¶ Agaynst the vayne trust of the people.
CAPI. XII.
EPhraim ☜ is fed with ayre, and folo∣weth [unspec A] after the east winde: he is euer in∣creasynge lyes and destruccyon. They be confederate with the Assirians▪ theyr oyle is caryed into Egypte. The Lorde hathe a cour••e to holde with Iuda, and wyl punish Iacob. After theyr owne wayes and accor∣dynge to theyr owne inuencyons, shall he recompense them. He toke his brother by the hele / when he was yet in hys mothers wombe: and in hys strengthe he wrestled with God. He stroue with the aungell / and gat the vyctorye: so that he prayed a••d desyred hym. He founde him at Bathell / and there he talketh with vs.
Yee the Lorde God of Hoostes / euen the Lorde hym selfe remembred hym. Then [unspec B] turne to thy God / kepe mercy and equyte / and hope styll in thy God. But the mar∣chaunte hathe a false weyght in hys ••ande, he hath a pleasure to occupye extorc••o••. E∣phraim thinketh thus: Tush, I am ••yche, I haue good ynough: In all my worckes shall not one faute be founde / that I haue offended. Yet am I the Lorde thy God, euen as when I brought the out of the lande of Egypte / and set the in thy tentes / and as in the hye feaste dayes. [unspec C]
I haue spoken thorow the prophetes, and shewed diuerse visions and declared my self by the ministraciō of the prophetes. But at Galaad is the abhominacion, they are ••••llē to vanite. At Gylgal they haue s••ayne o••••••: as many hep••s of stones as they had •• ••h••••r lande forowes / so many a••iters haue they made. Iacob ••••ed into the lande of S••••••a / and Israel serued for a wyfe / and for a wife he kepte shepe.
By a proph••e the Lorde brought them out of Egipt, and by a prophe•• he preserued them. But Ephraim hath prouoked hym ••o displeasure thorowe hys abhomynacyons / therfore shall hys bloude be poured vpon him selfe / and the Lorde hys God shall re∣warde hym hys blasphemyes.