Job 33 Cross References - Great

¹ Wherfore, heare my wordes (O Iob) and herken vnto me all that I will saye: ² Beholde, I haue now opened my mouth, my tonge hath spoken in my throte. ³ My hert doth ordre my wordes a ryght, and my lyppes talke of pure wysdome. ⁴ The spryte of God hath made me, and the breth of the Almyghtye hath geuen me my lyfe. ⁵ If thou canst, then geue me answere: prepare thy selfe to stande before me face to face, ⁶ Beholde, before God am I euen as thou, for I am fashyoned and made euen of the same mould. ⁷ Therfore, thou nedest not to be afrayed of me, nether nedest thou to feare, that my auctoryte shalbe to heuy for the. ⁸ Now hast thou spoken in myne eares, and I haue herde the voyce of thy wordes: ⁹ I am cleane wythout any faute, I am innocent, and there is no wyckednes in me. ¹⁰ But lo, he hath picked a quarell agaynst me, and taketh me for hys enemy: ¹¹ he hath put my fote in the stockes, and loketh narowly vnto all my pathes. ¹² Beholde, in thys hast thou not done ryght. I wyll make answere vnto the, that God is more then man. ¹³ And why doest thou then stryue agaynst him: for he shall not geue the accomptes of all hys wordes. ¹⁴ For when God doth once commaunde a thynge, there shulde no man be curyous, to searche whether it be ryght. ¹⁵ In dreames and visyons of the nyght (when slombring commeth vpon men, that they fall a slepe in their beddes) ¹⁶ he roundeth them in the eares, he infourmeth them, and sheweth them playnely, ¹⁷ that it is he, whych withdraweth man from euyll, delyuereth hym from pryde, ¹⁸ kepeth hym from the graue, and hys lyfe from the swearde. ¹⁹ He chasteneth hym wyth sycknesse, and bryngeth hym to his bed: he layeth sore punyshement vpon hys bones, ²⁰ so that hys lyfe maye awaye wyth no bred, and his soule abhorreth to eat any dayntie meat: ²¹ In so moch that hys body is cleane consumed awaye, and his bones appeare no more. ²² Hys lyfe draweth on to the graue, and hys lyfe to death. ²³ Now, yf there be a messenger (one amonge a thousande) sent for to speake vnto man, and to shewe him the ryght waye: ²⁴ then the Lorde is mercyfull vnto hym, and sayeth: He shalbe delyuered, that he fall not downe to the graue, for I am sufficiently reconcyled. ²⁵ Than shall hys flesh be as well lykyng as it was afore, and shalbe as it was in hys youth. ²⁶ For yf he submytte hym selfe vnto God, he shalbe gracious vnto him, and shewe him his countenaunce ioyfully, & rewardeth man for his ryghteousnes. ²⁷ Soch a respecte hath he vnto men. Therfore, let a man confesse (and saye) I haue offended: I dyd vnryghteously, and it hath done me no good. ²⁸ Yee, he hath delyuered my soule from destruccyon, and my lyfe shall se the lyght. ²⁹ Lo, thus worcketh God allwaye with man, ³⁰ that he kepeth hys soule from perishing, and letteth hym enioye the lyght of the lyuynge. ³¹ Marcke well (O Iob) and heare me: holde the styll, and I will speake. ³² But yf thou hast any thynge to saye, then answere me, and speake, for thy answere pleaseth me. ³³ If thou hast nothinge, then heare me, and holde thy tonge, so shall I teach the wisdome.

⁶ Now heare my chydyng, and pondre the sentence of my lyppes.

² Heare my wordes (O ye wyse men) herken vnto me, ye that haue vnderstandynge.

¹ To the chaunter, a Psalme for the chyldren of Corah. O heare this, all ye people: pondre it with your eares, all ye that dwell in the worlde. ² Hye and lowe, ryche and poore, one wyth another: ³ My mouth shall speake of wysdome, and my hert shall muse of vnderstandyng.

⁹ And he sayde vnto them: he that hath eares to heare let him heare.

¹ After this opened iob his mouth and cursed hys daye.

³⁰ I neuer suffred my mouth to do soch a synne, as to wish him euell.

² I wyll open my mouth in a parable, I wyll declare hard sentences of olde.

² and after that he had opened hys mouth, he taught them, sayinge:

²⁸ And therfore be content, and loke now vpon me, and I wyll not lye before youre face.

² Shal a wyse mans answer be the scyence of the wynde, and fil any mans Bely as it were with the wynde of the east?

⁴ whyle my breth is in me, and as longe as the wynde (that God hath geuen me) is in my nostrels.

³ I wyll open vnto the yet more of myne vnderstandynge, & proue my mater ryghteous. ⁴ And truly, my wordes shall not be vayne, seynge he is with the that is perfect in knowlege:

² what is he that hydeth his mynde with folysh wordes?

³⁰ The ryghtuous shall inherett the lande, and dwell therin for euer. ³¹ The mouth of the ryghtuous is exercised in wysdome and his tonge wilbe talkyng of iudgement,

⁷ For my throte shalbe talkynge of the trueth and my lyppes abhorre vngodlynesse. ⁸ All the wordes of my mouth are righteous, there is no frowarnedsse nor falshede therin.

² The tonge of suche as be wyse, vseth knowledge a right, as for a folysh mouth it blabbeth out nothyng, but folyshnesse.

⁷ A wyse mouth poureth oute knowledge but the herte of the folysh doth not so.

¹⁵ A man that hath a mouth of vnderstandynge hathe many precyous stones and costly Iewels.

³ For oure exhortacyon was not to brynge you to erroure, nor yet to vnclennes, nether was it wyth gyle: ⁴ but as we were alowed of God, that the Gospell sholde be commytted vnto vs: euen so we speake, not as they that please men, but God, whych tryeth oure hertes.

⁷ The Lorde God also shope man, euen dust from of the grounde, and brethed into his nastrels the breth of lyfe: and Adam was made a lyuing soule.

³ Thinckest thou it well done, to oppresse me, to cast me of (beynge the worckes of thy handes) and to mainteyne the councel of the vngodly?

¹² Thou hast graunted my life, and done me good: and the diligent hede that thou tokest vpon me, hath preserued my sprete.

³ My lyppes shal talke of no vanyte, and my tonge shall speake no dysceate,

⁸ Euery man (no doute) hath a mynde, but it is the inspiracion of the Almyghty that geueth vnderstandinge.

⁶ By the worde of the Lorde were the heauens made, and all the Hoostes of them by the breth of his mouth.

² For the lawe of the sprete of lyfe thorow Iesus Christ, hath made me fre from the lawe of synne, and deeth.

⁴⁵ as it is also written: the fyrste man Adam was made a lyuinge soule, and the last Adam was made a quyckening sprete.

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

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.

¹ So these thre men wolde stryue no more with Iob, because he helde hym selfe a ryghteous man.

¹² yee, when I had diligently pondred what ye sayde, I founde not one of you that made any good argument agaynst Iob, that directly coulde make answere vnto his wordes:

¹⁴ He hath not spoken vnto me, and I wyll not answere hym as ye haue done

³² But yf thou hast any thynge to saye, then answere me, and speake, for thy answere pleaseth me. ³³ If thou hast nothinge, then heare me, and holde thy tonge, so shall I teach the wisdome.

²¹ These thynges hast thou done, & I helde my tonge: & thou thoughtest that I am euen soch a one as thy selfe: but I wyll reproue the, and set before the, the thinges that thou hast done.

²⁶ But Peter toke hym vp, sayinge: stande vp, I my selfe also am a man.

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?

¹⁶ And he shalbe thy spokesman vnto the people: he also shall be thy mouth & thou shalt be hys God:

¹⁹ How moch more in them that dwell in houses of claye, and whose foundacyon is but dust: which shalbe consumed as it were with a Moth?

³² For he that I must geue answere vnto, and with whom I go to lawe, is not a man as I am. ³³ Nether is there eny dayesman to laye hys hande betwene vs. ³⁴ Lett hym take hys rod awaye fro me, yee, lett him make me nomore afrayed of him, ³⁵ and then shall I answere him without eny feare. For as longe as it is thus, I can make no answere.

⁹ O remembre (I beseke the) how that thou madest me of the moulde of the erth, & shalt bringe me into dust agayne.

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

¹² youre remembraunce is lyke vnto a sparke, and youre bodyes lyke the claye.

