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❧The booke of Iob.

The first Chapter.

1 The holines, riches, and care of Iob for his children. 11 Satan hath per∣mission to tempt him. 13 He tempteth him by taking away his substaunce, and his children, 20 His faith and patience.

[illustration]

1 IN the lande of(a) 1.1 * Hus there was a man whose name was(b) 1.2 Iob, & the same was a per∣fect and iust man, one that feared God and eschued euill.

2 And he had seuen sonnes and three daughters.

3 His (c) 1.3 substaunce also was seuen thou∣sand sheepe, and three thousand camels, fiue hundred yoke of oxen, and fiue hun∣dred shee asses, and a very great house∣holde: so that he was one of the most principall “ 1.4 men among all them of the (d) 1.5 east [countrey.]

4 And his sonnes went and * 1.6banquetted in their houses euery one his day, and sent for their three sisters to eate and drinke with them.

5 And when the dayes of their banquet∣ting were gone about, Iob sent (f) 1.7 and sanctified them, and gat vp early and (g) 1.8 offered for euery one a burnt offring: For Iob saide, It may be that my sonnes haue done some offence, & haue ben (h) 1.9 vnthankfull to God in their heartes. Thus did Iob euery day.

6 And vpon a day when the (i) 1.10 children of God came and stoode before the lord, Satan came also among them.

7 And the Lorde saide vnto Satan (k) 1.11 Whence comest thou? Satan aun∣swered the Lorde and saide: (l) 1.12 From compassing the earth to and fro, & from walking through it.

8 And the Lorde saide vnto Satan: Hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob, how there is none lyke him in the earth? a perfect and a iust man, one that feareth God, and eschueth euill?

9 Satan aunswered, and saide vnto the Lorde: Doth Iob feare God for naught?

10 Hast thou not “ 1.13 preserued him and his house, and al that he hath on euery side? Thou hast blessed the worke of his handes, and his possession is encreased in the lande.

11 But laye thyne hand now vpon him, and touche all that he hath, and he shall (m) 1.14curse thee to thy face.

12 And the Lorde saide vnto Satan: Lo, * 1.15 all that he hath be in thy * 1.16 pow∣er, only vpon him selfe see that thou lay not thine hand. And Satan went foorth from the presence of the Lorde.

13 And vpon a certayne day, when his sonnes and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house,

14 There came a messenger vnto Iob, and sayde: The oxen were plowing and the asses feeding beside them:

15 * 1.17And the Sabees came violently, and toke them away, yea they haue slayne thy seruauntes with the edge of the sword: and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

16 While he was yet speaking, there came another, and sayde: The fire of God is fallen from heauen, and hath brent vp thy sheepe and seruauntes, and consu∣med them: and I only am escaped a∣lone to tell thee.

17 And whyle he was yet speaking there came another, and sayde: The Caldees made out their bandes, and fel vpon the camels, and haue caried them away, yea and slayne thy seruauntes with the sworde: and I only am gotten away a¦lone to tell thee.

18 And whyle he was yet speaking there came an other, and sayde: Thy sonnes and thy daughters were eating and drincking wine in their eldest brothers house,

19 And behold there came a mightie great wind from beyond the wildernesse, and smote the foure corners of the house, whiche fell vpon thy children, and they are dead: and I am gotten away alone to tell thee.

20 Then Iob stoode vp, and (p) 1.18 rent his clothes, & shaued his head, fell downe vpon the ground, worshipped,

21 And sayde: Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, & naked shall I turne thyther againe: The Lorde gaue & the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lorde.

22 In (q) 1.19 all these thinges dyd Iob not of∣fende, nor charged God foolishly.

The .ii. Chapter.

6 Satan hath permission to afflict Iob, 9 His wyfe tempteth him to forsake God. 11 His three friendes visite hym.

1 AND on a day the * 1.20 children of God came and stoode before the Lorde, and Satan came also among thē, and stoode before the Lorde.

2 And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan: From whence commest thou? Satan aunswered the Lorde, and sayd: I haue gone about the lande, walked thorow it.

3 And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan: Hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob? howe there is none like vnto hym in the earth, a perfect and a iust man? one that feareth God, and eschueth euil, & continueth still in his vprightnesse, al∣though thou mouedst me against hym, to * 1.21 destroy him without cause.

4 And Satan aunswered the Lord, and sayd, * 1.22 Skinne for skinne, yea a man wil geue al that euer he hath for his life.

5 But lay thyne hande nowe vpon hym, and touch [once] his bone and his fleshe, and he shall curse thee to thy face.

6 And the Lord sayde vnto Satan: Lo, he is in thyne hand, but (d) 1.23 saue his lyfe.

7 So went Satan foorth from the pre∣sence of the Lorde, and smote Iob with sore byles, from the sole of his foote vn∣to his crowne.

8 And he toke a potsharde to scrape hym: and he sat downe among the asshes.

9 Then sayd his wyfe vnto him: (e) 1.24 Doest thou continue yet in thy perfectnesse? curse God, and dye.

10 But he sayde vnto her, Thou speakest like a foolish woman: shal we (f) 1.25 receaue good at the hande of God, and not re∣ceaue euyll? In all these thinges did not Iob sinne with his lippes.

11 Nowe * 1.26 when Iobs three friendes heard of all the trouble that came vpon him, they came euery one frō his owne place [namely] Eliphas the Themanite, Bildad the Suhite, and Zophad the Naamathite: for they were agreed to∣gether to come to shewe their compas∣sion vpon him, and to comfort hym.

12 So when they lift vp their eyes a farre of, they knew him not: then they cryed and wept, and euery one of them rent his clothes, and sprinckled * 1.27 dust vpon their heades “ 1.28 in the ayre.

13 They sate them downe by him also vpon the grounde seuen dayes & seuen nightes, and none spake a worde vnto him: for they sawe that his greefe was very great.

The .iii. Chapter.

1 Iob complayneth and curseth the day of his byrth. 11 He desireth to dye, as though death were the end of all mans miserie.

[unspec A] 1 AFter (a) 1.29 this opened Iob his mouth, and cursed his day,

2 And Iob aunswe∣red, and sayde:

3 Let (b) 1.30 the day perishe wherin I was borne, * 1.31and the night in the whiche it was sayd, There is a man childe conceaued.

4 The same day be [turned to] darknesse, and not regarded of God from aboue, neither let the light shyne vpon it:

5 But let it be stayned with darknesse and the shadowe of death, let the [dimme] cloude fall vpon it, whiche may make it terrible as a most bitter day.

6 Let the darke storme ouercome that night, and let it not be ioyned vnto the dayes of the yere, nor counted in the number of the monethes.

7 Desolate be that night, and without gladnesse.

8 Let them that curse the day, and that be redy to rayse vp mourning, geue it also their curse.

9 Let the starres of that “ 1.32 night be dimme thorowe darkenesse of it, let it loke for light, but haue none, d 1.33 neither let it see the dawning of the day:

10 Because it shut not vp the doores of my mothers wombe, nor hyd sorowe from myne eyes.

11 [Alas] why died I not in the birth? why dyd not I perishe assoone as I came out of [my mothers] wombe?

12 Why set they me vpon their knees? why gaue they me sucke with their brestes?

13 Then should I nowe haue lyen stil, I shoulde haue slept, and ben at rest,

14 Lyke as the kinges and * 1.34 lordes of the earth, which haue buylded them selues “ 1.35speciall places,

15 Or as the princes that haue had golde, and their houses full of siluer:

16 Or [why] was not I hyd, as a thing borne out of time, [either] as young chil∣dren which neuer sawe the light?

17 There (e) 1.36 must the wicked ceasse from their tyrannie, and there such as labou∣red valiauntly be at rest:

18 There the (f) 1.37 prisoners rest together, they heare no more the voyce of the op∣pressour:

19 There are small and great, and the ser∣uaunt [is] free from his maister.

20 Wherefore is the light geuen to hym that is in miserie? & lyfe vnto them that haue heauy heartes?

21 Whiche long for death and finde it not, though they search more for it than for treasures:

22 Which reioyce exceedingly, and be glad when they can finde the graue,

23 From whom their endes are hyd, and consealed by God?

24 For my sighes come before I eate, and my roringes are powred out like the water:

25 For the thing that (g) 1.38 I feared is come vpon me, and the thing that I was a∣frayde of is happened vnto me,

26 Was I not happy? Had I not quiet∣nesse? Was I not in rest? And nowe commeth such miserie vpon me.

The .iiii. Chapter.

•• Iob is reprehended of impatiencie, •• and vniustice▪ •• and of the presumption of his owne righteousnes.

1 ANd Eliphas the The∣manite [unspec A] aunswered, & sayde:

2 If we assay to come with thee, wilt thou be discontent? * 1.39 But who can withhold him selfe from speaking?

3 Beholde, thou hast ben an instructer of many, & hast strenghtned the * 1.40 weery handes:

4 Thy wordes haue set vp him that was falling, thou hast refreshed the weake knees.

5 But * 1.41 nowe it is come vpon thee, and thou art greeued: it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

6 Was not thy feare according to thy hope? and the perfectnesse of thy wayes accor∣ding to thy expectation?

7 Consider I pray thee who euer peri∣shed * 1.42 beyng an innocent? or when were the godly destroyed?

8 For as I haue proued by experience, they that plow iniquitie & sow wretched∣nesse, reape the same.

9 With the blast of God they perishe, with the breath of his nostrels are they consu∣med away.

10 The roring of the lion, and the voyce of the lion, and the teeth of the lions whelpes are pulled out.

11 The e 1.43 lion perisheth for lake of pray, & the lions whelpes are scattered abrode.

12 But wheras a thing was * 1.44 hyd from me, yet myne eare hath receaued a litle therof.

13 In the thoughtes and visions of the night when sleepe commeth on men,

14 * 1.45Feare came vpon me & dread, which made all my bones to shake.

