the South and smote the foure corners of the house whiche fell vpon thy chyldren and they are deade and I am gotten away alone to tell the. Then Iob stode vp and rente his clothes and shaued his heade fell downe vpon the grounde worshypped and sayde Naked came I out of my mothers wombe and naked shall I turne thyther agayne The Lorde gaue and the Lorde hath taken away †euen as it hath pleased the lorde so is it come to passe Blessed be the name of the lorde In all these thynges dyd Iob not offende nor murmured folysshly agaynst god ¶ Iob is plaged with sore byles and afterwards is mocked of his wyfe His frendes vispt hym and haue coÌ„mpassyon on hym CAPI II. ANd the chyldren of God came and stode before the Lorde and Satan came also amonge them stode before the Lorde And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan Frome whence comest thou Satan answered the Lorde and sayde I haue gone aboute the lande and walked thorowe it And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan hast thou not consydered my seruaunt Iob â–ª for there is none lyke hym in the lande For he is a perfyte and iust man suche a one as feareth God exchueth euyl and contynueth styll in his godlynesse And thou mouedst me agaynst hym that I shulde punysshe hym for nought And So â—an answered the Lorde and sayde Skynne for skynne yea a man wyll gyue all that euer he hath for his lyfe But laye thyne hande nowe vpon hym touche once his bonâ— and flesshe and he shall curse the to thy face And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan Lo there haste thou hym in thy power but spare his lyfe So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lorde and smote Iob with merueylous sore byles from the sole of his foote vnto his crowne so that he sat vpon the grounde in the asshes scraped of the fylthe of his sores with a pot sharde Then sayde his wyfe vnto hym Doest thou contynue yet in thy perfytenesse curse God and dye But Iob sayde vnto her Thou speakest lyke a folysshe woman Shal we receyue prosperite at the hand of God and not receyue aduersyte In all these thynges dyd not Iob synne with his lyppes Nowe when Iobs frendes herde of all the trouble that happened vnto hym there came thre of them euery one from his owne place namely Eliphas the Themanite Bildad the Suhite Zophad the Naamathite And they were agreed togyther to come to shewe theyr compassyon vpon hym and to conforte hym So when they lyfte vp theyr eyes a farre of they knewe hym not Then they cryed and wepte and euery one of them rente his clothes and sprynkeled dust vpon theyr heades in the ayre They sat them downe by hym also vpon the grounde seuen dayes vii nyghtes Neyther was there any of them that spake one worde vnto hym for they sawe that his payne was very great ¶ The wordes of Iob wherin he declareth that this present lyfe is miserable and that the death of the ryghteous is ioyous and â—orâ—unable CAPI III. AFter this opened Iob his mouth and ☞ cursed his day And Iob answered and sayd lost be that day wherin I was borne the nyght in the whiche it was sayd there is a man chylde conceyued The same day be turned to darkenesse and not regarded of god from aboue neyther let him shyne vpon it with lyght but let it be stayned with darkenesse and the shadowe of death Let the dymme cloude fall vpon it and let it be â—apped in with sorowe on the daye tyme. Let the darke storme ouercome that nyght and let it not be ioyned vnto the dayes of the yere nor counted in the monethes Desolate be that nyght and without gladnesse let them that curse the daye and that be redye to rayse vp mournynge gyue it also theyr curse Let the sterres of that night be dymme thorow darknesse of it Let it loke for lyghte but let it se none neyther †the rysynge vp of the fayre mornynge bycause it shut not vp the wombe that bare me For then shulde these sorowes haue bene hyd fro myne eyes Alas why dyed I not in the byrth why dyd not I perysshe as soone as I came oute of my mothers wombe Why set they me vpon theyr knees Why gaue they me sucke with theyr brestes Then shuld I nowe haue lyen styll I shulde haue slepte and bene at rest lyke as the kynges lordes of the earth which haue buylded them selues specyal places Or as the prynces that haue had greate substaunce of golde and theyr houses full of syluer Or why was I not hyd as a thynge borne out of tyme eyther as yonge chyldren whiche neuer sawe the lyght ☞ There must the wycked ceasse from theyr tyranny there such as are ouerlaboured be at rest there are those let out free which haue bene in pryson so that they heare no more the voyce of the oppressoure There are small and great and the seruaunt is free from his mayster Wherfore is the lyght gyuen to hym that is in miserye and lyfe vnto them that haue heuy hertes which long for death though it come not ☞ wolde dyg it out of hyd places whiche also wolde be excedyng glad and reioyce yf they coulde fynde theyr graue anywhere That shuld be ioy to that maÌ„ ☞ whose waye is hyd and God kepeth it backe from hym For my syghes come before I eate and my rorynges fall out lyke the water For the thynge that I feared is come vpon me and the thynge that I was afrayde of is happened vnto me Was I not happy Had I not quyetnesse Was I not in rest And nowe cometh suche misery vpon me ¶ Iob â—o reprehended of impatience and in iustice and 〈◊〉 the presumptyon of his owne ryghteousnesse CAPI IIII. ANd Eliphas the Themanite answered and sayde If we begyn to comen vâ—th the wylte thou be discontent but who can withholde hym selfe from speakynge Beholde thou hast bene a chastenet of many hast conforted the wery handes Thy wordê haue set vp those that were fallen thou hast refresshed the weyke knees But nowe that the plage is come vpon the thou arte greued nowe that it hath touched thy selfe thou arte faynt herted ☞ Is not this thy feare thy stedfastnesse thy pacience and the perfytenesse of thy wayes Consydre I praye the who euer perysshed beyng an innocent Or when were the Godly destroyed For as I haue proued by experience they that plowe iniquitie and sowe wretchednesse reape the same With the blaste of God they perysshe and with the breth of his nose thyrles are they consumed awaye The rorynge of the Lyon and the voyce of the Lyon and the teeth of the Lyons whelpes are pulled out The lyon peryssheth for lacke of praye and the lyons whelpes are scattered abrode And vnto me came the worde secretly and myne eare hath receyued a lytell therof In the thoughtes and visions of the
of the vngodlye is far from me The ryghteous â—awe it and were glad and the innocent laughed them to scorne Is our increase hewen downe As for the remenaunt of them the fyre hath consumed it Therfore recoÌ„cyle the vnto god and be content so shall all thynges prospere with the ryght well Reccyue the lawe at his mouth and laye vp his wordes in thyne herte For yf thou wylt turne to the almyghty thou shalt stand fast and put all vnryghteousnesse from thy dwellynge Thou shalt make golde as plentyfull as the dust and the golde of Ophit as the flyntes of the ryuers Yea almyghty god his owne selfe shall be thy defence and thou shalt haue plentye of syluer Then shalt thou haue delyte in the almyghtye lyfte vp thy face vnto God Then shalte thou make thy prayer vnto hym and he shall heare the and thou shalte kepe thy promyses Then loke what thou takest in hande he shall make it to prospere with the and the lyght shall shyne in thy wayes For who so humbleth hymselfe hym shall be set vp and who so loketh mekely shall be healed Yf thou be innocent thou shalte delyuer the countrey bycause of the vngyltynesse of thyne handes ¶ Iob affirmeth that he bothe knoweth and feareth the power and sentaunce of the Iudge and soâ—eth that he hath waâ—hed in his ryghteousnesse CAPI XXIII IOb answered and sayde My sayenge is yet this daye in bytternesse and my hande heuy bycause of my gronynge O that I myght se hym fynde hym O that I myght come before his seate to pleade my cause before hym and to fyll my mouth with argumentes That I myght knowe what answere he wolde gyue me and that I myght vnderstande what he wolde saye vnto me Wyll he pleade agaynst me with his greate power and strength No but he wyll make me the stronger He that is iuste shall entre dysputacyon with hym and my iudge shall delyuer me foreuer Beholde though I go before I fynde hym Yf I come behynde I can get no knowledge of hym Yf I go on the lefte syde where he doth his worke I cannot atteyne vnto hym Agayne yf I go on the ryght syde he hydeth hymselfe that I cannot se hym But as for my waye he knoweth it and tryeth me as the golde in the fyre ☞ My fote doth kepe his path his hygh waye haue I bolden and wyll not go out of it I wyll not forsake the coÌ„maundement of his lyppê but loke what he charged me with his mouth that haue I shut vp in my herte ☞ He is styll at one poynt who wyll turne hym backe He doth as hym lysteth bryngeth to passe what he wyll He perfourmeth the thynge that is appoynted for me and many soche thynges doth he This is the cause that I schrynke at his presence so that when I consydre hym I am afrayde of hym For in so moch as he is god he maketh my herte softe and seynge that he is almyghtye he putteth me in feare Thus cannot I get out of darkenesse neyther hath he couered the cloude fro my face ¶ Iob descrybeth the wyckednesse of men and sheweth what curse belongeth to the wycked CAPI XXIIII COnsideryng then that there is no tyme hyd from the almyghtye howe happeneth it that they which knowe hym do not regarde his dayes For some men there be that remoue other mens landmarkes that robbe them of theyr cattell and kepe the same for theyr owne that dryue awaye the Asse of the fatherlesse that take the wydowes oxe for a pledge that thruste the poore out of the waye oppresse the symple of the worlde togyther Beholde euen as the wylde Asses in the deserte go they forth to theyr worke and ryse by tymes to spoyle Yea the verye wyldernes minystreth fode for theyr chyldreÌ„ They reape the corne felde that is not theyr owne and ☞ let the vyneyearde of the vngodly alone They are the cause that so many men are naked and bare hauynge no clothes to couer them and to kepe them from colde So that when the showers in the mouÌ„taynes haue rayned vpon them and they be all wette they haue none other succoure but to kepe them amonge the rockes They spoyle the suckynge fatherlesse chylde take the pledge from the poore