²² Whan he had plenteousnesse of euery thynge, yet was he poore, though he was helped on euery syde.

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.

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.

¹ For we knowe that yf oure erthy mancion of this dwellyng were destroyed, we haue a byldinge of God, an habitacyon not made with handes, but eternall in heauen.

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:

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.

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

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

¹⁴ Then thou must seke, and make serche and enquere diligently. And beholde, yf it be true, and the thynge of a suertye, that soche abhominacion is wrought among you:

²³ because they synned shamefully in Israel. For they haue not onely defiled their neyghbours wyues, but also preached lyinge wordes in my name, which I haue not commaunded them. This I testifye, and assure, sayth the Lorde.

¹⁷ he troubleth me so with the tempest, and woundeth me out of measure without a cause.

²¹ For though I be an innocent, and my conscience cleare, yet am I weery of my lyfe

²³ And though he staye sodenly with the scourge, yet wyll he laugh at the punyshement of the innocent.

²⁸ then am I afrayed of all my sorowes, for I knowe, that thou wylt not iudge me innocent.

⁷ where as (not withstandinge) thou knowest that I am no wycked person, and that there is no man able to delyuer me out of thyne hande.

⁴ Wylt thou saye vnto God. The thyng that I take in hande is perfecte, and I am cleane in thy syght?

²³ How many are my mysdedes & synnes? Lett me knowe my transgressyons and offences?

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

⁸ Uertuous men therfore shall well consydre this, and the innocent shall take parte agaynst the ypocrite.

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.

⁵ God forbid, that I shulde graunte youre cause to be ryght. As for me, vntyil myne ende come wyll I neuer goo fro myne innocency. ⁶ My ryghtwes dealynge kepe I fast, which I wyll not forsake: my hert shall not reproue me of my dayes.

¹⁴ And why? I put vpon me ryghteousnes, which couered me as a garment, and equyte was my crowne.

³⁵ Yet darest thou saye: I am gyltlesse. Tush, his wrath can not come vpon me. Beholde, I condempne the in iudgement, because thou darest saye: I haue not offended.

³⁰ If I washe my selfe with snowe water, and make myne handes neuer so cleane, at the wel, ³¹ yet shalt thou dyppe me in the myer: and myne awne clothes shall defyle me.

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. ¹⁶ Thou huntest me out (being in heuynes) as it were a lyon, & troublest me out of measure. ¹⁷ Thou bryngest fresh wytnesse agaynst me, and thy wrath increasest thou vpon me, very many are the plages that I am in.

²⁴ Wherfore hydest thou thy face, & holdest me for thyne enemye? ²⁵ Wylt thou be so cruel and extreme vnto a flyeng leafe, and folowe vpon drye stubble?

¹⁶ For now thou nombrest all my goinges, yet be not thou to extreme vpon my synnes.

⁹ He is angrye at me, he hateth me and gnassheth vpon me wyth hys teth. Myne enemye skouleth vpon me wyth hys eyes.

¹¹ His wrath is kyndled agaynst me: he taketh me, as though I were hys enemy.

²¹ Thou art become myne enemye, and with thy violent hande thou takest part agaynst me.

⁵ And why? Iob hath sayde: I am ryghteous, but God doth me wronge.

²⁷ Thou puttest my fete also in the stockes: and lokest narowly vnto all my pathes, and marckest the steppes of my fete:

⁴ Doth not he se my wayes, and tell all my goinges?

¹⁸ Whose fete they hurt in the stockes the yron entred into his soule.

² he smote Ieremy & put him in the stockes, that are by the hye gate of Ben Iamin, in the house of the Lorde.

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?

²⁴ Which when he had receaued such commaundement, thrust them into the ynner preson, & made theyr fete fast in the stockes.

²² In all these thynges dyd Iob not offende, ner murmured foolyshly agaynst God.

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

¹⁴ Lo, this is nowe a shorte summe of his wayes. But who is able sufficiently to rehearse hys workes? Who can perceaue and vnderstande the thondre of hys power?

¹⁷ I haue a good hope for my parte to shape hym an answere, and to shewe him my meanynge:

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: ¹¹ For he shall reward the worckes of man, and cause euery man to fynde accordynge to his wayes. ¹² For sure it is, that God condemneth no man wrongefully, and the iudgement of the Almyghtye is not vnryghteous.

¹⁷ Maye he be a ruler, that loueth no ryght? Or maye he that is a very innocent man, do vngodly? 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.

²³ For no man shalbe suffred to go into iudgement wt God.

² Thynkest thou it ryght, that thou sayest: I am ryghtuous before God?

⁴ Therfore will I geue answere vnto the and to thy companyons wyth the

⁵ behold, the greate God casteth awaye no man, for he him selfe is myghty in power and wysdome.

²² Behold, God is of a mighttye hye power: Where is there soche a gyde & lawe geuer as he? ²³ Who wyll reproue hym of hys waye? who wyll saye vnto him: thou hast done wrong?

² Can he that stryueth wyth the Almyghtye, be at rest? Shulde not he which disputeth wyth God, geue hym an answere?

⁸ Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? Or wylt thou condemne me, that thou thy selfe mayest be made ryghteous? ⁹ Is thy power then lyke the power of God? Maketh thy voyce soch a sounde as hys doth?

²⁰ for there is not one iust vpon earth, that doth good, and synneth not.

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

²⁵ And yet ye saye: Tush the waye of the Lord is not indifferent. Heare therfore ye house of Israel: Is not my waye ryght? Or, are not youre wayes rather wicked:

¹⁹ Thou wylt saye then vnto me: why then blameth he vs yet? For who hath bene able to resist his wyll? 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? ²¹ Hath not the potter power ouer the claye, euen of the same lompe to make one vessel vnto honoure, and another vnto dishonoure?

²⁹ The secrettes of the Lorde oure God are opened vnto vs, and to oure chyldren for euer, that we maye do all the wordes of thys lawe.

¹⁴ How shulde I then answere hym? Or what wordes shulde I fynde oute agaynst hym?

²⁵ For he hath stretched out hys hande agaynst God, and armed hym selfe agaynst the almyghtye, ²⁶ He runneth proudly vpon hym, and with a styff necke fyghteth he agaynst hym:

¹¹ God spake once and twyse: I haue also herde the same: that power belongeth vnto God.

⁹ Wo be vnto him that stryueth wt his maker, the potsherde with the potter. Sayeth the claye to the potter. What makest thou? or thy worke serueth for nothing?

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.

²⁴ I my selfe haue layed wayte for the, and thou art taken vnawares: art thou trapped and snared: for why? thou hast prouoked the Lorde vnto anger.

¹⁴ Is thy herte able to endure it, or may thy handes defende them selues, in the tyme that I shall brynge vpon the? Euen I the Lorde that speake it, wyll brynge it also to passe.

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

⁷ And he sayde vnto them: It is not for you to knowe the tymes, or the seasons, which the father hath put in his awne power:

³⁹ But and yf it be of God, ye cannot destroye it, lest haply ye be founde to stryue agaynst God.

⁴ and he fell to the earth and hearde a voyce, sayinge to him: Saul Saul, why persecutest thou me? ⁵ And he sayde: what art thou Lorde? And the Lorde sayd: I am Iesus, whom thou persecutest. It is hard for the to kycke against the pryckes.

³⁴ For who hath knowen the mynde of the Lorde? Or who hath bene hys counseller?

²² Ether do we prouoke the Lord? Are we stronger then he? I maye do all thynges, but all thynges are not expedient.

¹⁰ And the Lorde spake to Manasse & to hys people, but they wolde not regarde.

²⁹ Lo, thus worcketh God allwaye with man,

⁵ Once or twise haue I spoken, but I wyll saye nomore.

²⁴ I haue called, & ye refused it: I haue stretched out my hande: & no man regarded it:

²⁹ And that because they hated knowledge, & receaued not the feare of the Lorde:

⁹ And he sayde, go, and tell this people: ye shall heare in dede, but ye shall not vnderstande: ye shall playnely se, and not perceaue.

¹⁴ And in them is fulfylled the prophecie of Esaias, which sayth: with the eares ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstand and seinge ye shall se, and shall not perceaue.

¹⁷ And Iesus knewe it, and saith vnto them: why take ye thought, because ye haue no breed? perceaue ye not yet nether vnderstande? Haue ye youre hert yet blynded? ¹⁸ Haue ye eyes, and se not? and haue ye eares, and heare not? Do ye not also remembre?

