght come before his seate, ⁴ to pleate my cause before him, and to fyll my mouth with argumentes. ⁵ That I myght knowe, what answere he wolde geue me: and that I myght vnderstande, what he wolde saye vnto me. ⁶ Wyll he pleate agaynst me with his great power and strength? ⁷ No, but he wyll make me the stronger. He that is iust, shall entre disputacion with hym, and my iudge shall delyuer me for euer. ⁸ Beholde, though I go before, I fynde him: If I come behynde, I can get no knowledge of him: ⁹ Yf I go on the left syde where he doth hys worcke, I cannot atteyne vnto hym. A gayne, yf I go on the ryght syd, he hydeth hym selfe, that I cannot se him. ¹⁰ But as for my waye, he knoweth it: and tryeth me as the golde in the fyre. 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. ¹³ He is styll at one poynt, and who wyll turne him back? He doth as him listeth, and bringeth to passe what he will. ¹⁴ He perfourmeth the thynge that is appoynted for me, & many soch thynges doth he. ¹⁵ This is the cause that I shrincke at his presence, so that when I consydre hym, I am afrayed of him. ¹⁶ For in somoch as he is God, he maketh my herte soft: and seynge that he is Allmyghtie, he putteth me in feare. ¹⁷ Thus can not I gett out of darckenesse, nether hath he couered the cloude fro my face.

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.

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

¹ It greueth my soule to lyue. I wyl make my complaynte, and wyll speake out of the very heuynesse of my soule.

⁶ that he myght shewe the (out of his secrete wysdome) why he rewardeth the double as he was appoynted to do: then shuldest thou knowe, that God had forgotten the because of thy synne.

⁴ For thy hande is heuy vpon me daye and nyght, and my moysture is lyke the drouth in Sommer. Sela.

² In the tyme of my trouble I sought the Lorde: my sore ranne and ceassed not in the nyght ceason: my soule refused comforte. ³ When I am in heuynesse, I wyll thynke vpon God: when my hert is vexed, I wyll complayne. Sela. ⁴ Thou holdest myne eyes wakynge, I am so feble, that I cannot speake. ⁵ I haue consydred the dayes of olde, and the yeares that are past. ⁶ I call to remembraunce my songe: and in the nyght I commune with myne awne hert, and search out my spretes. ⁷ Wyll the Lord absent him selfe for euer? And will he be no more intreated? ⁸ Is hys mercy clene gone for euer? And is hys promyse come vtterly to an ende for euermore? ⁹ Hath God forgotten to be gracyous? And wyll he shutt vp hys louynge kyndnesse in dyspleasure? Sela.

¹⁹ O remembre yet my misery and my trouble, the wormwod and the gall. ²⁰ Yee, thou shalt remembre them, for my soule melteth awaye in me.

³ Neuerthelesse, I talke with the almyghtye, and my desire is to comen with God.

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

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.

¹ Moreouer, God spake vnto Iob and sayde: ² Can he that stryueth wyth the Almyghtye, be at rest? Shulde not he which disputeth wyth God, geue hym an answere? ³ Iob answered the Lorde, saying: 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.

⁸ Yee, in the waye of thy iudgmentes, O Lord, haue we put our trust in the. Thy name also: & the remembraunce of the, is the thyng that oure soule longeth for.

⁶ Seke the Lorde, whyle he may be founde, and call vpon hym whyle he is nye. ⁷ Let the vngodly man forsake his owne wayes, & the vnryghtuous hys owne ymagynacyons, and turne agayne vnto the Lorde: so shall he be mercyfull vnto hym: and to oure God, for he is very ready to forgeue.

⁷ Doutles oure awne wyckednes doth rewarde vs. But lorde do thou accordyng to thy name, though oure transgressyons & synnes be many, and agenst the haue we synned.

