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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89480	The affliction and deliverance of the saints or, The whole booke of Iob composed into English heroicall verse metaphrastically. / By Thomas Manley Iun. Esq;	Manley, Thomas, 1628-1690.; Cross, Thomas, fl. 1632-1682, engraver.	1652 (1652)	Wing M441; Thomason E1318_2; ESTC R202853	46,895	111

so I 'de my life despise verse 22 This is one thing and therefore did I say He doth the wicked and the good destroy verse 23 After the scourge if sudden death be sent Hee 'l laugh at triall of the innocent verse 24 The earth is given to the wicked they In it the Scepter and Dominion sway The faces of the Judges he doth hide They cannot justice see but go aside Or if not so where then or who is he That can a reason shew why these things be verse 25 My daies now swifter then a post do flee They all are vanish'd and no good do see verse 26 As swiftest ships they passed are away Or as an Eagle hasting to the prey verse 27 If that I say I will my plaints forsake Leave off my mournings and some comfort take verse 28 Then do I feare my woes griefes me infold Knowing thou wilt not innocent me hold verse 29 If I be wicked why then still in vaine Thus do I labour lingring in my paine verse 30 If with snow-water I my selfe do wash And make my hands most cleane from sinfull trash verse 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch most vile I shall appeare yea my cloaths me defile verse 32 For he is not a man with flesh attir'd Like me vile Creature who in sin am min'd That if in judgement we together come Should I him answer nay I should be dumb verse 33 Nor is there any Umpire us betweene On 's both to lay his hand and intervene verse 34 But let him take away his rod from me Let not his fear my soul thus terrifie verse 35 Then would I speak and not fear any ill But since it it is not so I hold me still CHAP. X. verse 1 MY soule 's cut off though painefull life I have I my complaint upon my selfe to leave My catalogue of Woes I will unroule And speake in anguish of my troubled soule verse 2 I 'le say to God Condemne me not but shew Wherefore it is with me thou strivest so verse 3 Doth it seem good to thee that thou oppress Without a cause and heighten my dirtress Or without pitty that thou shouldst despise Thine handy-work is that thy wonted guise Or wilt thou let thy shining favour crown Perverse mens counsels and yet cast me down verse 4 And hast thou eyes of flesh or dost thou see As erring mortals who unknowing be verse 5 Are thy daies fleeting as the daies of man Or are thy yeers denoted in a span verse 6 That of my faults thou dost enquiry make And of my sin a view so narrow take verse 7 Thou know'st I am not wicked that I lye Restrain'd from sinning by my misery Thou also know'st none can so mighty be Who may out of thine hand deliver me verse 8 Thou didst my formeless lump fashion and make Yet thou destroy'st me and my life dost take verse 9 Thou all-Creator call to minde I pray That thou hast made me as the brittle clay And wilt thou scourge me in thy wrath with pain And into dust convert my flesh again verse 10 Hast thou not poured out like milke my lees And into curds converted me as cheese verse 11 Thou hast with skin and flesh my frailty clad And all my joynts and bones and sinews made verse 12 Thy grace and favour too hath made me live Thy providence my spirit did relieve verse 13 And thou hast hid these things within thy heart That this is with thee know I for my part verse 14 If I offend thou markest me wherein And wilt not hold me guiltless of my sin verse 15 If I be wicked woefull is my fate If I be righteous in the worlds conceit Yet dare I will not to lift up my head Both of confusion I am full and dread See thou therefore my misery and griefe And of thy mercy send me some reliefe verse 16 For why alas my daily woes renew With the uprising Sun thou dost pursue Me as a faging Lyon and again Shew'st thy selfe wondrous to prolong my pain verse 17 Thy plagues against me Lord thou dost encrease And wilt not let thine indignation cease I am unsetled yea and full of change Sorrowes against me do an army range verse 18 Why didst thou then bring me from out the womb Would I had di'd or it had been my tomb And that no mortall ever had me seen That it might not be said I once had been verse 19 Then of not being I my wish should have And from the womb been carried to the grave verse 20 Are not my daies few let me then alone That I by comforts may asswage my moan verse 21 Before I go whence no return can be Unto a land of gloomy misery verse 22 A land of darkness like to pitchy night Or like that darkness which did Egypt fright And of the shadow of most dreadfull death Whose light is darkness and no order hath CHAP. XI verse 1 THy throngs of words