²⁵ And he sayde vnto them: O fooles & slowe of herte, to beleue all that the Prophetes haue spoken.

¹⁹ And thys is the condemnacion: that lyght is come into the world, and men loued darcknes more then light, because their dedes were euyll.

¹² And when the sunne was downe, ther fell a slomber vpon Abram. And loo, a darke and great feare fell vpon hym.

³ But God came to Abimelech in a dreame in the nyght and sayde to hym: Se, thou shalt dye for the womans sake which thou hast taken awaye, for she is a mans wyfe.

²⁴ And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dreame by night, & sayd vnto hym: take hede, that thou speake not to Iacob ought saue good.

⁶ And he said: heare my wordes. If there be a prophete of the Lordes amonge you, I wylbe knowne of him in a visyon: and wyll speake vnto him in slepe.

¹³ In the thoughtes and visyons of the night (when slepe commeth on men)

²⁸ The prophet that hath a dreame let hym tell it and he that vnderstandeth my worde, let hym shewe it faythfully. For what hath chaffe and wheate to do together? sayeth the Lorde.

⁵ sawe a dreame, which made me afrayed: & the thoughtes that I had vpon my bedd, with the visyons of myne head, troubled me.

¹⁸ Now as he was speakynge vnto me, I waxed faynte, so that I suncke downe to the grounde. But he toke holde vpon me, and sett me vp agayne,

¹ God in time past diuersly and many wayes, spake vnto the fathers by Prophetes:

²⁷ For thou, O Lord of Hostes, God of Israell, hast tolde in the eare of thy seruaunt, sayeng: I wyll bylde the an house And therfore hath thy seruaunt found in his harte, to praye this prayer vnto the.

³⁸ And in all this make we a sure couenaunt, & wryte it, and oure princes, Leuites & preastes seale vnto it,

¹⁰ He wyth punysshynge and nurtringe of them, roundeth them in the eares, warneth them to leaue of from theyr wyckednesse, & to amende.

¹⁵ The poore shall he delyuer out of his affliction, & rounde them in the eare whan they be in trouble.

⁶ Yf I wolde declare them, and speake of them, they shulde be moo then I am able to expresse.

¹⁰ Harden the harte of this people, stoppe theyr eares, and shut theyr eyes, that they se not with theyr eyes, heare not with theyr eares, and vnderstand not with theyr hertes, and conuerte and be healed.

⁸ Moreouer, there be some wherof thou hast nether hearde ner knowne, nether haue they bene opened vnto thyne eares afore tyme. For I knewe that thou woldest maliciously offende, therfore haue I called the a transgressoure, euen from thy mothers wombe.

⁵ The Lord God hath opened myne eare, therfore can I nott saye, naye: ner withdrawe my selfe:

⁴⁵ Then opened he theyr wyttes, that they myght vnderstand the scryptures,

¹⁴ And a certayne woman (named Lydia) a seller of purple, of the cytie of Thyatira, which worshypped God, gaue vs audience. Whose hert the Lorde opened, that she attended vnto the thynges, which Paul spake.

²⁸ When I haue performed this, and haue brought them this frute sealed, I wyll come backe agayne by you into Spayne.

⁶ And God sayde vnto him by a dreame: I wot it well that thou dydest it in the purenesse of thy herte. I kepte the also that thou shuldest not sinne agaynst me, & therfore suffred I the not to touch her.

¹⁶ he fedd the in the wildernesse wyth Manna, whych thy fathers knewe not, euen for to humble the, and to proue the, and that he myght so do the good at thy later ende.

²⁵ But Hezekia dyd not agayne vnto God acording to it that he had shewed hym, for his hert arose: & there came wrath vpon him and vpon Iuda & Ierusalem.

¹¹ My dayes are past, and my councels and thoughtes of my hart are vanysshed awaye

¹¹ Which casteth downe the high lookes of presumptuous personnes, and bringeth lowe the pryde of man, and the Lorde only shall be exalted in that daye.

⁹ Euen the lord of hoostes hath deuysed thys, to put downe the pryde of all such as be glorious, and to mynish all them that be proude vpon earth:

³⁰ and sayde. Thys is the greate cyte of Babylon, which I my selfe (with my power and strength) haue made a kynges courte, for the honour of my magestye. ³¹ While these wordes were yet in the kynges mouth there fell a voyce from heauen, sayinge: O kynge Nabuchodonosor, to the be it spoken: Thy kyngdome shall departe from the, ³² thou shalt be cast out of mens company: thy dwellynge shalbe with the beastes of the felde, so that thou shalt eate grasse lyke as an oxe, tyll seuen yeares become and gone ouer the. euen vntyll thou knowest, that the hyest hath power vpon the kyngdomes of men, & that he may geue them, vnto whom it pleaseth him. ³³ The very same houre was thys matter fulfylled vpon Nabuchodonosor: so that he was cast out of mens company, and dyd eate grasse lyke an oxe. Hys body was wet with the dewe of heauen, tyll hys heares were as great as Aegles fethers, and hys nayles lyke byrdes clawes. ³⁴ When thys tyme was past, I Nabuchodonosor lyfte vp myne eyes vnto heauen, and myne vnderstandinge was restored vnto me agayne. Then gaue I thanckes vnto the hyghest. I magnifyed and praysed him that lyueth for euermore, whose power endureth alwaye, and hys kyngdome from one generacyon to another: 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? ³⁶ At the same tyme was myne vnderstandinge geuen me agayne, and I was restored to the honoure of my kingdome, to my dignite, and to myne awne shape agayne. My great estates and Princes sought vnto me, and I was set in my kyngdome agayne, so that I had yet greater worshyppe. ³⁷ Then dyd I Nabuchodonosor, loue, magnifye and prayse the kynge of heauen: for all his worckes are true, and hys wayes ryght. As for those that go on proudly, he is able to brynge them downe.

⁶ But I will hedge her waye with thornes, and stoppe it, that she shall not fynde her fotesteppes:

¹⁹ When he was set downe to geue iudgement, his wyfe sent vnto him sayinge: haue thou nothinge to do with that iust man. For I haue suffered many thinges this daye in my slepe because of him.

² and desyred of hym letters, to cary to Damasco, to the synagoges. that yf he founde any of thys waye, (whyther they were men or wemen) he myght brynge them bounde vnto Ierusalem. ³ And when he iornyed, it fortuned that as he was nye to Damasco, sodenly their shyned round about hym a lyght from heauen, ⁴ and he fell to the earth and hearde a voyce, sayinge to him: Saul Saul, why persecutest thou me? ⁵ And he sayde: what art thou Lorde? And the Lorde sayd: I am Iesus, whom thou persecutest. It is hard for the to kycke against the pryckes. ⁶ And he both tremblynge, & astonyed sayde: Lorde, what wylt thou haue me to do? And the Lord sayd vnto hym: aryse, and go into the cytie, and it shalbe told the, what thou must do.

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.

¹⁰ Humble youre selues in the sight of the lord, & he shal lyft you vp.

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

²² Hys lyfe draweth on to the graue, and hys lyfe to death.

²⁴ then the Lorde is mercyfull vnto hym, and sayeth: He shalbe delyuered, that he fall not downe to the graue, for I am sufficiently reconcyled.

²⁸ Yee, he hath delyuered my soule from destruccyon, and my lyfe shall se the lyght.

³⁰ that he kepeth hys soule from perishing, and letteth hym enioye the lyght of the lyuynge.

²⁷ When the keper of the preson waked out of his slepe and sawe the preson dores open, he drue out his swearde and wolde haue kylled him selfe supposyng that the presoners had bene fledd. ²⁸ But Paul cryed with a loude voyce, saying: do thy selfe no harme, for we are all heare. ²⁹ Then he called for a lyght and sprange in and ran tremblynge vnto Paul, and fell downe at the fete of Paul & Sylas, ³⁰ and brought them out, & sayde: Syrs what must I do to be saued? ³¹ And they sayde: beleue on the Lorde Iesus, & thou shalt be saued & thy housholde. ³² And they preached vnto him the worde of the Lord, & to all that were in hys house. ³³ And he toke them the same houre of the nyght, & wasshed their woundes, and was baptised and all they of hys housholde strayght waye.

⁴ Ether despysest thou the ryches of hys goodnes, and pacyence and longe sufferaunce, not knowyng that the kyndnes of God leadeth the to repentaunce?