¹⁹ For God was in Christ, and made agrement betwene the worlde and him selfe, & imputed not their synnes vnto them, and hath commytted to vs the preachynge of the attonement. ²⁰ Now then are we messengers in the rowme of Christ euen as though God dyd beseche you thorow vs. So praye we you in Christes stede, that ye be reconcyled vnto God:

⁶ Seynge therfore it foloweth, that some must enter therinto, and they (to whom it was fyrst preached) entred not therin for vnbelefes sake,

²⁵ That be farre from the, that thou shuldest do after thys sayinge, & sley the ryghtwes with the wicked, & that the ryghtwes shulde be as the wicked, that be farre from the. Shall not the iudge of all the worlde do accordynge to ryghte? ²⁶ And the Lorde sayde: If I fynde in Sodome .l. ryghtwes wythin the cytie, I will spare all the place for their sakes. ²⁷ And Abraham answerynge: sayde, Beholde, I haue taken vpon me to speake vnto the Lorde, which am but dust and asshes. ²⁸ perauenture there shall lacke fyue of fyftye ryghteous: wylt thou destroye all the cytie for lacke of fyue? And he sayde: yf I fynde there fourtye & fyue, I will not destroye them. ²⁹ And he proceaded to speake vnto hym agayne, & sayde, peraduenture there shalbe fourtye founde there. He answered: I will not do it for forties sake. ³⁰ He sayde vnto him agayne: O let not my Lord be angry that I speake: peraduenture there shall thyrtye be founde there. And he sayde: I will do nothynge yf I fynde thirtye there. ³¹ He sayde agayne: O se, I haue taken vpon me to speake nowe also vnto my Lorde: peraduenture ther shalbe twentye founde there. He answered: I wyll not destroye them for twenties sake. ³² And be sayde: O let not my Lorde he angry, & I wyll speake yet but this once. Perauenture there shall ten be founde there. He answered: I wyll not destroye them for tens sake.

¹² Thou saydest: I wyll surely do the good, & make thy seed as the sande of the see, which can not be nombred for multytude.

¹² wherfore shulde the Egipcyans speake and saye: For a myschefe dyd he bryng them out euen for to sley them in the mountaynes, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turne from thy fearce wrath, and turne from thys euell (deuysed) agaynst thy people. ¹³ Remembre Abraham, Isaac and Israel thy seruauntes, to whom thou swareste by thyne awne selfe, and saydeste vnto them: I wyll multiplye your seede as the starres of heuen, and all this lande that I haue spoken of, wyll I geue vnto your seed: and they shall enheret it for euer.

¹³ And Moses sayde vnto the Lorde: then the Egipcyans shall heare it, for thou broughtest thys people in thy myght from amonge them. ¹⁴ And it wylbe tolde to the inhabyters of this lande also: for they haue hearde lykewyse, that thou Lorde art amonge this people: and that thou Lorde art sene face to face, and that thy cloude standeth ouer them, and that thou goest before them by daye tyme in a pyller of a cloude, and in a pyller of fyer by nyght. ¹⁵ If thou shalt kyll all thys people as they were but one man, then the nacyons which haue hearde the fame of the, wyll saye: ¹⁶ The Lorde is not able to brynge in this people into the lande which he sware vnto them: but hath slayne them in the wildernesse. ¹⁷ And nowe I besech the, let the power of my Lorde be greate, accordyng as thou hast spoken, saying: ¹⁸ the Lorde is longe yer he be angrye, and full of mercy, and suffereth iniquitie, and synne, and leaueth no man innocent, and visiteth the vnryghteousnesse of the fathers vpon the chyldren, in the third and fourth generacyon: ¹⁹ be mercyfull I beseche the vnto the synne of thys people, accordynge vnto thy greate mercye, as thou hast forgeuen this people from Egipt, euen vntyll nowe.

⁸ Oh Lorde what shall I saye, when Israel turneth their backes before their enemyes: ⁹ Surely the Cananites, and all the enhabiters of the lande shall heare of it, & shall conspire agaynst vs, & destroye the name of vs out of the worlde. And what wilt thou do vnto thy myghtie name?