15 The winde passed by before my pre∣sence, and made the heeres of my fleshe to stande vp.

16 He stoode thereon and I (h) 1.46 knewe not his face, an image there was before myne eyes, and in the stilnesse hearde I a voyce.

17 Shall (i) 1.47 man be more iust then God? or shall a man be purer then his ma∣ker?

18 Beholde, he founde not trueth in his seruauntes, and in(k) 1.48 his angels there was folly:

19 Howe much more in them that dwel in (l) 1.49 houses of clay, and whose foundation is but dust, which shall be consumed as it were with a moth?

20 They shalbe smitten (m) 1.50 from the mor∣ning vnto the euening: yea they (n) 1.51 shall perishe for euer, when no man regar∣deth them.

21 Is not their royaltie gone away with them? they shall dye truely, and not in wysdome.

The .v. Chapter.

1.2 Eliphas sheweth the difference betweene the children of God and the wicked. 3 The fall of the wicked. 9 Gods power who destroyeth the wicked, and deliuereth his.

1 CRye * 1.52 I pray thee, if there be any that will aunswere thee, & loke thou vpon any of the holy.

2 As for the foolish mā, wrathfulnesse kil∣leth him, and enuie slayeth the ignorant.

3 I haue seene my selfe when the * 1.53 foo∣lish was deepe rooted, and * 1.54 sodenly I cursed his habitation.

4 His children were without prosperitie, and they were d 1.55 slayne in the gate, and there was no man to deliuer them.

5 His haruest was eaten of the hungrie, & taken from among the thornes and the thurstie drunke vp their labour: It is not the earth that bringeth foorth ini∣quitie,

6 Neither commeth sorowe out of the (e) 1.56 ground:

7 But man is borne vnto labour, f 1.57 like as the sparkes flee vp [out of the hot coles.]

8 But g 1.58 I woulde aske counsell at the Lorde, and talke with God:

9 Whiche doth great thinges and vnsear∣cheable, [and] maruels without number.

10 He geueth rayne vpon the earth, and powreth water vpon the streetes,

11 To set vp them that be of lowe degree, and that those which are in heauenesse may be exalted to saluation.

12 He destroyeth the deuices of the sub∣tyll, so that their handes are not able to perfourme that which they do enter∣prise.

13 He compasseth the wise in their owne craftinesse, & maketh foolishe the coun∣sell of the wicked.

14 They runne into (h) 1.59 darknesse by fayre day, and grope at the noone day as in the night.

15 But he deliuereth the (i) 1.60 poore from the sworde, from their threatninges, and from the violence of the mightie.

16 He is the hope of the poore, & the mouth of the wicked shalbe stopped.

17 Behold, blessed is the man whom God correcteth, therefore refuse not thou the chastening of the almightie:

18 For he maketh a wounde and he hea∣leth: he smiteth, and his hande maketh whole againe.

19 He shall deliuer thee in (k) 1.61 sixe troubles, & in the seuenth there shall no euil come to thee.

20 In hunger he shall saue thee from death, and when it is 〈…〉〈…〉 power of the sworde.

21 Thou shalt be hyd from the ••ge of the tongue, & when destruction com¦meth thou shalt not neede to feare.

22 In destruction and dearth thou shalt be mery, and shalt not be afrayde of the beastes of the earth.

23 For the l 1.62 stones of the land shalbe con∣federate with thee, and the beastes of the fielde shalbe at peace with thee.

24 And thou shalt knowe that thy dwel∣ling place shalbe in rest, and thou shalt visite thy habitation, & shalt * 1.63 not sinne.

25 Thou shalt see also that thy seede shall be great, and thy posteritie as the grasse vpon the earth.

26 Thou shalt come also to thy graue in a full age, like a corne sheafe cut downe in due season.

27 Lo, this we our selues haue proued by experience, and euen thus it is: Hearken thou to it also, that thou mayest take heede to thy selfe.

The .vi. Chapter.

1 Iob aunswereth, that his payne is more greeuous then his fault. 8 He wisheth death. 14 He complayneth of his friendes.

[unspec A] 1 BVT Iob aunswered, and sayde:

2 O that my com∣playnt were (a) 1.64 truely wayed, and my punish∣ment layde in the ba∣launces together:

3 For nowe it woulde be heauier then the sande of the sea: and this is the cause, that my wordes fayle me.

4 For the arrowes of the almightie are vpon me, the poyson therof hath drinke vp my spirite, and the terrible(b) 1.65 feares of God are set against me.

5 Doth the c 1.66 wild asse rose when he hath grasse? or loweth the oxe when he hath fodder [inough]

6 That which is vnsauerie, d 1.67 shall it be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the whyte of an egge?

7 The thinges that sometime I might not away withal, are nowe my meate for very sorowe.

8 O that I might haue my desire, and that God woulde graunt me the thing that I long for:

9 O that God would begin and smite me▪ that he would let his hand go and take me cleaue away:

10 Then shoulde I haue some comfort, yea I woulde desire him in my payne that he would not spare, e 1.68 for I wil not be against the wordes of the holy one.

11 f 1.69For what powre haue I to endure? And what is myne end, * 1.70that my soule might be patient?

12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my fleshe of brasse?

13 Is it not so that there is in me no helpe? & that my substaunce is taken from me?

14 He that is in tribulation, ought to be comforted of his neyghbour: but the feare of the almightie is cleane away.

15 Myne owne brethren passe ouer by me (g) 1.71 as the water brooke, & as the ouer∣flowing of waters, whiche do hastly go away,

16 Whiche are blackish be reason of the ice, and wherin the snowe is hyd.

17 Which when they haue passed by do vanishe, and when the heate commeth they fayle out of their place.

••8 They depart from the course of their wonted chanell to other places, they runne in vayne and perishe.

19 They that went to * 1.72 The man conside¦red them, and they that went to * 1.73 Sa∣ba wayted for them.

20 But they were confounded in their hope, they came thyther and were a∣shamed.

21 Euen such truely are ye, nowe that ye see my miserie ye are afrayde.

22 Did I desire you to bring vnto me, or to geue me any of your substaunce?

23 To deliuer me from the enemies hand, or to saue me from the hande of the ty∣rauntes?

24 Teache me, and I will hold my tong: and wherin I haue erred, cause me to vnderstande.

25 How strong are the wordes of trueth? and which of you can rebuke or reproue them?

26 Do ye imagine to reproue l 1.74 wordes, that the talke of the afflicted shoulde be as the winde?

27 Ye fall vpon the fatherlesse, and digge a pit to ouerthrowe your owne frende.

28 And therfore be content, & * 1.75 loke now vpon me, and I will not lye before your face.

29 Turne I pray you, “ 1.76be indifferent iudges: turne agayne, and ye shall see myne vngiltinesse, whether there be any vnrighteousnes in my tongue, or vayne wordes in my mouth.

The .vii. Chapter.

1 Iob sheweth the shortnesse and miserie of mans lyfe.

[unspec A] 1 IS ther not an appoyn∣ted time to man vpon earth? Are not his dayes also like the dayes of an * 1.77 hired seruaunt?

2 For like as a bonde seruaunt desireth the shadowe, and as an hyreling woulde fayne haue the re∣warde of his worke:

3 Euen so haue I laboured whole monethes long in vayne, and many a carefull night haue I tolde.

4 When I layde me downe to sleepe, I sayde, O when shall I arise? and * 1.78 mea∣suring the euening, I am euen full with tossing to and fro vnto the dawning of the day.

5 My fleshe * 1.79 is clothed with wormes and dust of the earth: my skinne is withered and become horrible.

6 My dayes passe ouer more spedyly then a weauers shuttle, and are spent with∣out hope.

7 * 1.80O remember that my lyfe is but a winde, and that myne eye shall no more see pleasures:

8 Yea and the eye that hath seene me, shal see me no more: for yer thou* 1.81 fasten thyne eye vpon me, I come to naught.

9 The cloude is consumed and vanished away: so he that goeth downe to the graue * 1.82 shall come no more vp,

10 Nor turne againe into his house, neither shall his place knowe him any more.

11 Therfore (g) 1.83 I wil not spare my mouth, but I will speake in the trouble of my spirite, and muse in the bitternesse of my mynde.

12 Am (h) 1.84 I a sea or a whale fish, that thou kepest me [so] in prison?

13 When I say, My bed shal comfort me, I shall haue some refreshing by talking to my selfe vpon my couch:

14 Then fearest thou me i 1.85 with dreames, & makest me so afrayde through visions,

15 That my soule wisheth rather to perishe and die, then my bones to remayne.

16 I can see no remedy, I shall liue no more: (k) 1.86 O spare me then, for my dayes are but vanitie.

17 What(l) 1.87 is man that thou doest magni∣fie him? and that thou settest thy heart vpon him?

18 Thou visitest him early and euery day, euery moment doest thou trie him.

19 Why (m) 1.88 goest thou not fro me, nor lettest me alone, so long till I may swalowe downe my spyttle?

20 I n 1.89 haue offended, what shall I do vnto the, O thou preseruer of men? Why hast thou set me [as a marke] against thee, so that I am a burden to my selfe?

