Job 15 Cross References - Matthew

¹ Then answered Eliphas the Themanite, and sayde: ² Shulde a wyse man answer as the scyence of the winde, and fyll hys bely wyth the wynde of the easte? ³ Thou reprouest with wordes, that are nothinge worth: & speakest the thinges, whiche can do no good. ⁴ As for shame, thou hast set it a syde, els woldest thou not make so many words before God: ⁵ but thy wyckednesse teacheth thy mouth, and so thou hast chosen the a craftie tonge. ⁶ Thyne owne mouth condemneth the, and not I: ye thyne owne lyppes shape the an answere. ⁷ Art thou the first man, that euer was borne? Or, wast thou made befoore the hilles? ⁸ hast thou hearde the secrete councel of God, that all wysdome is to lytle for the? ⁹ What knowest thou, that we knowe not? What vnderstandest thou, but we can the same? ¹⁰ Wyth vs are olde and aged men, ye suche as haue lyued longer then thy forfathers. ¹¹ Thynkest thou it a small thynge of the consolacions of God? and are they wyth the lyinge worde. ¹² Why doeth thyne herte make the so proude? Why standeste thou so greatly in thyne owne conceate? Where vnto loke thyne eyes, ¹³ that thy mynde is so puft vp against God & lettest such wordes go out of thy mouth? ¹⁴ What is man, that he shoulde be cleane? what hath he (whiche is borne of a woman) wherby he myght be knowne to be ryghtuous? ¹⁵ Beholde there is no trust to hys sanctes: ye the very heauens are not cleane in hys syght. ¹⁶ How much more then an abhominalbe and vyle man, which drincketh wickednesse lyke water? ¹⁷ I will tell the, heare me: I wyll shewe the a thinge, that I know, ¹⁸ which wyse men haue tolde, & hath not bene hyd from their fathers: ¹⁹ vnto whom only the lande was geuen, that no straunger shoulde come amonge them. ²⁰ The vngodly despayreth all the dayes of his lyfe, & the nombre of a tyrauntes yeares is vnknowne. ²¹ A fearfull sounde is euer in hys eares, and when it is peace: yet feareth he destruccion: ²² He beleueth neuer to be delyuered out of darcknesse, the swearde is alwaye before his eyes. ²³ When he goeth forth to get his lyuing, he thincketh planely, that the daye of darcknesse is at hande. ²⁴ Sorowe and carefulnesse make hym afrayed, and compasse hym roundeaboute, lyke as it were a kynge with hys hoost redy to the battayl. ²⁵ For he hath stretched out hys hande agaynste God, and armed him selfe agaynst the Almyghtye. ²⁶ He rounneth proudly vpon him, and with a stiff necke fyghteth he agaynst him: ²⁷ where as he couereth his face wyth fatnesse, and maketh his body well lykynge. ²⁸ Therfore shall hys dwellynge be in desolate cytyes, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes of stones. ²⁹ He shal not be ryche, nether shall hys substaunce contynue, ner encrease vpon earth. ³⁰ He shall neuer come oute of darcknesse, the flame shall drye vp hys braunches, wyth the blast of the mouth of God shall he be taken awaye. ³¹ He wyll nether applye hym selfe to faythfulnes ner trueth, so sore is he disceiued wyth vanyte. ³² He shall perysh, afore his tyme be worne out, and his hand shal not be greene. ³³ He shall be pluckte of as an vntymely grape from the vyne, and shal let his floure fal, as the olyue doeth. ³⁴ For the congregacyon of ypocrites is vnfrutefull, and the fyre shall consume the houses of suche, as are gredy to receyue gyftes. ³⁵ He conceyueth trauayle, he beareth myschefe, and hys bodye bryngeth forth disceate.

¹¹ Now when Iobs frendes herde of all the trouble, that happened vnto hym, there came thre of them, euery one from hys owne place: namelye, Eliphas the Thamanite, Baldad the Suhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they were agreed together to come, to shewe theyr compassyon vpon him, and to comforte hym.

¹ Then answered Eliphas the Themanyte and said vnto him:

¹ So Eliphas the Themanite gaue answere and sayde:

⁷ Now when the Lord had spoken these wordes vnto Iob, he sayde vnto Elephas the Themanite: I am displeased with the & thy two frendes, for ye haue not spoken the thyng that is right before me, lyke as my seruaunte Iob hath done.

⁹ So Elephas the Themanite, Baldad the Suhyte & Sophar the Naamathite went their waye, and dyd accordynge as the Lorde commaunded them. The Lorde also accepted the personne of Iob,

²⁶ which of you can reproue them? Sauynge onlye that ye are sotyll to check mens sayinges, and can speake many wordes in the wynde.

² How long wilt thou talke of such thynges? how longe shall thy mouth speake so proude words?

² Should not he that maketh many words, be answered? Shoulde he that bableth much, be commended therin? ³ Should men geue eare vnto the only? Thou wylt laugh other men to scorne, and shal no body mocke the agayne?

² Loke what ye knowe, that same do I knowe also, nether am I inferior vnto you.

¹ Ephraim kepeth the ayre, and folowed after the east winde: he is euer increasinge lyes & destruccyon. They be confederate with the Assirians, their oyle is caried into Egypte.

¹³ So can no fountayne geue both salte water & freshe also. If any man be wyse and endued wyth learnynge amonge you, let hym shewe the workes of hys good conuersacyon in mekenes that is coupled with wysdome.

⁴ As for you, ye are worckmaisters of lyes, and vnprofytable Physicians all together. ⁵ Woulde God ye kepte youre tonge, that ye myght be taken for wyse men.

² I haue oft times heard such thinges. Miserable geuers of comforte are ye, al the sorte of you. ³ Shall not thy vayne wordes come yet to an ende? Or, hast thou yet eny more to saye?

¹ Iob answered, and said: ² O how helpest thou the weake? what comforte geuest thou vnto hym that hath no strength? ³ Where is the counsell that thou shouldest geue him, which hath no wysedome? Wilt thou so shew thine excellent ryghteousnes?

¹³ Ye speake harde wordes agaynst me, sayeth the Lorde. And yet ye saye: What haue we spoken agaynst the? ¹⁴ Ye haue sayed. Is it but lost labour, to serue God? What profyt haue we for keping his commaundementes, and for walkinge humbly before the Lorde of Hostes? ¹⁵ Therfore maye we saye, that the proude are happye, and that they whiche deale with the vngodlynesse, are sette vp: for they tempte God, and yet escape.

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

⁶ Let youre speache be alwayes well sauoured and poudred with salte, that ye maye knowe, howe to answere euery man.

⁴ he is puft vp, and knoweth nothyng: but wasteth hys braynes about questyons and stryfe of wordes, whereof sprynge enuye, stryfe, raylynges, euyll surmysynges ⁵ and vayne disputacyons of men wyth corrupte myndes, and destytute of the trueth, whiche thynke that lucre is Godlines, from suche separate thy self.

¹³ And so Saul dyed for hys trespace that he trespaced agaynst the Lorde, in that he kept not the worde of the Lorde, and in that he asked councell of a woman that wrought with a sprite, ¹⁴ and asked not of the Lorde. And therfore the Lorde killed hym & turned the kyngdome vnto Dauid the sonne of Iesai.

⁵ But nowe that the plage is come vpon the thou shrenkest awaye: now that it hath touched thy self, thou arte faynt harted. ⁶ Is not this thy feare, thy stedfastnesse, thy pacience, and the perfectnesse of thy wayes?

⁸ But now wyll I speake of the Lorde, and talke of God:

¹⁴ He that is in trybulacyon oughte to be comforted of hys neyghbour: but the feare of the Lord is cleane awaye:

¹⁰ Hath he suche pleasure and delyte in the Almighty, that he darre alway cal vpon God?

¹ To the chaunter, of Dauid the seruaunt of the Lorde. My hert sheweth me the wickednesse of the vngodly, that there is no feare of God before hys eyes. ² For he dissembleth before his face, so longe tyll hys abhominable sinne be founde out. ³ The woordes of hys mouth are vnrighteousnes and disceate, he will not be learned to do good.

¹²⁶ It is tyme for the (O Lord) to lay to thine hande, for they haue destroyed thy lawe.

¹⁴ They call not vpon me with their hertes, but lye houlinge vpon their beddes. Where as they come together; it is but for meate and drincke, and me wil they not obeye.

¹⁰ So their next kynsfolkes and the dead buryers shall take them, and carye awaye theyr bones, and saye vnto hym, that is in the ynnermer house: is there yet any mo by the? And he shal answere: they are al gone, holde thy tunge (shal he say) for they wolde not remembre the name of the Lorde.

⁶ whiche starte a backe from the Lord, & neyther seke after the Lorde, nor regarde him.

¹ And he put forth a similitude vnto them signifyeng that men ought alwaies to pray, & not to be werye,

³¹ Do we then destroye the lawe thorowe fayth? God forbyd. But we rather mayntayne the lawe.

²¹ I despyse not the grace of God. For yf ryghteousnes come of the lawe, then Christ dyed in vayne

¹³ whyche compasseth the wyse in theyr owne craftynesse, and ouerthroweth the councell of the wycked?

²² This one thyng wyll I saye: He destroyeth both the ryghtuous & vngodly. ²³ And though he slaye sodenly wyth the scourge, yet laugheth he at the punyshment of the innocent. ²⁴ As for the world, he geueth it ouer in to the power of the wycked, soch as the rulers be, wherof al landes are full. Is it not so? where is there eny, but he is soch one?