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

¹⁹ Teache vs what we shall saye vnto hym, for we are vnmete because of darcknes.

¹¹ For thy names sake, O Lord, be mercyfull vnto my synne, for it is great.

¹ Geue sentence wt me (O God) & defende my cause agaynst the vngodly people: Oh delyuer me from the disceatfull & wycked man.

²⁶ Put me now in remembraunce (for we wyll reason together) and shewe what thou hast for the, to make the ryghteous.

¹⁸ for the Lordes sake. O my God, enclyne thyne eare, and herken (at the leest for thyne awne sake) open thyne eyes: beholde howe we be desolated, yee, and the cytie also, whych is called after thy name: for we do not cast oure prayers before the in oure awne ryghteousnes, no: but onely in thy great mercyes: ¹⁹ O Lorde, heare: O forgeue Lorde, O Lorde consydre, tarye not ouer longe: but for thyne awne sake do it. O my God: for thy cyte and thy people is called after thy name.

² I wyll saye vnto God: O do not condempne me, but shewe me the cause, wherfore thou contendest so with me?

²² And then call me, and I wil answere: or els, let me speake, and geue me thou an answere. ²³ How many are my mysdedes & synnes? Lett me knowe my transgressyons and offences?

² I knowe that thou hast power ouer all thynges, and that there is no thought hyd vnto the. ³ For who can kepe hys awne councell so secrete, but it shalbe knowne? Therfore haue I spoken that I vnderstode not, the thynges that are so hye, & passe myne vnderstanding. ⁴ O herken thou vnto me also, and let me speake: answere vnto the thyng that I wyll aske the. ⁵ I haue geuen diligent care vnto the, and now I se the wyth myne eyes. ⁶ Wherfore, I geue myne awne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes.

³ Wyth me is it but a very small thynge, that I shuld be iudged of you, ether of mans iudgement. No I iudge not myne awne selfe. ⁴ For I knowe nought by my selfe: yet am I not therby iustifyed. It is the Lorde that iudgeth me.

⁴ Concernynge soch as be wyse of herte, or myghtye in strength, who euer prospered, that toke part against hym?

¹⁹ If men wyll speake of strength, lo, he is stronge: yf men wyll speake of ryghteousnes, who darre be my recorde.

³³ Nether is there eny dayesman to laye hys hande betwene vs. ³⁴ Lett hym take hys rod awaye fro me, yee, lett him make me nomore afrayed of him,

²¹ Withdrawe thyne hande from me, and let not the fearfull drede of the, make me afrayed.

³ When I called vpon the, thou hardest me, and endewdest my soule wt moch strength.

⁴ els (when the vyneiarde bringeth me forth breers & thornes) I wold go thorow it by warre, & burne it vp together.

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.

³³ As truly as I lyue, sayeth the Lord God, I my selfe wyll rule you wt a mightye hande, with a stretched out arme, & with indignacyon powred out ouer you:

³⁵ and wyll bringe you in to the wyldernesse of the people, & there I will reason with you face to face.

⁹ For this thynge besought I the Lorde thryse, that it might departe from me. ¹⁰ And he sayde vnto me: my grace is sufficient for the. For my strength is made parfect thorow weaknes. Uery gladly therfore wyll I reioyce of my weaknes, that the strength of Christ maye dwell in me.

¹⁵ Yee, though I were ryghteous, yet myght I not geue hym one worde agayne, but mekely submytte my self to hym as my iudge.

¹⁸ Come I praye ye (sayeth the Lorde) let vs reason oure matter together. Though youre sinnes be as read as scarlet, thei shalbe as white as snowe. And though they were lyke purple, they shalbe as whit as wolle.

⁵ Wylt thou then put me awaye, & cast me of for euer? Or wilt thou withdrawe thy selfe cleane fro me? Neuertheles, thou speakest soch wordes, but thou art euer doinge worse and worse.