In so moch that they let him go naked without clothyng and haue taken awaye the sheafe of the hungrye The poore are fayne to labour in theyr oyle mylles yea and to treade in theyr wyne presses yet to suffer thyrst The men of the citye cryeth vnto the Lorde with syghynge The soules of the sleyne also make theyr complaynte But God destroyeth them not for al this where as they notwithstandyng are conuersaunt amonge them that abhorre the lyght they knowe not his waye nor contynue in his pathes Tymely in the mornyng do they aryse to murther the symple and poore and in the nyght they go a stealynge The eye of the aduouterer wayteth for the darkenesse and sayeth thus in hymselfe Tusshe there shall no eye se me and so he dysgyseth his face In the nyght ceason they search the houses and hyde themselues in the daye tyme but wyll not knowe the lyght For as soone as the daye breaketh the shadowe of death commeth vpon them they go in horryble darknesse The vngodly is swyfter then the water theyr porcion shall be cursed in the earth and he shall not behold the waye of the vyne yerde O that they for the wyckednes which they haue done were drawen to the hell soner then snow melteth at the drought heate O that all compassyon vpon them were forgotten that theyr dayntyes were wormes that they were cleane put out of remeÌ„brauÌ„ce and vngodlynesse vtterly hewen downe lyke as a tree He hath oppressed the bareyne that she cannot beare and vnto the wydowe hath he done no good He drue the myghtye after hym with his power and when he was gotten vp no man was without feare as longe as he lyueth And though they might be safe yet they wyl not receyue it for theyr eyes loke vpon theyr owne wayes They are exalted for a lytle but shortly are they gone brought to extreme pouerte taken out of the waye yea vtterly pluckte of as the eares of corne Is it not so Who wyll then reproue me as a lyer and saye that my wordes are nothynge worth ¶ Bildad proueth that no man is cleane and without synne before god CAPI XXV THen answered Byldad the Suhite and sayde Is there power and feare with hym aboue that maketh peace syttyng in his hyghnesse whose men of warre are innumerable and whose lyght aryseth oueral But howe maye a man compared vnto God be iustified Or how can he be cleane that is borne of a womaÌ„ Behold the moone shyneth nothyng in comparison to hym and the sterres are vncleane in his syght Howe moch more then man that is but corrupcyoÌ„ and the sonne of man which is but
cloudes to be a coueryng for it and swadled it with the darke When I gaue it my coÌ„maundement makynge dores and barres for it sayenge Hytherto shalte thou come but no further and there shalte thou laye downe thy proude and hygh waues Hast thou gyuen the morning his charge assoone as thou wast borne and shewed the daye spryng his place that it myght take holde of the corners of the earth and that the vngodly myght be shaken out Theyr tokens and weapons are turned lyke clay and set vp agayne as the chaungyng of a garment The vngodly shall be disapoynted of theyr lyght and the arme of the proude shall be broken Camest thou euer in to the grounde of the see or walkedst in the lowe corners of the depe Haue the gates of death bene opened vnto the or hast thou sene the dores of the shadowe of death Hast thou also perceyued howe brode the earthe is If thou hast knowledge of all this then shewe me where lyght dwelleth and where darknes is that y u mayst bryng vs vnto theyr quarters yf thou canst tell the way to theyr houses Knewest thou before thou wast borne howe olde thou shuldest be Wentest thou euer in to the treasuries of the snowe or hast y u sene the secret places of the hayle whiche I haue prepared agaynst the tyme of trouble agaynst the tyme of battayle and warre By what way is the lyght parted and in to what lande breaketh the East wynde Who deuydeth the aboundaunce of waters into ryuers or who maketh a waye for the lyghtenynge and thondre that it watereth moystneth the drye and bareyne grounde to make the grasse growe in places where no bodye dwelleth and in the wyldernes where no maÌ„ remayneth Who is the father of rayne Or who hath begotten the droppes of dew Out of whose wombe came theyse Who hath engendred the coldnesse of the ayre that the waters are as harde as stones and lye congeled aboue the depe Wylte thou hyndre the swete influences of the seuen sterres Or arte thou able to breake the circle of heuen Canst thou brynge forth the mornynge sterre or the euenynge sterre at coÌ„uentent tyme coÌ„uey them home agayne Knowest thou the course of heuen that thou mayest set vp the ordinaunce therof vpon the earth Moreouer canst thou lyfte vp thy voyce to the cloudes that they may powre downe a great rayne vpon the Canst thou thondre also that they may go theyr way and be obedient vnto the sayenge Lo here are we Who gyueth sure wysdom or stedfast vnderstandyng Who nombreth the cloudes in wysdom Who stylleth the vehement waters of the heuen Who turneth the clottes to dust then to be clottes agayne Wylte thou hunte the pray from the lyon or fede his whelpes lyenge in theyr dennes and lurkyng in theyr couches Who prouideth meate for the rauen when his yong ones crye vnto god and flye aboute for lacke of meate ¶ God speaketh vnto Iob shewynge hym by the example of his workes that his ryghteousnes is vnsearchable CAPI XXXIX KNowest thou the tyme when the wylde gootes bryng forth theyr yong among the stony rockes Or layest thou wayte when the hyndes vse to fawne rekenest thou the monethes after they engendre that thou knowest the tyme of theyr bearynge or when they lye downe when they cast theyr yonge ones and when they are delyuered of theyr trauayle and payne Howe theyr yonge ones growe vp and waxe great thorowe good fedynge when they go forth and returne not agayne vnto them Who letteth the wylde Asse go free or whoo lowseth the bondes of the mule Euen I whiche haue gyuen the wyldernesse to be theyr house and the vntylled lande to be theyr dwellynge place That they may gyue no force for the multitude of people in the cities neyther regarde the cryenge of the dryuer but seke theyr pasture aboute the mountaynes and folowe the grene grasse Wyl the vnicorne be so tame as to do the seruyce or to abyde styl by thy cryb Canst thou bynde the yocke aboute the vnicorne in thy forowe to make hym plowe after the in the valleys Mayst thou trust hym by cause he is stronge or commyt thy laboure vnto hym Mayst thou byleue hym that he wyll brynge home thy corne or to carye any thynge vnto thy barne †Gauest thou the fayre wynges vnto the Pacockes or wynges and fethers vnto the storke for he leaueth his egges in the earth layeth them in the dust He remembreth not that they myght be troden with feete or broken with some wylde beast So harde is he vnto his yonge ones as though they were not his and laboureth in vayne without any feare And that bycause god hath taken wysdom from hym and hath not gyuen hym vnderstandynge When his tyme is that he flyeth vp on hygh he careth neyther for horse nor man Hast thou gyuen the horse his strength or lerned hym to bowe downe his necke with feare that he letteth hym selfe be dryueÌ„ forth lyke a greshopper where as the stoute neyng that he maketh is fearfull he breaketh the grounde with the hoofes of his feete chearefully in his strengthe and runneth to meete the harnest men He layeth asyde all feare his stomake is not abated neyther starteth he abacke for any swerde Though the quyuers ratle vpon him though the speare and shelde glystre yet russheth he in fearsly and beateth vpon the grounde He feareth not the noyse of the trompettes but as soone as he heareth the shawlmes blowe tusshe sayth he for he smelleth the battayle a farre of the noyse of the captaynes and the shoutynge Cometh it thorowe thy wysdome that the Goshauke flyeth towarde the South Doth the Egle mounte vp and make his nest on hygh at thy coÌ„maundement He abydeth in the stony rockes and vpon the hygh toppes of harde mountaynes where no maÌ„ can come from thence seketh he his praye and loketh farre aboute with his eyes His yonge ones are fed with bloode and where any deade body lyeth there is he immediatly ¶ Iob humbleth hym selfe vnto god The descryptyon of Behemoth and Leuiathan CAPI XL. MOreouer the lorde spake vnto Iob and sayde Can he that stryueth with the almyghtie be at rest Sulde not he which dysputeth with God gyue hym an answere Iob answered the Lorde saynge Beholde I am to vyle a persone to answere the therfore wyll I lay my hande vpon my mouth Once or twyse haue I spoken but I wyll saye no more Then answered the lorde vnto Iob out of the storme and sayde Gyrde vp thy loynes nowe lyke a man and tell me the thyngê that I wyll aske the. Wylte thou disanul my iudgement Or wylt thou condemne me that thou thy selfe mayst be made ryghteous Is thy power then lyke the power of God Maketh thy voyce suche a sounde as his dothe Then arme thy selfe with thyne owne power vp decke the in thy ioly araye powre out the indignacion of thy wrathe se that thou caste downe all
