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IOb also proceaded and wēte forth in [ A] his communicacion, sayēge: As tru¦ly as God lyueth (which hath taken awaye my power fro me) & the Allmightie, that hath vexed my mynde: My lippes shall talke of no vanite, and my tonge shal speake no disceate, whyle my breth is in me, and as longe as the wynde (that God hath geuen me) is in my nostrels.
God forbydde, that I shulde graunte you¦re cause to be right. As for me, vntill myne ende come wil I neuer go fro myne innocen∣cy. My rightuous dealynge wil I kepe fast, & not forsake it: For my conscience reproueth me not in all my conuersacion. Therfore my∣ne enemy shalbe founde as the vngodly, & he yt taketh parte agaynst me, as the vnrigh∣tuous. What hope hath ye Ypocrite, though he haue greate good, and though God geue him riches after his hertes desyre? Doth God heare him the sooner, whē he crieth vn¦to [ B] him in his necessite? Hath he soch pleasure & delyte in the Allmightie, that he darre all∣waye call vpon God? I wil teach you in the name of God, & the thinge that I haue of ye Allmightie, wil I not kepe from you. Behol∣de, ye stonde in yor owne conceate, as though ye knew all thinges. Wherfore then do ye go aboute wt soch vayne wordes, sayēge: This is the porcion that the wicked shall haue of God, & the heretage that Tyrauntes shal re¦ceaue of ye Allmightie. Yf he get many chil∣drē, they shal perish wt the swearde, & his pos¦terite shall haue scarcenesse of bred. Loke whom he leaueth behinde him, they shal dye & be buried, & no man shall haue pite of his [ C] wyddowes. Though he haue as moch mo∣ney as the dust of the earth, & raymēt as rea¦dy as the claye, he maye well prepare it: but the godly shal put it vpon him, and the inno¦cēt shal deale out the money. His house shal endure as the moth, & as a bothe that the watch man maketh. When the rich man dy∣eth, he carieth nothinge with him: he is go∣ne in ye twincklynge of an eye. Destruccion taketh holde vpō him as a water floude, & ye tēpest stealeth him awaye in the night sea∣son. A vehement wynde carieth him hence, & departeth: a storme plucketh him out of his place. It ruszsheth in vpon him, and spareth him not, he maye not escape from the power therof. Than clappe mē their hōdes at him, yee and ieast of him, whē they loke vpon his place.