Biblia the Byble, that is, the holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully translated in to Englyshe.

The VIII. Chapter.

THen answered Baldad the Suhit•• and sayde: How longe wilt thou tal∣ke [ A] of soch thinges? how longe shal y^e mouth speake so proude wordes? Doth God peruerte the thinge that is laufull? Or, doth the Allmightie destroye the thynge that is right? Whē thy sonnes synned agaynst him, dyd not he punysh thē for their wickednesse? Yff thou woldest now resorte vnto God by tymes, and make thine humble prayer to y^e Allmightie: yf thou woldest lyue a pure and a godly life: shulde he not wake vp vnto the immediatly, & geue the the bewtie of righ∣tuousnesse agayne? In so moch, that whe∣re ī so euer thou haddest litle afore, thou shul¦dest now haue greate abundaunce. Enquere of them that haue bene before the, search dili¦gently amonge thy forefathers: Namely, y^t we are but of yesterdaye, and considre not, that oure dayes vpon earth are buth a very shadow. They shall shewe the, they shall tell the, yee they will gladly confesse the sa∣me.

[ B] Maye a resshe be grene without moyst∣nesse? maye the grasse growe without wa∣ter? No: but (or euer it be shot forth, and or euer it be gathered) it wythereth, before eny other herbe. Euen so goeth it with all them, that forget God: and euen thus also shal the ypocrytes hope come to naught. His confi¦dence shalbe destroyed, for he trusteth in a spyders webbe.

He leeneth him vpō his house, but he shal not stonde: he holdeth him fast by it, yet shal he not endure. Oft tymes a thinge doth florish, and men thynke that it maye abyde the Sonneshyne: it shuteth forth the braun¦ches in his garden, it taketh many rotes, in so moch that it is like an house off stones. But yf it be taken out off his place, euery man denyeth it, sayenge: I knowe the not. Lo, thus is it w^t him, that reioyseth in his owne doinges: and as for other, they growe out of the earth.

Beholde, God will not cast awaye a ver∣tuous man, nether wil he helpe the vngodly. Thy mouth shall he fyll with laughynge, ād thy lyppes with gladnesse. They that hate the, shalbe confounded, & y^e dwellinges of y^e vngodly shal come to naught.

Notes

• Iob. 1. c
• Deu. 30.
• Psal. 14••▪