⁶ The houses of robbers are in wealth & prosperite, and they that maliciously medle agaynst God, dwell without care: ye God geueth all thinges rychely with hys hande.

¹⁹ Thou lettest thy mouthe speake wickednesse, and thy tonge paynteth disceate. ²⁰ Thou sittest & speakest agaynste thy brother, yea, & sclaundrest thyne owne mothers sonne.

² Thy tonge ymagyneth wyckednesse, and with lyes it cutteth like a sharpe rasoure. ³ Thou loueste vngratiousnesse more then good, to talke of lyes more then ryghtuousnesse. Selah. ⁴ Thou louest to speake al wordes that may do hurte. O thou false tonge.

³ Which whet their tonges lyke a sweard, and shote wyth their veneymous words like as with arowes.

² Delyuer my soule, O Lord from liyng lippes, and from a disceatful tonge. ³ What rewarde shalbe geuen or done vnto the, thou false tonge.

³ They bende theyr tunges lyke bowes, to shute oute lyes. As for the trueth, they may nothynge awaye with all in the worlde. For they go from one wyckednes to another, & hold nothinge of me, sayeth the Lorde. ⁴ Yea one must kepe him selfe from another no man maye safely truste his owne brother: for one brother vndermyneth another, & one neyghboure begyleth another. ⁵ Yea one dyssembleth with another, & they deale wyth no trueth. They haue practysed theyr tunges to lye, and taken greate paynes to do myschefe.

⁸ Their tunges are lyke sharpe arowes, to speake disceyte. Wyth theyr mouthe they speake peaceably to theyr neyghboure, but preuely they laye wayte for hym.

²¹ For from within, euen out of the herte of men, procede euel thoughtes: aduoutry, fornication, murther, ²² theft, coueteousnes, wickednes, deceyte: vncleanenesse and a wicked eye, blasphemy, pryde, folishenes:

⁴⁵ A good man out of the good treasure of his hert bringeth forth that which is good. And an euil man out of the euyll treasure of his herte bringeth forth that which is euyl. For of the aboundaunce of the herte, his mouth speaketh.

²⁶ Yf anye man amonge you seme deuoute, & refrayne not his tonge, but deceyue his owne hert: thys mannes deuocyon is in vayne.

⁵ euen so the tonge is a lyttell member, and boasteth greate thinges. Beholde howe greate a thynge a lyttell fyre kyndleth, ⁶ and the tonge is fyre, and a worlde of wickednes. So is the tong set among our members, that it defyleth the whole body and setteth a fyre all that we haue of nature, & is it selfe set a fyre euen of hell. ⁷ All the natures of beastes, and of byrdes, and of serpentes, and thynges of the sea, are meked and tamed of the nature of man. ⁸ But the tonge can no man tame. It is an vnrulye euyll ful of deadly poyson.

²⁰ If I will iustifye my self, my awne mouth shall condemne me: yf I wyll put forth my selfe for a perfecte man, he shall proue me a wycked doer:

⁸ Now haste thou spoken in myne eares, and I haue heard the voyce of thy wordes: ⁹ I am clene withoute any faute, I am innocente, & there is no wyckednesse in me, ¹⁰ But lo, he hath pyked a quarell agaynste me, and taketh me for hys enemye, ¹¹ he hath put my fote in the stockes, & loketh narowlye vnto all my pathes. ¹² Beholde, vnto these vnreasonable wordes of thyne wil I make aunswere. Shulde God be reproued of man?

⁵ And why? Iob hath sayde: I am ryghtuous, but GOD doth me wronge. ⁶ I muste nedes be a lyar, thoughe my cause be ryghte, and vyolently I am plaged where as I made no faut: ⁷ where is there such one as Iob, that drincketh vp scornefulnes lyke water? ⁸ which goeth in the company of wicked doars, & walketh with vngodly men? ⁹ For he sayeth: Thoughe a man be good, yet is he naughte before God.

² Thinkest thou it right that thou saiest: I am ryghteous before GOD? ³ Seynge, thou sayest so, howe doest thou knowe it? What thynge haste thou more excellente then I, that I am a synner?

⁸ Wilt thou disanulle my iudgemente? Or wilt thou condempne me, that thou thy selfe mayest be made righteous?

³ For who can kepe his owne councell so secrete, but it shalbe knowne? Therfore haue I spoken vnwysely, seyng these thynges are so hye, & passe myne vnderstandynge.

⁸ Yea their owne tonges shall make them fall, in somuch that who so seyth them, shall laugh them to scorne.

³⁷ For thy wordes thou shalt be iustified: & by thy wordes thou shalt be condemned.

⁶⁵ Then the hye Priest rent hys clothes sayinge: He hath blasphemed: what nede we of anye more wytnesses? Beholde nowe ye haue heard hys blasphemy

²² And he sayde to him: Of thyne owne mouthe iudge I the thou euil seruaunt. Knowest thou that I am a strayte man takyng vp that I layde not doune, and reapyng that I did not sowe?

¹ And Adam laye wt Heua his wyfe, whiche conceyued & bare Cayn, & sayde: I haue goten a man of the Lord.

¹² Amonge olde personnes there is wysdome, & amonge the aged is vnderstandinge.

¹⁰ Wyth vs are olde and aged men, ye suche as haue lyued longer then thy forfathers.

⁴ Where wast thou, when I layde the foundacyons of the earth? Tel planely yf thou hast vnderstandyng. ⁵ Who hath measured it, knoweste thou? Or, who hath spreade the lyne vpon it? ⁶ Wherevpon stande the pylers of it? Or who layed the corner stone? ⁷ Where wast thou when the mornyng starres praysed me together & all the chyldren of God reioysed triumphantly? ⁸ Who shut the sea with dores, when it brake forth as a chyld oute of his mothers wombe? ⁹ When I made the cloudes to be a coueryng for it, & swadled it wyth the darcke? ¹⁰ when I gaue it my commaundement, makynge dores & barres for it, ¹¹ saying: Hytherto shalt thou come, but no forther, & here shalte thou laye doune thy proude & hye waues. ¹² Haste thou geuen the mornyng his charge (as sone as thou wast borne) and shewed the daye sprynge his place, ¹³ that it might take holde of the corners of the earthe, & that the vngodlye myght be shaken out? ¹⁴ Theyr tokens & weapons haste thou turned lyke claye & set them vp agayne as the chaunginge of a garment. ¹⁵ Yea thou hast spoyled the vngodly of theyr lyght, & broken the arme of the proude. ¹⁶ Camest thou euer into the grounde of the sea: or haste thou walked in the lowe corners of the depe? ¹⁷ Haue the gates of death ben opened vnto the, or haste thou sene the dore of euerlasting treasure? ¹⁸ Hast thou also perceiued, how broad the earth is? Nowe yf thou haste knowledge of all, ¹⁹ then shewe me where lyght dwelleth, & where darcknes is: ²⁰ that thou mayest brynge vs vnto theyr quarters, yf thou canste tell the waye to theyr houses. ²¹ Knewest thou (when thou wast borne) how olde thou shuldest be? ²² Wentest thou euer into the threasuryes of the snowe, or haste thou sene the secrete places of the hayle, ²³ whiche I haue prepared agaynst the tyme of trouble, agaynste the tyme of battell and warre? ²⁴ By what waye is the lyghte parted, and the heate dealte oute vpon the earth? ²⁵ Who deuydeth the aboundaunce of waters into ryuers, or who maketh a waye for the stormye wether, ²⁶ that it watereth & moystureth the drye and baren grounde, ²⁷ to make the grasse growe in places where no body dwelleth, and in the wyldernes where no man remayneth? ²⁸ Who is the father of rayne? Or who hath begotten the droppes of dewe? ²⁹ Oute of whose wombe came the yse? Who hath gendred the coldnes of the ayre? ³⁰ that the waters are as harde as stones, and lye congeled aboue the depe. ³¹ Haste thou brought the .vij. starres together? Or art thou able to breake the circle of heauen? ³² Canst thou brynge forth the mornynge starre or the euenyng starre at conuenyente tyme, & conueye them home agayne? ³³ Knowest thou the course of heauen, that thou mayest set vp the ordynaunce thereof vpon the earth? ³⁴ Moreouer canst thou lyfte vp thy voyce to the cloudes, that they maye powre doune a greate rayne vpon the? ³⁵ Canste thou thondre also that they maye go theyr waye, & be obedient vnto the, saying: Lo here are we. ³⁶ Who geueth sure wysdome or stedfast vnderstandyng? ³⁷ who numbreth the cloudes in wysdome? who stylleth the vehement waters of heauen? ³⁸ who turneth the clottes to duste, & then to be clottes agayne? ³⁹ Hunteste thou the praye from the lyon, or fedest thou hys welpes ⁴⁰ lying in theyr dennes, & lurkyng in theyr couches? ⁴¹ who prouydeth meate for the rauen, when his younge ones crye vnto God, and fle aboute for wante of meate?

² Before the mountaines were broughte forthe, or euer the earthe and the worlde were made, thou art God from euerlastynge and worlde without ende.

²² The Lord hym self had me in possession in the begynning of hys wayes, or euer he beganne hys workes afore tyme. ²³ I haue bene ordeyned from euerlasting, & from the beginning or euer the earthe was made. ²⁴ When I was borne, there were nether depthes nor springs of water. ²⁵ Before the foundacions of the mountaynes were layed, yea, before al hylles was I borne.