said the Naamathite verse 2 Should we not answer then you justly might Tax us of folly and you upright be But words their speaker cannot justifie verse 3 Should thy deceits make our advices cease Or thy devices make men hold their peace And when thou mockest dost thou think no man Should for thy floutings make thee blush with shame verse 4 Hast thou not said my doctrine is most pure And I my cleannesse in thine eies assure verse 5 But Oh! that God would now against thee speak And now at length his long-kept silence break verse 6 That hee 'd unlock the most mysterious deep Of sacred wisdome which his treasures keep That they are double to that ford of thine From which thou boastest to be so divine Then would'st thou know thy sins did merit far More heavy plagues then laid upon thee are verse 7 Canst thou by curious searchings of thy mind Presume on such a thought as God to find Or canst thou tread the Dedalaean maze Of his perfection in thy span of daies verse 8 'T is as the heights of Heaven what canst thou do Deeper then lowest hell what canst thou know verse 9 In measure longer then the earth can be And broader then the world-surrounding sea verse 10 If he cut off shut up or gather will Who can him let his purpose to fulfill verse 11 He knowes vain men he wickednesse sees too Will not he then give it his guerdon due verse 12 Man would be wise yet is a lumpish dolt Yea he is borne like a wild Asses colt verse 13 If with repentance thou thine heart prepare And stretch out hands which purified are verse 14 If thou with sin be laden throw 't away And let it not dwell in thy house of clay verse 15 Then shall thy spotless face exalted be And thou shalt stand and no more terror see verse 16 Thou shalt forget thy woe enjoying good And it remember as a by-past Flood verse 17 Thou shalt be clearer then the day at noon

will not cease But budding first further at length encrease verse 8 Although its root grow old within the ground And in the earth its stock decay'd be found verse 9 Yet through the sent of water will it sprout And like a plant greene boughs afresh shoot out verse 10 But man poore man does die and waste and flee He giveth up the Ghost and where is he verse 11 As Rivers faile to run into the Sea And so the floud doth dry up and decay verse 12 So man lies down and rises not againe Untill the heavens no more be or remaine They shall not waken but shall silence keep Nor shall they raised be out of their sleep verse 13 Oh that the grave might be a hiding place Wherein to hide me till thy wrath to passe And that thou wouldst appoint a time wherein Thou wouldst thinke on me and forgive my sin verse 14 If once man faile by stroke of look'd-for death Shall he yet live againe and draw his breath The daies of my appointed time I le waite Untill my change my paines abreviate verse 15 Thou shalt call me and I will answer make Thou in thy workmanship wilt pleasure take verse 16 For now my steps thou numbrest and dost note Dost thou not watch over my acted fault verse 17 My sin as in a bag is sealed fast And my transgression sewed up thou hast verse 18 The mountains falling come to nought sure 't is And from his place the rock removed is verse 19 The waters weare the stones the things that grow Thou spoilest and mans hope dost overthrow verse 20 Thou dost prevaile against him and he 's gone His countenance thou changest and he 's done verse 21 His sons though great unknown to him 's their lot They are dejected but he knows it not verse 22 His flesh upon him shall be payned sore And 's soul within him shall for anguish roar CHAP. XV. verse 1 THen Eliphaz Should wise men folly mind verse 2 And fill their belly with the Eastern wind verse 3 Should he with talke unprofitable frame His arguing reasons or with speeches vaine verse 4 Yea off thou castest reverentiall fear And dost restrain before the Lord thy prayer verse 5 For loe thy mouth thine own transgression shews And thou the tongue dost of the crafty use verse 6 And thine own mouth condemneth thee not I Yea thine own lips against thee testifie verse 7 Wert thou the first of all men born or had You a beginning ere the hils were made verse 8 Hast thou Gods secret heard and dost restraine Wisdome and policy to thine own braine verse 9 Wherein doth thy experience over-reach Our knowledge or wherein us canst thou teach verse 10 With us grey headed men and aged are Yea much more aged then thy fathers were verse 11 With thee are all Gods consolations small Is there with thee one secret thing at all verse 12 Why doth thine heart lead thee astray or why Or whereat dost thou wink with wicked eye verse 13 That God thou thus despisest without dread And let'st such words out of thy mouth proceed verse 14 What are frail mortals that they should be clean And think themselves from wickedness to wean Or he that 's of a woman