Lorde ☞ shaue the heare of the heade and the fete and the beerd cleane of with the rasour that he shal paye them withall beyonde the water namely with the Kynge of the Assirians At the same time shal a man lyue with a cowe and two shepe Then because of the aboundaunce of mylcke he shall make butter and eate it So that euery one whiche remayneth in the lande shal eate butter and hony At the same tyme all vyneyardes though there be a thousande vynes in one and were solde for a thousande syluerlynges shal be turned to brears and thornes Lyke as they shall come in to the lande with arowes and bowes so shall all the lande be come brears and thornes And as for all hylles that are hewen downe ther shall nat come vpon them any feare of brears and thornes But the catell shall be dryuen thyther and the shepe shall fede there ¶ The delyueraunce of the lande by Emanuell The stone of offence at whiche many shall sâ—â—inble CAP. VIII MORE OVER the Lorde sayde vnto me Take the a greate leafe and ☞ wryte in it as men do with a penne that he spede hym to robbe and haste hym to spoyle And I called vnto me faythful wytnesses Uryah the preste and â—cariah the sonne of Barachyah After that wente I vnto the Prophetysse that had conceaued and borne a sonne Then sayde the Lorde to me geue hym thys name a spedy robber an hastye spoyler For why or euer the chylde shal haue knowledge to crye father and mother shall the ryches of Damascus and the substaunce of Samaria be takeÌ„ awaye before the kynge of the Assyrians The Lorde spake also vnto me saying for so muche as thys people refuseth the styl rennynge water of Sylo and put theyr delyte in Razin and Romelies sonne Beholde the Lorde shall brynge myghtie and greate floudes of water vppon them namely the Kynge of the Assirians with all his power Whiche shal clyme vp vpon al his floudes and powre out his furyousnes vpon euerye man and renne ouer all theyr banckes And shall breake in vpon Iuda increasing in power tyll he gette hym by the necke He shall fyll also the wydenesse of thy laude ☞ with his brode wynges O Emanuel Go together ye people and gather you herken to all ye of farre countrees Mustre you and gather you inustre you and gather you take your councell together yet must youre councell come to nought go in hande withall yet shall it nat prospere for God is with vs. For the Lorde chastysed me and toke me by the hande and warned me sayenge vnto me that I shulde nat walke in y â— waye of thys people He sayde more ouer rounde with none of them who so euer saye yonder people are bounde together feare them not neyther be afrayed of them but sanctyfye the LORDE of Hostes let hym be youre feare and drede For he is the sanctifyenge and stone to stomble at the rocke to fall vpon a suare and net to both the houses to Israel and the inhabyters of Ierusalem And many shall stomble fall and be broken vpon hym yea they shal be snared and taken Nowe laye the wytnesses together and seale the lawe with my disciples Thus wyl I wayte vpon the Lorde that hathe turned his face from the house of Iacob and I wil loke for hym But lo as for me and the chyldren which the Lord hath geuen me we are a token and wondre in Israel for the Lorde of Hoostes sake whiche dwelleth vpon the hyll of Syon And yf they saye vnto you aske counsell at the sothesayers wytches charmers and coniurers then make them thys answere Is ther a people any where that asketh not couÌ„cel at his God Shulde me ronne vnto the deade for the lyuynge If any man wante lyght let him loke vpon the lawe the testymony whether they speke not after this meanyng If he do not this he stoÌ„bleth and suffreth huÌ„gre And yf he suffre hungre he is our of paâ—ience and blasphemeth his kynge and his God Then loketh he vpwarde and downeward to the earth and be holde there is trouble and darkenesse vexacion is rounde aboute him and the cloude of errour And out of suche aduersyte shall he nat escape Euen lyke as in tyme past it hathe bene well sene that the lande of Zabu lon and the lande of Nepthali were thorow the see waye goeth ouer Iordane into the lande of Galilee was at the fyrste in lytle trouble but afterwarde fore vexed ¶ He prohecyeth of Chrystes nâ—tyuâ—te and domynyon CAPI IX THE PEOPLE that walke in darkenesse haue sene a great lyght As for them that dwell in the lande of the Shadowe of deathe vpon them hathe the lyght shyned Thou haste multiplyed the people and not increased theyr ioy They reioyse before the euen as men make mery in haruest and as men that haue gotten the vyctory when they deale the spoyle For thou hast broken the yoke of the peoples burthen the staffe of hys shoulder and the rod of hys oppressoure as in the dayes of Madian More ouer all temerarious sedycious power yea where there is but a coâ—e fyled with bloude shal be burnt and consumed of the fyre For vnto vs a chylde is borne and vnto vs a sonne is geuen Upon his shoulder doth the kyngdome lye and he is called with his owne name The wonderous geuer of councel the myghtye God the euerlastyng father the price of peace he shal make no ende to encrease the kingdome and peace and shall syt vpon the seate of Dauyd and in his kyngedome to set vp the same and to stablyshe it with equyte and ryghtuousues frome hence forth for euermore This shall the gelousy of the Lorde of Hoostes brynge to passe The Lorde sent a worde into Iacob the same is come into Israel And all the people of Ephraim shall knowe and they that dwell in Samaria that saye with pryde hye stomackes on this maner The tyle worke is fallen downe but we wyll buylde it with harder stones The Molbery tymbre is broken but we shall set it vp agayne with Cedre Neuertheles the Lorde shal prepare Razin the enemye agaynste them and so ordre theyr aduersaryes that the SiriaÌ„s shall laye holde vpon them before and the Philystynes behynde and so deuoure Israel with open mouth After all this is not the wrathe of the Lord ceassed but yet is hys hande stretâ—hed out styll For the people turneth not vnto hym that chastyseth them neyther do they seke the Lorde of Hoostes Therefore hathe the Lorde roted out of Israel bothe heade tayle braunche and twygge in one daye By the heade is vnderstande the Senatoure and honorable man and by the tayle the Prophete that teacheth lyes For all they whiche enfourme the people that they be in a ryght case suche be disceiuers Such as men thynke also to be perfecte amonge these are but cast awaye Therfore shal the Lorde haue no pleasure in theyr yonge men
vnto me sayeth the Lorde that they myght be my people that they myght haue a gloryous name that they myghte be in honour but they wolde not obeye me Therfore laye thys rydle before them and say Thus sayeth the Lorde God of Israel Euery pot shal be fylled with wyne And they shall saye thynkeste thou we knowe not that euery pot shal be filled with wine Then shalte thou saye vnto them Thus sayeth the Lorde Beholde I shall fyll all the inhabytours of thys lande with dronekennes the kynges that syt vpon Dauyds stole the prestes and prophetes with all that dwell at Ierusalem And I wyll shute them one agaynst another yee the fathers agaynst the sonnes sayeth the Lorde I wyll not pardon them I wyll not spare them nor haue pytye vpon them but destroye them Be obedyent geue eare take nat dysdayne at it for it is the Lord hi selfe that speaketh Honoure the Lord your God here in or he take hys lyghte from you and or euer youre fete stomble in darckenesse at the hyll leste when ye loke for the lyght he turne it in to the shadowe and darkenesse of death But yf ye will not heare me that geue you secret warnynge I will mourne froÌ„ my whole hert for your stubburnes Pyteously wyll I wepe and the teares shall gusshe out of myne eyes For y â— Lordes flocke shall be caryed awaye captiue Tell the kyng and the quene Humble youre selues set you downe lowe for the crowne of your glory shal fall from your head The cytyes towarde the southe shal be shut vp and no man shall open them All Iuda shall be caryed awaye captyue so that none shall remayne â–ª Lyft vp your eyes and beholde them that come from the North. Lyke a fat flocke shal they fal vpoÌ„ the. To whom wylt y u make thy mone when they come vpon the â–ª for thou haste taughte them thy selfe and made them masters ouer the. Shall nat sorowe come vpon the as on a woman trauayllynge with chylde And yf thou woldest say then in thyne herte Wherfore come these thinges vpon me Euen for the multytude of thy blasphemyes shall thy hynder partes and thy fete be dyscouered For lyke as the man of Inde maye chaunge hysskynne and the cat of the mountayne her sportes so may ye that be exercysed in euyl do good Therfore wyll I scatre you lyke as the stoble y e is taken away with y â— south wynde Thys shall be youre porcion and the poreyon of youre measure wherwith ye shal be rewarded of me sayeth the Lorde because ye haue forgotten me and put youre truste in dysceatfull thynges Therfore shall I turne thy clothes ouer thy heade and dyscouer thy thyghes that thy preuytyes maye be sene thy aduoutry thy deedly malyce thy beastlynesse and thy shamefull whordome For vpon the feldes and hylles I haue sene thy abhomynacyons Wo be vnto the O Ierusalem when wylte thou euer be clensed any more ¶ Of the deaâ—the that shulde come in Iewry The prayer of the people askynge mercy of the Lorde The vnfaythfull people are not hearde Of praier â—astynge and of false prophetes that seduce the people CAPI XIIII THE worde of the Lorde shewed vnto Ieremy concernyng the derthe of the frutes Iuda hathe mourned his gates are desolate they are brought to heuinesse euen vnto the grounde and the crye of Ierusalem goeth vp The Lordes sente theyr seruauntes to fetche water and when they came to the welles they dyd fynde no water but caryed theyr vessels home emptye They be ashamed and confounded and couer theyr heades For the grounde is dryed vp because there commeth no rayne vpon it The plowmen also be ashamed and couer theyr heades The hynde also forsoke the yonge fawne that he broughte forthe in the felde because there was no grasse The wylde Asses dyd stande in the hye places and drewe in theyr wynde lyke the dragons theyr eyes dyd fayle for wante of grasse Doutles oure owne wyckednesse dothe rewarde vs But Lorde do thou accordynge to thy name though oure transgressyons and synnes be many For thou art the coÌ„forte and helpe of Israel in the tyme of trouble Why wylt thou be as a straunger in the lande as one that goeth ouer the felde and coÌ„meth in only to remayne for a nyght Why wylt thou make thy selfe a cowarde and as it were a gyaunt that yet maye nat helpe For thou O Lorde art in the myddes of vs and thy name is called vpon of vs forsake vs nat Thus hathe the Lorde sayde vnto this people ☞ seyng they haue had suche a lust to wander abrode and haue nat refrayned theyr fete therfore displeased the Lorde but he wyll nowe brynge agayne to remembrauÌ„ce all theyr mysdedes and punysh all theyr synnes Yee euen thus sayde the Lorde vnto me Thou shalt nat praye to do this people good For though they fast I wyll nat heare theyr prayers And though they offre burnt offrynges and sacryfyces yet wyl nat I accepte them For I wyll destroye them with the swerde honger and pestilence Then answered I O Lorde God the prophetes saye vnto theÌ„ Tush ye shall nede to feare no swearde and no honger shall come vpon you but the Lorde shall geue you coÌ„tynuall rest in this place And the Lorde sayde vnto me The prophetes preache lyes in my name where as I haue not sent them nether gaue I them any charge nether dyd I speake vnto theÌ„ yet they preach vnto you false visioÌ„s charmynge vanyte and disceatfulnes of theyr owne hert Therfore thus saieth the Lorde As for those prophetes that preache in my my name whom I neuerthelesse haue nat sente and that saye Tush there shall no swearde nor hoÌ„ger be in this lande With swearde and with honger shal those prophetes perysh and the people to whom they preache shal be caste out of Ierusalem dye of honger and be slayne with the swearde and there shal be no man to burye them bothe they and theyr wyues theyr sonnes theyr daughters For thus wyll I poure theyr wyckednesse vpon theÌ„ Thys shalte y â— say also vnto them Mine eyes shal wepe without ceassynge daye and nyght For my people shal be destroyed with great harme and shall peryshe with a great plage For if I go into the felde lo it lyeth al ful of slayne men If I come into the cyty lo they be all famyshed of honger Yee theyr prophetes also and prestes shall be led into an vnknowen lande Haste thou then vtterly forsaken Iuda plaged vs that we can be healed nomore We loked for peace and there commeth no good for the tyme of health and lo here is nothynge but trouble We knowledge O Lorde all our mysdedes and the synnes of our fathers that we haue offeÌ„ded the. Be not displeased O Lord for thy names sake forget not thy louynge kyndnesse Remembre the trone of thyne honoure breke not the couenaunt y