²⁹ The secrettes of the Lord oure God are opened vnto vs and our children for euer, that we do all the wordes of this lawe.

⁶ that he myght shewe the (out of his secrete wysdome) howe manyfolde his Lawe is: then shuldest thou knowe, that God had forgotten the, because of thy synnes.

² Then (no doute) ye are the men alone, and wysdom shall perysh wyth you.

⁵ Woulde God ye kepte youre tonge, that ye myght be taken for wyse men. ⁶ Therfore heare my wordes, & pondre the sentence of my lyppes.

⁴ As it stode with me, when I was welthy and had ynoughe: when God prospered my house:

¹⁴ The secrete of the Lorde is amonge them that feare him, and he sheweth them hys couenaunt.

³² for the Lorde abhorreth the froward, but hys secrete is amonge the rightuous.

¹⁸ For who hath sytten in the councell of the Lord, that he hath hearde and vnderstande, what he is aboute to do? Who hath marcked hys deuyce, and herde it?

⁷ Nowe doth the Lorde God no maner of thynge, but he telleth hys secrete before vnto hys seruauntes the Prophetes.

²⁵ At that time Iesus aunswered and said: I prayse the, O father Lorde of heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these thinges from the wyse and prudent, and hast opened theim vnto babes:

¹¹ He aunswered and sayde vnto theym: it is geuen vnto you to know the secretes of the kyngdom of heauen, but to them it is not geuen

³⁵ to fulfil that which was spoken by the Prophet saying: I wil open my mouth in similitudes, & will speake forth thynges whych haue ben kept secrete from the begynnyng of the world.

¹⁵ Henceforth call I you not seruauntes: for the seruaunt knoweth not what hys lorde doth. But you haue I called frendes, for all thynges that I haue heard of my father, I haue opened vnto you.

³⁴ For who hath knoweth the mynde of the Lord? Or who was his counseller?

²⁵ To hym that is of power to stablysh you, accordynge to my Gospell and preachinge of Iesus Christe, in vtterynge of the mysterye whiche was kepte secrete sence the worlde began, ²⁶ but nowe is opened by the scriptures of prophesye, at the commaundemente of the euerlastynge God, to stere vp obedience to the fayth publyshed among all nacions:

⁹ But as it was written: The eye hath not sene, and the eare hath not hearde, neither haue entred into the herte of man the thinges, which God hath prepared for them that loue him. ¹⁰ But God hath opened them to vs by hys spirite. For the spirite searcheth al thinges, ye the bottome of Goddes secretes. ¹¹ For what man knoweth the thynges of a man, saue the spyryte of a man, whiche is wythin him. Euen so the thinges of God knoweth no man, but the spirite of God.

¹⁶ For who knoweth the minde of the Lorde? other who shall informe him? But we vnderstand the minde of Christ.

³ But I haue vnderstandyng as well as ye, and am no lesse then ye. Ye who knoweth not these thinges?

³ Where is the counsell that thou shouldest geue him, which hath no wysedome? Wilt thou so shew thine excellent ryghteousnes? ⁴ Before whom haste thou spoken those wordes? Who made the breth to come out of the mouth?

⁷ Loke ye on thynges after the vtter apparence? Yf any man truste in hym selfe that he is Christes, let the same also consydre of him self that as he is Christes, euen so are we Christes

⁵ I impose that I was not behynde the chief Apostles.

²¹ I speake as concernynge rebuke, as thoughe we had bene weake. Howe be it, wherein soeuer any man dare be bolde (I speake folyshly) I dare be bolde also. ²² They are Hebrues, so am I: They are Israelytes, euen so am I. They are the seede of Abraham, euen so am I. ²³ They are the ministers of CHRISTE (I speake as a fole) I am more: In labours more aboundaunte: In strypes aboue measure: In pryson more plentuouslye: In death ofte. ²⁴ Of the Iewes .v. tymes receyued I euerye tyme .xl. strypes saue one. ²⁵ Thryse was I beaten with roddes. I was once stoned. I suffered thryse shipwracke. Nyght and daye haue I bene in the depe of the sea. ²⁶ In iorneyeyng often: in parils of waters: in parylles of robbers: in ieoperdyes amonge the heathen. I haue bene in peryls in cytyes, in peryls in wyldernes, in peryls in the sea, in peryls among false brethren, ²⁷ in laboure and trauayle, in watchyng often, in hunger, in thyrste, in fastynges often, in colde, and in nakednes. ²⁸ And besyde the thynges whiche outwardelye happen vnto me, I am combered dayelye, and do care for all congregations. ²⁹ Who is weake, and I am not weake? Who is hurte in the faythe, and my herte burneth not? ³⁰ Yf I muste nedes reioyce, I wyll reioyce of myne infirmities.

⁷ Remembre the dayes that are past: consider the yeres from tyme to tyme. Aske thy father, and he wyl shewe the, thy elders and they wyl tel the.

⁸ Enquere of them that haue bene bofore the, search dylygently amonge thy forefathers: ⁹ Namelye, that we are but of yester daye, and consydre not, that oure dayes vpon earth are but a very shadowe. ¹⁰ They shall shewe the, they shall tell the, ye they wyll gladly confesse the same.

²⁰ He taketh the verite from out of the mouth, & disapoynteth the aged of their wysdome.

⁶ so that he gaue answere hym selfe, and sayde: Considringe, that I am younge, & ye be men of age, I was afraid, & durst not shew forth my minde, ⁷ for I thought thus within my selfe. It becommeth olde men to speake, and the aged to teache wisedom.

³¹ Age is a crowne of worshippe, if it be founde in the waye of ryghtuousnes.

²⁴ Then Zedechiah the sonne of Canaanah went to and smote Micheah on the cheke, and said: how is the spyryte of the Lorde gone from me, to speake in the?

⁸ But now wyll I speake of the Lorde, and talke of God: ⁹ which doeth thinges, that are vnsearcheable, and marueles without nombre: ¹⁰ Which geueth rayne vpon the earth, and poureth water vpon all thinges: ¹¹ whiche setteth vp them of lowe degre, and sendeth prosperite, to those that are in heuinesse: ¹² Which destroyeth the deuyces of the sotyll, so that they are not able to performe the thinges that they take in hande: ¹³ whyche compasseth the wyse in theyr owne craftynesse, and ouerthroweth the councell of the wycked? ¹⁴ In so much that they runne into darcknesse by fayre daye, & grope aboute them at the none daye, lyke as in the nyght. ¹⁵ And so he delyuereth the poore from the swearde, from their mouth, and from the hande of the cruell, ¹⁶ that the poore maye haue hope, and that the mouth of the oppressoure maye be stopped. ¹⁷ Beholde, happye is the man, whom God punisheth: therfore, despyse not thou the chastenynge of the Almyghty. ¹⁸ For though he make a wound, he geueth a medicine againe: though he smyte, hys hande maketh whole agayne. ¹⁹ He delyuereth the oute of syxe troubles so that in the seuenth there can no harme touch the. ²⁰ In the middest of honger he saueth the from death: and when it is warre, from the power of the swearde. ²¹ He shal kepe the from the perlous tonge that so when trouble commeth, thou shalt not nede to feare. ²² In destruccion & derth thou shalt be mercy, & shalt not be afrayed for the beastes of the earth: ²³ But the castels in the land shal be confederate with the, & the beastes of the felde shall geue the peace. ²⁴ Ye thou shalt knowe, that thy dwellinge place shalbe in reste: thou shalt beholde thy substaunce, & be nomore punished for synne ²⁵ Thou shalt se also, that thy sede shall encrease, and that thy posteryte shalbe as the grasse vpon the earth. ²⁶ Thou shalt come to thy graue in a fayre age, lyke as the corne sheeues are brought into the barne in due season.

¹³ Yf thou haddest now a righte herte, and lyftedst vp thyne handes towarde hym: ¹⁴ yf thou woldest put awaye the wyckednesse which thou hast in hande, so that no vngodlynesse dwelt in they house: ¹⁵ Then myghtest thou lyft vp thy face without shame, then shuldest thou besure and haue no nede to feare. ¹⁶ Then shuldest thou forget thy mysery, and thyncke nomore vpon it, then vpon the waters that runne by. ¹⁷ Then shuld thy lyfe be as cleare as the noone daye, and sprynge forth as the mornynge. ¹⁸ Then myghtest thou haue comforth, in the hope that thou haste: & slepe quyetly, when thou art buryed. ¹⁹ Then shuldest thou take thy reste, and no man to make the afrayed, ye many one shuld set moch by the.

⁸ hast thou hearde the secrete councel of God, that all wysdome is to lytle for the?

¹⁶ Euen so shall he kepe the (yf thou wylte be contente) from the bottomlesse pytte that is beneth: and yf thou wilt holde the quyete, he shall fyll thy table with plenteousnesse.

³ Blessed be God the father of oure Lorde Iesus Christ, the father of mercy, and the God of all comforte, ⁴ whiche comforteth vs in all oure tribulacion, in so muche that we are able to comforte them, which are troubled in whatsoeuer tribulation it be, with the same comforte wherwith we our selues are comforted of God. ⁵ For as the affliccions of Christ are plenteous in vs: euen so is our consolacion plenteous by Christe.