21 Why doest thou not pardon my tres¦passes, and take away myne iniquitie? Behold, nowe must I sleepe in the dust, and if thou sekest me to morowe in the morning, (o) 1.90 I shal not be.

The viii. Chapter.

1 Bildad sheweth that ••ob is a sinner b••cause God 〈…〉〈…〉 and preserueth the good

[unspec A] 1 THen aunswered Bil∣dad the Suhite, & said:

2 Howe long wilt thou talke of such thinges? howe long shall the wordes of thy mouth be as a mightie wind?

3 Doth God paruert the thing that is lawfull? or doth the almightie destroy the thing that is right?

4 For seyng that a 1.91 thy sonnes sinned a∣gainst him, did not he send them into the place of their iniquitie?

5 If thou wouldest nowe resorte vnto God be times, and make thy prayer to the almightie,

6 If thou wouldest liue a pure and godly life: shoulde he not awake vp vnto thee immediatly, and make the habitation of thy righteousnesse prosperous?

7 In so much that wherin so euer thou haddest litle afore, thou shouldest haue nowe great aboundaunce.

8 Enquire I pray thee b 1.92 of the former age, and search diligently among their fa¦thers:

9 (For we are but of c 1.93 yesterday, and consi∣der not that our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe.)

10 Shall not they shew thee, and tel thee, yea and gladly confesse the same, and vtter the wordes of their heart?

11 May a * 1.94 rushe be greene without moyst¦nesse? or may the grasse growe with out water?

12 No, but whilste it is nowe in his green∣nesse, though it be not cut downe, yet withereth it before any other hearbe:

13 So are the pathes of al that forget God, and the e 1.95 hypocrites hope shall come to naught.

14 His confidence shalbe destroyed, and his trust shalbe a * 1.96 spiders webbe.

15 He shal leaue vpon his house, but it shal not stande: he shall holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.

16 It is a greene [tree] (g) 1.97 before the sunne, & shooteth foorth the braunches ouer his garden.

17 The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountayne, and are folden about the house of stones.

18 If * 1.98 any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee:

19 Behold it will reioyce by this meanes, if it may growe in another mould.

20 Beholde, God (i) 1.99 will not cast away a vertuous man, neither wil he * 1.100 helpe the vngodly.

21 Thy mouth shall he fill with laughing, and thy lippes with gladnesse.

22 They also that hate thee shalbe clo∣thed with shame, & the dwelling of the vngodly shall come to naught.

The .ix. Chapter.

1 Iob declareth the mightie power of God, and that mans righteousnes is nothing.

1 IOb * 1.101 aunswered, and sayde,

2 I knowe it is so of a trueth: For how may a man [compared] vnto God be iustified?

3 If he wil argue with hym, he cannot aunswere hym * 1.102 one thing of a thousande.

4 He is wyse in heart and mightie in strength: * 1.103 who hath ben fearce against hym, and hath prospered?

5 He translateth the mountaynes, or euer they be aware it is he that ouerthrow¦eth them in his wrath.

6 He remoueth the earth out of her place, that the pillers therof shake withall.

7 He commaundeth the sunne, and it ry¦seth not: he closeth vp the starres as vn¦der a signet.

8 He hym selfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and goeth vpon the * 1.104 waues of the sea.

9 He maketh the Waynes of heauen, d 1.105 the Orion, the seuen starres, and the secret places of the south.

10 He doth great thinges & vnsearcheable, yea and wonders without number.

11 Lo, * 1.106 when he goeth by me, I shal not see hym, and when he passeth I shall not perceaue hym.

12 If he be hastie to ••ake away, who wil make him * 1.107 restore 〈◊〉〈◊〉 or who will say vnto hym, what doest thou?

13 God will not withdraw his anger, and the most mightie helpes do stowpe vn∣der hym:

14 Howe much lesse shall I aunswere [unspec C] him? or howe shoulde I finde out my wordes with him?

15 For though I were righteous, yet might I not geue him one word againe, but mekely submit my selfe to hym as my iudge.

16 If I had called vpon hym, and he had aunswered me, (g) 1.108 yet woulde I not be∣leue that he hearde my voyce:

17 He troubleth me so with the tempest, and woundeth me out of measure with∣out a cause,

18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.

19 If [men will speake] of strength, lo he is strong: if [men will speake] of iudgement, who shall bring me in to pleade?

20 If I will iustifie my selfe, myne owne mouth shall condempne me: if I will [put foorth my selfe for] a perfect man, he shall proue me a wicked doer.

21 For though I be an innocent and my conscience cleare, yet am I weery of my lyfe.

22 This is one poynt, and therefore I sayd, He destroyeth both the perfect and vngodly.

23 And though he 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sodaynly with the scourge, yet will he laugh at the punish¦ment of the innocent.

24 As for the worlde it is geuen ouer into the hande of the wicked, and he shall couer the faces of the iudges therof: if not, where is he, or who is he [that can shewe the contrarie?]

25 My dayes are more swyft then a run∣ner, they are gone & haue seene no good thing.

26 They are passed away as the shippes that be good vndersayle, & as the eagle that fleeth to the pray.

27 If I say, I will forget my complay∣ning, I will ceasse from my wrath, and comfort my selfe:

28 Then am I afrayde of all my sorowes, for I knowe that thou wilt not iudge me innocent.

29 If I be wicked, why then (h) 1.109 labour I in vayne?

30 If I washe my selfe with snowe wa∣ter, and make myne handes neuer so cleane at the well:

31 Yet shalt thou “ 1.110 dippe me in the myre, and (i) 1.111 mine owne clothes shal defile me.

32 For he that I must geue aunswere vn∣to, and with whom I go to the lawe, is not a man as I am:

33 Neither is there any dayesman to lay his hande betweene vs.

34 Let hym take his rodde away from me, yea let hym make me no more a∣frayde of him,

35 And then shall I aunswere hym with∣out any feare: but because I am not so, I holde me still.

The .x. Chapter.

1 Iob is weery of his lyfe, and setteth out his fragilitie before God. 20 He desireth hym to stay his hande. 22 A description of death.

1 MY * 1.112 soule is cut of though I lyue, I wil powre out my cōplaynte against my selfe, and will speake out of the very heauinesse of my soule.

2 I will say vnto God: O * 1.113 do not condempne me, but shewe me wherefore thou contendest so with me?

3 Thinkest thou it welldone to oppresse me? to cast me of beyng the workes of thy handes? and to (c) 1.114 mayntayne the counsell of the vngodly?

4 Hast thou (d) 1.115 fleshy eyes? or doest thou loke as a man loketh?

5 Or are thy dayes as the dayes of (e) 1.116 man? and thy yeres as mans yeres?

6 That thou makest such inquisition for my wickednes, and searchest out my sinne?

7 Whereas thou knowest (f) 1.117 whether I shall do wickedly or no, and that none can deliuer me out of thyne hande.

8 g 1.118Thy handes haue made me, & fashio∣ned me altogether rounde about, wilt thou then destroy me?

9 Remember I besech thee that thou ma∣dest me as the moulde of the earth, and shalt bring me into dust againe.

10 Hast thou not powred me as it were milke, & turned me to cruddes like cheese?

11 Thou hast couered me with skinne and fleshe, and ioyned me together with bones and sinnowes.

12 Thou hast graunted me life, and done me good: and thy visitation hath preser∣ued my spirite.

13 Thou hast hyd these thinges in thyne heart [yet] I am sure that thou re∣membrest this thing.

14 If I dyd sinne, thou haddest an eye [unspec C] vnto me, and shalt not pronounce me in∣nocent from myne offence.

15 If I haue done wickedly, wo is me therefore: If I haue done righteously, yet (h) 1.119 dare I not lift vp my head, so full am I of confusion, and see myne owne miserie.

16 And let it increase, hunte me as a lion, & returne and shew thy selfe maruaylous vpon me.

17 Thou bringest freshe * 1.120 witnesse against me, and thy wrath increasest thou vpon me: diuers and many are the plagues that I am in.

18 Wherfore hast thou brought me out of the wombe? O that I had perished, and that no eye had seene me,

19 And that I were as though I had not ben, but brought from the wombe to the graue.

20 Are not my dayes fewe? Let him then leaue of fro me, and let me a lone, that I may comfort my selfe a litle,

21 Afore I go [thyther from whence] I shall not turne againe, euen to the lande of darknesse and shadowe of death: [unspec D]

22 Yea a lande as darke as darknesse it selfe, and into the shadowe of death where is none order, but the light is there as darknesse.

The .xi. Chapter.

1 Iob is vniustly reprehended of Sophar. 7 God is incomprehensible. 14 He is mer∣cifull to the repentaunt. 18 Their assuraunce that liue godlie.

[unspec A] 1 THen aunswered So∣phar the Naama∣thite, and sayde:

2 Shoulde not [he that maketh] many wordes (a) 1.121 be aunswered? Shoulde he that ba∣bleth much be commended therin?

3 Shoulde thy lies make men holde their peace, and when thou mockest [others] shall no man make thee ashamed?

4 For thou hast sayde, b 1.122 my doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thyne eyes.

5 But * 1.123 O that God woulde speake, and open his lippes against thee:

6 That he might shewe thee the secretes of wysdome, howe thou hast deserued double according to right: Know ther∣fore that God hath forgotten thee for thyne iniquitie.