¹ O Lorde, thou art more ryghteous, then that I shulde dispute wt the. Neuertheles, lett me talke with the in thynges reasonable. How happeneth it, that the waye of the vngodly is so prosperous? & that it goeth so well with them, whych (wythout any shame) offende & lyue in wickednes?

¹⁹ We knowe that what thynges soeuer the lawe sayth, it sayth it to them which are vnder the lawe. That all mouthes maye be stopped, & that all the worlde maye be subdued to God, ²⁰ because that by the dedes of the lawe ther shall no flesshe be iustifyed in hys syght. For by the lawe commeth the knowledge of sinne. ²¹ But now is the ryghtewesnes of God declared wythout the lawe, for asmoch as it is alowed by the testimonye of the lawe and of the Prophetes. ²² The ryghtewesnes of God, commeth by the fayth of Iesus Christ, vnto all and vpon all them that beleue. Ther is no dyfference:

¹ Ther is then no damnacyon to them whych are in Chryst Iesu, whych walke not after the flesshe, but after the sprete.

³³ Who shall laye eny thynge to the charge of Goddes chosen; it is God that iustyfyeth: ³⁴ who is he that can condempne? it is Chryst which dyed, yee, rather which is rysen agayne, which is also on the ryght hande of God, and maketh intercessyon for us.

¹¹ Lo, whan he goeth ouer by me, I shall not se hym. And whan he departeth, by me, I shall not loke vpon hym. I shall not perceaue hym.

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

¹ Why stondest thou so farre of (O Lord) & hydest thy face in that neadefull tyme of trouble?

¹ To the chaunter, a Psalme of Dauid. Howe longe wylt thou forget me (O Lorde) for euer? howe longe wylt thou hyde thy face fro me? ² Howe longe shall I seke councell in my soule? & be so vexed in myne hert? howe longe shall myne enemye triumphe ouer me? ³ Consydre, and heare me (O Lorde my God) lyghten myne eyes, that I sleape not in death.

¹⁵ O howe profounde art thou O God, thou God and Sauioure of Israel?

¹⁶ whych onely hath immortalite, and dwelleth in the lyght that no man can attayne, whom no man hath sene, nether can se, vnto whom be honoure and rule euerlastynge. Amen.

⁴⁶ The dayes of his youth hast thou shortened: and couered him wt dishonoure. Selah.

¹⁷ Thus wil I wayte vpon the Lorde that hath turned his face from the house of Iacob, and I will loke for him.

¹⁹ I knowe this also, that he will commaunde his chyldren and hys houshold after him, that they kepe the waye of the Lorde, and do after ryghte and conscyence, that the Lorde maye bringe vpon Abraham all that he hath spoken vnto him.

² And thou shalt thynke on all the waye, which the Lorde thy God ledd the thys .xl. yeare in the wildernesse, for to humble the, & to proue the, & to wete what was in thyne herte, whether thou woldest kepe hys commaundmentes or no,

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.

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.

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.

⁵ I haue geuen diligent care vnto the, and now I se the wyth myne eyes. ⁶ Wherfore, I geue myne awne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes. 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.

⁶ But the Lorde knoweth the waye of the ryghtewes, and the waye of the vngodly shall peryshe.

³ Thou hast proued & visyted myne herte in the nyght season: thou haste tryed me and shalt fynde no wyckednesse in me: for I am vtterly purposed, that my mouth shall not offende.

¹⁰ Thou broughtest vs into the snare, and layed trouble vpon oure loynes.

¹ To the chaunter, a psalme of Dauid. O lorde, thou hast searched me out, and knowen me. ² Thou knowest my downe syttinge and myne vprysing: thou vnderstandest my thoughtes longe before. ³ Thou art about my path, and about my bedd: & spyest out all my wayes.

³ Lyke as syluer is tryed in the fyre, and golde in the fornace, euen so doth the Lorde proue the hertes.