⁹ The Lord that hath promised, is not slacke, as some men count slacknes: but is pacyent to vs warde: for asmoch as he wolde haue no man lost, but wyll receaue all men to repentaunce.

¹⁵ And suppose that the longe sufferinge of the Lord is saluacyon, euen as oure derely beloued brother Paule also (accordinge to the wysdome geuen vnto him) hath wrytten vnto you,

⁵ Thys also shalt thou consyder in thyne herte, that as a man nourtereth hys sonne, euen so the Lorde thy God nourtereth the.

¹⁰ And Asa was wroth with the fear, & put him into a preson house, for he was displeased with hym because of thys thynge. And Asa destroyed certayne of the people the same ceason.

¹² And Asa in the .xxxix. yere of hys raygne fell sycke in hys fete, and that hys disease contynued very longe. And in hys sycknes he sought not the Lord, but phisicions.

¹⁷ Beholde, happye is the man, whom God punissheth: therfore, refuse not thou the chastenynge of the almyghtye. ¹⁸ For though he make a wounde, he geueth a playster: though he smyte, hys hande maketh whole agayne.

⁴ When I laye me downe to slepe, I saye: O when shall I rise? Agayne, I longed sore for the nyght. And in the meane tyme am I full of sorowes vntyll the twylyght.

¹¹ From his youth his bones are full of pleasures, but now shall it lye downe within him in the earth.

¹⁷ My bones are pearsed thorow, in the night season, and my synewes take no rest.

¹ A Psalme of Dauid for remembraunce. Put me not to rebuke (O Lord) in thine anger: nether chasten me in thy heuy displeasure. ² For thyne arowes styck fast in me, and thy hande presseth me fore. ³ There is no health in my flessh, because of thy displeasure: nether is there anye rest in my bones, by reason of my synne. ⁴ For my wyckednesses are gone ouer my heade, and are lyke a sore burthen, to heuy for me to beare. ⁵ My woundes styncke and are corrupt, thorowe my folyshnesse. ⁶ I ambrought in to so greate trouble & misery, that I go mournynge all the daye longe. ⁷ For my loynes are fylled with a sore disease, & there is no whole parte in my body. ⁸ I am feble & sore smytten, I haue roared for the very disquyetnes of my hert.

¹² Blessed is the man, whome thou chastenest (O Lorde) & teachest hym in thy lawe.

⁶⁷ Before I was troubled, I went wronge, but nowe haue I kept thy worde.

⁷¹ It is good for me that I haue bene in trouble, that I maye learne thy statutes.

⁹ Thus therfore shall the iniquytie of Iacob be reconcyled, and here is all the frute of the takynge awaye of his synne, yf he make all the stones of the aultars of ydolles, as chalke stones that are beaten in sunder, that theyr groues and ymages ryse not vp agayne.

¹² Were the people of Gentyles (whom my progenitours conquered) deliuered at any tyme thorow their goddes? As namely, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the chyldren of Eden, which were at Thalassar. ¹³ Where is the kynge of Hemah, and the kyng of Arphad, and the king of the cytie Sepharuaim, Ena & Aua?

³² But when we are iudged of the Lorde, we are chastened, that we shulde not be damned with the worlde.

¹⁹ As many as I loue, I rebuke, & chasten, Be feruent therfore, and repent.

⁶ And so the woman (seyng that the same tre was good to eate, and lusty to the eyes, & that the same tre was pleasaunt to get wisdome) toke of the frute therof, and dyd eate: and gaue vnto her husband beynge with her, which dyd eate also.

²⁴ For my syghes come before I eate, and my roaringes fall out like the water.

¹⁷ Folysh men are plaged for their offence, & because of their wyckednesse. ¹⁸ Their soule abhorred all maner of meat, and they were euen hard at deathes dore.

¹⁹ I haue shewed also, howe I toke the vp beynge but a childe & gaue the a pleasaunt lande for thyne herytage, yee, & a goodly Hoste of the Heathen, & howe I commaunded the, that thou shuldest call me father only, and not to shryncke fro me.

¹¹ For so moche then as ye oppresse the poore, and robbe him of his best sustenaunce: therfore, where as ye haue buylded houses of square stone, ye shall not dwell in them. Maruelous pleasaunt vyneyardes shall ye plante, but the wyne of them shall ye not drincke: & why?

⁵ My flesh is clothed with wormes and dust of the earth: my skynne is withered, and become horryble,

²⁸ where as I (notwithstandynge) must consume lyke as a foule carion, & as a cloth that is motheaten.

²⁰ Thou preuaylest styl agaynst him, so that he passeth awaye: thou chaungest hys estate, and puttest hym from the.

²² Whyle he lyueth, hys flesh must haue trauayle, and while the soule is in hym, he must be in sorowe.

⁸ And that thou hast fylled me wyth wrynckles, my fleshe is recorde, and my leanesse ryseth vp agaynst me, and beareth wytnesse agaynst me.

²⁰ My bone hangeth to my skynne and my flesh is awaye, only there is left me the skynne aboute my teth.

¹⁵ My strength is dryed vp lyke a potsherde, & my tonge cleueth to my gummes: and thou shalt brynge me into the dust of death. ¹⁶ For dogges are come aboute me, & the councell of the wycked laye seage agaynst me. ¹⁷ They pearsed my handes and my fete, I maye tell all my bones, they stonde starynge and lokynge vpon me.

³ For whyle I helde my tonge, my bones consumed awaye thorowe my daylye complayninge. ⁴ For thy hande is heuy vpon me daye and nyght, and my moysture is lyke the drouth in Sommer. Sela.

¹¹ When thou wyth rebukes dost chasten man for sinne, thou makest his bewtye to consume awaye, like as it were a mothe fretinge a garment. Euery man therfore is but vanite. Selah.

³ For my dayes are consumed awaye lyke smoke, and my bones are brent vp, as it were a fyre brande. ⁴ My hert is smytten downe and wythered lyke grasse, so that I forget to eate my bred. ⁵ For the voyce of my gronynge, my bone wyll scarse cleue to my flesh.

¹¹ Yee that thou mourne not at the last (when thou hast spent thy body and lusty greane youth)

²³ For the Lorde will go about to smyte the Egipcians. And when he seeth the bloude vpon the vpper dore poste & on the two side postes: he will passe ouer the dore, and will not suffer the destroyer to come into your house to plage you.

⁶ The Lord kylleth, and maketh alyue: bryngeth downe to the graue and fetcheth vp agayne.

¹⁶ And when the Angell stretched out his hande vpon Ierusalem to destroye it, the Lorde had compassion to do that euell, and sayde to the Angell that destroyed the people: it is nowe sufficient: holde thyne hande. And the angell was by the thresshinge place of Arefna the Iebusite.

⁷ O remembre, that my lyfe is but a mynde, and that myne eye shall nomore se pleasures therof,

²¹ A fearfull sounde is euer in hys eares, and when it is peace, yet feareth he destruccyon.

¹ My breth stincketh, my dayes are shortened. I am harde at deathes dore.

¹³ Though I tary neuer so moch, yet the graue is my house, and I haue made my bed in the darcke. ¹⁴ I call corrupcyon my father, and the wormes call I my mother and my syster. ¹⁵ What helpeth then my longe taryenge? Or, who hath considred the thynge, that I loke for? ¹⁶ All that I haue, shall go downe into the pytt, and lye with me in the dust.

⁴ Because of mens worckes that are done agaynst the wordes of thy lyppes I haue kepte me from the wayes of the destroyer.

³ Thou Lorde hast brought my soule out of hell: thou hast kepte my lyfe, from them that go downe to the pytte.

³ I am counted as one of them that go downe vnto the pytte, and I haue bene euen as a man that hath no strength. ⁴ Fre amonge the deed, lyke vnto them that be wounded lye in the graue, whych be out of remebraunce, and are cut awaye from thy hande: ⁵ Thou hast layed me in the lowest pytt, in a place of darcknesse and in the depe.

¹⁰ I thought I shulde haue gone to the gates of hell when myne age was shortened, and haue wanted the resydue of my yeares.

²³ And immediatly the angell of the Lorde smote hym, because he gaue not God the honour, and he was eaten of wormes and gaue vp the ghost.

¹⁰ Nether murmure ye, as some of them murmured, & were destroyed of the destroyer.

¹¹ And they had a kyng ouer them, which is the angell of the bottomlesse pytt, whose name in the Hebrewe tong, is Abadon: but in the Greke tonge, Apollion that is to saye: a destroyer.