mother flee in to Egypt and be thou there tyll I brynge the worde For it wyll come to passe that Herode shal seke the chylde to destroye hym So when he awoke he toke the chylde and his mother by nyght and departed in to Egypte and was there vnto the death of Herode that it might be fulfylled whiche was spoken of the lorde by the Prophet sayeng out of Egypt haue I called my sonne Then Herode when he sawe that he was mocked of the wyse men he was excedynge wroth and sent forth men of warre and slue all the chyldren that were in Bethleem and in all the coostes as many as were two yere olde or vnder accordynge to the tyme which he had diligently knowen out of the wyse men Then was fulfylled that whiche was spoken by the Prophet Ieremy where as he sayde in Rama was there a voyce herde lamentacyon wepynge and great mournynge Rachell wepynge for her chyldren and wolde not be conforted ☞ bycause they were not ⊢ But when Herode was deade behold ✚ an angell of the Lorde appeared in a slepe to Ioseph in Egypte sayenge aryse and take the chylde and his mother and go in to the lande of Israell For they are deade which sought the chyldes lyfe And he arose toke the chyld and his mother and came in to the lande of Israel But when he herde that Archelaus dyd reygne in Iury in the rowme of his father Herode he was afrayde to go thyther Notwithstandynge after he was warned of god in a slepe he turned asyde into the partyes of Galile and went and dwelte in a citye which is called Nazareth that it myght be fulfylled whiche was spoken by the Prophettes he shall be called a Nazarite ⊢ ¶ The Baptym preachynge and offyce of Iohn̄ and how Chryst was baptysed of hym in Iordane CAPI III. ✚ IN those dayes came Iohn̄ the Baptyst preachyng in the wylnernesse of Iury and sayenge ☞ Repente of the lyfe that is past for the kyngdome of heuen is at hande For this is he of whome the prophet Esay spake whiche sayeth The voyce of a cryer in the wyldernesse prepare ye the waye of the Lorde and make his pathes streyght This Iohn̄ had his garment of camels heer And a gyrdell of a skyn aboute his loynes His meate was locustes and wylde hony Then went out to hym Ierusalem all Iury and all the regyon rounde aboute Iordane and were baptysed of hym in Iordan confessyng theyr synnes ⊢ ✚ But when he sawe many of the Pharises and Saduces come to his baptyme he sayde vnto them O generacyon of vypers who hath taught you to flee from the vengeaunce to come Bryng forth therfore the frutes that be longe to repentaunce And be not of soch mynde that ye wold say within yourselues we haue Abraham to our father For I saye vnto you that God is able to brynge to passe that of these stones there shal ryse vp chyldren vnto Abraham Euen nowe is the are also put vnto the rote of the trees so that euery tree whiche bryngeth not forth good fruyte is hewen downe and cast into the fyre I baptise you in water vnto repentaūce but he that shall come after me is myghtyer then I whose shoes I am not worthy to beare He shall Baptyse you with the holy gooste and with fyre Whose fan is in his hand and he wyll pourge his floore and gather his wheat in to the barne but wyl burne the chaffe with vnquencheable fyre ⊢ ✚ Then cometh Iesus from Galile to Iordane vnto Iohn̄ to be Baptysed of hym But Iohn̄ forbad hym saynge I haue nede to be baptised of the and comest thou to me Iesus answered and sayde vnto hym Let it be so nowe For thus it becometh vs to fulfyll all ryghtewysenesse Then he suffered him And Iesus when he was baptised came streyght waye out of the water And lo heuen was open vnto him and he sawe the spiryte of god descendynge lyke a doue lyghtynge vpon hym And lo there came a voyce from heuen sayenge This is my beloued sonne in whome I am well pleased ▪ ⊢ ¶ Chryst fasteth and so tempted he calleth Peter Androwe Iames and Iohn̄ and healeth all the sycke CAPI IIII. ✚ THen was Iesus led awaye of the spiryte in to wyldernesse to be tempted of the deuyll And when he had fasted xl dayes and. xl nyghtes he was at the last an hūgred And when the tempter came to him he sayde yf thou be the son of god cōmaund that these stones be made bread But he answered sayd it is wrytten Man shall not lyue by breade only but by euery worde that procedeth out of the mouth of god Then the deuyl taketh hym vp in to the holy citye and setteth hym on a pynacle of the temple and sayeth vnto hym yf thou be the sonne God cast thy selfe downe headlyng For it is wrytten He shall gyue his Angels charge ouer the and with theyr handes they shall holde the vp leest at any tyme thou dasshe thy fote agaynst a stone And Iesus sayde to hym it is wrytten agayne Thou shalte not tempt the Lorde thy God Agayne the deuyll taketh hym vp in to an excedyng hygh moūtayne sheweth him all the kyngdomes of the worlde the glory of them sayeth vnto hym all these wyll I gyue the yf thou wylt fall downe worshyp me Then sayeth Iesus vnto hym Auoyde Satan For it is wryten Thou shalte worshyp the lorde thy god him only shalt thou serue Then the deuyl leaueth hym behold the angels came minystred vnto hym ⊢ ✚ When Iesus had herde that Iohn was taken he departed in to Galile and lefte Nazareth and went and dwelte in Capernaum whiche is a citye vpon the see coost in the borders of Zabulon Neptalim that it myght be fulfylled whiche was spoken by Esay the prophet sayenge The lande of Zabulon Nephtalim by the waye of the see beyonde Iordane Galile of the Gentyls the people whiche sat in darkenesse and in the shadowe of death sawe great lyght to them whiche sat in the regyon and shadow of death is the lyght spronge vp From that tyme Iesus began to preache and to saye repent for the kyngdome of heuen is at hande ⊢ ✚ As Iesus walked by the see of Galilee he sawe two brethren Simon whiche was called Peter Andrewe his brother castyng a net in to the see for they were fysshers and he sayeth vnto them folowe me and I wyll make you †to become fysshers of men And they streyght waye lefte the nettes and folowed hym And when he was gone forth from thence he sawe other two brethren Iames the son of Zebede Iohn̄ his brother in the shyp with Zebede theyr father mendynge theyr nettes and he called them And they immediatly lette the shyp and theyr
by the mouth of his holy prophettes which were synce the world began That we shulde be saued from oure enemyes and from the hande of all that hate vs. That he wolde deale mercifully with our fathers and remember his holy couenaunt And that he wold performe the othe which he sware to our father Abraham for to gyue vs. That we delyuered out of the handes of our enemyes myght serue hym with out feare all the dayes of our lyfe in soche holynesse ryghtwysenesse as are accepte before hym And thou chylde shalt be called the prophet of the highest for thou shalt go ☞ before the face of the Lorde to prepare his wayes to gyue knowledge of saluacion vnto his people for the remissyon of synÌ„es Through the tender mercy of our God wherby ☞ the day sprynge from an hygh hath visyted vs. To gyue lyght to them that sat in darkenesse and in the shadowe of death to gyde our fete in to the way of peace And the chyld grewe and wared stronge in spiryte was in wyldernesse tyll the daye came when he shulde shewe hym selfe vnto the Israelites ¶ The byrth and circumcisyon of Chryst. Howe he was receyued in to the temple Howe Simeon and Anna prophesye of hym and howe he was foâ—â—â—â— in the temple amonge the doctours CAPI II. ✚ ANd it chauÌ„ced in those dayes that there went out a coÌ„mauÌ„dement from Augustus the Emperour that all the worlde shulde be taxed And this taxynge was the fyrst and executed when Sirenius was leyfetenaunt in Siria And euery man went vnto his owne citye to be taxed And Ioseph also ascended from Galile out of a citye called Nazareth into Iurye vnto the citye of Dauid whiche is called Bethleem bycause he was of the house and lynage of Dauid to be taxed with Mary his spoused wyfe which was with chylde And it fortuned that whyle they were there her tyme was come that she shulde be delyuered And she brought forth her ☞ fyrst begotten sonne and wrapped hym in swadlynge clothes and layde hym in a mauÌ„ger bycause there was no rowme for them in the ynne And there were in the same region shepeheerdes watchyng kepyng theyr flocke by nyght And loo the Angell of the Lorde stode harde by them the bryghtnesse of the lorde shone rounde aboute them they were sore afrayde And the angell sayde vnto them Be not afrayde For beholde I brynge you tydynges of greate ioye that shall come to all people for vnto you is borne this day in the citye of Dauid a sauyoure whiche is Chryst the Lorde And take this for a sygne ye shall fynde the chylde wrapped in swadlynge clothes and layde in a maunger And streyght waye there was with the Angell a multitude of heuenly souldyers praysynge God and sayenge Glorye to God on hygh and peace on the earth and vnto men ☞ a good wyll ⊢ And it fortuned as soone as the Angels were gone awaye from them in to heuen ✚ The shepheerdes sayd one to another Let vs go nowe euen vnto Bethleem and se this thynge that we heare say is happened which the Lorde hath shewed vnto vs. And they came with haste and founde Mary and Ioseph and the babe layde in a maunger And wheÌ„ they had sene it they