⁹ And the same thyrde parte wyll I bringe thorow the fire, & wil clense them, as the siluer is clensed: yee, & trye them lyke as golde is tryed. Then shall they call vpon my name and I will heare them: I wyll saye: it is my people. And they shal saye: Lorde my God.

² But who may abyde the daye of his commyng? Who shalbe able to endure, when he appeareth? For he is like a goldsmythes fyre, ad lyke wasshers sope. ³ He shal syt him downe to trye and to clense the syluer, he shall pourge the chyldren of Leui, and purifye them lyke as golde and syluer: that they maye bringe meatofferinges vnto the Lorde in righteousnes.

¹⁷ He sayde vnto him the thyrde tyme: Symon Ioanna, louest thou me? Peter was sory, because he sayde vnto hym the thyrde tyme: louest thou me, and he sayde vnto hym: Lord, thou knowest all thinges, thou knowest that I loue the, Iesus saieth vnto him: fede my shepe.

¹⁹ But the sure grounde of God standeth still, and hath this seale: the Lorde knoweth them that are hys. And let euery man that calleth on the name of Christ, departe from iniquite.

¹⁷ By fayth Abraham offered vp Isaac, when he was proued, and he offered him beyng his only begotten sonne, in whom he had receaued the promyses.

² My brethren, count it for an excedyng ioye, when ye fall into diuers temptacyons: ³ knowyng this, that the trying of your fayth gendreth pacience: 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,

² Nowe therfore, youre kynge walketh before you. And I am olde and graye headed: and behold, my sonnes are with you, and I haue walked before you from my childehode vnto thys daye. ³ Beholde, here I am: beare recorde of me before the Lorde and before hys anoynted: Whose oxe haue I taken? or whose Asse haue I taken? whom haue I done wrong to? Whom haue I hurt? Or of whose hande haue I receaued any brybe, to blynde myne eyes therwyth? & I wyll restore it you agayne. ⁴ They sayde: thou hast done vs no wronge, nor hurt vs, nether hast thou taken ought of any mannes hande. ⁵ He sayde vnto them agayne: the Lord is witnesse agaynst you, & hys anoynted is wytnesse thys daye, that ye haue founde naught in my handes. And they answered: he is wytnesse.

⁹ The righteous also will kepe hys waye, and he that hath cleane handes, wyll euer be stronger and stronger.

⁵ O holde thou vp my goynges in thy pathes, that my fote steppes slyppe not.

²⁰ The Lorde shall rewarde me after my righteous dealing: accordinge to the clennes of my handes shall he recompense me. ²¹ Because I haue kepte the wayes of the Lorde: and haue not forsaken wyckedlye my God. ²² For I haue an eye vnto all hys lawes: & wyll nott cast out hys commaundementes fro me. ²³ I was also vncorrupte before him: and eschued myne awne wickednes. ²⁴ Therfore shall the Lord rewarde me after my righteous dealing: and according vnto the clennes of my handes in hys eye syght.

³ The wordes of hys mouth are vnryghteous, and full of disceate: he hath left of to behaue hym selfe wysely and to do good.

¹⁸ And though all this be come vpon vs, yet do we not forgette the, ner behaue oure selues frowardly in thy couenaunt.

⁵ As for soche as turne backe vnto their awne wyckednesse, the Lorde, shall leade them forth wyth the euyll doers, but peace shall be vpon Israel.

⁶ which starte a backe from the Lord, and nether seke after the Lord ner regarde hym.

¹³ They on the stones, are they which when they heare, receaue the word with ioye, and these haue no rotes: which for a whyle beleue, and in tyme of temptacyon go awaye. ¹⁴ And that which fell amonge thornes, are they which whan they haue heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and ryches, and volupteous lyuinge, and brynge forth no frute. ¹⁵ That which fell in the good grounde, are they, which with a pure and good herte heare the worde, and kepe it, and brynge forth frute thorow pacyence.