7 Art thou able to finde out [the secretes of] God? Or wilt thou attayne to the per∣fectnesse of the almightie?

8 It is * 1.124 hier then heauen, what art thou able to do? deeper then the hel, how wilt [unspec B] thou then knowe it?

9 The measure of it is longer then the earth, and broder then the sea.

10 Though he turne all thinges vpsyde downe, close them in, gather them toge∣ther, who will turne hym from his pur∣pose?

11 For it is he that (e) 1.125 knoweth vayne men, he seeth their wickednesse also, shoulde he not then consider it?

12 Yet vayne man would be wyse, though man [newe] borne is lyke a wilde asses coulte.

13 If thou preparedst thyne heart, and liftedst vp thyne handes towarde hym:

14 If thou wouldest put away the wic∣kednes whiche thou hast in hande, so that no vngodlinesse dwell in thy house:

15 Then mightest thou (f) 1.126 lift vp thy face without * 1.127 shame, & then shouldest thou be sure and haue no neede to feare.

16 Then shouldest thou forget thy miserie, and thinke no more vpon it, then vpon the waters that runne by.

17 Then should thy “ 1.128 lyfe be as cleare as the noone day, thou shouldest shine forth, and be as the morning.

18 Then mightest thou be bolde because there is hope, and take thy rest quietly, as compassed with a trenche.

19 Then mightest thou lye downe and none to make thee afrayde, yea many one should make suite vnto thee.

20 As for the eyes of the vngodly they shall faile, and they shal not escape: and their hope shalbe sorowe of minde.

The .xij. Chapter.

1 Iob accuseth his friendes of ignoraunce. 7 He declareth the might and power of God. 17 And how he chaungeth the course of thinges.

1 SO Iob aunswered, & saide:

2 Then no doubt ye are the men (a) 1.129 alone, and wysdome shall pe∣rishe with you.

3 (b) 1.130But I haue vnder∣standing aswell as ye, and am not infe∣rior to you: Yea who knoweth not these thinges?

4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, & he heareth him: (c) 1.131 The iust & the vpright is laugh∣ed to scorne.

5 Being as alight(d) 1.132 despised in the heartes of the riche, and as one redy to fall.

6 The houses of (e) 1.133 robbers are in wealth and prosperitie, and they that malicious∣lie meddle against God dwell without care, in those thinges that God hath (f) 1.134 geuen richely with his hande.

7 Aske the cattaile, * 1.135 and they shall en∣fourme thee: the foules of the ayre, and they shall tell thee.

8 Or the encrease of the earth, and it shall shew thee: or the fishes of the sea, and they shall certifie thee.

9 What is he but he knoweth that the hande of the Lorde made all these?

10 In whose hande is the * 1.136 soule of eue∣ry liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde.

11 Haue not the eares (i) 1.137 pleasure in hea∣ring? and the mouth in tasting the thing that it eateth?

12 Among (k) 1.138 olde persons there is wyse∣dome, and in age is vnderstanding.

13 Yea, with [God] is wysdome and strength, it is he that hath counsell and foreknowledge.

14 Beholde (l) 1.139if he breake downe a thing, who can set it vp againe? yf he shut a thing, who wyll open it?

15 Beholde, if he withholde the waters, they drye vp: yf he let them go, they de∣stroy the earth.

16 With him is strength and wysdome: both the deceauer and he that is decea∣ued are his.

17 He carieth away the wyse men as it were a spoyle, and bringeth the iudges out of their wittes.

18 He taketh away the subiection of the people from their kinges, and girdeth their loynes with a bonde.

19 He leadeth away the great men into captiuitie, and turneth the mightie vp∣side downe.

20 He stoppeth the mouth of them that speake trueth, & disapoynteth the aged of their reason.

21 He powreth contempt vpon princes, and maketh the strength of the mightie weake.

22 Loke what lyeth hid in darkenesse he declareth it openly, and the very sha∣dowe of death bringeth he to light.

23 He [both] increaseth the people and de∣stroyeth them, he maketh them to mul∣tiplie, and diminisheth them.

24 He taketh away the hearte of them that be heades of y^e people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in the wil∣dernesse out of the way.

25 They grope in the darke without light, and he maketh them to stacker like a drunken man.

¶The .xiii. Chapter.

1 Iob compareth his knowledge with the experience of his friendes. 16 The penitent shalbe saued, and the hypocrite condempned. 20 He prayeth vnto God that he would not handle him rigorously.

1 LO, (a) 1.140 all [this] haue I seene with mine eye, heard with mine eare, and vnderstande it.

2 What ye knowe, that same do I know also, neither am I inferior vnto you.

3 Neuerthelesse, I talke with the al∣mightie, and my desire is to commune with God.

4 As for you, ye are workmaisters of lyes, and (b) 1.141 vnprofitable phisitians alto∣gether.

5 Woulde God ye kept (c) 1.142 your tongue, for then might ye be taken for wise men.

6 Now heare my (d) 1.143 reasoning, and pon∣der the argument of my lippes.

7 Wyll you speake wickedlie for gods [defence] and talke deceitfully for his [cause?]

8 Wyll ye accept the person of him? or wyll ye contende for God?

9 Shall that helpe you when he calleth you to reckening? For as one man moc∣keth an other, so do ye mocke him.

10 He shall punishe you, and reproue you, if ye do secretly accept any person.

11 Shall not his excellencie make you a∣frayde? Shall not his terrible feare fall vpon you?

12 Your (e) 1.144 remembraunce is lyke vnto a * 1.145sparke, and your bodies lyke the claye.

13 Holde your tongues for my sake, that I also may speake, and my sorowe shal∣be the lesse.

14 Wherefore do I * 1.146 beare my fleshe in my teeth, and (g) 1.147 put my soule in myne handes?

15 Lo, though he slay me, yet wyl I trust in him: but I wyll reproue myne owne wayes in his sight.

16 He shalbe my saluation: for there may no h 1.148 hypocrite come before him.

17 Heare diligently my wordes, and pon∣der my sayinges with your eares.

18 Beholde, now haue I prepared my iudgement, and knowe that I shalbe founde (i) 1.149 righteous.

19 What is he that wyll (k) 1.150 go to lawe with me? if I now holde my (l) 1.151 tongue I dye.

20 Neuerthelesse, (m) 1.152 graunt me two thinges, and then wyll I not hide my selfe from thee:

21 Withdrawe thyne hande from me, and let not the fearefull dreade of thee make me afrayde.

22 Then call, and I wyll aunswere: or let me speake, and geue me then an aun∣swere.

23 How many are my misdeedes and sinnes? let me knowe my transgressi∣ons and offences.

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thyne enemie?

25 Wylt thou breake a leafe driuen to and fro, and wilt thou pursue the drye stub∣ble?

26 For thou layest sharply to my charge, and punishest me for the sinnes of my youth.

27 Thou puttest my feete also in the stockes, and lokest narowly vnto all my pathes, and makest the “ 1.153 print thereof in the heeles of my feete:

28 And I as a rotten thing do consume away, as a garment that is motheaten.

¶The .xiiii. Chapter.

1 Iob describeth the shortnes and miserie of the lyfe of man. 14 Hope sustaineth the godly. 22 The condition of mans lyfe.

1 MAn that is (a) 1.154 borne of woman, hath but a short time to lyue, and is full of miserie.

2 He commeth vp, and is cut downe * 1.155 like a floure: He fleeth as it were a shadow, and neuer continueth in one state.

3 Doest thou (c) 1.156 open thyne eyes vpon such one, and bringest me into thy iudge∣ment?

4 Who can make it cleane that commeth of an vncleane thing? no bodye.

5 * 1.157The dayes of man surely are ••ece••••••¦ned, the number of his monethes are knowen onely vnto thee, thou hast appoynted him his bondes which ••e can not go beyonde.

6 Go from him, that he may rest vntill his day come which he loketh for, lyke as an hireling doth.

7 For if a tree be cut downe, there is (d) 1.158 some hope yet that it wyll sproute and shoote foorth the braunches againe.

8 Though the roote of it be waxen olde, and the stocke thereof be dead in the grounde:

9 Yet when it getteth the sent of water, it wyll budde and bring foorth bowes, lyke as a tree that is planted.

10 (e) 1.159But as for man, when he is dead, peri∣shed, and consumed away, what becom∣meth of him?

11 As the waters passe from the sea, and as the flood decayeth and dryeth vp:

12 So man after he is asleepe ryseth not, he shall not wake tyll the heauens be no more, nor rise out of his sleepe.

13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the graue, & keepe me secret vntyl thy wrath were past, and to appoynt me a time wherein thou mightest remember me.

14 May a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 man lyue againe▪ All the dayes of my lyfe wyll I wayte still, till my chaunging shall come.

15 Thou shalt * 1.160 call [me] and I shall aunswere thee, * 1.161 despise not thou the worke of thyne owne handes.

16 For now thou g 1.162 numbrest all my go∣inges, and geuest no delay vnto my sinne.

17 Myne iniquitie is sealed vp as it were in a bagge, and thou addest [punishement] vnto my wickednesse.

18 The mountaines fal away at the last, the rockes are remoued out of their place.

19 The waters pearse through the very stones by litle & litle, the floodes washe away the grauell and earth: so shalt thou destroy the hope of man.