publysshed abrode the sayenge whiche was tolde them of that chylde And all they that herde it wondered at those thynges whiche were tolde them of the shepheerdes But Mary kepte all those sayenges and pondered them in her herte And the shepheerdes returned praysyng and laudynge God for all the thynges that they had herde and sene euen as it was tolde vnto them ⊢ ✚ And when the eyght daye was come that the chylde shuld be circumcysed his name was called Iesus whiche was named of the Angell before he was conceyued in the wombe ⊢ ✚ And when the tyme of theyr purifycacyon after the lawe of Moses was come they brought hym to Ierusalem to present hym to the Lorde as it is wrytten in the law of the Lorde euery man chylde that fyrste openeth the matrix shal be called holy to the Lorde and to offer as it is sayde in the law of the Lorde a payre of turtle doues or two yonge pigyons And beholde there was a man in Ierusulem whose name was Simeon And the same man was iuste and godlye and loked for the consolacion of Israell and the holye gooste was in hym And an answere had he receyued of the holy goost that he shulde not se death excepte he fyrste sawe the Lordes Chryst. And he came by inspiracyon in to the temple And when the father and mother brought in the chylde Iesus to do for hym after the custome of the lawe then toke he hym vp in his armes and praysed god and sayd Lorde ☞ now lettest thou thy seruaunt departe in peace accordyng to thy promesse For myne eyes haue seue ☞ thy saluacyon whiche thou hast prepared before the face of al people A lyght to lyghten the gentyls the glorye of thy people Israell ⊢ ✚ And his father and mother meruayled at those thynges which were spoken of hym And Simeon blessed them and sayde vnto Mary his mother beholde this chylde is set to be the fall and vprysyng agayne of many in Israell and for a sygne whiche is spoken agaynst And moreouer ☞ the swerde shall pearce thy soule ☞ that the thoughtes of many hertes maye be opened And there was a Prophettysse one Anna the doughter of Phanuell of the trybe of Aser whiche was of a greate age and had lyued with an husbande seuen yeares from her virginite And she had ben a wydowe aboute foure score and foure yere whiche departed not from the temple but serued God with fastynges and prayers nyght and day And she came forth that same houre and praysed the Lorde and spake of hym to all them that loked for redempcyon in Ierusalem And wheÌ„ they had perfourmed althyngê accordynge to the lawe of the Lorde they returned in to Galile to theyr owne citye Nazareth And the chylde grewe and wared stronge in spiryte and was fylled with wysdome and the grace of god was vpon him ⊢ And his father and mother went to Ierusalem euery yere at the feast of Easter ✚ And when he was xii yere olde they went vp to IerusaleÌ„ after the custome of the feast day And when they had fulfylled the dayes as they returned home the chylde Iesus abode styll in Ierusalem his father mother knewe not of it but they supposyng him to haue ben in the coÌ„pany came a dayes iourney and sought hym among theyr kynsfolke and acquayntaunce And when they founde hym not they went backe agayne to Ierusalem sought hym And it fortuned that after thre dayes they founde hym in the temple syttynge in the myddes of the doctours hearynge them and posyng them And all that herde hym were astonyed at his vnderstandynge answers And when
ryghteous and vngodly And though he sley sodeynly w t the scourge yet wyll he laugh at the punysshment of the innocent As for the worlde it is gyuen ouer in to the hande of the wycked and he shal couer the faces of the iudges therof Is it not so Where is there any but he is suche one My dayes are more swyfte then a runner they are gone and haue sene no good thyng They are passed away as the shyppes that be good vnder sayle and as the Egle that flyeth to the praye When I am purposed to forget my complaynynge to leaue of fro my wrath and to conforte my selfe then am I afrayde of all my sorowes for I knowe that thou wyite not iudge me innocent If I be then a wycked doer why labour I in vayne If I wasshe my selfe with snowe water and make myne handes neuer so cleane †at the well yet shalte thou dyp me in the myre and ☞ myne owne clothes shall defyle me For he that I must gyue answere vnto and with whom I go to lawe is not a man as I am Neyther is there any dayes man to laye his hande bytwene vs. Let hym take his rod away fro me yea let hym make me no more afrayde of hym and then shall I answere hym without any feare For as long as it is thus I can make no answere ¶ Iob iâ— wery of his lyfe and setteth out his fragâ—lyte before god He desyâ—eth the tyme to repent A disâ—typryon of death CAPI X. IT greueth my soule to lyue I wyll make my complaynte and wyl speake out of the very heuynesse of my soule I wyl say vnto God O do not condemne me but shew me the cause wherfore thou contendest so with me Thynkest thou it well done to oppresse me to cast me of beyng the worke of thy han des and to maynteyne the counsell of the vn godly â–ª Halâ—e thou flesshy eyes or doest thou loke as a man loketh Or are thy dayes as the dayes of man and thy yeres as mans yeres that thou makest suche inquisicion for my wyckednesse and searchest out my synne where as notwithstandynge thou knowest that I am no wycked persone that there is no man able to delyuer me oute of thyne hande Thy handes haue made me and fassyoned me altogyther rounde about wylt thou then destroy me sodeynly O remembre I beseke the how that thou madest me of the moulde of the earth shalt brynge me into dust agayne Hast thou not turned me as it were mylke turned me to cruddes lyke chese Thou haste couered me with skynne fleshe and ioyned me togyther with hones synnowes Thou hast graunted me lyfe done me good and the dilygent hede that thou tokest vpoÌ„ me hath preserued my spiryte Thou hast hyd these thynges in thyne herte I am sure that thou remembrest this thyng Yâ— I dyd syn thou haddest an eye vnto me shalt not declare me innocent bycause of myn offence Yâ— I haue done wycked lye wo is me therfore yf I haue done ryghteously yet daâ—e I not lyfte vp my heade so ful am I of coÌ„fusyon se myne owne misery Thou huntest me out beyng in heuynesse as it were a Lyon and troublest me oute of measure Thou bryngest freshe wytnesses agaynst me thy wrath increasest thou vpon me very many are the plages that I am in Whefore hast thou brought me out of my mothers wombe O that I had perysshed that no eye had sene me If they had caryed me to my graue assoone as I was borne then shuld I be now as though I had neuer bene Are not my dayes fewe Let hym then leaue of fro me and let me alone that I maye ease my selfe a lytell before I go thyther frome whence I shall not turne agayne euen to the lande of darkenesse and shadowe of deathe yea in to that darke cloudy lande and deadly shadowe where as is no ordre but terrible feare as in the darkenesse ¶ Iob is vnâ—ustly reprehended of Sophar God is incomprehensyble He is mercyfull to the repâ—â—touâ—â— CAPI XI THen answered Sophar the Naamathite and sayde Shulde not he that maketh many wordes be answered Shulde he that bableth moche be coÌ„mended therin Sulde men gyue eare vnto the onely Thou wyite laugh other men to scorne and shal no body mocke the agayne Wylte thou say vnto God The thynge that I take in hande is perfyte and I am cleane in thy syght O that god wolde speake open his lyppes agaynst the that he myght shew the out of his secret wysdome why he rewardeth the double as he was appoynted to do then shuldest thou knowe that God had forgotten the bycause of thy synne Arte thou able to fynde out the secretes of god or wylt thou atteyne to the perfitenes of the almyghtie He is hygher theÌ„ heuen what arte thou able to do Deper then the hel how wylte thou then know hym His length excedeth the length of the earth and his bredth the bredth of the see Though he turne al thus ges vpside downe close them in gather them togyther who wyll turne hym from his purpose †Or vvho maye saye vnto hym vvhy doest thou so For it is he that knoweth the vanite of men he seeth theyr wyckednes also shulde he not then consydre it A vayne body exalteth hym selfe man newe borne is lyke a wylde asses colte If thou had dest nowe a right hert lyftedst vp thyne handê towarde hym yf thou woldest put away the wyckednesse which thou hast in hande so that no vn godlynesse dwell in thy house Then myghtest thou lyfte vp thy face without shame then shuldest thou be sure haue no nede to feare Then shuldest thou forget thy mysery and thynke no more vpon it then vpon the waters that runne by Then shulde the residue of thy lyfe be as cleare as the noone day and spryng forth as the mornynge Then myghtest thou haue coÌ„forte in the hope that thou hast slepe quietly when thou art buried Then shuldest thou take thy rest no man to make the afrayde â–ª yea many one shuld set moch by the. As for the eyes of the vngodly they shal be coÌ„sumed not scape theyr hope shal be misery sorowe of mynde ¶ Iob in shewynge his perpeâ—ce declareth the myght and power of god CAPI XII SO Iob answerd sayd Then no doute yeare the men alone and wysdome shall perysshe with you But I haue vnderstandynge as well as ye and am no lesse then ye Yea who knoweth not these thynges Thus he that calleth vpon God and whom god hereth is mocked of his neyghbour The godlye and innocente man is laughed to scorne Godlynesse is a lyght despised in the hertes of the ryche and is set for them to stomble vpon The houses of robbers are in welthe and prosperite they that maliciously medle agaynst God dwell withoute care in those thynges that God hath gyuen rychely with