⁶ Neuerthelesse GOD that comforteth the abiect, comforteth vs at the comming of Tytus.

¹³ Yf thou haddest now a righte herte, and lyftedst vp thyne handes towarde hym:

² I haue disceyued no man, yet must myne eye continue in heuynesse.

¹⁹ O let them not triumphe ouer me, that are myne enemyes for naught: O let them not winke with their eyes, that hate me without a cause.

¹³ he wyncketh wyth hys eyes, he tokeneth wyth hys fete, he poynteth wyth his fingers,

⁹ Be glad then (O thou yong man) in thy youth, and let thine herte be mery in thy yonge daies: folowe the wayes of thine owne herte, and the luste of thyne eyes: but be thou sure, that God shall brynge the into iudgement for all these thinges.

³ Then said Peter. Ananias, how is it, that Sathan hath fylled thyne hert, that thou shouldest lye vnto the holy ghost, and kepe awaye part of the pryce of the lyuelod: ⁴ Pertained it not vnto the onelie, and after it was solde, was not the price in thine owne power? Howe is that, thou hast conceiued this thinge in thyne herte? Thou hast not lied vnto men, but vnto God.

²² Repent therfore of this thy wyckednes, and praye God, that the thought of thyne herte maye be forgeuen the.

¹⁴ But euerye man is tempted, drawne awaye, & entysed of hys owne concupiscence. ¹⁵ Then when luste hath conceyued, she bringeth forth sinne, & sinne when it is fynyshed bryngeth forthe death.

⁴ He is wyse of hert, and myghtie in strength. Who euer prospered, that toke parte against hym?

³ Thynkeste thou it well done, to oppresse me, to caste me of (beinge a worke of thy handes) and to manteyne the councell of the vngodly?

²⁵ For he hath stretched out hys hande agaynste God, and armed him selfe agaynst the Almyghtye. ²⁶ He rounneth proudly vpon him, and with a stiff necke fyghteth he agaynst him: ²⁷ where as he couereth his face wyth fatnesse, and maketh his body well lykynge.

¹³ Let hym refrayne his tonge from euell, & hys lyppes that they speake no gyle.

¹³ Ye speake harde wordes agaynst me, sayeth the Lorde. And yet ye saye: What haue we spoken agaynst the?

⁷ Because that the fleshlye minde is enemy agaynste God: for it is not obediente to the lawe of God, neyther can be. ⁸ So then they that are geuen to the fleshe, can not please God.

² for in many thinges we synne all. Yf a man synne not in worde, the same is a perfect man and able to tame al the bodye. ³ Beholde we put bittes into the horsses mouthes that they shoulde obeye vs, and we turne aboute all the body. ⁴ Behold also the shyppes, which though they be so greate and are dryuen of fyers wyndes, yet are they turned aboute wyth a verye smale helme, whether soeuer the vyolence of the gouerner wyll ⁵ euen so the tonge is a lyttell member, and boasteth greate thinges. Beholde howe greate a thynge a lyttell fyre kyndleth, ⁶ and the tonge is fyre, and a worlde of wickednes. So is the tong set among our members, that it defyleth the whole body and setteth a fyre all that we haue of nature, & is it selfe set a fyre euen of hell.

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

³⁶ If they shall synne agaynste the (as there is no man but that he shall synne) & thou be angrye wyth them, and delyuer them to their enemyes, and they layde them away captyue vnto a lande ferre or neare,

² As for that, I know it is so of a trueth, that a man compared vnto God, can not be iustified.

⁴ Who can make it cleane, that commeth of an vncleane thynge? No body.

⁴ But how may a man compared vnto God, be iustified? Or, how can he be cleane that is borne of a woman? ⁵ Beholde, the mone shyneth nothinge in comparison to him, and the starres are vncleane in his sight. ⁶ Howe muche more then man, that is but corrupcion: & the sonne of man, whyche is but a worme?

³ But they are all gone out of the waye, they are altogether become vnprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no not one.

⁵ Beholde, I was borne in wickednesse, & in synne hath my mother conceyued me.

⁹ Who can saye: my herte is cleane, I am innocent from sinne?

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

²⁹ Lo thys onely haue I founde, that God made man iust and right, but they seke dyuerse soteltyes,

⁶ That whyche is borne of the fleshe is fleshe: and that whiche is borne of the spyryte, is spyrite.

¹⁸ For I knowe that in me (that is to saye in my fleshe) dwelleth no good thynge. To wyll is present wyth me: but I fynde no meanes to performe that whiche is good.

²² But the scrypture concluded all thynges vnder synne that the promes by the fayth of Iesus Christe shoulde be geuen vnto them that beleue.

² in the whiche in time passed, yet walked accordynge to the course of thys worlde, & after the gouerner that ruleth in the ayer, the spyrite that nowe worketh in the chyldren of vnbelefe, ³ amonge whiche we also had our conuersation in tyme paste, in the lustes of oure fleshe, and fulfylled the wyll of the fleshe and of the mynde, and were naturallye the chyldren of wrath, euen as well as other.

⁸ If we saye that we haue no sinne, we deceiue oure selues, and trueth is not in vs. ⁹ If we knowledge oure sinnes, he is faythfull and iust, to forgeue vs our sinnes, and to clense vs from al vnrightuousnes. ¹⁰ If we say we haue not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in vs.

¹⁸ Behold there is no trust to his seruauntes, and in his aungelles hath he founde frowardnes.

¹ Name me one els, yf thou canst fynde eny: yee loke aboute the, vpon eny of the holye men.

⁵ Beholde, the mone shyneth nothinge in comparison to him, and the starres are vncleane in his sight.

² From aboue flakred the Seraphins, whereof euery one had sixe wynges. With twayne eche couered his face, with twayne his fete, & with twayne dyd he flye. ³ They cryed also eche one to other on this maner: holy holy holy, is the Lord of hostes. The whole world is ful of his glory. ⁴ Yea the gestes and dorecheckes moued at their crieng, & the house was ful of smoke. ⁵ Then I sayde: O wo is me. For I was astonished: that I (which am a man of vncleane lippes and dwell amonge people that hath vncleane lyppes also) shulde se the kynge and the Lorde of hostes wyth myne eyes.

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

¹² When wyckednesse is swete in his mouth, he hydeth it vnder his tonge.

⁷ where is there such one as Iob, that drincketh vp scornefulnes lyke water?

⁶ Wherfor I geue myne owne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the duste and asshes.

¹ To the chaunter, of Dauid. The folyshe bodyes saye in their hertes: tushe, there is no God. They are corrupt, & become abhominable in their doynges, there is not one that doth good. ² The Lorde loked doune from heauen vpon the chyldren of men, too se if there were any that wolde vnderstande and seke after God. ³ But they are all gone out of the waye, they are altogether become vnprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no not one.

³ But they are all gone out of the waye they are al become vnprofitable: ther is none that doth good, no not one.

²⁸ A false witnes laugheth iudgement to scorn & the mouth of the vngodly eateth vp wickednes.

²⁸ And as it semed not good vnto them to be a knowen of God, euen so God deliuered them vp vnto a leud minde, that they should do those thinges, whiche were not comly, ²⁹ beyng ful of al vnryghtuous doing, of fornicacion, wickednes, couetousnes, maliciousnes, full of enuye, murther, debate, disceite, euyl condicioned, whisperers, ³⁰ backbiters, haters of God, doers of wronge, proude, bosters, bryngers vp of euyll thinges, disobedient to father and mother,

⁹ What saye we then? Are we better then daye? No, in no wyse. For we haue alreadye proued, howe that both Iewes and Gentyls are all vnder synne: ¹⁰ as it is wrytten: There is none righteous, no not one: ¹¹ there is none that vnderstandeth, there is none that seketh after God, ¹² they are all gone out of the waye, they are all made vnprofytable, there is none that doeth good, no not one. ¹³ Theyr throte is an open sepulchre, with theyr tonges they haue disceyued, the poyson of aspes is vnder their lippes. ¹⁴ Whose mouthes are full of curssyng and bytternes. ¹⁵ Theyr fete are swyfte to sheed bloude. ¹⁶ Destruccyon and wretchednes are in theyr wayes. ¹⁷ And the way of peace they haue not knowen. ¹⁸ There is no feare of God before theyr eyes. ¹⁹ Yea and we knowe that whatsoeuer the law sayeth, he saith it to them which are vnder the lawe. That all mouthes maye be stopped, and all the world be subdued to God,

³ For we our selues also in tymes paste, vnwyse, dysobedient, deceyued, in daunger to lustes, and to dyuers maners of voluptuousnes, lyuyng in malycyousnes and enuye, ful of hate, hatyng one another.

²⁷ Lo, this is the matter, as we oure selues haue proued by experience. Therfore now that thou hearest it, take better hede to thy selfe.

¹ Wherfore heare my wordes (O Iob) and herken vnto me all, that I wyll saye:

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

² Hold the styl a lytle, & I shal shew the, what I haue yet to speake on Godes behalfe.

⁸ Enquere of them that haue bene bofore the, search dylygently amonge thy forefathers:

¹⁸ Forsake me not, O GOD, in myne olde age, when I am gray headed: vntyll I haue shewed thyne arme vnto chylders chyldren, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.