¹⁸ Which when they were come to him, he layd vnto them: Ye knowe from the fyrst daye that I cam into Asia, after what maner I haue bene wt you at all ceasons, ¹⁹ seruynge the Lorde with all humblenes of mynde, and with many teares & temptacions which happened vnto me by the layinges awayte of the Iewes,

³³ I haue desyred no mans syluer, golde, or vesture. ³⁴ Yee, ye your selues knowe that these handes haue ministred vnto my necessyties, & to them that were with me.

⁷ that is to saye, prayse, honoure and immortalite, to them whych contynue in good doyng; and seke immortalite.

¹² For oure reioysinge is this, euen the testimony of oure conscience, that in synglenes and godly purenes, & not in fleshly wysdom, but by the grace of God, we haue had oure conuersacyon in the world, and most of all to you wardes.

¹⁰ Ye are witnesses, and so is God how holyly & iustly & vnblameably we behaued oure selues amonge you that beleued,

²⁰ For yf they (after they haue escaped from the fylthynes of the worlde thorow the knowledge of the Lord and the sauyour Iesu Christ) are yet tangled againe therin, and ouercome then is the latter ende worse wyth them then the begynninge. ²¹ For it had bene better for them, not to haue knowne the waye of ryghteousnes, then after they haue knowen it, to turne from the holy commaundement that was geuen vnto them: ²² But the same is happened vnto them that is vsed to be spoken by the true prouerbe. The dogge is turned to his awne vomet agayne and the sow that was wasshed is turned agayne to her walowynge in the myer.

¹⁰ Then shulde I haue some comforte: yee, I wolde desyre hym in my payne, that he shulde not spare, for I wyll not be agaynst the wordes of the holy one.

²² Receaue the lawe at his mouth, and laye vp his wordes in thyne herte.

⁹ The feare of the Lorde is cleane, and endureth for euer: the iudgementes of the Lorde are true and ryghteous all together. ¹⁰ More to be desyred are they then golde, yee then moche fyne golde: sweter also then hony, and the hony combe.

¹¹ Thy wordes haue I hyd wythin my herte, that I shulde not synne agaynst the.

¹⁰³ O how swete are thy wordes vnto my throte? Yee sweter than hony vnto my mouth.

¹²⁷ For I loue thy commaundementes aboue gold & precious stone.

¹⁶ When I had founde thy wordes, I dyd eate them vp gredely: they haue made my herte ioyfull & glad. For thy name was called vpon me, O Lorde God of Hostes.

⁴² And the Lorde sayde: who is a faythfull and wise stewarde, whom his Lorde shall make ruler ouer his housholde, to geue them their duetie of meat in due season:

⁴⁶ the Lorde of that seruaunt will come in a daye when he thinketh not, and at an houre when he is not ware, and will hewe him in peces, and geue him his rewarde with the vnbeleuers.

³² He sayde vnto them: I haue meate to eate, that ye knowe not of.

³⁴ Iesus sayeth vnto them: my meate is to do the will of him that sent me, & to fynisshe his worcke.

⁶⁶ From that tyme many of his disciples went backe, and forsoke him, and walked nomore with hym. ⁶⁷ Then sayde Iesus to the twelue: wyll ye also goo awaye? ⁶⁸ Then Simon Peter answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou haste the wordes of eternall lyfe ⁶⁹ and we beleue and are sure that thou art Chryst the sonne of the lyuinge God.

³¹ If ye continue in my worde, then are ye my very disciples,

²² and strengthed the discyples soules agayne, and exhorted them to contynue in the fayth affirmynge that we must thorowe moche tribulacyon enntre into the kyngdome of God.

³⁸ But the iust shall lyue by faith. And yf he withdrawe him selfe, my soule shall haue no pleasure in him. ³⁹ It is not we that withdrawe our selues vnto dampnacion, but we partayne vnto fayth, to the wynnynge of the soule.