20 Thou preuaylest still against him, so that he passeth away: thou chaungest his “ 1.163 estate and puttest him from thee.

21 And whether his children come to worship or no, he can not tell: And if they be men of lowe degree, he knoweth not.

22 But while his fleshe is vpon him it must haue sorowe: and his soule shall mourne within him.

The .xv. Chapter.

1 Eliphaz reprehendeth Iob, because he ascribeth wysdome and purenes to him selfe. 16 He describeth the curse that falleth on the wicked, reckoning Iob to be one of that number.

[unspec A]

1 THen aunswered Eli∣phaz the Themanite, and saide:

2 Shalla wyse mans aunswere be as the winde, and fill a mans belly as it were with the a 1.164 winde of the east?

3 Shall he reproue with a worde that is nothing worth, & speake the thinges which can do no good?

4 Surely thou hast cast of feare, and re∣strainest prayer before God.

5 For thy mouth setteth forth thyne owne iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen the tongue of the craftie.

6 (b) 1.165Thyne owne mouth condempneth thee, and not I: yea, thyne owne lippes shape an aunswere against thee.

7 * 1.166Art thou the first man that euer was borne? or wast thou made before 〈…〉〈…〉?

8 Hast thou heard the secret counsell of [unspec B] God? and doest thou restraine wysdome to thee?

9 What knowest thou, that we knowe not? And what vnderstandest thou, but we can the same?

10 With vs are both olde, and aged men, yea such as haue liued longer then thy father.

11 Thinkest thou it a small thing of the consolations of God? with thee is a ly∣ing worde.

12 Why doth thyne * 1.167 heart so bewitche thee? And wherefore winckest thou with thyne eyes,

13 That thy minde is so e 1.168 pufte vp a∣gainst God, and lettest such wordes go out of thy mouth?

14 What is man, that he should be cleane? and he which is borne of a woman, whereby he might be righteous?

15 Beholde he doth not trust his 〈◊〉〈◊〉

yea, the very heauens are not cleane in his sight:

16 How much more then an abhominable and vyle man, which drincketh wicked∣nesse like water.

17 I will tel thee, heare me, and I will * 1.169 shewe thee that I haue seene:

18 Which wyse men haue tolde, and haue not hid that which they receaued from theyr fathers:

19 Vnto whom alone the earth was geuē, and no straunger went among them.

20 The * 1.170 vngodly soroweth all the dayes of his lyfe as it were a woman with childe, and the (h) 1.171 number of a ti∣rauntes yeres is vnknowen.

21 A feareful sounde is [euer] in his eares, and when he is in peace, the destroyer shall come vpon him.

22 He beleueth neuer to be deliuered (i) 1.172out of darknesse: for the sworde is alwayes before his eyes.

23 He wandreth abrode for bread where it is, knowing that the (k) 1.173 day of darke∣nesse is redie at his hande.

24 Trouble and anguishe wil make him afrayde, and compasse him about, as is a king in the middest of an armie.

25 For he hath stretched out his hande a∣gainst God, and armed him selfe against the almightie.

26 He runneth proudly vpon him, & with a stiffe necke fighteth he against him.

27 Where as he * 1.174 couereth his face with fatnesse, and maketh his body well ly¦king.

28 Therefore shall his dwelling be * 1.175 in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes of stones.

29 He n 1.176 shall not be riche, neither shall his substaunce continue, neither shal the prosperitie thereof be prolonged vpon earth.

30 He shall neuer depart out of darke∣nesse, the flame (o) 1.177 shal drye vp his bran∣ches, with the blast of y^e mouth [of God] shall he be taken away.

31 He beleeueth not that he erreth in va∣nitie, and yet vanitie shalbe his recom∣pence.

32 He shal perishe afore his time be worne out, and his(p) 1.178 braunche shall not be greene.

33 He shalbe plucked of as an vntimely grape from the vine, and shall let his floure fall as the oliue doth.

34 For the congregation of hypocrites shalbe desolate, and the fire shall con∣sume the houses of such as are greedie to receaue giftes.

35 He conceaueth trauaile, and beareth vanitie, and their body bringeth foorth disceyte.

The .xvj. Chapter.

1 Iob moued by the importunacie of his friendes, 7 counteth in what extremitie he is, 19 and taketh God witnes of his innocencie.

[unspec A] 1 IOb aunswered, & saide:

2 I haue oft times heard such thinges: (a) 1.179 miserable ge∣uers of comfort are ye all the sort of you.

3 * 1.180Shall not vaine wordes come yet to an ende? Or what maketh thee bolde so to aunswere?

4 I coulde speake as ye do also: but would God that your * 1.181 soule were in my soules steade, then could I frame wordes for you, and shake my head at you:

5 I shoulde comfort you with my mouth, & releasse your paine with the talking of my lippes.

6 For all my wordes my sorowe wyll not ceasse: And (c) 1.182 though I holde my tongue, what am I eased?

7 But now that [God] hath sent me ad∣uersitie, thou hast troubled al(d) 1.183 my con∣gregation.

8 And that thou (e) 1.184 hast filled me with wrinckles my fleshe is recorde, and my leanenesse ryseth vp against me and beareth witnes thereof in my face.

9 His wrath hath torne [me] he hateth me, & gnasheth vpon me with his teeth: myne enemie loketh fiercely vpon me with his eyes.

10 They haue opened their mouthes wide vpon me, and (f) 1.185 smitten me vpon the cheeke dispitefully, they gather thē selues together against me.

11 God hath shut me vp with the vngod∣ly, and deliuered me g 1.186 into the handes of the wicked.

12 I was in wealth, but he hath ••••ught me to nought: he hath taken 〈◊〉〈◊〉 by the necke, he hath all to shaken me and set me as a marke for him selfe.

13 His * 1.187 archers compasse me rounde a∣bout, he woundeth my raines, and doth not spare, my bowels hath he powred vpon the grounde.

14 He hath geuen me one wounde vpon an other, and is fallen vpon me lyke a giaunt.

15 I haue sowed a sackecloth vpon my skinne, and wallowed my head in the dust.

16 My face is withered with weeping, & in myne eyes is the shadowe of death.

17 Howbeit there is no * 1.188 wickednesse in my handes, but * 1.189 my prayer is cleane.

18 O earth couer not thou my blood, and let * 1.190 my crying finde no roome.

19 For lo, * 1.191 my witnesse is in heauen, and he that knoweth me, is in the height.

20 My friendes geue me many wordes to scorne, and myne eye powreth out teares vnto God.

21 O that a body might pleate with God, as one man doth with an other:

22 Yet the number of my yeres is come, and the way that I must go is at hand, from whence I shall not turne againe.

¶The .xvii. Chapter.

1 Iob saith that he consumeth away, and yet doth paciently abyde it. 10 He exhor∣teth his friendes to repentaunce, 13 shewing that he loketh but for death.

[unspec A] 1 MY breath is corrupt, my dayes are shortened, I am harde at deathes doore.

2 (a) 1.192 * 1.193Froward men are with me, and myne eye must continue in the bitternesse of them.

3 O deliuer me, and (b) 1.194loke out one to be my suretie in thy sight: what is he that knoweth who wyll promise for me?

4 For thou hast withholden their heartes * 1.195 from vnderstanding, there∣fore shalt thou not set [them] vp on hie.

5 He that speaketh flatterie to his friend, the eyes of his children shall fayle.

6 He hath made me a byworde of the people, where as afore I was their ioy.

7 Myne eye is dimme for very heaui∣nesse, and all my strength is lyke a sha∣dowe.

8 Vertuous men therefore shall well consider this, and the innocent shal take part against the hypocrite.

9 The righteous also wyll d 1.196 kepe his way, and he that hath cleane handes wyll euer be stronger and stronger.

10 As for al you, turne you and * 1.197 get you hence [I pray you] seeing I can not finde one wyse man among you.

11 My dayes are past, and my counsailes and thoughtes of my heart are vani∣shed away,

12 (e) 1.198Chaunging the night into day, and the light approching into darkenesse.

13 * 1.199Though I tary neuer so much, yet the graue is my house, & I haue made my bed in the darke.

14 I saide to corruption, thou art my fa∣ther, and to the wormes, you are my mother and my sister.

15 * 1.200Where is then now my hope? or who hath considered the thing that I loke for? These shall go downe with me into the pit, and lye with me in the dust.

¶The .xviii. Chapter.

1 Bildad rehearseth the paines of the vnfaithfull and wicked.

[unspec A] 1 THen aunswered Bildad the Su∣hite, and saide:

2 When wyll ye make an ende * 1.201 of your wordes? Marke well, and then we wyll speake.

3 Wherfore are we counted as beastes, and reputed so vyle in your sight?

4 He destroyeth him selfe with his an∣ger: Shall the earth be forsaken, or any stone remoued out of his place (b) 1.202 because of thee?

5 Yea, the light of the vngodly shalbe put out, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine.

6 The * 1.203 light shall be darke in his dwel∣ling, and his candle shall be put out

with him.

7 The steppes of his strength shalbe re∣strayned, and his owne counsaile shall cast him downe:

8 For his feete are taken as it were in the net, & he walketh vpon the snares.

(d) 1.2049 The grinne shall take him by the heele, and it shall catche him that is thirstie of blood.