³ Whych we haue herde and knowne, and such as our fathers haue told vs. ⁴ That we shoulde not hyde them from the chyldren of the generations to come: but to shewe the honoure of the Lorde, hys myghte and wonderfull worckes that he hath done. ⁵ He made a couenaunte wyth Iacob, and gaue Israel a lawe, whiche he commaunded oure forefathers to teache their chyldren. ⁶ That their posterytye myghte knowe it, and the chyldren whych were yet vnborne. To thintent that when they came vp they myghte shewe their chyldren the same.

¹⁹ but the lyuyng, yee the liuinge acknowledge the, lyke as I do thys daye. The father telleth hys chyldren of thy faythfulnesse.

²⁵ And Eber begat two sonnes. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his time the earth was deuided. And the name of his brother was Iaketan.

³² These are the kinredes of the sonnes of Noe, in their generations & nations. And of these came the People that were in the worlde after the floude.

⁸ When the most hyghest gaue the nations an enheritaunce, & deuided the sonnes of Adam, he put the borders of the nations, fast by the multitude of the children of Israell.

¹⁷ Thus shall ye knowe, that I the Lorde youre God dwell vpon my holy mounte of Syon. Then shall Ierusalem be holy, and there shall no straungers go thorowe her any more.

¹ Consyderinge then that there is no tyme hyd from the almighty, how happeneth it, that they whyche know him, will not regarde his dayes?

¹³ saying: This is the porcion that the wicked shall haue of God, and the heretage that Tirauntes shall receyue of the almighty.

³ Thou turnest man to destruccyon, Agayne, thou sayest: come agayne ye chyldren of men ⁴ For a thousande yeares in thy sighte are but as yesterdaye that is past, and lyke as it were a nyght watch.

¹² O teach vs to numbre our daies, that we maye apply our hertes vnto wisdome.

³ Amonge all thynges that come to passe vnder the Sunne, this is a mysery, that it happeneth vnto all alyke. This is the cause also that the hertes of men are ful of wyckednes, and mad folishnes is in their hertes as longe as they liue, vntyl they dye.

¹⁹ and I wyll saye to my soule: Soule thou hast muche goodes layde vp in store for many yeares: take thyne ease, eate, drinke, and be mery. ²⁰ But God sayed vnto hym: Thou fole, thys nyghte wyll they fetche awaye thy soule agayne from the. Then whose shall these thinges be which thou haste prouyded? ²¹ So is it with hym that gathereth ryches, and is not ryche in God.

²² For we knowe that euerye creature groneth with vs also & traueyleth in payne euen vnto this tyme.

¹ Go to nowe ye ryche men. Weepe, and howle on your wretchednes that shal come vpon you. ² Youre ryches is corrupte youre garmentes are motheaten. ³ Your gold and your siluer are cankered, & the ruste of them shal be a witnes vnto you, and shall eate your fleshe, as it were fyre. Ye haue heaped treasure together in your laste dayes: ⁴ Beholde the hyre of the labourers which haue reped doun your fieldes (which hyer is of you kept backe by fraude) crieth: & the cryes of them whiche haue reped, are entred into the eares of the Lorde Sabaoth ⁵ Ye haue lyued in pleasure on the earth, & in wantonnes. Ye haue norished your hertes, as in a day of slaughter ⁶ Ye haue condempned, & haue kylled the iuste, & he hath not resisted you.

⁹ And the Lorde God called Adam, and sayd vnto hym: where art thou? ¹⁰ And he answered: Thy voyce I heard in the garden, but I was afrayed, because I was naked, and therfore hyd my selfe.

³⁶ And vpon them that are left a liue of you I wyl sende a fayntnes into theyr hertes, in all the land of their enemies: so that the sound of a leaf that falleth, shall chase them & they shall flee as though they fled a swerde, and shall fal, no man folowyng them.

³⁶ And when Abigail came to Nabal: behold he helde a feaste in his house like the feast of a kynge, and Nabals herte was mery within him, and he was droncke a good. Wherfore she tolde hym naught nether lytle nor more, vntil to morow daye. ³⁷ But in the mornynge, when the wyne was gone out of Nabal, hys wyfe tolde him those wordes, and hys herte dyed within him, and he became as a stone, ³⁸ and vpon a ten dayes after the Lorde smote Nabal, that he dyed.

⁶ For the Lord had made the hoste of the Syryans heare a noyse of charettes & a noyse of horsses, and the noyse of a great hoste. In so muche that they sayde one to another: se, the kynge of Israell hath hyred agaynste vs, the kynges of the Hethites & the kynges of Egypte, to come vpon vs.

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

¹¹ Fearfulnesse shall make hym afrayed on euery syde, that he shall not knowe, where to get out.

⁵ the prayse of the vngodlye hath bene shorte, and that the ioye of ypocrites continued but the twyncklyng of an eye? ⁶ Though he be magnifyed vp to the heauen, so that his heade reacheth vnto the cloudes: ⁷ yet he perisheth at the laste lyke dounge: In so moche that they which haue sene hym, saye: Where is he?

²² Thoughe he had plenteousnesse of euery thynge, yet was he poore, and therefore he is but a wretche on euery syde. ²³ For though the wicked haue neuer so much to fyll his bely, yet God shall send his wrath vpon hym, and cause hys battaill to raygne ouer him: ²⁴ so that yf he fle the yron wepens, he shall be shott with the stele bowe. ²⁵ The arow shal be taken forth, and go out at hys backe, and a glistering swearde thorow the gall of him, feare shall come vpon him.

²⁰ Destruccyon taketh holde vpon him as a water floud, and the tempest stealeth hym awaie in the nyghte season.

¹⁸ Namely, how thou hast set them in a slippery place, that thou mayst cast them doune headlinges and destroye them. ¹⁹ O how sodenly do they consume, perysh, and come to a fearful ende? ²⁰ Yea, euen like as a dreame when one awaketh, so makest thou their ymage too vanysh out of the cytye.

⁷ That the vngodly are grene as the grasse and that all the workes of wickednes do florish to be destroyed for euer.

²⁶ Therfore shall I also laugh in your destruccion, & mocke you, when the thyng that ye feare cometh vpon you: ²⁷ euen when the thing that ye be afrayed of, falleth in sodenly lyke a storme, & your miseri like a tempest: yea, when trouble & heuinesse commeth vpon you.

²¹ And vpon a daye appoynted Herode arayed hym in royall apparell, and set hym in hys seate, and made an oracyon vnto them. ²² And the people gaue a shout, saiyng: it is the voyce of a God, and not of a man. ²³ And immediatly the aungell of the Lorde smote hym, because he gaue not God the glorye, and he was eaten of wormes, and gaue vp the ghost.

¹⁰ Neyther murmure ye as some of them murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.

³ When they shal say peace and no daunger, then commeth on them soden destruccion, as the trauaylynge of a woman wyth chyld, and they shal not escape.

¹¹ And they had a kynge ouer them, whych is the angel of the bottomlesse pyt, whose name in the Hebrue tonge, is Abodon, but in the Greke tonge, Appollion.

³³ And whyle he yet talked wyth them. Beholde the messenger was come vnto hym. And he sayd: behold thys euyll is of the Lorde, what more shall we loke for of the Lorde.

¹¹ What power haue I to endure? Or, what is myne end, that my soule myghte be pacyente?

¹⁶ All be it that I call vpon him, and he heare me, yet am I not sure, that he hath herde my voce:

²⁹ But beware of the swearde, for the swearde wylbe auenged of wickednesse, and be sure, that there is a iudgement.

¹⁴ Yf he get many chyldren, they shal perishe with the swearde, and hys posterite, shal haue scarcenesse of bread.

²¹ Yf he do not thys, he stombleth & suffereth hunger. And yf he suffre hunger, he is out of pacience, and blasphemeth hys kynge and his God. Then loketh he vpwarde, and dounewarde to the earthe, ²² and beholde, there is trouble & darcknesse, vexacyon is rounde aboute him, and the cloude of erroure. And oute of suche aduersitie, shall he not escape.

⁵ And he caste doune the syluer plates in the temple, and departed, and wente, and honge hym selfe.

¹² For when thou tyllest the grounde she shall henceforth not geue her power vnto the. A vagabunde and a rennagate shalt thou be vpon the erth.

⁵ Shall not the lyght of the vngodly be put oute? yee the flame of hys fyre shall not burne. ⁶ The lyght shalbe darcke in hys dwellynge, and hys candle shalbe put out with hym.

¹² Honger shalbe his substaunce, and mysfortune shall hange vpon hym.

¹⁸ he shalbe dryuen from the lyght into darcknesse, and be cast cleane out of the world.

³ For very misery & honger, they went about in the wildernesse lyke wretches and beggers, ⁴ plucking vp herbes from amonge the busshes, and the Iunipers rote was their meat.

¹⁵ Let them runne here and there for meate, and grudge when they haue not ynough.

¹⁰ Let his children be vagabaundes, and bege their breade: lette them seke it, as they that be destroyed.

⁸ If a man lyue manye yeares, and be gladde in them all, let hym remember the dayes of darckenesse, whiche shalbe many: and when thei come, al thynges shalbe but vanytye.

⁶ A fore tyme we yelded oure selues to the Egypcians, and now to the Assiryans, onely that we myght haue bred ynough.

⁹ We must gett oure lyuynge with the parell of oure lyues because of the drouth of the wyldernesse.