¹ And the angell of the Lorde came vp from Gilgall to Bochim, & sayde: I made you to come out of Egypte, and haue brought you vnto the lande which I sware vnto youre fathers. And I sayd: I wyll not breake myne appoyntment that I made with you.

¹⁵ And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them, by hys messengers, risyng vp by tymes and sendynge: for he had compassyon on hys people, and on his dwellyng place. ¹⁶ But they mocked the messengers of God, & despised his wordes, and mysse vsed hys prophetes, vntyll the wrath of the Lord arose agaynst his people, and tyll there was no remedy.

³³ And truly, thou art iust in all that thou hast broughte vpon vs: for thou hast done ryght.

³ If he will argue with him, he shall not be able to answere hym vnto one amonge a thousande.

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.

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:

¹² For sure it is, that God condemneth no man wrongefully, and the iudgement of the Almyghtye is not vnryghteous.

³² If I haue gone a mysse, enfourme thou me: yf I haue done wronge, I will leaue of.

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

³ I wyll open vnto the yet more of myne vnderstandynge, & proue my mater ryghteous.

⁸ But yf they be layed in preson and cheynes, or bounde with the bondes of trouble, ⁹ then wyll he shewe them theyr worcke, and the synnes wher with they haue vsed cruell vyolence. ¹⁰ He wyth punysshynge and nurtringe of them, roundeth them in the eares, warneth them to leaue of from theyr wyckednesse, & to amende. ¹¹ If they now wyll take hede and serue him, they shall were out theyr dayes in prosperite, and theyr yeares in pleasure and ioye. ¹² But yf they wyll not herken, they shall go thorow the swearde, and perysh or euer they be aware. ¹³ As for soch as be fayned ypocrites, they shall heape vp wrath for them selues: for they call not vpon hym, though they be hys presoners.

²³ It is not we that can fynde out the almightye: for in power, equite, and ryghteousnesse, he is hyer than can be expressed.

⁷⁵ I knowe, O Lorde, thay thy iudgementes are ryght, & that thou of very faythfulnesse haste caused me to be troubled.

²⁸ Among a thousande men I haue founde one, but not one woman amonge all.

¹ The sprete of the Lorde God is vpon me, for the Lorde hath anoynted me, and sent me, to preach good tydynges vnto the poore, that I myght bynde vp the wounded hertes, that I myght preach delyueraunce to the captyue, and open the preson to them that are bounde: ² that I myght declare the acceptable yeare of the Lorde, and the daye of the vengeaunce of oure God: that I myght comforte all them that are in heuynesse, ³ that I myght geue vnto them that mourne in Sion, that I myght geue I saye, bewty in the steade of ashes, ioyfull oyntement for syghthinge, pleasaunt rayment for an heuy mynde: That they myght be called trees of ryghteousnesse, a plantynge of the Lorde for hym to reioyce in.

²² Namely, it is of the Lordes mercyes that we are not, vtterly consumed. For trulye hys pytefull compassion hath not ceassed. ²³ Newe mercyes shall the Lorde shewe vpon the, erly, yee in the daye sprynge, (O Lorde) greate is thy faythfulnesse.

³² but though he punyshe hym: yet according to the multitude of his mercyes, he receaueth to grace agayne:

³⁹ Wherfore then murmureth the lyuynge man? let him murmure at his awne synne. ⁴⁰ Let vs loke, well vpon our awne wayes and remembre oure selues, and turne againe to the Lorde. ⁴¹ Let vs lyfte vp oure hertes with oure handes vnto the Lorde that is in heauen.

²⁵ And yet ye saye: Tush the waye of the Lord is not indifferent. Heare therfore ye house of Israel: Is not my waye ryght? Or, are not youre wayes rather wicked: ²⁶ When a ryghtuous man turneth awaye from hys ryghtuousnesse, and medleth wyth vngodlynes: he must dye therin: yee, for the vnrightuousnes that he hath done, must he dye. ²⁷ Agayne: when the wycked man turneth awaye from his wickednesse, that he hath done, and doth the thinge which is equall and ryght: he shall saue his soule alyue. ²⁸ For in so moch as he remembreth him selfe, & turneth him from all the vngodlynes that he hath vsed, he shall lyue and not dye.

¹⁴ Therfore hath the Lorde made haste, to brynge this plage vpon vs, for the Lorde our God is ryghteous, in all his workes whych he doth: for why? We wolde not herken vnto hys voyce.

¹³ Then Aggeus the Lordes angell sayde in the Lordes message vnto the people, I am with you, sayeth the Lorde.

⁷ For in the prestes lyppes shulde be sure knowledge, that men may seke the lawe at his mouth, for he is a messaunger of the Lorde of hostes.

¹ Beholde, I will sende my messaunger, whiche shall prepare the waye before me: and the Lorde whom ye wolde haue, shal soone come to his temple, yee, euen the messaunger of the couenaunt whom ye longe for. Beholde, he commeth, saieth the Lorde of hostes.

³⁰ And Philip ran to hym, and heard him reade the prophete Esay, and sayd: Understandest thou what thou readest?

¹³ I speake to you gentyls, in as moch as I am the Apostle of the gentyls, I wyll magnify myne office,

³⁰ For this cause many are weake and sycke amonge you, and many slepe. ³¹ For If we had iudged oure selues, we shuld not haue bene iudged. ³² But when we are iudged of the Lorde, we are chastened, that we shulde not be damned with the worlde.

⁵ And haue forgotten the exhortacion, which speaketh vnto you as vnto children? my sonne, despyse not thou the chastening of the Lord, nether faynt, when thou art rebuked of hym: ⁶ for whom the Lorde loueth, hym he chasteneth: yee, he scourgeth euery sonne that he receaueth. ⁷ If ye endure chastening, God offereth him selfe vnto you as vnto sonnes. What sonne is he whom the father chasteneth not? ⁸ If ye be not vnder correccion (where of all are part takers) then are ye bastardes, and not sonnes. ⁹ Therfore seyng we haue had fathers of our flesshe which corrected vs, & we gaue them reuerence: shall we not moch rather be in subieccion vnto the father of spirites, & lyue? ¹⁰ And they verely for a feaw dayes, nurtred vs after theyr awne pleasure: but he nurteth vs for our profit, to the intent that he maye mynister of his holynes vnto vs. ¹¹ No maner chastisyng for the present tyme semeth to be ioyous, but greueous: neuertheles afterwarde, it bringeth the quyet frute of ryghtewesnes, vnto them which are exercysed therby. ¹² Stretch forth therfore the handes which were let downe, and the weake knees:

¹⁹ And he sayde: I wyll make all my good go before the, and I wyll be called in this name of the Lorde before the and will shewe mercy to whom I wyll shewe mercye, and wyll haue compassyon on whom I wyll haue compassion.

⁶ And when the Lord walked before him, he cryed, Lorde Lorde God, mercyfull and gracyous, long suffering, & aboundaunt in goodnes & trueth, ⁷ & kepyng mercye in store for thousandes, forgeuynge wikednes, vngodlynes & synne, & not leauynge one innocent, visytynge the wyckednes of the fathers vpon the children and vpon childrens children, euen vnto the third and fourth generacyon.

²¹ Therfore reconcile the vnto God, and be content, so shall all thinges prospere with the ryght well.

¹⁸ kepeth hym from the graue, and hys lyfe from the swearde.

¹⁰ He wyth punysshynge and nurtringe of them, roundeth them in the eares, warneth them to leaue of from theyr wyckednesse, & to amende. ¹¹ If they now wyll take hede and serue him, they shall were out theyr dayes in prosperite, and theyr yeares in pleasure and ioye.

¹⁸ For then shall not thy cause be stylled wyth crueltye, nor pacyfyed wyth many gyftes.

⁴ Oure fathers hoped in the: they trusted in the, and thou dyddest delyuer them.

⁹ What profyt is there in my bloude, whan I go downe to the pytte? ¹⁰ Shall the dust geue thanckes vnto the? Or shall it declare thy trueth? ¹¹ Heare, O Lorde, and haue mercy vpon me: Lorde be thou my helper. ¹² Thou hast turned my heuynesse in to ioye: thou hast put of my sacke cloth, and gyrded me with gladnesse. Therfore shall (euery good man) synge of thy prayse without ceassinge: O my God, I wyll geue thanckes vnto the for euer.