born that he Himselfe so righteous should esteem to be verse 15 To trust his Saints Loe he takes no delight Yea and the heavens unclean are in his sight verse 16 How much more filthy and impure is man Who doth like water drink transgression verse 17 Behold I 'le shew thee listen then and hear Only what I have seen I will declare verse 18 VVhich wisemen have from their fore-fathers told And did not from their children it with-hold verse 19 To whom alone the earth was given and No strangers past among them in the Land verse 20 The wicked man travels with daily paine And yet of yeeres the number cannot gain verse 21 A dreadfull sound is in his eares the foe In his most prosperous time shall on him flow verse 22 He out of darkness credits no return The sword waits for him yet he does not mourn verse 23 For bread he wanders seeking through the Land He knowes the day of darkness is at hand verse 24 Trouble shall terrifie and anguish fright And foil him as a King prepar'd for fight verse 25 For against God he stretcheth out his hand Against th' Al-mighty he himselfe doth band verse 26 He runneth on him even on his neck On his defensive bucklers bosses thick verse 27 Because with fatness he his face doth hide And makes fat collops on his flanks and side verse 28 He dwels in Cities which are desolate And in the houses where none habitate In places which so full of ruines are That nothing but deformed heaps appear verse 29 He never shall be rich in his revenue Nor shall his gather'd substance long continue Neither shall he prolong upon the earth It s small perfection or for gaine or mirth verse 30 He shall not out of darknesse get the flame Shall dry up his branches and burn up his name And by the breath which from Gods mouth doth fly He shall consume and go away and die verse 31 Let not deceived men trust in things vain For vanity shall them reward again verse 32 It shall be e're his time accomplish'd seen And his now-dying branch shall not be seen verse 33 His unripe grape as Vines shake off shall he And cast his flower as the Olive tree verse 34 For hypocrites shall perish from their Place And fire the place of brib'ries shall deface verse 35 They bring forth air conceiving mischiefs great Their belly also doth prepare deceit CHAP. XVI verse 1 THen Iob I have heard many such like things verse 2 Even all of you most wretched comfort bring verse 3 Shall vain words have an end or else whereby Art thou emboldned that thou art so high verse 4 I too could speak as ye do if your soule Were in my poor souls place I could a roule Of words heap up against you and in stead Of giving comfort at you shake my head verse 5 But with my mouth I 'd strengthen your reliefe And with my moving lips asswage your griefe verse 6 Although I speak my griefe yet doth not cease And though I do forbear I have no ease verse 7 But he hath tyred and me weary made And my companions desolate hath layde verse 8 Thou hast with wrinckles furrowed my face Which are against me in a witness place My leannesse in me through my griefe and fear Even to my very face doth witnesse bear verse 9 My foe doth tear me in his wrath his eyes And teeth he sharpning doth my hurt devise verse 10 They gap'd on me and with reproach did smite My cheek to meet against me they delight verse 11 God me deliver'd to the ungodlies bands And turn'd me over into wicked hands verse 12 I was at ease but lo he hath me broke And by the neck

me wretched me hath took And hath my afflicted body even slaine And set me as the mark whereat hee 'l aim verse 13 He cleaves my reines in sunder without spare Yet doth regard nor my complaint nor pray'r His Archers have about beset me round He powreth out my gall upon the ground verse 14 With daily breaches he doth me amerce He runs upon me like a Gyant fierce verse 15 I have sow'd sackcloth on me as was just And have defil'd mine honour in the dust verse 16 My face is foule with weeping so 's my breath And on my eye-lids is the shade of death verse 17 Not that my hands injustice can endure Aso my prayer before the Lord is pure verse 18 Cover not thou my bloud O Earth and let My dolefull cryings in thee no place get verse 19 Also behold my witnesse is on high And my best record is above the skie verse 20 My friends despise me making mowes and jeeres But yet mine eye poure out to God my teares verse 21 O that one might with God for frail man plead As for his friend another may at need verse 22 When but few yeers are come then shall I go The way whereby I shall returne no more CHAP. XVII verse 1 MY breath is grown corrupt short are my daies And for the ready graves I am a prey verse 2 Are there not mockers with me don 't mine eie Too long within their provocations lie verse 4 Lay down now put in surety which I like Who is he that with me his hands will strike verse 4 For thou hast hid their