² a darcke daye, a gloomynge daye, a cloudye daye, yea & a stormy daye, lyke as the mornynge spredeth oute vpon the hylles: Namely, a great and myghtye people; suche as haue not bene sence the begynnynge, neither shal be after them for euer more.

²⁰ Shall not the daye of the Lord be darcke, and not cleare? shall it not be cloudye, and no shyne in it?

¹⁵ for that daye is a daye of wrath, a daye of trouble and heuinesse, a daye of vtter destruccyon & mysery, a darcke & glomyng daye, a cloudy and stormy daye,

²⁷ but a fearful lokynge for iudgement, and vyolente fyre, whyche shal deuoure the aduersaryes.

³⁷ were stoned, were hewen a sounder, were tempted, were slayne wyth swerdes, walked vp and doune in shepes skynnes, in gotes skynnes, in nede, trybulacyon, and vexacyon, ³⁸ whiche the world was not worthy of, they wandred in wyldernes, in mountaines, in dennes and caues of the earth

² O that my mysery were weyed, and my punishmente layed in the balaunces: ³ for then should it be heuyer, then the sande of the sea. This is the cause, that my words are so soroufull. ⁴ For the arowes of the almyghty are in me, whose indignacyon hath droncke vp my sprete, and the terrible feares of GOD fyghte agaynste me.

¹⁴³ Trouble and heuynesse haue taken holde vpon me, yet is my delite in thy commaundementes.

²⁷ euen when the thing that ye be afrayed of, falleth in sodenly lyke a storme, & your miseri like a tempest: yea, when trouble & heuinesse commeth vpon you.

¹¹ so shall pouerte come vnto the as one that trauaileth by the way, and necessitie lyke a weaponed man.

³⁴ so shal pouertye come vnto the as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessite like a weapened man.

³ For I will send for my debites & my gyauntes (sayth the Lorde) and in my wrath I wil call for suche, as triumphe in my glory.

³⁷ And he toke with hym Peter and the two sonnes of Zebede, and began to waxe sorowful, and to be in an agonye. ³⁸ Then said Iesus vnto them: my soule is heauy euen to the death. Tary ye here & watche with me.

⁹ tribulacion and anguishe, vpon the souls of euerye man that doeth euyll: of the Iewe fyrst, and also of the gentyll.

² And Pharao answered: what felowe is the Lorde, that I should heare hys voyce for to let Israell go? ³ I knowe not the Lord, neyther wyll let Israell go. And they sayed: the God of the Hebrues hath mett wyth vs: lett vs go (we praye the) thre dayes iourney into the deserte, that we may sacrifice vnto the Lord our God: lest he smyte vs eyther with pestilence, or wyth sworde.

¹⁷ If it be so that thou stoppest my people that thou wylte not let them goo:

²³ And if ye wyll not be learned yet for all thys but shall walke contrary vnto me,

⁷ And the Philistines were afrayd, when it was tolde howe the God was come into the host & said. Wo vnto vs, for it was neuer so before thys. ⁸ Wo vnto vs, who shall delyuer vs out of the hand of thys myghtye God? this is the God that smote the Egipcians wt al maner of plages in the wyldernesse. ⁹ Be stronge & quite youre selues lyke men, ye Philistines, that ye be not seruauntes vnto the Ebrues, as they haue bene to you. Be men therfore & fight.

⁶ Wherfore shulde ye harden your hertes as the Egypcians & Pharao hardened theyr hertes, which for all that (when he had played hys pageauntes wyth them) were fayne to let the people go and departe.

⁹ then sheweth he them theyr worckes & dedes & the synnes where with they haue vsed cruell vyolence.

⁹ Is thyne arme then lyke the arme of God? Maketh thy voyce such a sound as hys doeth? ¹⁰ Then arme thy selfe with thyne owne power, vp, decke the in thy ioly araye, ¹¹ poure oute the indignacyon of thy wrath: se that thou caste doune all the proude,

⁷ Lo, this is the man, that toke not God for his strength but trusted vnto the multitud of his riches, & was myghty in his wickednes.

⁹ They stretche forth their mouthe vnto the heauen, and their tongue goeth thorow the worlde.

¹¹ Tush (saye they) howe shoulde God perceiue it? is there knowlege in the most hyest?

⁹ Go together ye people, and gather you, herken to all ye of farre countreyes. Mustre you, & gather you: mustre you and gather you, ¹⁰ take your councel together, yet must youre councell come to nought: go in hand with all, yet shall it not prospere. Excepte Emanuel: (that is God) be with vs.

¹² Wherfore the Lorde sayeth: As sone as I haue perfourmed my whole worcke vpon the hyll of Sion and Ierusalem, then wyll I also vpset the noble and stoute kynge of Assiria, wyth his wisedom and pryde. ¹³ For he standeth thus in hys owne conceyte. Thys do I thorow the power of myne owne hand, and thorowe my wysedome: For I am wyse I am he that remoue the landes of the people I robbe the princes, and (lyke one of the worthies) I dryue them from their hye seates. ¹⁴ My hande hathe founde out the hostes of the people, as it were arnest. And lyke as egges, that were layde here and there, are gathered togegether. So do I gather all countreyes. And there is no man, that darre be so bolde, as to touche a fether, that darre open his mouth, or ones whisper.

⁴ Who wyll compell me, that I greatly forgettynge all faythfulnesse, shulde burne it vp at ones with thornes & bushes?

⁴ Who hath made, created, and called the generacions from the begynnyng? Euen I the Lorde, whiche am the fyrst, and with the last. ⁵ Beholde ye Iles? that ye maye feare, and ye endes of the earth, that ye maye be abasshed, draw nye, and come hether. ⁶ Euery man hath exorted hys neyghboure, and brother, and bydden him be stronge. ⁷ The Smyth conforted the moulder, and the Ironsmyth the hammerman, sayenge: It shalbe good, that we fasten this cast worcke: and then they fastened it with nayles, that it shulde not be moued.

²³ but hast magnyfyed thy selfe aboue the Lorde of heauen, so that the vessels of hys house were broughte before the, that thou, and thy Lordes, with thy quene and concubynes, myght drincke wyne thereoute: And hast praysed the Idoles of syluer and golde, copper and yron, of wode and stone: As for the God in whose hande consysteth thy breth and all thy wayes: thou haste not loaued hym.

⁵ And he saide: what art thou Lorde? And the Lorde saide: I am Iesus whom thou persecutest it shalbe hearde for the to kycke agaynste the prycke.

¹ In that tyme Herode the Kinge stretched forth hys handes to vexe certayne of the congregacyon.

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

⁸ Iuda, thy brethren shal prayse the, & thyne hand shalbe in the necke of thyue enemyes, & thy fathers chyldren shall stoupe vnto the.

²² And therto in the very tyme of hys tribulacion dyd kynge Ahaz trespace yet moare agaynst the Lorde.

¹³ More ouer haue ye not hearde what I and my fathers haue done vnto the people of all landes? were the Gods of the people of other landes able to saue theyre landes out of my hand? ¹⁴ which of all the Gods of those nacyons that my fathers destroyed was yt, that could delyuer his people out of myne hande, that youre God should be able to deliuer you out of myne hande? ¹⁵ Wherfore now lett not Hezekiah deceyue you ether perswade you of thys fashyon, nor yet beleue hym. For as no God amonge so manye nacyons and kyngdomes, was able to rydde hys people out of myne hande & the hande of my fathers: euen so moche lesse shall youre God kepe you oute of myne hande. ¹⁶ And yet moare dyd his seruauntes speake agaynst the Lorde God and agaynst his seruaunt Hezekiah. ¹⁷ And therto he wrote a letter to raile on the Lorde God of Israel & spake therin sayinge: as the Gods of the nacyons of other landes haue not delyuered theyr people out of myne hande, no moare shall the God of Hezekiah delyuer hys people out of myne hande.

¹² I was somtyme in wealth, but sodenlye hath broughte me to noughte. He hath taken me by the neck, he hath rente me, and set me, as it were a marck for hym to shute at.

⁴⁰ Thou hast made myne enemyes to turne heir backes vpon me, thou haste destroyed them: that hated me.

¹⁵ And Israel waxed fat and kycked. Thou wast fat, thycke and smothe. And he let God goo that made him & despised the rocke that saued him.

¹⁰ As for you, turne you, & get you hence, for I can not se one wyse man amonge you.

¹⁰ Which manteyne their owne welthinesse with oppression, and their mouthe speaketh proude thynges.

⁷ Their eyes swell for fatnesse, they do euen what they lyst.

³¹ the heuy wrath of God came vpon them, slewe the welthiest of them, & smote doune the chosen men of Israel.

¹⁰ Harden the hart of thys people, stoppe theyr eares, and shutte theyr eyes, that they se not with theyr eyes, heare not wyth theyr eares, and vnderstande not wyth theyr hertes, and conuerte and be healed.

²⁸ hereof are they fat and welthy, and are runne awaye fro me wyth shameful blasphemyes. They mynistre not the lawe, they make no ende of the fatherlesses cause, they iudge not the poore according to equite.

¹⁴ like as the kynges & lordes of the erth, which buyld them selues specyall places:

¹⁵ Other men shall dwell in his house (which now is none of his) and brymstone shalbe scatered vpon his habitacion.

⁸ Wo be vnto you that ioyne one house to another, & bring one land so nyghe vnto another, tyll ye can get no more grounde. Wyll ye dwel vpon the earth alone? ⁹ The Lorde of Hostes roundeth me thus in myne eare: shall not many greater and more gorgyous houses be so waste, that no man shall dwell in them? ¹⁰ And ten akers of vynes shal geue but a Quarte, & .xxx. bushels of sede shall geue but thre.