10 The snare is layde for him in the grounde, and a pitfall in the way.

11 Fearefulnesse shall make him afraide on euery side, and shall driue him to his feete.

12 Hunger shalbe his strength, and de∣struction shalbe redye at his side.

13 (e) 1.205It shall eate the strength of his owne skinne, euen the * 1.206 first borne of death shall eate his strength.

14 His hope shalbe rooted out of his dwelling, and shall bring him to the (g) 1.207king of feare.

15 Other men shall dwell in his house and it shalbe none of his, and brimstone shall be scattered vpon his habitation.

16 His rootes shalbe dryed vp beneath and aboue shall his braunche be 〈◊〉〈◊〉 downe.

17 His remembraunce h 1.208 shall perishe from the earth, and he shall haue no name in the streete.

18 They shall driue him from the (i) 1.209 light into darkenesse, and chaste him cleane out of the worlde.

19 He shall neither haue “ 1.210 children nor kinsfolkes among his people, no nor a∣ny posteritie in his dwellinges.

20 They that come after him, shalbe a∣stonyed at k 1.211 his day, and “ 1.212 they that go before shalbe afrayde.

21 Such are now the dwellinges of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

The .xix. Chapter.

1 Iob reproueth his friendes, 15 and reciteth his miseries and greuous paines. [unspec A] 15 He assureth him selfe of the generall resurrection.

1 IOb aunswered, and saide:

2 How long wyll ye vexe my soule, and trouble me with wordes?

3 Lo, (a) 1.213 ten times haue ye reproched me, and are not a∣shamed, but haue laughed me to scorne.

* 1.2144 Be it that I haue erred in deede, myne errour then remaineth with my selfe.

5 But if ye wyll aduaunce your selues a∣gainst me, and rebuke me for the shame that is come vpon me:

6 Know this then, that it is God which hath ouerthrowē me, and hath compas∣sed me with his net.

7 If I complaine of the violence that is done vnto me, I cannot be heard: and if I crye, there is no sentence geuen with me.

8 He hath hedged vp my way that (c) 1.215 I can not passe, and he hath set darkenesse in my pathes.

9 He hath spoyled me (d) 1.216 of myne honour, and (e) 1.217 taken the crowne away from my head.

10 He hath destroyed me on euery side and I am “ 1.218 gone: my hope hath he ta∣ken away as a tree pluckt vp by the roote.

11 His wrath is kindled against me, he taketh me as though I were his ene∣mie.

12 * 1.219His men of warre come together, which made their way ouer me, and be∣sieged my dwelling rounde about.

13 He hath put my brethren farre away from me, and myne acquaintaunce are also become straungers vnto me.

14 Myne owne kinsefolkes haue forsaken me, and my best acquainted haue forgot∣ten me.

15 “ 1.220The seruauntes and maydens of myne owne house toke me for a straun∣ger, and I am become as an aliaunt in their sight.

16 I called my seruaunt, and he gaue me no aunswere: [no though] I prayed him with my mouth.

17 Myne owne wyfe might not abyde my breath, though I prayed her for the children sake of myne owne body.

18 Yea, the young men despised me, and when I rose they spake euill vpon me.

19 All my most familiers abhorred me: and they whom I loued best, are tur∣ned

against me.

20 My * 1.221 bone cleaueth to my 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and to my fleshe, onely there is 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the skinne aboue my teeth.

21 Haue pitie vpon me, haue pitie vp•• me, O ye my friendes, for the handed, God hath touched me.

22 Why do ye persecute me as God [do••] and are not satisfied with my fleshe?

23 * 1.222O that my wordes were now writ∣ten, O that they were put in a booke,

24 And grauen with an iron penne in leade, or in stone, to continue.

25 For I am sure * 1.223 that my redeemer 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and he sha•• rayse vp at the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 day them that lye in the dust.

26 And though after my skinne the wormes destroy this body, yet shall I see God in my fleshe:

27 Whom I my selfe shall see, and myne eyes shall beholde, and none other for me, though my rames are consumed within me.

28 But ye saide, why is he persecuted? and there was a deepe matter in me.

29 * 1.224But beware of the sworde: for the sword wylbe auenged of wickednesse, and be sure that there is a iudgement.

The .xx. Chapter.

1 Sophar sheweth that the wicked and the couetous shall haue a short ende, 22 though for a time they florishe.

[unspec A] 1 THen aunswered So∣phar the Naamathite, and saide:

2 For the same cause do (a) 1.225 my thoughtes com∣pell me to aunswere, and therefore, make haste.

3 I haue sufficiently heard the * 1.226 checking of my reproofe, therefore the spirite of myne vnderstanding causeth me to aun∣swere.

4 Knowest thou not this of olde, and since God plaged man vpon earth,

5 * 1.227That the gladnesse of the vngodlie hath ben short, and that the ioy of hypo∣crites continued but the twinckling of an eye?

6 Though he be magnified vp to the heauen, so that his head reacheth vnto the cloudes:

7 Yet at ad 1.228 turne he perisheth for euer, insomuch that they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is he?

8 He shall vanishe as a dreame, so that he can no more be founde, and shal passe away as a vision in the night.

9 So that the eye which sawe him be∣fore, shal haue no more sight of him, and his place shall * 1.229 know him no more.

10 His children shalbe faine to agree with the poore, and his handes shall restore their goodes.

11 From his youth his bones are (e) 1.230 full of pleasures, but now shall it lye downe within him in the * 1.231 earth.

12 When wickednesse was f 1.232 sweete in his mouth, he hyd it vnder his tongue.

13 That he fauoured, that would he not forsake, but kept it close in his throte.

14 The bread that he did eate, is turned to the g 1.233 poyson of serpentes within his bodye.

15 The riches that he deuoured shall he parbreake againe: for God shall drawe them out of his belly.

16 He shall sucke the (h) 1.234gall of serpentes, and the adders tongue shall slay him:

17 So that he shall no more see the * 1.235 ry∣uers and brookes of hony and butter.

18 The thing he hath laboured for, shall he restore, and k 1.236 shall not eate of it: great trauaile shall he make for riches, but he shall not enioy them.

19 And why? he hath oppressed the poore, and not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, and not builded them.

20 Because he could not perceaue when his belly was well, through his greedie desire he shall not escape.

21 There l 1.237 shall none of his meate be left, therefore shall no man loke for his goodes.

22 When he had plenteousnesse of euery thing, yet was he poore, though he was helped on euery side.

23 And it shall come to passe, that where∣with he purposed to fill his belly, God shall powre the furie of his wrath ther∣on, and shall cause his indignation to raigne vpon him, and vpon his meate.

24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bowe of steele shall strike him through.

25 The [arowe] is taken foorth and gone out of the quiuer, and a glistering swo••

through the gall of him: so feare shall come vpon him.

26 All darknesse shalbe hid in their secrete places, * 1.238 an vnkindled fire shal consume him: and loke what remaineth in his house, it shalbe destroyed.

27 The heauen shal * 1.239 declare his wicked∣nesse, and the earth shall take part a∣gainst him.

28 The substaunce that he hath in his house, shalbe taken away and perishe in the day of the Lordes wrath.

29 This is the portion that the wicked man shal haue of God, and the heritage that he may loke for of God, because of his wordes.

¶The .xxi. Chapter.

1 Iob declareth how the prosperitie of the wicked maketh them proude, 15 inso∣much that they blaspheme God. 16 Their destruction is at hande. 23 None ought to be iudged wicked for affliction, neither good for prosperitie.

[unspec A]

1 IOb aunswered, and saide:

2 O heare diligently my wordes, and that shalbe in steede of your consolations,

3 Suffer me that I may speake, and when I haue spoken mocke on.

4 Is it for (a) 1.240 mans sake that I make this disputation? Which if it were so, shoulde not my spirite then be in sore trouble?

5 Marke me [well] and be abashed, and * 1.241 lay your hande vpon your mouth.

6 For when I consider [my selfe] I am afrayde, and my fleshe is smitten with feare.

7 Wherefore (c) 1.242 do wicked men liue, come to their olde age, and increase in richesse?

8 Their “ 1.243 children lyue in their sight, and their generation before their eyes.

9 Their houses are safe from all feare, and the rod of God is not vpon them.

10 Their bullocke gendreth and that not out of time, their cowe calueth and is not vnfruitfull.

11 They sende foorth their children by flockes, & their sonnes [leade the] daunce.

12 They beare with them tabrets and harpes, and reioyce in the sounde of the organs.

13 They spend their dayes in wealthines, but * 1.244 sodainely they go downe to the graue.

14 They say also vnto God: * 1.245 Go from vs, we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes.

15 Who is the almightie that we should serue him? And what profite should we haue if we should pray vnto him?

16 Lo, there is vtterly no goodnesse in their hande therefore wyll I not haue to do with the counsaile of the vngodly.

17 How oft shall the (f) 1.246candell of the wic∣ked be put out, and their destruction come vpon them? O what sorowe shall God geue them for their part in his wrath?