² He brought me also out of the horrible pitte, out of the myer and claye, and sett my fete vpon the rocke, and ordred my goynges.

⁷ But no man maye delyuer hys brother, ner make agrement vnto God for hym. ⁸ For it costeth more to redeme theyr soules, so that he must let that alone for euer.

³ Delyuer me, O my God, out of the hand of the vngodly, out of the hande of the vnrighteous and cruell man.

⁵ For thou Lord art good and gracious, and of greate mercy vnto all them that call vpon the.

¹³ For great is thy mercy towarde me and thou hast delyuered my soule from the nethermost hell.

¹⁵ But thou, O Lorde God, art full of compassyon, and mercy, longe suffrynge, plenteous in goodnes and trueth.

¹⁷ Beholde bytter as gall was my pensyuenesse, so sore longed I for helth. And it was thy pleasure to deliuer my lyfe, from the fylthye pytt, for thou it is (O Lorde) that hast cast all my synnes behynde thy backe. ¹⁸ For hell prayseth not the, death doth not magnifye the. They that go downe into the graue prayse not thy trueth: ¹⁹ but the lyuinge, yee, the lyuing a knowledge the, lyke as I do thys daye. The father telleth hys chyldren of thy faythfulnesse.

²⁰ Upon this complaynte, I thought thus by my selfe: is not Ephraim my deare sonne? Is he not the childe, with whom I haue had all myrth and pastyme? For sens the time that I first commened with hym, I haue him euer in remembraunce: therfore, my very hert dryueth me vnto him, gladly and louynglye wyll I haue mercy vpon him, sayth the Lord.

² Take these wordes with you, when ye turne to the Lorde, and saye vnto hym: O, forgeue vs all oure synnes, receaue vs graciously, & then wyll we offre the bullockes of oure lyppes vnto the:

⁴ O (yf they wolde do this) I shulde heale theyr sores: yee, with all my herte wolde I loue them: so that my wrath shulde cleane be turned awaye from them.

¹⁸ Where is there soch a God as thou? that pardonest wyckednes, and forgeuest the offences of the remnaunt of thyne herytage? He kepeth not his wrath for euer: and why? his delite is to haue compassion: ¹⁹ he shal turne agayne, and be mercyfull to vs: he shal put downe oure wyckednesses, and cast all oure synnes into the botome of the see. ²⁰ Thou shalt kepe thy trust with Iacob, & thy mercy for Abraham, lyke as thou hast sworne vnto oure fathers longe agoo.

¹¹ Thou also thorow the bloude of thy couenaunt: shalt let thy presoners out of the pitte wher in is no water.

²⁸ euen as the sonne of man cam, not to be ministred vnto, but to minister, & to geue his lyfe a redempcion for many.

²⁴ but are iustifyed frely by his grace, through the redempcyon that is in Christ Iesu, ²⁵ whom God hath set forth to be the obtayner of mercy thorow fayth, by the meanes of hys bloude, to declare hys ryghteousnes, in that he forgeueth the synnes that are passed, whych God dyd suffre, ²⁶ to shewe at thys tyme hys ryghtewesnes, that he might be counted iust, and the iustifyar of hym whych beleueth on Iesus.

²⁰ But the lawe in the meane tyme entred in, the synne shulde encreace. Neuerthelater where aboundance of synne was, there was more plenteousnes of grace. ²¹ That as synne had raygned vnto deeth, euen so myght grace raygne thorow ryghtewesnes, vnto eternall lyfe, by the helpe of Iesu Christ.

⁶ whych gaue him selfe a raunsome for all men, that it shulde be testifyed at hys tyme,

¹⁸ For as moch as ye knowe, how that ye were not redemed wyth corruptible thynges (as syluer & golde) from youre vayne conuersacion, whych ye receaued by the tradicion of the fathers: ¹⁹ but wt the precious bloude of Chryst, as of a lambe vndefyled, and wythout spot,

⁷ Moses was an hundred and twentye yere olde when he dyed: hys eye was not dymme, nor hys naturall coloure abated.

¹⁰ And beholde, the Lorde hath kept me alyue (as he sayde) this fourtye and fyue yeares, euen sence the Lord spake this word vnto Moses, whyle the chyldren of Israell wanderyd in the wyldernesse. And now lo, I am this daye foure skore & fyue yere old: ¹¹ & yet am as stronge at this tyme, as I was when Moses sent me: looke how stronge I was then, so strong am I now whether I go to warre, or come agayne.

¹⁴ Then went he downe, & wasshed him selfe seuen tymes in Iordan, accordynge to the sayinge of the man of God, & his flesshe chaunged, like vnto the flesshe of a lytle chylde, & he was cleansed.

¹⁶ After thys lyued Iob an hundred and fourty yeares, so that he sawe hys chyldren, & hys chyldrens chyldren into the fourth generacion.

⁵ Whych satisfyeth thy mouth wyth good thynges, makyng the yonge and lusty as an Aegle.

¹⁵ there will I geue her her vyniardes agayne, yee & the valley of Achor also to shewe her hope and comforte. Then shall she synge there as in the tyme of her youth, and lyke as in the daye when she came out of the lande of Egypte.

²⁵ The Lorde make hys face shyne vpon the, and be mercyfull vnto the. ²⁶ The Lorde lyfte vp countenaunce vpon the, and geue the peace.

²³ The Lorde reward euery man accordyng to his ryghtwesnesse & fayth: for the Lordde delyuered the into my hand thys daye, but I wolde not laye myne hand vpon the Lordes anoynted.

² And Hezekia turned his face to the wall, & prayed vnto the Lorde, sayenge: 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. ⁴ And it fortuned that afore Isay was gone out into the myddle of the courte, the worde of the Lorde came to him, sayinge: ⁵ turne agayne, and tell Hezekia the captayne of my people: Thus sayth the Lorde God of Dauid thy father: I haue herde thy prayer, and sene thy teares. And beholde, I wyll heale the, so that on the thyrde daye thou shalt go vp into the house of the Lorde.

¹² And when he was in trybulacion, he besought the Lord hys God, & humbled hym selfe exceadyngly before the God of his fathers, ¹³ and made intercession to hym and God was entreated of hym, and hearde his prayer, and brought hym agayne to Ierusalem into his kyngdome. And then Manasse knewe, that the Lorde was God.

¹⁹ And his prayer, and howe that he was hearde, and all his synnes, and his trespasse, and the places where he made hylaulters, and set vp groues, and ymages (before he was mekened) beholde, they are wrytten among the sayenges of the sears.

²⁶ Then shalt thou haue thy delite in the Almightie, & lyft vp thy face vnto God. ²⁷ Then shalt thou make thy prayer vnto him, and he shall heare the, and thou shalt kepe thy promyses.

¹¹ For he shall reward the worckes of man, and cause euery man to fynde accordynge to his wayes.

²⁸ In so moch that they haue caused the voyce of the poore to come vnto hym, and now he heareth the complaynte of soche as are in trouble.

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. ⁹ So Eliphas the Themanite, and Bildad the Suhite & Sophar the Naamathite went their waye, and dyd accordyng as the Lord commaunded them, The Lord also accepted the personne of Iob,

⁶ There be many that saye: who wyll shewe vs any good? Lorde lyfte thou vp the lyght of thy countenaunce vpon vs. ⁷ Thou hast putt gladnesse in myne herte, sence the tyme that theyr corne & wyne increased.

¹ To hym that excelleth in musick, vpon the instrument of eyght strynges. A psalme of Dauid. O Lorde, rebuke me not in thyne indignacion: nether chasten me in thy displeasure. ² Haue mercy vpon me, O Lorde: for I am weake: O Lorde heale me: for my bones are vexed. ³ My soule also is sore troubled: but Lorde howe longe wylt thou punyshe me? ⁴ Turne the, O Lorde, and delyuer my soule: Oh saue me for thy mercyes sake. ⁵ For in death no man remembreth the: & who will geue the thankes in the pytte? ⁶ I am weery of my gronynge: euery nyght washe I my bedd, & water my couche with my teares. ⁷ My bewtye is gone for very trouble, and worne awaye because of all myne enemyes. ⁸ Awaye frome all ye that worke vanyte: for the Lorde hath hearde the voyce of my wepynge. ⁹ The Lorde hathe hearde my peticyon, the Lorde wyll receaue my prayer.

