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¶ The won••ers and ma••••els that the Eo••de hath done from the begynnynge.
Then answered the Lorde vnto Iob out [unspec A] of the storme, and sayd: What is he that hydeth his mynde with folysshe word{is}? * 1.1 Gyrde vp thy loynes lyke a man, for I wyl question with the, se thou gyue me a directe answere. Where wast thou, when I layde the foundacions of the earth? Tell playnely, yf thou hast vnderstandynge.
Who hath measured it, knowest thou? Or, who hath spred the lyne vpon it? Whervpon stande the pyllers of it? Or, who layde the cor¦ner stone therof? Where wast thou, when the sterres praysed me togyther, and all the chyl∣dren of god reioysed triumphauntly? * 1.2 Who shut the see with dores, when it brake forthe as a chylde out of the mothers wombe?
When I made the cloudes to be a coueryng for it, and swadled it with the darke? When I gaue it my cōmaundement, makynge dores and barres for it, sayenge.
Hytherto shalte thou come, but no further, [unspec B] and there shalte thou laye downe thy proude and hygh waues. Hast thou gyuen the mor∣ning his charge (assoone as thou wast borne) and shewed the daye spryng his place, that it myght take holde of the corners of the earth, and that the vngodly myght be shaken out? Theyr tokens and weapons are turned lyke clay, and set vp agayne as the chaungyng of a garment. The vngodly shall be disapoyn∣ted of theyr lyght, and the arme of the proude shall be broken. Camest thou euer in to the grounde of the see: or walkedst in the lowe corners of the depe? Haue the gates of death bene opened vnto the, or hast thou sene the do¦res of the shadowe of death? Hast thou also perceyued howe brode the earthe is? If thou hast knowledge of all this, then shewe me, where lyght dwelleth, and where darknes is: that yu mayst bryng vs vnto theyr quarters, yf thou canst tell the way to theyr houses.
Knewest thou (before thou wast borne) [unspec C] howe olde thou shuldest be? Wentest thou euer in to the treasuries of the snowe, or hast yu sene the secret places of the hayle, * 1.3 whiche I haue prepared agaynst the tyme of trou∣ble, agaynst the tyme of battayle and warre? By what way is the lyght parted, and in to what lande breaketh the East wynde: Who deuydeth the aboundaunce of waters into ry¦uers, or who maketh a waye for the lyghte∣nynge and thondre, that it watereth & moyst∣neth the drye and bareyne grounde: to make the grasse growe in places where no bodye dwelleth, and in the wyldernes where no mā remayneth? Who is the father of rayne? Or who hath begotten the droppes of dew? Out of whose wombe came theyse? Who hath en¦gendred the coldnesse of the ayre? that the wa¦ters are as harde as stones, and lye congeled aboue the depe. Wylte thou hyndre the swete influences of the seuen sterres? Or arte thou able to breake the circle of heuen? Canst thou [unspec D] brynge forth the mornynge sterre, or the eue∣nynge sterre at cōuentent tyme, & cōuey them home agayne? Knowest thou the course of he¦uen, that thou mayest set vp the ordinaunce therof vpon the earth? Moreouer, canst thou lyfte vp thy voyce to the cloudes, that they may powre downe a great rayne vpon the?
Canst thou thondre also that they may go theyr way, and be obedient vnto the, sayenge: Lo here are we? Who gyueth sure wysdom, or stedfast vnderstandyng? Who nombreth the cloudes in wysdom? Who stylleth the vehe∣ment waters of the heuen? Who turneth the clottes to dust, & then to be clottes agayne? Wylte thou hunte the pray from the lyon, or fede his whelpes lyenge in theyr dennes, and lurkyng in theyr couches? Who * 1.4 prouideth meate for the rauen, when his yong ones crye vnto god, and flye aboute for lacke of meate.
Iob. xi. ••.
Iob. xxvi. a Ieremi. v. •• Psal. ••••iii b
Exodi. ix e. Iosua. x. c
Psal. 147b