² & as new borne babes, desyre ye that mylke (not of the body but of the soule) which is wt out disceate that ye maye growe ther by

¹⁹ They went out from vs, but they were not of vs. For yf they had bene of vs, they wolde no dout haue continued with vs. But that it myght appeare, that they were not of vs.

¹⁹ God is not a man that he shulde lye, nether the sonne of a man that he shulde repent: shulde he saye, and not doo? or shulde he speake, and not make it good? ²⁰ beholde, I haue taken vpon me to blesse, for he hath blessed, and it is not in my power to alter it.

¹² If he be hasty to take eny thynge awaye, who wyll make him restore it agayne? Or who wyll saye vnto hym what doest thou? ¹³ He is God, whose wrath no man maye withstande: but the proudest of all must stoupe vnder hym.

¹⁰ Though he turne all thinges vp syde downe, close them in, gather them togeather, who wyll turne hym from his purpose?

¹⁴ Beholde, If he breake downe a thyng, who can set it vp agayne? If he shut a thynge, who will open it?

²⁹ If he graunte pardon, who wyll condemne? And yf he hyde awaye hys countenaunce, who shalbe able to se it? whether it be to the people or to any man, thus wyll he do.

³ As for oure God, he is in heauen, he hath done whatsoeuer pleased him.

⁶ Whatsoeuer the Lorde pleased, that dyd he in heauen and in earth, in the see, & in all deape places:

²¹ There are many deuyces in a mans herte: neuertheles, the councell of the Lorde shall stande.

¹⁵ The croked cannot be made strayght, nor the thinge that is vnperfecte, cannot be acompted wt thinges that are perfecte.

¹⁴ I consydered also that whatsoeuer God doth, it continueth for euer and that nothing can be put vnto it, nor taken from it, and that God doth it to the intent, that men shuld feare hym.

²⁴ The Lord of Hostes hath sworne an othe, sayinge? It shall come to passe as I haue determyned, and shalbe fulfylled as I haue deuysed. ²⁵ So that Assiria shal I destroye in my lande, & vpon my mountaynes will I treade him vnder foote. Wher thorow his yock shal come from them, and his burthen shalbe taken from their shoulder. ²⁶ Thys deuyce hath God taken thorow the whole worlde, and thys is hys hande stretched out ouer all people. ²⁷ For yf the Lord of hostes determen a thynge, who is able to dysanulle it? And yf he stretch forth his hande, who maye holde it in agayne?

¹⁰ In the begynnynge of a thynge. I shewe the ende therof: & I tell before, thinges that are not yet come to passe. My deuice stondeth, stedfastly stablyshed, & I fulfyll all my pleasure.

³⁵ in comparyson of whom all they that dwell vpon the earth, are to be reputed as nothynge. He handleth according to his will, among the powers of heauen & amonge the inhabitours of the earth: and there is none that maye resyste his hande, or saye: what doest thou?

¹⁹ Thou wylt saye then vnto me: why then blameth he vs yet? For who hath bene able to resist his wyll?

⁹ And hath opened vnto vs the mystery of hys wyll, accordynge to hys good pleasure, which he had purposed in hym selfe, ¹⁰ to haue it declared whan the tyme was full come, that he myght set vp all thynges perfectly by Christ (both the thynges which are in heuen, and the thynges which are in earth) ¹¹ euen by hym by whom we are made heyres, and were therto predestinate accordynge to the purpose of hym by whose power all thynges are wrought accordinge to the purpose of hys awne wyll:

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.

³ Euen so haue I laboured whole monethes longe (but in vayne) and many a carefull night haue I tolde.

¹⁹ Thy waye is in the see, and thy pathes in the greate waters, and thy fotesteppes are not knowne.

² Cloudes and darcknesse are rounde aboute hym, ryghteousnesse and iudgment are the habitacyon of his seate.

