schulen sette stable stidfastnesse. [verse 4] Thouȝ thei buriounen [buriownen; that is, han prosperite in temporal good|dis. Lire here. C.] in bowis in [for a I. in a KSa.] time, thei set vnstidfastli schulen be moued of the wynd, and [and thei I.] schulen be drawun out [schulen be drawun out, etc.; that is, bi Goddis sen|tence, fallinge on hem, thei schulen be drawun out fro goodis of pre|sent liyf, in whiche thei hadden set roote. Lire here. C.] bi the roote of the greetnesse of wyndys. [verse 5] For whi bowis vnperfit schulen be brokun togidere; and the fruytis of hem ben vn|profitable, and soure to ete, and couenable to no thing. [verse 6] For whi alle sones, that ben borun of wickid men, ben witnessis [ben witnessis, etc.; for bi this that thei suen the trespassis of fadris, thei witnessen her malice. Lire here. C.] of wickidnesse aȝens fadirs and modris, in her axyng. [verse 7] But a iust man, thouȝ he be bifore ocupied [bifor occu|pied, etc.; that is, bifore that he come to ende. Lire here. C.] bi deth, schal be in re|freischyng [schal be in refreisching; that is, in reste fro wrecchid|nessis of pre|sent liyf; and so a iust man that lyueth litil tyme, is of betere condi|cioun than a wickid man, that lyueth longe, and that fallith in tribu|laciouns of bodi and of soule. worschipful; that is, worthi to be worschip|id, is not in multitude of ȝeris, but in ripenesse of vertues, which a iust man get|ith, thouȝ he be ȝong in age. the wittis of a man; iust. ben hoore; for tho ben ripe and oneste. and the age of eelde; wor|thi to be wor|schipid. is liyf without wem; whether it be schort ether long. Lire here. C.] . [verse 8] For whi worschipful eelde is not of long tyme, nether is [it is I.] rikened bi the noumbre of ȝeeris; the wittis of a [verse 9] man ben hoore, and the age of eelde is lijf withouten wem. [verse 10] He pleside God, and was maad dereworth, and he lyu|ynge among synneris was `borun ouer [translatid, or born ouer I.] [was borun ouer; that is, fro present liyf, and fro the felouschipe of wickid men, of whiche he myȝte be peirid. lest malice; that is, apertly yuele men. schulde chaunge; bi violence of turmentis. feynyng; that is, ipocritis. schulde disseyue; bi apperyng of good. of trifeling; that is, of iangling of many wordis, ourned ether faire enditid. makith derke goode thingis; for ofte it makith tho to appere yuels. contynuance of couetise, etc.; for whi the greetnesse of lust mysturneth the doom of resoun, and most in simple men, in whiche resoun is lesse strong. Lire here. C.] ; [verse 11] he was rauyschid, lest malice schulde chaunge his vnderstondyng, ethir lest feynyng schulde disseyue his soule. [verse 12] For whi disseyuyng of trifelyng makith derk goode thingis, and the [Om. I.] vnstable|nesse of coueitise turneth ouer the wit without malice. [verse 13] He was endid in schort [verse 14] tyme, and fillide many tymes; for whi his soule was plesant to God; for this thing God hastide to lede hym out fro the myddis of wickidnesses; but puplis [but puplis; that is, vnwise men. in the entrailis; that is, in the ynnere thingis of soule. Lire here. C.] sien and vndurstoden not, nether settiden siche thingis in [Om. a.] `the inwardnesses [the entrailis EHMPUVY. her hertis I.] . [verse 15] For [Om. aç.] whi [Om. I. while ç.] the grace and merci [the merci sa.] of God is on hise seyntis, and biholdyng of `Goddis coumfort [God I.] is on hise chosun men. [verse 16] For|sothe a iust man deed [a iust man deed; for the mynde of his riȝtfulnesse schewith, that wickid men ben worthi to be dampned. Lire here. C.] condempneth quyke wickid men; and ȝongthe endid swiftliere condempneth long [the long I.] lijf of an vniust man. [verse 17] For thei schulen se the ende