¹¹ For why? thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell, nether shalt thou suffre thy holy one to se corrupcion. Thou shalt shewe me the path of lyfe: in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioye, and at thy ryght hande ther is pleasure for euermore.

²⁰ The Lorde shall rewarde me after my righteous dealing: accordinge to the clennes of my handes shall he recompense me.

¹ A Psalme of Dauid. Unto the wyll I crye, O Lorde, my strength: thyncke no scorne of me, lest, yf thou make the as though thou heardest not. I become lyke them, that go downe into the pytte. ² Heare the voyce of my humble peticyons, when I crye vnto the, whan I holde vp my, handes towarde the mercyseate of thy holy temple.

⁶ For they regarde not in ther mynde the worckes of the Lorde, ner the operacion of his handes: therfore shall he breake them downe, & not buylde them vp.

⁵ For hys wrath endureth but the twinclinge of an eye, and in hys pleasure is lyfe: heuynesse maye endure for a nyght, but ioye commeth in the mornynge.

⁷ Thou dyddest turne thy face and I was troubled. ⁸ Then cryed I vnto the, O Lorde, & gat me to my Lorde ryght humbly. ⁹ What profyt is there in my bloude, whan I go downe to the pytte? ¹⁰ Shall the dust geue thanckes vnto the? Or shall it declare thy trueth? ¹¹ Heare, O Lorde, and haue mercy vpon me: Lorde be thou my helper.

⁸ Let the sentence of giltynesse proceade agaynst him: & now that he lyeth, let him ryse vp nomore. ⁹ Yee, euen mine awne familier frend whom I trusted (whych dyd also eate of my bred) hath layed greate wayte for me. ¹⁰ But be thou mercyfull vnto me (O Lord) rayse thou me vp agayne, and I shall rewarde them. ¹¹ By this I know thou fauourest me, that my enemye doth not triumphe agaynst me.

¹⁵ And call vpon me in the tyme of trouble, so wyll I heare the, and thou shalt prayse me.

¹² And that thou Lorde art mercyfull: for thou rewardest euery man accordynge to hys worcke.

¹ To the chaunter, in melodyes: a Psalme and songe. God be mercyfull vnto vs, & blesse vs, and shewe vs the lyght of hys countenaunce. Sela.

¹⁵ He shall call vpon me, & I wyll heare hym: yee I am with hym in trouble, I will deliuer hym, and brynge hym to honoure.

¹ I Am well pleased, that the Lorde hath herd the voyce of my prayer. ² That he hath enclined his eare vnto me, therfore will I call vpon him as longe as I lyue. ³ The snares of death compased me round about, and the paynes of hell gat hold vpon me, ⁴ I shall fynde trouble and heuynesse, and I shall call vpon the name of the Lorde (O Lord) I besech the delyuer my soule. ⁵ Gracious is the Lorde, and ryghteous, yee oure God is mercyfull. ⁶ The Lord preserueth the symple: I was in mysery, and he helped me.

¹² If thou wilt saye: I knewe not of it. Thinkest thou that he which made the hertes, doth not considre it? & that he which regardeth thy soule, seeth it not? Shall not be recompence euery man according to his worckes?

¹⁹ Yf the people remayne in Syon and at Ierusalem, thou shalt not be in heuines: but at the voyce of thy complaynte shall he haue mercy vpon the. And when he heareth it he shall geue the an answer.

³ crye vnto me, & I wyll answere, and shewe the great and hye thinges, which were vnknowen vnto the.

² b) And Ionas prayed vnto the Lorde hys God, out of the fysshes bely, ³ and sayd. In my trouble I called vnto the Lorde, and he herde me: out of the bely of hell I cryed, & thou herdest my voyce. ⁴ Thou haddest cast me downe depe in the myddest of the see, & the floude compased me aboute: yee, all thy waues and roules of water went ouer me, ⁵ I thought that I had bene cast awaye out of thy syght: but I will yet agayne loke towarde thy holy temple. ⁶ The waters compased me, euen to the very soule: the depe laye aboute me, & the wedes were wrapte aboute myne head. ⁷ I went downe to the botome of the hylles, and was barred in with earth for euer. But thou, O Lorde my God, hast brought vp my lyfe agayne out of corrupcion.

⁴¹ He that receaueth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shal receaue a prophetes rewarde. And he that receaueth a ryghteous man, in the name of a ryghteous man, shall receaue a righteous mans rewarde: ⁴² And whosoeuer shall geue vnto one of these lytle ones to dryncke, a cuppe of colde water onely (in the name of a disciple) verely I saye vnyou, he shall not lose his rewarde.

²⁸ Thou hast shewed me the wayes of lyfe, thou shalt make me full of ioye with thy countenaunce.

¹¹ And the Lorde sayde vnto hym: aryse, and go into the strete (whych is called strayght) and seke in the house of Iudas after one called Saul of Tharsus. For beholde, he prayeth,

²⁶ and estemed the rebuke of Christ greater riches then the treasures of Egypt. For he had respect vnto the rewarde.

²⁴ Unto him that is able to kepe you fre from synne, & to present you fautlesse before the presence of his glory wt ioye

¹³ And she called the name of the Lorde that spake vnto her: thou God lokest on me, for she sayde: haue I not sene here the backe partes of hym that seeth me?

¹¹ and Aaron sayde vnto Moses: I besech the my Lorde, put not the synne vpon vs, which we haue folishly commytted and synned.

¹³ And Dauid sayde vnto Nathan I haue synned agaynst the Lorde. And Nathan sayd vnto Dauid: the Lorde also hath put awaye thy synne, thou shalt not dye.

⁹ For the eyes of the Lorde beholde all the erth, to strength them that are of perfecte hert towarde him. Herin thou hast done folyshly, and therfore from hensforth thou shalt haue warre.

²⁰ I haue offended, and what shall I do vnto the, O thou preseruer of men? Why hast thou made me to stande in thy waye, and am so heuy a burden vnto my self?

⁹ For he hath sayed: Though a man be good, yet is he naught before God.

⁴ The Lorde is in hys holy temple the Lordes seat is in heauen? Hys eyes consydre & hys eye lyddes tryeth the chyldren of men.

² The Lorde loked downe from heauen vpon the chyldren of men, to se yf there were any that wolde vnderstande, and seke after God.

⁷ The lawe of the Lord is an vndefylled lawe conuerting the soule. The testimony of the Lorde is sure, and geueth wisdome vnto the symple. ⁸ The statutes of the Lorde are right and reioyse the hert, the commaundement of the Lorde is pure, and geueth light vnto the eyes.

¹²⁸ Therfore holde I streyght all thy commaundementes and all false wayes I vtterly abhorre.

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. ⁴ For lo, there is not a worde in my tonge, but thou, O Lorde knowest it all together.

²¹ For euery mans wayes are open in the syght of the Lorde, and he pondreth all theyr goynges.

³ The eyes of the Lord loke on euery place, beholdyng both the good & badd

¹³ He that hydeth his synnes, shall not prospere: but whoso knowledgeth them and forsaketh them, shall haue mercy.

⁸ If thou seyst the poore to be oppressed and wrongeously dealt withall, so that equite & the ryght of the lawe is wrasted in the lande: maruell not thou at soch a thyng, for one greate man kepeth touch with another, & the myghtie men are in auctorite ouer the pore.

⁸ The Prestes them selues sayde not: Where is the Lorde? They that had the lawe in theyr handes, knewe me not: The shepherdes offended agaynst me. The prophetes dyd seruyce vnto Baal, & folowed soch thynges as shall brynge them no profyt.

¹³ but this I will, that thou knowe thy greate blasphemy: Namely, that thou hast vnfaythfully forsaken the Lorde thy God, & hast made thy selfe partake of straunge Goddes vnder all grene trees, but hast had no wyll to heare my voyce, sayeth the Lorde.

²⁴ Maye eny man hyde hym self so, that I shall not se hym? sayeth the Lorde. Do not I fulfyll heauen and earth? sayeth the Lorde.

¹⁸ Moreouer, I heard Ephraim, that was led awaye captiue, complayne on this maner: O Lorde, thou hast correct me, & thy chastenynge haue I receaued, as an vntamed calfe. Conuerte thou me, and I shalbe conuerted: for thou art my Lorde God: ¹⁹ Yee, assone as thou turnest me, I shall refourme my selfe: and when I vnderstande, I shall smyte vpon my thyghe. For verely I haue commytted shamefull thinges. For I haue borne the reprofe and confusion of my youth.