²⁷ Howe may then Iacob thincke, or how may Israel saye: My wayes are hid from the Lorde, & my God knoweth not of my iudgementes. ²⁸ Knowest thou not, or hast thou not hearde, that the euerlastynge God, the Lorde which made all the corners of the earth, is nether weery nor faynt? and that his wysdome cannot be comprehended:

⁹ The Lordes voyce crieth vnto the citye, & the man that shall be saued considerethe thy name (O Lorde) Herken what is your rodde, & here him that warnith you?

³³ O the depnes of the ryches both of the wysdome and knowledge of God: how vnsercheable are his iudgementes, & his wayes past fyndynge out;

³ that no man shulde be moued in these affliccyons, For ye your selues knowe, that we are euen apoynted there vnto.

⁹ For God hath not appoynted vs to prouoke wrath vnto oure selues, but to obtayne saluacyon by the meanes of oure Lorde Iesu Christ

⁸ and a stone that men stomble at, and a rocke wherat they be offended whych stomble at the worde, and beleue not that, wheron they were set.

¹⁵ Yf I haue done wickedly, wo is me therfore. Yf I haue done righteously, yet darre I not lift vp my hede: so full am I of confusion, and se myne awne misery.

³ O that I myght se him, and fynde hym: O that I myght come before his seate,

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.

³ When I am in heuynesse, I wyll thynke vpon God: when my hert is vexed, I wyll complayne. Sela.

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

¹⁶ When I heare this, my body is vexed, my lyppes tremble at the voyce therof, my bones corrupte, I am afraied where I stande. O that I myght rest in the daye of trouble, that I myght go vp vnto our people, which are alredy prepared.

³ and shall saye vnto them: Heare O Israel, ye are come vnto battell agaynste youre enemyes let not youre hartes faynte, nether feare, nor be amased nor adread of them.

²⁰ And she answered them: call me not Naomi but call me Mara, for the Allmyghtye hath made me verye bytter.

² As truly as God lyueth (which hath taken awaye my iudgement) and the Almightie, that hath vexed my mynde:

¹⁴ I am powred out lyke water, & all my bones are out of ioynt: my hert also in the myddest of my bodye is euen lyke meltynge waxe.

¹⁶ Thy wrathfull dyspleasure goeth ouer me, and the feare of the hath vndone me.

⁵ Then I sayde, O wo is me For I am lost in asmoch as I am a man of vncleane lyppes, & dwell amonge people that hath vncleane lyppes also: for myne eyes haue sene the Kynge and Lorde of Hoostes.

¹⁶ For I chyde not euer, & am not wroth wyth out ende. But the blastyng goeth from me, and is included in the body, and I made the breath.

⁴⁶ Be not faynte herted, and feare not at euery rumoure that shalbe herde in the lande: for euery yeare bringeth new tydinges, & in the yere folowynge newe tydinges, & robbynge in the lande and Lorde vpon Lorde.

¹⁵ alas, alas for thys daye. And why? the daye of the Lorde is at hande, and cometh as a destroyer from the almyghtye.

²⁰ Beholde therfore, I wyll receaue the vnto thy fathers, and thou shalt be put into thy graue in peace, and thyne eyes shall not se all the euell, which I wyll bringe vpon this place. And they brought the kyng worde agayne.

⁹ O that God wold begynne and smyte me: that he wolde let hys hande go, and take me cleane awaye.

²² He beleueth neuer to be delyuered oute of darckenes, for the swearde is alwaye before hys eyes.

⁶ The lyght shalbe darcke in his dwelling, and his candle shalbe put out with him.

¹⁸ they shall dryue him from the light into darcknesse, and cast him cleane out of the worlde.

⁸ He hath hedged vp my waye, that I cannot passe, and he hath set darcknesse in my pathes.

¹¹ Shuldest thou then se no darckenesse? Shulde not the water floude runne ouer the?

¹ The ryghteous perisheth, and no man regardeth it in hys hert, Good godly people are taken a waye, and no man consydreth it. Namely, that the ryghteous is conuayed awaye from the wycked.