his hande Aske the cattell and they shall enfourme the The fowles of the ayre and they shall tel the Or the encreace of the earth and it shall shewe the Or the fysshes of the see and they shal certifie the. What is he but he knoweth that the hande of the Lorde made all these In whose hande is the soule of euery lyuynge thynge and the breth of the flesshe of all men Haue not the eares pleasure in hearyng and the mouth in tastyng the thyng that it eateth Among olde persones there is wysdome and in age is vnderstandynge Yea with God is wysdome and strength it is he that hath counsayle and â–ª fore knowledge Beholde If he breake downe a thynge who can set it vp agayne If he shut a thynge who wyll open it Beholde yf he withholde the waters they drye vp If he let them go they destroy the earth With hym is strength end wysdome he knoweth both the deceyuer and hym that is deceyued He caryeth away the wyse men as it were a spoyle bryngeth the Iudges out of theyr wyttes He taketh away the subieccion of the people from theyr kynges and gyrdeth theyr loynes with a bonde He leadeth awaye the great men in to captiuite and turneth the myghtye vpsyde downe He taketh the verite from out of the mouth and disapoynteth the aged of theyr reason He poureth out confusyon vpon prynces and conforteth them that haue bene oppressed Loke what lyeth hyd in darkenesse he declareth it openly and the verye shadowe of deathe bryngeth he to lyghte He bothe encreaseth the people and destroyeth them He maketh them to multiplye and dryueth them awaye He chaungeth the hertes of them that rule the people of the earth and disapoynteth them so that they go wandrynge out of the waye and grope in the darke without lyght he maketh them also to staâ—ker to and fro lyke dronken men ¶ Iob reproueth his frendes with theyâ— owne sayenges and condemneth ypocrpsâ—â— CAPI XIII LO all this haue I sene with myne eye herde with myne eare and vnderstande it Loke what ye knowe that same do I know also neyther am I inferiour vnto you Neuerthelesse I talke with the almyghtye and my desyre is to comen with God As for you ye are worke maysters of lyes and vnprofytable Phisicians all togyther Wolde God ye kepte your tongue for then myght ye be taken for wyse men Nowe heare my chydynge and pondre the sentence of my lyppes Do ye speake iniquite agaynst God and talke agaynst hym with deceyte Wyl ye not accepte the person of hym Or wyll ye contende with God Shall that helpe you when he calleth you to rekenynge For as one man mocketh an other so do ye mocke hym He shall punysshe you and reproue you yf ye do secretly accepte any persone Shall he not make you afrayde wheÌ„ he sheweth hym self Shall not his terrible feare fall vpon you Your remembraunce is lyke vnto a sparke and your bodyes lyke the claye Holde youre tongues for my sake that I also may speakâ— and my sorowe shall be the lesse ☞ Wherfore do I beare my flesshe in my ☜ tethe and put my soule in my handes Lo though he sley me yet wyll I put my trust in hym But I wyl reproue myne owne wayes in his syght he shal make me hole and there maye no ypocrite come before hym Heare my wordes and pondre my sayenges with your eares Beholde nowe haue I prepared my iudgement and know that I shall be founde ryghteous What is he that wyll go to lawe with me †Let hym come that I may now holde my tongue dye Neuertheles graunt me two thynges and then wyll I not hyde my selfe from the. Withdrawe thyne hande from me and let not the fearful drede of the make me afrayde And then call me and I wyll answere or els let me speake and gyue thou me an answere Howe many are my mysdedes and synnes Let me knowe my transgressyons and offences Wherfore hydest thou thy face and holdest me for thyne enemye Wylte thou be so cruel and extreme vnto a flyeng leafe and â—o low vpon drye stubble for thou layest sharplye to my charge and punysshest me for the synnes of my youth Thou puttest my fete also in the stockes and lokest narowly vnto all my pathes and markest the steppes of my fete where as I notwithstandyng must coÌ„sume lyke as a fowle caryon and as a clothe that is moth eaten ¶ Iob desâ—llybeâ—h the lyte of 〈…〉 and prophesyeth of the resurreâ—â—yon Hope systeyneth the godly vntyll they obteyne thâ—â— they ioâ—e for CAPI XIIII MAn that is borne of woman hath but a shorte tyme to lyue is full of miserye He coÌ„meth vp and is cut downe lyke a floure He flyeth as it were a shadow and neuer continueth in one state Doest thou open thyne eyes vpon soche one and bryngest me in thy iudgement Who can make it cleane that coÌ„meth of an vncleane thyng No body The dayes of man surely are determyned the nombre of his monethes are knowen only vnto the. Thou haste appoynted hym his boundes whiche he can not go beyonde Go from hym that he maye rest †a lytle vntyll his daye come whiche he loketh for lyke as an hyrelynge doth Yf a tre be cut downe there is some hope yet that it wyll sproute and shutte forth the braunches agayne For though the rote of it be waxen olde the stocke therof be deade in the grounde yet when it getteth the sente of water it wyl budde brynge forth bowes lyke as the ire that is planted But as for man when he is deade perysshed and consumed awaye what becommeth of hym The floodes when they be dryed vp and the ryuers when they be emptye are fylled agayne thorowe the flowynge waters of the see but when man slepeth he ryseth not agayne of his owne strength vntyl the heuen perysh he shal not wake vp nor ryse out of his slepe O that thou woldest kepe me hyde me in the hell vntyll thy wrath were stylled and to appoynt me a tyme wherin thou myghtest remembre me Maye a deade man lyue agayne All the dayes of my lyfe wyll I wayte styll tyll my chaungynge shall come Thou shalt call me and I shall answere the despyse not y u the worke of thyne owne han des For nowe thou noÌ„brest all my goynges yet be not thou to extreme vpon my synnes My iniquite is sealed vp as it were in a bag but be mercyfull vnto my wyckednesses The mouÌ„taynes fall away at the last the rockes are remoued out of theyr place the waters pearse thorowe the very stones by lytle and lytle the floodes washe away the grauel and earth And destroyest thou the hope of man Thou preuaylest styll agaynst hym so that he passeth awaye thou chaungest his estate and puttest hym from the. And whyther his chyldren come to worshyppe or no he cannot tel And yf they
a worme ¶ Iob sheweth that man cannot helpe god and proueth it by his miracles CAPI XXVI IOb answered and sayd Whom hast thou helped Hym that is without strength What comforte gyuest thou vnto hym that hath no strength Where is the counsayle that thou shuldest gyue hym whiche hath no wysdome Hast thou shewed the way of ryght lyuynge To whome hast thou spoken those wordes Who made the breth to come out of thy mouth ☞ Are not deade thynges shapen vnder the waters and thynges by the water syde Hell is naked before him and the very destruccyon itselfe cannot be hyd out of his syght He stretcheth out the north ouer the emptye and haÌ„geth the earth vpon nothynge He byndeth the waters in his cloudes and the cloude is not broken vnder them He holdeth backe his stole that it cannot be seue and spreadeth his cloude before it He hath compassed the waters with certayne boundê vntyll the daye and nyght come to an ende The very pyllers of heuen tremble quake at his reprofe He stylleth the see with his power and thorowe his wysdome smyteth he the strength therof His spiryte hath garnysshed the heuens his hande hath made the rebellyous serpent Lo this is nowe a shorte suÌ„me of his wayes But who is able sufficyently to rehearse his workes Who can perceyue vnderstand the thondre of his power ¶ The constantnesse and perfytenesse of Iob and the parte of the vnfaythfull with God CAPI XXVII ANd Iob proceded and went forth in his communicacyon sayenge As truly as God lyueth whiche hath taken awaye ☞ my iudgement and the almyghtye that hath vexed my mynde My lyppes shal talke of no vanite and my tongue shall speake no disceate whyle my breth is in me as longe as the wynde that God hath gyuen me is in my nose thyrls God forbyd that I shulde graunt your cause to be ryght As for me vntyll myne ende come wyll I neuer go fro myne innocency My ryghtwyse dealynge kepe I fast which I wyl not forsake my herte shall not reproue me of my dayes Therfore myne enemy shal be found as the vngodly and he that taketh parte agaynst me as the vnryghteous For what hope hath the ypocryte though he haue greate good and though God gyue hym ryches after his hertes desyre Doth god heare hym the sooner when he cryeth vnto hym in his necessite Hath he soche pleasure delyte in the almyghtye that he dare alway cal vpoÌ„ god I wyll teache you in the name of God and the thynge that I haue of the almyghtye wyll I not kepe from you Beholde ye stand in your owne conceyte as though ye knewe all thynges Wherfore then do ye go aboute with soch vayne wordê sayenge This is the porcyon that the wycked shall haue of god and the herytage that Tyrauntes shall receyue of the almyghtye Yf he get many Chyldren they shall perysshe with the swerde and his posteryte shall haue scarcenesse of bread Loke whome he leaueth behynde hym they shall dye be buryed and no man shall haue pitye of his wydowes Though he haue as moch money as the dust of the earth and rayment as redy as the clay he maye well prepare it but the Godly shall put it vpon hym and the innocent shall deale out the money His house shall endure as the moth and as a boothe that the watchman maketh When the rych man dyeth he caryeth nothynge with hym he is gone in the twynkelynge of an eye and hath nothyng Destruccyon taketh hold vpoÌ„ him as a water floode and the tempest stealeth hym awaye in the nyght season A vehement East wynde caryeth hym hence departeth a storme plucketh him out of his place It russheth in vpoÌ„ hym and spareth hym not he may not escape from the power therof Then clap men theyr handes at hym yea iest of hym when they loke vpon his place ¶ Iob sheweth that the wysdon of god is vnsearchable CAPI XXVIII THere is a place where syluer is brought out of where golde is tryed where yron is dygged out of the grounde and stones resolued to metall The darkenesse shal once come to an ende he can seke out the grounde of al thynges the stones the darke and the shadowe of death With the ryuer of water parteth he a sunder the straunge people that knowe no good neyghbourheade soch as are rude vnmanerly boystous He bryngeth foode out of the earth that which is vnder coÌ„sumeth he with fyre There is founde a place whose stones are cleane Saphirs and where the clottes of the earth are gold There is a way also that the byrdes knowe not that no vultours eye hath sene wherin the lyons whelpes walke not and where no lyon coÌ„meth There putteth he his hande vpon the stony rockes ouerthroweth the mouÌ„taynes Ryuers flowe out of the rockes loke what is pleasaunt his eye seyth it Out of droppes bryngeth he great floodes togyther and the thyng that is hyd bryngeth he to lyght How coÌ„meth a man then by wysdome Where is the place that men fynde vnderstandynge Herely no man can tel howe worthy a thyng she is neyther is she