18 Yea, they shalbe euen as hay before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme carieth away.

19 God wyll lay vp the sorowe of the fa∣ther for his children: & when he rewar∣deth him, he shall know it.

20 Their owne miserie shal they see with their eyes, and drinke of the fearefull wrath of the almightie.

21 For what careth he for his house after his death, when the (g) 1.247 number of his monethes is cut short?

22 Seeing God hath the highest power of all, who can teache him any know∣ledge?

23 (h) 1.248One dyeth in his full strength, be∣ing in all ease and prosperitie,

24 His breastes are full of milke, and his bones runne full of marowe.

25 Another dyeth in the(i) 1.249 bitternes of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.

26 They shall sleepe both alyke in the earth, and the wormes shall couer them.

27 Beholde, (k) 1.250 I know what ye thinke, yea and the subtiltie that ye imagine a∣gainst me.

28 For ye say (l) 1.251 where is the princes pa∣lace? and where is the dwelling of the vngodly?

29 Haue ye not asked them that go by the way? Doubtlesse ye cannot denie their tokens,

30 That the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and the vngodly shalbe brought foorth to the day of wrath.

31 Who * 1.252 dare declare his way to his face? who wil rewarde him for that he doth?

32 Yet shall he be brought to his graue, and dwell among the heape [of the dead.]

33 Then shal the (n) 1.253 slymie valley be sweet vnto him, all men also must folowe him, as there are innumerable gone be∣fore him.

34 Howe vayne then is the comfort that ye geue me, seyng falshood remayneth in all your aunsweres?

The .xxii. Chapter.

2 Eliphas affirmeth that Iob is punished for his sinnes. 6 He accuseth him of vnmerciful∣nesse, 13 and that he denied gods prouidence. 21 He exhorteth hym to repentaunce.

[unspec A] 1 SO (a) 1.254 Eliphas the The∣manite gaue aun∣swere, and sayde:

2 May a man be profi∣table vnto God, as he that is wise may be pro∣fitable vnto him selfe?

3 Is it any aduauntage to the almightie that thou art righteous? or shall it pro∣fite him that thou makest thy wayes perfect?

4 Is he afrayde to reproue thee, and to step foorth with thee into iudgement?

5 Is (b) 1.255 not thy wickednesse great, and thy vngratious deedes innumerable?

6 For thou (c) 1.256 hast taken the pledge from thy brother for naught, and robbed the naked of their clothing.

7 To such as were weery, hast thou geuen no water to drinke, & hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie.

8 But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in auctoritie dwelt in it.

9 Thou hast sent wydowes away emp∣tie, and the armes of the fatherlesse were broken.

10 Therefore art thou (d) 1.257 compassed about with snares, & sodenly vexed with feare.

11 Shouldest thou then see no (e) 1.258 darknesse? shoulde not the water studde run ouer thee?

12 Is not God on high in the heauen? be∣holde the heyght of the starres how hie they are.

13 Wilt thou therfore say, Tushe, howe should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?

14 Tushe, the cloudes couer him that he may not see, and he walketh on the top of heauen.

15 Hast thou marked the way of the world, wherin wicked men haue walked?

16 Whiche were cut downe out of time, and whose (f) 1.259 foundation was as an ouerflowing ryuer.

17 Whiche sayd vnto God, Go from vs: and asked what the almightie coulde do for them?

18 He filled their houses with good things: but the counsell of the vngodly be farre from me.

19 The righteous sawe it and were glad, and the innocent laughed them to scorne.

20 Is our substaunce hewen downe? As for the remnaunt of them (g) 1.260 the fire hath consumed.

21 Therefore (h) 1.261 reconcile thee vnto God, and be at peace: so shall all thinges pros∣pere with thee right well.

22 Receaue I pray thee the lawe at his mouth, and lay vp his wordes in thyne heart.

23 For if thou wilt turne to the almightie, thou shalt be buyld vp, and put all vn∣righteousnes from thy dwelling.

24 Thou shalt lay vp golde [as plentyful] as the dust, and the golde of Ophir as the flyntes of the riuers.

25 Yea almightie God his owne selfe shal∣be be thy defence, and thou shalt haue plen∣tie of siluer.

26 Then shalt thou haue thy delite in the almightie, and lift vp thy face vnto God.

27 Then shalt thou make thy prayer vn∣to him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt “ 1.262 kepe thy promises.

28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and he shall establishe it vnto thee, and the (i) 1.263 light shall shine in thy wayes.

29 When [the wicked] be cast downe, thou shalt say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person.

30 The innocent shal deliuer the Ilande: (k) 1.264it shalbe preserued by the purenesse of thyne handes.

The .xxiii. Chapter.

2 Iob affirmeth that he both knoweth and feareth the power and sentence of the iudge, 10 and that he is not punished only for his sinnes.

[unspec A]

1 IOb aunswered, & said:

2 Though my talke be this day in (a) 1.265 bitter∣nesse, and my plague greater then my gro∣ning.

3 O that I * 1.266 might know him, and finde him, and that I might come before his seate:

4 I woulde pleade my cause before hym, and fill my mouth with argumentes:

5 I woulde knowe what aunswere he woulde geue me, and vnderstande what he woulde say vnto me.

6 Will he pleade against me with his great power? No, but he will make me the stronger.

[unspec B] 7 There the righteous might dispute with him, so shoulde I be deliuered for euer from my iudge.

8 Behold, though I go forwarde I find him not: If I go backwarde, I can get no knowledge of hym:

9 If I go on the left side where he doth his worke, I can not attayne vnto him: Againe, if I go on the right side, he hy∣deth him selfe that I can not see hym.

10 But as for my way, he knoweth it, and tryeth me, that as the gold I may come foorth.

11 My (c) 1.267 foote doth kepe his path, his hie way haue I holden, and will not go out of it.

12 I will not forsake the commaundement of his lippes, I haue esteemed the wordes of his mouth more then myne appoynted foode.

31 He is still at one poynt, and (d) 1.268 who can turne him? he doth as him listeth, and bringeth to passe what he will.

14 He (e) 1.269 perfourmeth the thing that is ap∣poynted for me, and many such thinges doth he.

15 This is the cause that I shrinke at his presence, so that when I consider him, I am afrayde of hym.

16 For God maketh my heart (f) 1.270 softe, and the almightie putteth me in feare.

17 Because I am not (g) 1.271 cut of before the darkenesse, neither hath he couered the (h) 1.272 cloude fro my face.

The .xxiiii. Chapter.

1 Iob describeth the wickednesse of men, and sheweth what curse belongeth to the wicked. 12 How all thinges are gouerned by gods prouidence, 17 and the destruction of the wicked.

[unspec A] 1 COnsidering * 1.273 then that there is no time hyd from the almightie, how happeneth it that they which know him do not regarde his dayes?

2 For some men remoue the lande∣markes, robbe men of their cattell, and feede of the same:

3 They driue away the asse of the father∣lesse, and take the wydowes oxe for a pledge:

4 They cause the poore to turne out of the way, so that the poore of the earth hyde them selues together.

5 Beholde, as wilde b 1.274 asses in the desert go they foorth to their worke, & ryse be∣times to spoyle: Yea the very (c) 1.275 wilder∣nesse ministreth foode for them & their children.

6 They reape the corne fielde that is not their owne, and let the vineyarde of the vngodly alone.

7 They cause the naked to lodge without garment, and without couering in the colde.

8 They are wet with the showres of the mountaynes, and embrace the rocke for want of a couering.

9 They plucke the fatherlesse from the brest, and take the pledge from the poore.

10 They let hym go naked without clo∣thing, and haue taken away the sheafe of the hungrie.

11 The poore are fayne to labour in their oyle mylles, yea and to treade in their wyne presses, and yet to suffer thirst.

12 Men out of the citie crye vnto the Lord with sighing, the soules of the slayne al∣so crye out, yet God regardeth not their complaynt.

13 Where as they are conuersaunt among them that abhorre the light, they know not his way, nor continue in his pathes.

14 The murtherer ryseth early and kil∣leth the poore and needy, and in the night is as a thiefe?

15 The * 1.276eye of the adulterer wayteth for the darkenesse, & sayth, There shall no eye see me: and disguiseth his face.

16 In the darke they digge through houses, whiche they marked for them selues in the day time: they knowe not the light.

17 The morning is to them euen as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrours of the shadowe of death,

18 [The vngodly] is swyft vpon the water: their portion shalbe cursed in the earth, and he shall not beholde the way of the vineyardes.

19 As the drye grounde and heate (e) 1.277 con∣sume the snowye waters: so shall the graue the sinners.

20 The (f) 1.278 pitifull man shall forget hym, he shalbe sweete to the wormes, he shalbe no more remembred, & his wickednesse shalbe broken as a tree.

21 He hath oppressed the barren that can not beare, and vnto the wydow hath he done no good.

22 He (g) 1.279 drue the mightie after hym with his power, and when he was gotten vp no man was sure of lyfe.

23 And though they gaue him to be in safe∣tie, yet his eyes are vpon their wayes.

24 They are exalted for a litle, but [shortly] are gone, brought to pouertie, and taken out of the way, yea and vtterly pluckt of, as the eares of corne.

25 Is (h) 1.280 it not so? Who will then reproue me as a lyer, and say that my wordes are nothing worth?

The .xxv. Chapter.

Bildad proueth that no man is cleane nor without sinne before God.

1 THen aunswered Bil∣dad the Suhite, and sayde:

2 Is there (a) 1.281 power and feare with him a∣boue, that maketh * 1.282peace sitting in his hyghnesse?

3 Is there any number of his (c) 1.283 armies, and vpon whom shal not his light arise?

4 (d) 1.284But how may a man compared vnto God, be iustified? or how can he be cleane that is borne of a woman?