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?

¹⁸ I wyll aryse, and go to my father, and will saye vnto him: father, I haue synned agaynst heauen, and before the, ¹⁹ & am no more worthy to be called thy sonne, make me as one of thy hyred seruauntes. ²⁰ And he arose, & came to his father. But when he was yet a greate waye of, his father sawe him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kyssed him. ²¹ And the sonne sayde vnto him: father, I haue synned agaynst heauen, and in thy syght, & am nomore worthy to be called thy sonne. ²² But the father sayd to his seruauntes: brynge forth the best garment, and put it on him, and put a rynge on his hande, and shoes on his fete.

¹³ And the publican stondyng a farre of, wolde not lyfte vp his eyes to heauen, but smote vpon hys brest, saying: God be mercyfull to me a synner:

²¹ What frute had ye then in those thynges, wherof ye are now asshamed. For the ende of those thynges, is deeth.

¹² Wherfore the lawe is holy, and the commaundement holy, and iust and good. ¹³ Was that then which was good, made deeth vnto me? God forbyd. Naye it was synne: that sinne might appeare (by it which was good) to worke deeth in me: that synne by the commaundement myght be out of measure synfull. ¹⁴ For we knowe, that the lawe is spirituall: but I am carnall solde vnder synne,

¹⁶ If I do now that whych I wolde not, I consente vnto the lawe that it is good.

²² For I delyte in the lawe of God, after the inward man.

⁸ If we saye that we haue no synne, we deceaue oure selues, and the trueth is not in vs: ⁹ If we knowledge oure synnes, he is faythfull & iust, to forgeue vs oure synnes, and to clense vs from all vnryghtewesnes. ¹⁰ If we saye we haue not synned, we make hym a lyar, and hys worde is not in vs.

⁹ Let the starres of that night be dymme thorow darcknesse of it. Let it loke for lyght, but lett it se none, nether the rysynge vp of the fayre mornynge:

¹⁶ Or why was I not hyd, as a thynge borne out of tyme, ether as yonge chyldren, which neuer sawe the light?

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

¹⁶ All that I haue, shall go downe into the pytt, and lye with me in the dust.

²⁸ Then, loke what thou takest in hand, he shall make it to prospere with the, and the lyght shall shyne in the wayes.

²⁰ so that hys lyfe maye awaye wyth no bred, and his soule abhorreth to eat any dayntie meat:

¹⁹ He shall folowe the generacyons of hys fathers, and shall neuer se lyght.

²³ The bloude thrusty and disceatful men shall not lyue out halfe theyr dayes. Neuerthelesse, my trust shalbe in the.

¹⁵ Take me out of the myre, that I sincke not. Oh let me be deliuered from them that hate me, and out of the depe waters.

² The people that walke in darckenes haue sene a greate lyght. As for them that dwell in the lande of the Shadowe of death, vpon them hath the lyght shyned.

¹⁷ Beholde bytter as gall was my pensyuenesse, so sore longed I for helth. And it was thy pleasure to deliuer my lyfe, from the fylthye pytt, for thou it is (O Lorde) that hast cast all my synnes behynde thy backe. ¹⁸ For hell prayseth not the, death doth not magnifye the. They that go downe into the graue prayse not thy trueth:

⁹ Iesus answered: are there not .xij. houres of the daye? If a man walke in the daye, he stombleth not, because he seeth the light of this worlde.

¹ And I sawe an Angel come downe from heauen, hauyng the kaye of the bottomlesse pyt, and a greate chayne in hys hand. ² And he toke the dragon the olde serpente, which is the deuyll & Satanas, & he bounde hym a thousande yeres: ³ and cast hym into the bottomlesse pyt, and he shutte hym vp, and set a seale on hym, that he shulde deceaue the people nomore, tyll the thousande yeres were fulfylled. And after that he must be losed for a lytell season.

¹⁰ Therfore the kynge of Israel sent to the place which the man of God tolde him, and warned him of, and saued him selfe from it, not once nor twyse.

¹⁴ For when God doth once commaunde a thynge, there shulde no man be curyous, to searche whether it be ryght. ¹⁵ In dreames and visyons of the nyght (when slombring commeth vpon men, that they fall a slepe in their beddes) ¹⁶ he roundeth them in the eares, he infourmeth them, and sheweth them playnely, ¹⁷ that it is he, whych withdraweth man from euyll, delyuereth hym from pryde,

⁶ And ther are dyuers maners of operacyons, and yet but one God whych worcketh all in all.

⁵ He that hath ordeyned vs for this thynge, is God: which very same hath geuen vnto vs the ernest of the sprete.

⁸ And lest I shulde be exalted out of measure thorowe the excellencye of the reuelacions: there was gyuen vnto me vnquyetnes thorowe the flesshe, euen the messenger of Satan to buffet me, because I shulde not be exalted out of measure.

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:

¹³ For it is God, which worketh in you, both the wyll and also the dede, euen of good wyll.

²⁹ Wherin I also laboure and stryue, euen as farforth as his strength worketh in me myghtely.

²¹ make you parfect in all good workes, to do hys wyll, and bryng to passe, that the thyng which ye do, maye be pleasaunt in his syght thorowe Iesus Christ. To whom be prayse for euer whyle the world endureth. Amen.

¹ To the chaunter, a Psalme of Dauid. I Wayted paciently for the Lord, & he enclyned vnto me: and hearde my calling. ² He brought me also out of the horrible pitte, out of the myer and claye, and sett my fete vpon the rocke, and ordred my goynges.

¹³ For thou hast delyuered my soule from death, and my fete from falling, that I maye walke before God in the lyght of the lyuynge.

¹⁷ I wyll not dye, but lyue, and declare the workes of the Lorde. ¹⁸ The Lorde hath chastened & correcte me, but he hath not geuen me ouer vnto death.

⁵ Come ye (O house of Iacob) let vs walcke in the lyght of the Lorde.

¹⁷ Beholde bytter as gall was my pensyuenesse, so sore longed I for helth. And it was thy pleasure to deliuer my lyfe, from the fylthye pytt, for thou it is (O Lorde) that hast cast all my synnes behynde thy backe.

¹² Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them, saying: I am the lyght of the worlde. He that foloweth me, doth not walke in darcknes but shall haue the light of lyfe.

¹⁸ to open their eyes, that they maye be turned from darckness to light, and from the power of Satan vnto God, that they maye receaue forgeuenes of synnes, and inheritaunce amonge them whych are sanctified by fayth that is toward me.

² when wyll ye make an ende of youre wordes? Marcke well, and then we wyll speake.

² O heare my wordes, and that shalbe my comfort of you.

¹¹ For when I had wayted tyll ye made an ende of youre talkynge, and hearde youre wysdome, what argumentes ye made in youre communicacyon:

⁴ As for shame, thou hast sett it asyde, elles woldest thou not make so many wordes before God: ⁵ but thy wyckednesse teacheth thy mouth, and so thou hast chosen the a craftye tonge.

²⁷ Beholde, I knowe what ye thincke, yee, and the sotiltye that ye ymagyn agaynst me.

⁵ Is not thy wickednesse greate, and thyne vngracious dedes innumerable? ⁶ For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for naught, and robbed the naked of their clothinge: ⁷ To soche as were weery hast thou geuen no water to drincke, & hast withdrawen bred from the hungrye: ⁸ Shulde soch one then as vseth violence, wrong & oppression (doing all thinge of parcialite, and hauinge respecte of personnes) dwell in the lande? ⁹ Thou hast sent wyddowes awaye emptie and oppressed the poore fatherlesse.

⁵ God forbid, that I shulde graunte youre cause to be ryght. As for me, vntyil myne ende come wyll I neuer goo fro myne innocency.

³ My hert doth ordre my wordes a ryght, and my lyppes talke of pure wysdome.

¹¹ Come ye chyldren & herken vnto me, I wyll teach you the feare of the Lorde.

³ My mouth shall speake of wysdome, and my hert shall muse of vnderstandyng.

¹ Heare, O ye chyldren, the fatherly exhortacyon, and take good heade, that ye maye lerne wysdome. ² For I haue geuen you a good doctryne, forsake nott ye my lawe.

¹ My sonne, geue hede vnto my wysdome, and bowe thyne eare vnto my prudence: ² that thou mayest regarde good councel, and that thy lippes maye kepe knowledge

⁵ Take hede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt be wyse in herte, O ye foles.