founde in the lande of them that lyue †at theyr ovvne pleasure The depe sayeth â–ª she is not with me The see sayeth she is not with me She cannot be gotten for †the moost pure golde neyther may the pryce of her be bought with any syluer No wedges of golde of Ophir no precious Onix stones no Saphirs maye be compared vnto her No neyther golde nor Chrystall neyther swete odours nor golden plate There is nothyng so worthy or so excellent as once to be named vnto her for perfyte wysdome goeth far beyonde them all The Topas that commeth out of Inde maye in no wyse be lykened vnto her yea no maner of apparel howe pleasaunt fayre soeuer it be From whence then coÌ„meth wysdome and where is the place of vnderstandynge She is hyd from the eyes of all men lyuyng yea and from the foules of the ayre Destruccion and death say we haue herde tell of her with our eares But god seeth her waye knoweth her place For he beholdeth the endes of the worlde loketh vpon all that is vnder heuen When he weyed the wyndes measured the waters wheÌ„ he set the rayne in ordre gaue the myghtye floodes a lowe Then dyd he se her then declared he her prepared her knewe her And vnto man he sayd Beholde to feare the lorde is wysdome and to forsake euyll is vnderstandynge ¶ Iob complayneth of the prosperyte of the tyme past subtyllye reyrouynge his frendes of iniurye bycause they sayde that Iob suffered accordynge to his destruynge CAPI XXIX SO Iob proceded went forth in his coÌ„municacyon saynge O that I were as I was in the monethes by paste in the dayes when god preserued me when his lyght shyned vpoÌ„ my head when I went after the same lyght
dreames and visions of the nyghte when stombrynge cometh vpon men that they fall aslepe in theyr beddes he roundeth them in the eares he enfourmeth them and sheweth them playnely that it is he whiche draweth man from euyll delyuereth hym froÌ„ pryde kepeth hym from the graue his lyfe from the swerde He chasteneth hym w t sickenesse and bryngeth hym to his bed he sayeth sore punyshment vpon his bones so that his lyfe may away with no breade and his soule abhorreth to eate any dayntye meate In so moche that his body is cleane consumed away and his bones appeare no more His life draweth on to the graue his lyfe to death Nowe yf there be a messenger one among a thousand sent for to speake vnto man and to shewe hym the ryght waye then the Lorde is mercyfull vnto hym and sayeth He shall be delyuered that he fall not downe to the graue for I am sufficiently reconcyled Then shall his flesshe be as well lykynge as it was before and shall be as it was in his youth For yf he submyt hymselfe vnto god he shal be gracious vnto hym and shewe hym his countenaunce ioyfully and rewardeth man for his ryghteousnes Suche 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 Yea he hath delyuered my soule from destruccyon and my lyfe shall se the lyght Lo thus worketh god alwaye with man that he kepeth his soule from perysshynge and letteth hym enioy the light of the lyuyng Marke well O Iob and heare me holde the styll and I wyll speake But yf thou hast anythyng to say then answere me speake for thyne answere pleaseth me If thou hast nothynge then heare me holde thy tongue so shall I teache the wysdome ¶ Elihu prayseth the Iustice of god whiche iudgeth the worlâ—e and gouerneth all CAPI XXXIIII ELihu proceadynge forth in his answere sayd Heare my wordes O ye wyse men herken vnto me ye that haue vnderstandynge For the eare proueth and discerneth the wordes and the mouth tasteth the meates As for iudgemente let vs seke it out amonge ourselues that we may knowe what is good And why Iob hath sayde I am righteous but God doth me wronge I must nedes be a lyer though my cause be ryght violently I am plaged where as I made no faute Where is there suche a one as Iob that ☞ drynketh vp scornefulnesse lyke water whiche goeth in the companye of wycked doers and walketh with vngodly men For he hath sayd Though a man be good yet is he nought before God Therfore hecken vnto me ye that haue vnderstandynge Farre be it from god that he shulde medle with wyckednesse and farre be it from the almyghtye that he shulde medle with vnryghteous dealynge For he shall rewarde the workes of man and cause euery maÌ„ to fynde accordynge to his wayes For sure it is that God condemneth no man wrongfully and the iudgement of the almyghtye is not vnryghteous Who ruleth the earthe in his steade Or whom hath he set to gouerne the hole worlde To whome hath he gyuen his herte for to drawe his spirite and breth vnto hym All flesshe shall come togyther vnto nought and all men shall turne agayne vnto dust If thou nowe haue vnderstandynge heare what I saye and herken to the boyce of my wordes Maye he be a ruler that loueth no ryght Or maye he that is a very innocent man do vngodly Is it reason that thou shuldest saye to the kynge Thou arte wycked or thou arte vngodlye and that before the prynces He hath no respecte vnto the persones of the lordlye regardeth not the ryche more then the poore For they be all the worke of his handes In the twynkelynge of an eye shall they dye and at mydnyght when the people and the tyrauntes rage then shall they perysshe and be taken away without handes And why his eyes loke vpon the wayes of maÌ„ and he seeth all his goynges There is no darknesse nor shadowe of death that can hyde the wycked doers from hym For no man shall be suffred to go in to iudgement with God Many one yea innumerable doth he punysshe and setteth other in theyr steades Therfore shall he declare theyr workes he shal turne the nyght and they shall be destroyed They that were in the steade of Scars delte lyke vngodlye men and therfore he punyshed them bycause they turned backe from hym and wolde not consydre al his wayes In so moche that they haue caused the voyce of the poore to come vnto hym nowe he heateth the complaynte of suche as are in trouble If he graunt pardon who wyl condemne And yf he hyde away his countenaunce who shal be able to se it Whyther it be to the peple or to any man thus wyl he do for the vngodlynesse of the people doth god make an ypocrite to reygne ouer them For so moche then as I haue begon to talke of God I wyll not hyndre the. If I haue gone amysse enfourme thou me yf I haue done wrong I wyll leaue of Can he do nothynge without the for thou hast reproued his iudgement Thou also hast thyne owne mynde and not I. But speake on what thou knowest Let men of vnderstandyng tel me and let a wyse man herken vnto me As for Iob he hath neyther spoken to the purpose nor wisely O father let Iob be wel tryed bycause he hath answered for wycked men yea aboue his synne he doth wyckedly triumpheth among vs and multiplieth his wordes agaynst god ¶ Neyther dothe godlynesse profyte nor vngodlynesse hurte to god but to man CAPI XXXV ELihu spake moreouer and sayd Thynkest thou it ryght that thou sayest I am ryghteous before god For thou sayest What aduauntage wyll it be vnto the and what profyte shalte thou haue of my synne Therfore wyll I gyue answere vnto the and to thy companyons with the loke vnto the heuen and beholde it consydre the cloudes whiche are hygher then thou If thou hast synned what hast thou done agaynst hym If thyne offences be many what hast thou done vnto hym If thou be ryghteous what gyuest thou hym Or what wyll he receyue of thy hande Of suche an vngodly persone as thou and of the son of man that is ryghteous as thou pretendest to be there is a greate crye and complaynte made by them that are oppressed with violence yea euery man complayneth vpon the crueltye of tyrauntes For such a one neuer sayth where is god that made me and that gyueth vs occasyon to prayse hym in the nyght whiche gyueth vs more vnderstandynge then he doth the beastê of the earth and teacheth vs more then he doth the foules of heuen If any suche complayne no man gyueth answere and that bycause of the wyckednes of proude tyrauntes But yf a man call vpon God doth he not heare hym Dothe not the almyghty accepte his crye When thou
flowed out so that ryuers ranne in the drye places For why he remembred his holy promes Abraham his seruauÌ„t And he brought forth his people with ioye and his chosen with gladnesse And gaue theÌ„ the landes of the Heathen and they toke the labours of the people in possessyon That they myght kepe his statutes and obserue his lawes Prayse the Lorde ¶ The. cvi Psalme ¶ Prayse the Lorde O Geue thankes vnto the Lorde for he is gracyous and his mercy endureth for euer Who can expresse the noble actes of the Lorde or shewe forth al his prayse Blessed are they that allwaye kepe iudgement and do ryghteousnes Remembre me O Lorde accordinge to the fauour that thou bearest vnto thy people O vyset me with thy saluacyon That I maye se the felycyte of thy chosen reioyse in the gladnesse of thy people and geue thankes with thyne enherytaunce We haue synned with our fathers we haue done amysse and dealte wyckedly Oure fathers regarded nat thy wonders in Egypte nether kepte they thy greate goodnesse in remembrauÌ„ce but were dyssobedient at the see euen at the reed see Neuertheles he helped them for hys names sake that he myght make hys power to be konwne He rebuked the reed see also and it was dryed vp so he led them thorowe the depe as thorowe a wyldernesse And he saued them from the aduersaryes hande and delyuered them from the hande of the enemye As for those that troubled them the waters ouer whelmed them there was nat one of them lefte Then beleued they his wordes and sange prayse vnto hym But within a whyle they forgat his workes and wolde nat abyde his councell But luste came vpon them in the wyldernesse and they teÌ„pted God in the deserte And he gaue them theyr desyre and sent leanesse withall in to theyr soule They angred Moyses also in the tentes and Aaron the sayncte of the Lorde So the earth opened and swalowed by Dathan and couered the congre gacyon of Aberam And the fyre was kyndled in theyr company the flame brente vp the vngodly They made a calfe in Horeb and worshipped the molten ymage Thus they turned theyr glory in to the simylytude of a calfe that eateth haye And they forgat God theyr Sauioure which had done so great thynges i Egypte Wonderous workes in the lande of Ham and fearful thinges by the reed see So he sayde he wolde haue destroyed theÌ„ had nat Moses his chosen stande before hym in that gappe to turne awaye his wraythful indig nacyon leste he shulde destroye