¹¹ I wyll make Ierusalem also an heape of stones, and a denne of venymous wormes. And I wyll make the cytyes of Iuda so wast, that no man shall dwell therein.

¹⁸ Micheah the Morasthite, which was a Prophet vnder Ezekiah kynge of Iuda, spake to all the people of Iuda: Thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes: Syon shalbe plowed lyke a felde, Ierusalem shalbe an heape of stones, and the hyll of the Lordes house shalbe turned to an hye wood.

³⁷ Babilon shalt become an heape of stones a dwellinge place for dragons, a fearfulnes and wondrynge, because no man dwelleth there.

¹² Therfore shall Syon (for youre sakes) be plowed lyke a felde: Ierusalem shalbe come an heape of stones, and the hyll of the temple shalbe turned to an hye wodde.

¹⁸ Where is there such a God as thou? that pardonest wickednes, and forgeuest the offences of the remnaunte of thyne herytage? He kepeth not hys wrath for euer. And why? his delyte is to haue compassyon:

²² Thoughe he had plenteousnesse of euery thynge, yet was he poore, and therefore he is but a wretche on euery syde. ²³ For though the wicked haue neuer so much to fyll his bely, yet God shall send his wrath vpon hym, and cause hys battaill to raygne ouer him: ²⁴ so that yf he fle the yron wepens, he shall be shott with the stele bowe. ²⁵ The arow shal be taken forth, and go out at hys backe, and a glistering swearde thorow the gall of him, feare shall come vpon him. ²⁶ There shal no darcknes be able to hyd him. And vnkindled fyre shall consume him, and loke what remayneth in his house, it shalbe destroyed. ²⁷ The heauen shal declare his wickednesse, and the earth shall take parte agaynst hym. ²⁸ The substaunce that he hath in hys house, shalbe taken away and peryshe, in the daye of the Lordes wrath.

¹⁵ Well thou wilt kepe the olde waye, that all wicked men haue gone: ¹⁶ bothe olde and young, whose foundacyon is a runninge water, ¹⁷ whiche say vnto God: go from vs, and after this maner: Tush, what wyll the Almyghty do vnto vs? ¹⁸ where as he (notwithstandinge) fylleth their houses wyth all good Whyche meanyng of the vngodly be farre from me. ¹⁹ For with ioy shall the godly, and with gladnesse shall the innocent se, ²⁰ that their encrease shall be hewen doune, and their posteryte consumed wyth fyre.

¹⁶ Though he haue as muche money as the dust of the earthe, and raymente as ready as the claie, ¹⁷ he maye wel prepare it: but the godly shall put it vpon him, & the innocent shall deale oute the money.

¹⁶ O be not thou afraied, when one is made ryche, & the glory of hys house increased. ¹⁷ For he shall cary nothynge away wyth hym when he dyeth, neither shall his pompe folowe hym.

² And he called hym, and sayde vnto hym: Howe is it, that I heare thys of the? Geue a comptes of thy stewardshyppe. For thou mayest be no longer stewarde.

¹⁹ There was a certayne ryche man, whiche was clothed in purple and fyne bysse, & fared delyciously euery daye, ²⁰ And there was a certayne begger named Lazarus, whiche laye at hys gate full of sores, ²¹ desierynge to be refresshed with the cromes which fell from the riche mans bourde. Neuerthelesse the dogges came and lycked hys sores. ²² And it fortuned that the begger dyed, and was caryed by the Angels into Abrahams bosome. The ryche man also dyed and was buryed.

¹¹ The sonne riseth with heat, and the grasse widereth, and hys flower falleth awaye, & the beautye of the fashyon of it perysheth: euen so shal the ryche man peryshe wyth hys aboundaunce.

¹ Go to nowe ye ryche men. Weepe, and howle on your wretchednes that shal come vpon you. ² Youre ryches is corrupte youre garmentes are motheaten. ³ Your gold and your siluer are cankered, & the ruste of them shal be a witnes vnto you, and shall eate your fleshe, as it were fyre. Ye haue heaped treasure together in your laste dayes:

⁹ With the blast of God dyd they perysh, & with the breth of his anger consumed they awaye.

¹⁴ In so much that they runne into darcknesse by fayre daye, & grope aboute them at the none daye, lyke as in the nyght.

²¹ afore I go thether, from whence I shall not turne agayne. Namely, to that lande of darcknesse & shadowe of death: ²² ye into that darck clowdy lande & deadly shadow, where as is no ordre, but terrible feare as in the darcknesse.

²² He beleueth neuer to be delyuered out of darcknesse, the swearde is alwaye before his eyes.

²⁶ There shal no darcknes be able to hyd him. And vnkindled fyre shall consume him, and loke what remayneth in his house, it shalbe destroyed.

²⁰ that their encrease shall be hewen doune, and their posteryte consumed wyth fyre.

⁴ but wyth ryghteousnesse shall he iudge the poore, and with holynes shal he refourme the symple of the worlde. He shall smyte the worlde wyth the staffe of hys mouthe, & with the breathe of his mouth shall he slay the wicked.

³³ For he hath prepared the fyre of payne from the begynnynge, yea euen for Kynges also. This hath he made depe & wyde, the noryshing thereof is fyre & woode innumerable, whiche the breathe of the Lorde kyndleth, as it were a matche of brymstone.

⁴ Beholde, it is caste in the fyre to be brente, the fyre consumeth both the endes of it, the myddest is brente to asshes. Is it mete then for any worcke? No. ⁵ Seyng then that it was mete for no worke being whole: muche lesse maye there any thing be made of it, when the fyre hath consumed & brente it. ⁶ And therfore thus sayth the Lorde God: Like as I cast the vyne into the fyre for to be brent, as other trees of the wode. Euen so wyll I do with them that dwell in Ierusalem, ⁷ & set my face against them: they shall go out from the fyre, & yet the fyre shall consume them. Then shall ye knowe, that I am the Lorde, when I set my face agaynst them,

⁴⁷ and say to the the wood toward the south: Heare the worde of the Lorde: thus sayeth the Lorde God: Beholde, I wil kindle a fire in the, that shal consume the grene trees with the drye. No man shal be able to quenche hys flamme, but al that loketh from the south to the north, shalbe brent therin: ⁴⁸ & al flesh shal se, that I the Lord haue kindled it, so that no man maye quenche it.

¹² and the children of the kingdome shall be cast out in the vtter darkenes: there shalbe wepinge and gnashynge of teth.

¹³ Then sayed the kynge to hys mynisters: take and bynde hym hande and fote, and caste hym into vtter darcknes, there shal be weping and gnashing of teeth.

⁴¹ Then shall the kinge saye vnto them that shalbe on the lyfte hande. Departe from me ye cursed, into euerlastinge fyre, which is prepared for the deuyll and hys angels.

⁴³ Wherfore if thy hande offende the, cut hym of. It is better for the, to enter into lyfe maymed, then hauing two handes, go into hel, into fyre that neuer shal be quenched, ⁴⁴ where their worme dyeth not, and the fyre neuer goeth out. ⁴⁵ Likekewise if thy fote offende the, cut him of. For it is better for the to go halt into life, then hauinge two fete to be caste into hell, into fyre that neuer shalbe quenched: ⁴⁶ where their worme dyeth not, and the fyre neuer goeth out. ⁴⁷ Euen so if thyne eye offende the, plucke him out. It is better for the to go into the kyngedome of God with one eye, then hauing two eies to be cast into hel fyre: ⁴⁸ where their worm dieth not, and the fyre neuer goeth out. ⁴⁹ Euery man therfore shalbe salted wyth fyre. And euery sacrifice shalbe seasoned with salt,

⁸ in flammynge fyre, rendrynge vengeaunce vnto them that knowe not God, and to them that obeye not vnto the Gospel of our Lorde Iesus Christ, ⁹ which shall be punyshed wyth euerlastyng dampnacyon from the presence of the Lorde, and from the glory of hys power,

¹⁷ These are welles wythout water, & cloudes caried about of a tempest, to whom the miste of darkenes is reserued for euer.

¹³ They are the ragynge waues of the sea, fomyng out theyr owne shame. They are wandryng starres to whome is reserued the myste of darcknes for euer.

¹⁵ & out of hys mouthe went out a sharpe swearde, that with it he should smyte the heathen. And he shal rule them wyth a rod of Iron, & he trode the wine fat of the fiercenes & wrath of almightye God.

⁸ As I haue sene them that plowe vanity and sowe malicie reape the same.

¹⁶ With hym is strength and wysdome: he knoweth bothe the disceyuer & hym that is disceyued.

¹⁰ O trust not in wronge and robbery, geue not youre selues vnto vanitye: if ryches encrease, set not your herte vpon them.

⁸ He that soweth wickednes shal repe sorow, & the rod of his plage shal destroy him

¹⁰ So shalt thou (O Damascus) be desolate because thou hast forgotten God thy Sauyoure, & hast not called to remembraunce the rocke of thy strength. Wherfore thou hast also set a fayr plat, & grafted a straung branch. ¹¹ In the day when thou diddest plant it, it was greate, and gaue sone the frute of thy sede. But in the daye of haruest, thou shalt reape and heape of sorowes and myseries.

