The XXXVII. Chapter.
AT this my hert is astonnied, and mo∣ued [ A] out of his place. Heare then the sounde of his voyce, and the noyse yt goeth out of his mouth. He gouerneth eue∣ry thinge vnder the heauen, and his light reacheth vnto the ende of the worlde. A roa∣ringe voyce foloweth him: for his glorious magesty geueth soch a thondre clappe, that (though a man heare it) yet maye he not per∣ceaue it afterwarde. It geueth an horrible sownde, when God sendeth out his voyce: greate thinges doth he, which we can not cō∣prehende. When he commaundeth the sno∣we, it falleth vpon the earth: As soone as he geueth the rayne a charge, Immediatly the showers haue their strength and fall downe He sendeth feare vpon euery man, that they might knowe their owne workes. The bees∣tes crepe in to their dennes, & take their rest. Out of the south commeth the tempest, and colde out of the north.
At the breth of God, the frost commeth, & [ B] the waters are shed abrode. The cloudes do their laboure in geuynge moystnesse, the clou¦des poure downe their rayne. He distribu∣teth also on euery syde, acordinge as it plea∣seth him to deale out his workes, that they maye do, what so euer he, commaundeth thē thorow the whole worlde: whether it be to punysh eny londe, or to do good vnto them, that seke him.
Herken vnto this (o Iob) stonde still, and considre the wonderous workes of God. Art thou of coūcel with God, when he doth the∣se thinges? When he causeth the light to co¦me forth of his cloudes? Art thou of his coū¦cell, when he spredeth out the cloudes? Hast thou the perfecte knowlege of his wonders? and how thy clothes are warme, whē the lō∣de is still thorow the south wynde? hast thou helped him to spred out the heauen, which is to loke vpō, as it were cast of cleare metall? [ C] Teach vs what we shal saye vnto hī, for we a¦re vnmete because of darcknes. Shal it be tol¦de him, what I saye? Shulde a man speake, or shulde he kepe it backe? For euery mā seith not the light, yt he kepeth cleare in the clou∣des, which he clenseth whan he maketh the wynde to blowe. Golde is brought out of the