them Ye they thought scorne of y e pleasaunt lande and gaue no credence vnto his worde But murmured in theyr tentes and herkened nat vnto the voyce of the Lorde Then lyfte he vp his hande agaynst theÌ„ to ouerthrowe them in the wildernes To cast out theyr sede amonge the nacioÌ„s to scater them in the landes They ioyned them selues vnto Baal Peor eate thofferinges of the deed Thus they prouoked him vnto anger with theyr owne inuencioÌ„s and the plage was greate amonge them Then stode vp Phinehes prayed and so the plage ceased And that was counted vnto him for righteousnesse amonge all po sterites for euermore They angred hym also at the waters of stryfe so that he punyshed Moses for theyr sakes Because they ê“uoked hissprete so y â— he spake vnaduisedly with his lyppes Nether destroied they the Heathen as the Lorde commaunded them But were myngled among the Heathen and lerned theyr workes In so muche that they worshypped theyr ydolles whiche turned to theyr owne decay Yee they offred theyr soÌ„nes and their doughters vnto deuils And shed innocent bloude euen the bloude of theyr sonnes and of their doughters whome they offred vnto the ydols of Canaan and the lande was defyled with bloude Thus were they stayned with theyr owne workes and wente a whorynge with theyr owne inuencions Therfore was the wrath of the Lorde kyndled agaynste his people in so moche that he abhorred hys owne enheritaunce And he gaue them ouer into the hande of the Heathen and they that hated them were lordes ouer them Their enemyes oppressed theÌ„ and had them in subieccion Many a tyme dyd he delyuer them but they rebelled against him with theyr owne inuencions were brought downe in their wyckednesse Neuerthelesse when he sawe their aduersyte he herde their coÌ„playnte He thought vpon his couenaunt and pytied them accordyng vnto the multitude of his mercies yee he made al those that had led them a waye captiue to pytie them Delyuer vs O Lorde our God and gather vs from among the Heathen that we may geue thankes to thy holy name glory in thy prayse Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from euerlastyng and worlde without ende let all people say AmeÌ„ Amen Prayse y â— Lorde ¶ The. cvii. Psalme O Gyue thankes vnto the Lord for he is gracyous and his mercy endureth for euer Let them geue thankes whome the Lorde hathe redemed and delyuered from the hande of the enemye And gathered them out of the laÌ„des from the Easte from the west from the North and from the south They went a straye in the wyldernesse out of the way and founde no cytie to dwell in Hongrie and thrysty their soule faynted in them So they cried vnto the Lorde in theyr trouble and he deliuered theÌ„ from theyr distresse He led them forthe by the ryght waye y t they myght go to the cyte where they dwelt O that men wolde therfore prayse y â— Lorde for his goodnes and declare the wonders y e he doth for the chyldreÌ„ of men For he satisfyed y t emptye soule and fylled the hongry soule with goodnes Such as syt in darckenes in the shadow of death beyng fast bounde in myserye and yron Because they rebelled agaynst the wordes of y e Lorde lyghtly regarded the councel of the most hygest He also brought downe their hert thorowe heuinesse they fel downe and there was none to helpe them So whan they cryed vnto the Lorde in their trouble he delyuered them out of their distres For he brought them out of darckenesse out of the shadow of death brake their bondes in sonder O that men wolde therfore praise the Lorde for his goodnesse declare the woÌ„ders that he doth for the children of men For he hath broken the gates of brasse and smyten the â—acâ—es of yron i soÌ„der Folysh men are plaged for theyr offeice because of theyr wyckednesse Their soule abhorred al maner of meane and they were euen harde at deathes dore So whaÌ„ they cryed vnto the Lorde in their trouble he delyuered them out of theyr dystresse He sent his worde and healed them and they were saued from theyr destruccyon O that men wolde therfore prayse y e Lorde for his goodnesse and declare the wonders that he doth for the chyldren of men That they
leadeth vnto lyfe and fewe there be that fynde it ✚ Beware of false Prophettes whiche come to you in shepes clothyng but inwardly they are rauenyng wolues Ye shall know them by theyr fruytes Do men gather grapes of thornes or fyggê of thystels Euen so euery good tree bryngeth forth good fruytes But a corrupte tre bryngeth forth euyll frutes A good tree cannot brynge forth bad fruyte neyther can a bad tree brynge forth good fruytes Euery tre that bryngeth not forth good fruyte is hewen downe and cast into the fyre Wherfore by theyr fruytes ye shall knowe them Not euery one that sayeth vnto me Lorde Lorde shall enter into the kyngdom of heuen but he that dothe the wyl of my father whiche is in heuen †He shall enter into the kyngdome of heuen ⊢ Many wyll saye to me in that daye Lorde Lorde haue we not prophesyed thorowe thy name And thorowe thy name haue cast out deuyls And done many miracles thorowe thy name And then wyll I knowledge vnto them I neuer knewe you Departe from me ye that worke iniquite For whosoeuer heareth of me these wordes and doth the same I wyll lyken hym vnto a wyse man whiche buylte his house vpon a rocke and a shower of rayne descended and the floodes came and the wyndes blew and bet vpon that house and it fell not bycause it was grouÌ„ded on the rocke And euery one that heareth of me these wordes and dothe them not shal be lykened vnto a folysh man whiche buylte his house vpon sande and a shower of rayne descended and the floodes came and the wyndes blewe and bet vpon that house and it fell and greate was the fall of it And it came to passe that when Iesus had ended these sayenges the people were astonyed at his doctryne For he taught them as one hauynge power and not as the Scrybes †of them and the Pharyses ¶ Chryst clenseth the leper healeth the captaynes seruaunt and many other dyseases he helpeth Peters mother inlawe stylleth the see and the wynde and dryueth the deuyls out of the possessed into the swyne CAPI VIII ✚ WHen he was come downe from the mouÌ„tayne moch people folowed hym And beholde there came a leper and worshypped hym saynge Mayster yf thou wylt thou canst make me cleane And Iesus put forth his hande and touched hym sayenge I wyl be thou cleane and immedyatly his leprosye was clensed And Iesus sayeth vnto hym se thou tell no man but go and shew selfe to the Preest and offer the gyfte that Moses coÌ„maunded to be offered for a wytnesse vnto them ⊢ ✚ And when Iesus was entred into Capernaum there came vnto hym a ☞ Centurion and besought him sayenge Mayster my seruaunt lyeth at home sycke of the palsye and is greuouslye payned And Iesus sayeth when I come vnto hym I wyll heale hym The Centurion answered and sayde Syr I am not worthy that thou shuldest come vnder my rofe but speake the worde only and my seruaunt shall be healed For I also my selfe am a man subiecte to the auctoryte of another and haue souldyers vnder me and I saye to this man go and he goeth and to an other come and he coÌ„meth and to my seruaunt do this and he doeth it When Iesus herde these wordes he maruey led and sayde to them that folowed hym Uerely I saye vnto you I haue not founde so greate fayth in Israell I saye vnto you that many shall come from the East and west and shal rest with Abraham Isaac and Iacob in the kyngdome or heuen but the chyldren of the kyngdom shal be cast out into vtter darkenesse there shal be wepynge guasshynge of deeth And Iesus sayde vnto the Centurion go thy waye and as thou byleuest so be it vnto the. And his seruaunt was healed in the selfe same houre ⊢ And when Iesus was come in to Peters house he sawe his wyues mother lyenge in bed sycke of a feuer And he touched her hande the feuer lefte her she arose minystred vnto them When the euenyng drue on they brought vn to him many that were possessed with deuyls And he caste out the spirytes with a worde and healed all that were sycke that it myght be fulfylled whiche was spoken by Esay the prophet when he sayeth He toke on hym our infirmityes and bare our syckenesses When Iesus sawe moche people aboute hym he coÌ„maunded that they shulde go vnto the other syde of the water And a certayne scrybe when he was come sayde vnto hym Mayster I wyll folow the whyther soeuer thou goest And Iesus sayeth vnto hym the foxes haue holes and the byrdes of the ayre haue nestes but the sonne of man hath not where to rest his heade An other of the nombre of his disciples sayde vnto hym Mayster suffre me fyrst to go and bury my father But Iesus sayde vnto hym folowe me and let the deade butye theyr deade â–ª ✚ And when he entred in to a shyp his disciples folowed hym And beholde there arose a great tempest in the see in so moch that the shyp was couered with waues but he was a slepe And his disciples came to hym and awoke him sayenge Mayster saue vs we perysshe And he sayeth vnto them why are ye fearfull O ye of lytell fayth Then he arose and rebuked the wyndes and the see and there folowed a great calme But the men marueyled sayenge What maner of man is this that both wyndes and see obey hym ⊢ And when he was come to the other syde in to the countrey of the Gergesites there met hym two possessed of deuyls which came out of the graues and were out of measure fearce so that no man myght go by that waye And beholde they cryed oute sayenge O Iesu thou sonne of god what haue we to do with the Arte thou come hyther to tourmente vs before the tyme And there was a good waye of from them a heerde of many swyne fedynge So the deuyls besought hym sayenge If thou cast vs out suffre vs to go our way in to the heerde of swyne And he sayde vnto them go your wayes Then went they out and departed in to the heerde of swyne And beholde the hole heerde of fwyne was caryed headlynge in to the see and perysshed in the waters Then they that kept them fled and wente theyr wayes in to the Citye and tolde euery thynge and what had fortuned vnto the possessed of the deuyls And beholde the hole Citye came out to mete Iesus and when they sawe hym they besought hym that he wolde departe oute of theyr coostes ¶ He healeth the palsye calleth Mathew from the custome answereth for his disciples healeth the woman of the bloody yssue helpeth Iairus doughter gyueth two blynde men theyr syght maketh a dombe maÌ„ to speake dryueth out a deuyll CAPI IX ✚ HE entred also