heart from wisdoms things Thou shalt therefore them to honour bring verse 5 He that doth cheat his friends with flattering tongue His childrens eyes shall faile for such his wrong verse 6 The peoples by-word he made me alas And as a tabret I aforetime was verse 7 Mine eye is dimme by reason of my pain And all my members as a shade are vaine verse 8 At this shall be amazed men upright And the innocent shall vex the hypocrite verse 9 The righteous shall hold on his way and so He that hath cleansed hands shall stronger grow verse 10 As for you all return and listen now For I one wiseman cannot find with you verse 11 My daies are past my purposes are done The very thoughts within my heart are flown verse 12 They change the Night into a lightsome day The light is short darknesse it drives away verse 13 If I do waite my house the grave is made And in the darkness I my bed have laid verse 14 Unto corruption I have said forlorne Thou art my father to the silly Worm Thou art my mother and my sister too Whose weak simplicity my frailty shew verse 15 And where is now my hope as for my hope Who shall it see and know his drift and scope verse 16 They shall into the pit go when we have Our rest together in the quiet grave CHAP. XVIII verse 1 HOw long wil't be said Bildad see you make verse 2 An end of words mark us then wee 'l speak verse 3 Wherefore as beasts are we accounted slight And as most vile reputed in thy sight verse 4 He tears himself in 's wrath shall th' earth be left For thee or rocks removed be or cleft verse 5 The light of wicked men shall fade and die The sparkles of their fire shall dying lie verse 6 In his house light and darknesse are the same His lamp shall faile too with his perish'd name verse 7 His streightned steps shall make his strength to fail And his own counsell make him fall and quaile verse 8 He goes into a net at unaware And walks on laid to catch himselfe a snare verse 9 The way-laid grin shall take him by the heel And against him the robber shall prevaile verse 10 Upon the ground for him a snare they lay And spread a trap to take him in the way verse 11 Terrors of death shall fright him every where And drive him to a hasty flight for feare verse 12 His strength shall faile for hunger and beside Nought but destruction shall to him betide verse 13 It shall devoure his skin with tedious length The first-born of grim death shall eat his strength verse 14 His confidence shall from his house be fled And it shall bring him to the King of Dread verse 15 It in his house shall dwell because of right 'T is none of his Brimstone shall on it light verse 16 His root shall wither and dry up below Yea and his branch above shall cease to grow verse 17 His name shall be forgotten and his birth Shall be no more remembred on the earth verse 18 Out of the world he shall be chased quite And driven into darknesse out of light verse 19 He shall nor Son nor nephew have nor land Nor ought remaining in his house to stand verse 20 They that come after shall b'affeighted more At this his day then those who went before verse 21 Such is the house of worldlings such their rod This is the place of them who know not God CHAP. XIX verse 1 THen Job How long will ye thus vex my foul verse 2 And me in pieces break with words so foul verse 3 Ten times have ye reproached me with blame Yet of your strangeness to me have no shame verse 4 Be it indeed that I have err'd vile elfe Mine error yet remaineth with my selfe verse 5 If ye your selves will magnifie indeed And my reproach against me surely plead verse 6 Know now that God hath me quite overset And hath my feet encompas'd with his net verse 7 Lo I cri'd out of wrong but none doth hear I cry aloud but judgement don't appear verse 8 He fenced has my way I cannot pass And he hath set sad darkness in my place verse 9 He strips me of my glory and doth tread On me He takes the Crown from off my head verse 10 He hath destroy'd me and I 'm gon and he My long-liv'd hope hath moved like a tree verse 11 His wrath is kindled to increase my woe And he accounts me as his daring foe verse 12 His troops besiege me and defence their waies They doe encamp about my dwelling place verse 13 He makes my brethren from me too too strange And my acquaintance will not know my change verse 14 My Kin have failed and my well known friends Forget my passed love for my amends verse 15 My houshold for a stranger tooke me quite I am an alient in my maidens sight verse 16 I call'd my servant he no answer gave And I intreated with my mouth my slave verse 17 My Wife as strange my loathed breath did take Though I did beg for mine own childrens sake verse 18 Young children also did me wretch despise They speak against me when I did arise verse 19 My inward friends abhor me cause I mourn They whom I loved do against me turn verse 20 My bones cleave to my