²⁰ The kepyng of dust, and folishnesse of herte hath turned them asyde: so that none of them can haue a fre conscience to thyncke maye not I erre?

⁴ Noman regardeth righteousnes, and noman iudged truely. Euery man hopeth in vayne thinges, and ymagyneth disceyte, conceyueth werynesse, and bringeth forth euyl.

⁷ They haue sown wind therfore shall they reape a storme. Their sede shal beare no corne, there shal no meel be made of their increase: thoughe they reape, yet shall straungers deuoure it vp.

⁸ They that holde of vayue vanyties, will forsake hys mercy.

³ Yf anye man seme to hym selfe, that he is somwhat, when in dede he is nothynge the same deceyueth hym selfe in hys ymaginacyon.

⁷ Be not deceyued, God is not mocked. For what soeuer a man soweth, that shal he reape. ⁸ He that soweth in hys fleshe: shall of the fleshe reape corrupcion. But he that soweth in the spyryte, shall of the spyryte reape lyfe euerlastynge.

⁶ Let no man deceiue you with vayne wordes. For thorowe suche thinges commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of vnbelefe.

¹⁶ Oft tyme a thynge doth floryshe, and men thynke that it maye abyde the Sonne shynynge: it shuteth forth the braunches in hys garden, ¹⁷ it taketh many rotes, in so moche that it is lyke an house of stones. ¹⁸ But yf it be taken out of hys place, euery man denyeth it, saying: I knowe the not. ¹⁹ Lo, thus is it wt him, that reioyseth in hys owne doynges: and as for other, they growe oute of the earth.

⁷ If a tre be cut downe, there is some hope yet, that it wyll sproute and shute forth the braunches agayne: ⁸ For though a rote be waxen olde and deed in the grounde, yet when the stocke ⁹ getteth the sent of water, yt wyll budde, and brynge forth bowes, lyke as whent it was fyrst planted.

¹⁶ Hys rotes shalbe dryed vp beneth, and aboue shall his haruest be cutt downe. ¹⁷ Hys remembraunce shall perish from the earth, & hys name shall not be praysed in the stretes:

¹⁶ bothe olde and young, whose foundacyon is a runninge water,

⁵ Therfore shall God cleane destroye the, smyte the in peces, pluke the out of thy dwellynge, and rote the out of the lande of the lyuynge. Selah. ⁶ The rightuous shal se this, and feare, and laugh him to scorne, ⁷ Lo, this is the man, that toke not God for his strength but trusted vnto the multitud of his riches, & was myghty in his wickednes. ⁸ As for me, I am lyke a grene olyue tree in the house of God: my truste is in the tender mercy of God for euer and euer.

²³ But as for them, thou (O God) shalt cast doune into the pytte of destruccion. The bloudthrustye & disceatfull shall not lyue out half their dayes. Neuerthelesse my trust is in the.

¹⁷ be nether to vnrightuous also ner to folyshe, lest thou dye before thy tyme.

¹¹ Theyr haruest shalbe brente, theyr wyues which were theyr bewtye when they came forth: shalbe defyled. For it is a people wythout vnderstandynge, & therfore he that created them, shall not fauoure them, and he that made them shal not be mercyful to them.

⁸ Neuertheles it was planted vpon a good grounde besyde greate waters: so that (by reason) it shoulde haue brought out braunches & frute & haue bene a goodly vyne. ⁹ Speake thou therfore, thus sayeth the lord God: Shall thys vyne prospere? shal not his rotes be pluckte oute, his frute be broken of, his grene braunches withere & fade awaye? yea without eyther strong arme or many people, shall it be plucked vp by the rotes. ¹⁰ Beholde it was planted: shall it prospere therfore? Shal it not be dryed vp and wythered, yea euen in the shutynge out of his blossomes, as sone as the east wynde bloweth?

¹⁶ Ephraim is hewen doune, their rote is dryed vp, so that they shal brynge no more frute: yea and thoughe they brynge forth any, yet will I slaye euen the best beloued frute of their body.

⁵ Yea, I wolde be vnto Israel as the dewe, and he shulde growe as the lylye, and hys rote shulde breake oute as Lybanus. ⁶ His braunches shulde sprede oute abroade, and be as fayre as the olyue tre, and smell sa Lybanus. ⁷ They that dwell vnder hys shadowe, shulde come agayne, and grow vp as the corne, and floryshe as the vyne: he shulde haue as good a name, as the wyne of Lybanus.

⁶ Yf a man byde not in me, he is cast forth as a braunche, and is wythered: and men gather it, and cast it into the fyre, and it burneth.

³⁹ Thou shalt plante a veynearde & dresse it, but shalt nether drynke of the wyne neither gather of the grapes, for the wormes shall eate it. ⁴⁰ Thou shalt haue olyuetrees in al thy coastes, but shalt not be anoynted with the oyle, for thyne olyue trees shalbe roted out.

⁹ the desolate earthe is in heuynes. Lybanus taketh it but for a sporte, that it is hewen doune: Saron is lyke a wyldernes: Basan and Charmel are turned vpsyde doune.

¹³ and the starres of heauen fell vnto the earth, euen as a fygge tree casteth from her her fygges, when she is shaken of a myghty wynde.

³ Neuerthelesse his sonnes folowed not his steppes: but turned a syde after lucre, & toke rewardes, & peruerted the ryght.

³ Behold here I am: answere me before the Lorde & before his annoynted, whose oxe haue I taken? or whose asse haue I taken? whom haue I done wrong to? or whom haue I pylled? And of whose hand haue I receiued any bribe, to blynde myne eyes therewith? & I wyll restore it you agayne.

¹³ Euen so goeth it with all them, that forget God: and euen thus also shall the ypocrytes hope come to naught.

²² Thy that hate the, shalbe confounded, and the dwellynges of the vngodly shall come to naught.

¹⁴ yf thou woldest put awaye the wyckednesse which thou hast in hande, so that no vngodlynesse dwelt in they house:

¹ Then answered Sophar the Naamathite, and sayde.

⁵ Commeth not this for that great wickednesse, & for thine vngracious dedes which are innumerable? ⁶ thou hast taken the pledge from thy brethren for nought and robbed the naked of their clothing. ⁷ To suche as were wery, hast thou geuen no water to drincke, thou hast withdrawen bread from the hungry. ⁸ Shoulde suche one then as vseth violence, wrong and oppression (doing al thing of parcialite, and hauinge respecte of personnes) dwel in the lande? ⁹ Thou hast sent wyddowes away emptye and oppressed the poore fatherlesse.

⁸ What hope hath the ypocrite, though he haue greate good, and though God geue him ryches after his hertes desire?

¹² For I delyuered the poore when he cried, and the fatherlesse that wanted helpe. ¹³ He that shoulde haue bene lost, gaue me a good worde, and the wyddowes herte praysed me. ¹⁴ And why? I put vpon me ryghteousnes, whyche couered me as a garment, and equyte was my croune. ¹⁵ I was an eye vnto the blinde, and a fote to the lame, ¹⁶ I was a father vnto the poore and when I knew not their cause, I sought it oute diligently. ¹⁷ I brake the chaftes of the vnrighteous, and plucte the spoyle oute of their tethe.

¹³ As for suche as be fayned, dissemblers and ypocrytes, they heape vp wrath for them selues: for they call not vpon him, though they be hys presoners.

¹⁴ The synners at Syon are afrayd a sodane fearfulnesse is come vpon the ypocrytes. What is he among vs (saye they) that will dwell by that consumynge fyre whyche of vs maye abyde that euerlastinge heate? ¹⁵ He that ledeth a godly lyfe (saye I) and speaketh the trueth: He that abhorreth to do vyolence and dysceyte: he that kepeth his hande that he touche no rewarde: which stoppeth hys eares that he heare no councel agaynste the innocent: which holdeth doune hys eyes, that he se none euyll.

¹¹ For so muche then as ye oppresse the poore, & robbe him of his best sustenaunce: therfore, where as ye haue buylded houses of square stone, ye shall not dwel in them. Maruelous pleasaunt vyneyardes shal ye plante, but the wyne of them shall ye not drynck: and why? ¹² as for the multitude of your wickednesses and your stout synnes, I know them ryghte well. Euemyes are ye of the ryghtuous, ye take rewardes, ye oppresse the poore in iudgement.

² There is not a godlye man vpon earth, there is not one ryghtuous amonge men. They laboure al to shed bloud, and euery man hunteth his brother to death:

⁵¹ and wyll deuide hym, and geue him his rewarde with hipocrites. There shalbe weping and gnashing of tethe.

¹⁴ Beholde, he trauyleth wyth mischefe, he hath conceaued vnhappinesse, and broughte forth a lye.

⁴ Noman regardeth righteousnes, and noman iudged truely. Euery man hopeth in vayne thinges, and ymagyneth disceyte, conceyueth werynesse, and bringeth forth euyl. ⁵ They brede cockatrice egges, and weue the spyders webbe Who so eateth of their egges, dyeth. But yf one treade vpon them, there commeth vp a serpent.

¹³ But nowe they haue plowed them wyckednesse, therfore shall they reape synne, & eat the frute of lyes. Seynge thou puttest thy confydence in thyne owne wayes, and leanest to the multitude of thy worthyes:

¹⁵ Then when luste hath conceyued, she bringeth forth sinne, & sinne when it is fynyshed bryngeth forthe death.