The XXXV Chapter.
ELiu spake morouer, and sayde: Thin∣kest [ A] thou it right that thou sayest: I am rightuous before God? Seinge thou sayest so, how doest thou knowe it? What thinge hast thou more excellēt, thē I yt am a synner? Therfore will I geue answe∣re vnto the & thy frendes: loke vnto the hea∣uē, & beholde it: cōsidre ye cloudes, how they are hyer then thou. Yf thou synnest, what dost thou vnto him? Yf thine offences be ma¦ny, how gettest thou his fauoure? Yf thou be rightuous, what geuest thou him? Or, what receaueth he of thy handes?* 1.1 Of soch an vngodly personne as thou, & of ye sonne of man that is rightuous as thou pretendest to be: there is a greate crie & cōplaynte made by thē that are oppressed with violence, yee euery man complayneth vpon the cruell ar∣me of tyrauntes. For soch one neuer sayeth: Where is God that made me? ād yt shyneth [ B] vpon vs, that we might prayse him in the night? Which geueth vs more vnderstōdin¦ge then he doth the beastes of the earth, and teacheth vs more then the foules off heauē.
Yf eny soch complayne, no mā geu••••h an∣swere, and yt because of the wickednesse off proude tyrauntes. But yf a man call vpon God, doth not he heare him? Doth not the Almightie accepte his crie? Whā thou spea¦kest then, shulde not he pardon the, yff thou open thy self before him, and put thy trust in him? Then vseth he no violence in his wrath nether hath he pleasure in curious and depe inquisicions. Therfore hath Iob opened his mouth but in vayne, ād folishly hath he ma∣de so many wordes.