5 Beholde, the moone shyneth nothing in comparison to him, and the starres are vncleane in his sight.

6 Howe much more then man that is but “ 1.285 corruption, and the sonne of man which is but a worme?

The .xxvi. Chapter.

1 Iob sheweth that man can not helpe God, and proueth it by his miracles.

1 IOb aunswered, and sayde:

2 (a) 1.286Whō hast thou hel∣ped? Him that is with∣out strength? sauest thou the arme that hath no strength?

3 Where is the counsayle that thou shoul∣dest geue him which hath no wisdome? Hast thou shewed the way of right ly∣uing?

4 To whom hast thou spoken these wordes? who made the breath to come out of thy mouth?

5 * 1.287Are not dead thinges shapen vn∣der the waters, and thinges by the wa∣ters side?

6 (c) 1.288He is naked before him, and the very destruction it selfe can not be hyd out of his sight.

7 He stretcheth out the noorth ouer the emptie place, and * 1.289hangeth the earth vpon nothing.

8 He byndeth the water in his cloudes, & the cloude is not broken vnder them.

9 e 1.290He holdeth backe the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloude before it.

10 He hath compassed the waters with certayne boundes, (f) 1.291 vntill the day and night come to an ende.

11 The * 1.292 very pillers of heauen tremble and quake at his reproofe.

12 He stilleth the sea with his power, and through his wysdome smyteth he the strength therof.

13 His spirite hath h 1.293 garnished the hea∣uens, & his hand hath made (i) 1.294 the croo∣ked serpent.

14 Lo, this is now a * 1.295 short summe of his wayes: but howe litle a portion heare we of hym? who can vnderstande the thunder of his power?

The .xxvii. Chapter.

3 The constancie and perfectnesse of Iod. 13 The reward of the wicked and of the tirauntes.

1 AND Iob proceeded and went foorth in his parable, saying,

2 * 1.296As God lyueth whiche hath ta∣ken away my iudge∣ment, and the almigh∣tie that hath * 1.297 vexed my minde:

3 Whyle my breath is in me, (c) 1.298and the winde that God hath geuen me is in my nostrels,

4 My lippes shall talke of no vanitie, and my tongue shall speake no disceite.

5 God forbyd that I should graunt your cause to be right: As for me, vntill myne end come will(d) 1.299 I neuer go fro myne innocentie.

6 My righteous dealing kepe I fast, which I will not forsake: my heart shal not reproue me (e) 1.300 of my dayes.

7 Therfore * 1.301 myne enemie shalbe founde as the vngodly, and he that taketh part against me, as the vnrighteous.

8 For g 1.302what hope hath the hypocrite though he haue great good, if God take away his soule?

9 Will * 1.303 God heare his crye, when trou∣ble commeth vpon him?

10 Hath he such pleasure and delite in the almightie, * 1.304that he dare alway call vpon God?

11 I wil teache you in the * 1.305 name of God, and the thing of the almightie will I not kepe from you.

12 (k) 1.306Behold, all ye your selues haue seene it, why then do ye thus vanishe in va∣nitie?

13 Saying: (l) 1.307 This is the portion that the wicked haue of God, and the heritage that tyrauntes shall receaue of the al∣mightie.

14 If he get many children, they shall pe∣rishe with the sworde, and his posteritie shall haue scarcenesse of bread.

15 His remnaunt shalbe buried in death, and his widowes shall not weepe.

16 Though he (m) 1.308 heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay:

17 He may well prepare it, but the godly shall put it on, and the innocent shall deale out the money.

18 He (n) 1.309 buyldeth his house as the moth, & as a booth that the watchman maketh.

19 When the riche man sleepeth, he shall not be gathered [to his fathers,] they ope∣ned their eyes, and he was gone.

20 Terrour taketh holde vpon hym (o) 1.310 as a water fludde, and the tempest stealeth him away in the night season.

21 A (p) 1.311 vehement east winde caryeth him hence, and he departeth: a storme hur∣leth him out of his place.

22 God shal cast vpon him, and not spare, though he woulde fayne flee out of his hande.

23 Then clap men their handes at hym, and hisse at him out of his place.

The .xxviii. Chapter.

1 Iob sheweth that the wysdome of God is vnsearcheable.

1 THere is * 1.312 a place wher siluer is brought out of, and where golde is tryed,

2 Where yron is digged out of the grounde, &b 1.313 stones resolued to me tall.

3 c 1.314The darkenesse shall once come to an ende: he can seke out the grounde of all thinges, the stones, the darke, and the shadowe of death.

4 He causeth the fluddes to breake out a∣gainst the inhabitant, and the waters forgotten of the foote, beyng hygher then man, are gone away.

5 * 1.315Out of the same earth commeth bread, and vnder it as it were fire is tur∣ned vp.

6 The * 1.316 stones of it are a place of Sa∣phires, and the dust of it is golde.

7 There is a way that the birdes knowe not, that no vultures eye hath seene:

8 Wherin the lions whelpes walke not, and where no lion commeth.

9 [There] (f) 1.317putteth he his hande vpon the stonie rockes, and ouerthroweth the mountaynes by the rootes.

10 Riuers flowe out of the rockes, & loke what is pleasaunt, his eye seeth it.

11 He bindeth the fluddes that they do not ouerflow: and the thing that is hid brin∣geth he to light.

12 Where then is wysdome founde? and g 1.318where is the place of vnderstanding?

13 Veryly no man can tell howe (h) 1.319 worthy a thing she is, neither is she found in the lande of them that lyue.

14 The deepe sayth, She is not in me: the sea sayth, She is not with me.

15 She can not be gotten for golde, neither may the price of her be bought with any siluer.

16 No * 1.320 wedges of gold of Ophir, no pre∣cious * 1.321 Onir stones, no Saphires may be valued with her.

17 No, neither golde nor christall shall be equall vnto it, nor her exchaunge shalbe for the plate of fine golde.

18 No mention shalbe made of Corall nor of the Gabis: for wisdome is more pre∣tious then pearles.

19 The (l) 1.322 Topas of Ethiopia shall not be equall vnto it, neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure golde.

20 Whence then commeth wysdome? and where is the place of vnderstanding?

21 She is hid from the eyes of all men li∣uing, yea & from the foules of the * 1.323 ayre.

22 Destruction and death say, We haue hearde the fame therof with our eares.

23 But God seeth her way, and knoweth her place.

24 For he beholdeth the endes of the worlde, and loketh vpon all that is vn∣der heauen.

25 When he wayed the windes and mea∣sured the waters:

26 When he made a decree for the rayne, and a way for the lightninges of the thunder:

27 Then dyd he see her, then declared he her, prepared her, and knewe her.

28 And vnto man he sayd: * 1.324 To feare the Lorde is wysdome, and to forsake euyll is vnderstanding.

The .xxix. Chapter.

1 Iob complayneth of the prosperitie of the time past. 7. His auctoritie, 12 iustice and equite.

1 SO Iob proceeded and went foorth in his pa∣rable, saying:

2 O that I were as I was in the monethes by past, and in the daies when God preserued me:

3 When his * 1.325 light shined vpon my head, when I went after the same light and shining, euen through the darknesse:

4 As it stoode with me when I was young, when God prospered my house:

5 When the almightie was yet with me, when my children stoode about me:

6 When my wayes (b) 1.326 ranne ouer with butter, and when the stonie rockes gaue me riuers of oyle:

7 When I went out to the gate, euen to the iudgement seate, and when I pre∣pared my seate in the streete:

8 The * 1.327 young men saw me and hid them selues, and the d 1.328 aged arose, and stoode vp.

9 The (e) 1.329 princes left of their talking, and layed their hand to their mouth:

10 The mightie kept still their voyce, and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth.

11 When the eare heard me, it blessed me: & when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me:

12 For I * 1.330 deliuered the poore when he cryed, and the fatherlesse, and hym that had none to helpe hym.

13 The blessing of him that was redy to perishe came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce.

14 And why? I put vpon me righteous∣nesse, which couered me as a * 1.331 garment, and equitie was my crowne.

15 I was an eye to the blinde, and a foote to the lame.

16 I was a father to the poore: and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.

17 I brake the (h) 1.332 iawes of the vnrighte∣ous man, and pluckt the spoyle out of his teeth.

18 Then I sayde, I shall die in my * 1.333 ne•••• and I shall multiplie my dayes as the sande.

19 For my k 1.334 roote was spread out by the water side: and the l 1.335 deawe lay vpon my * 1.336 corne.

20 Myne honour encreased more and more, & my bow was * 1.337 euer the stron∣ger in my hande.

21 Vnto me men gaue eare, me they re∣garded, and with scilence they taried for my counsell.

22 After my woordes they replied not, and my talke dropped vpon them.

23 They (m) 1.338 wayted for me as for the raine: and gaped vpon me, as [the grounde doeth to receaue] the latter shoure.

24 When I laughed, they beleued it not, & the light of my countenaunce would they not put out.

25 When I agreed vnto their way, I was the chiefe, and sate as a king with his armie about him: and when they were in heauinesse, I was their com∣fortour.

The .xxx. Chapter.

1 Iob complayneth that he is contemned of the most contemptible, 11, 21. because of his aduersitie and affliction. 23 Death is the house of all sheshe.

[unspec A] 1 BVt (a) 1.339 nowe they that are younger then I haue me in derision: yea euen they whose fathers I would haue thought scorne to haue set with the dogges of my cattell.

2 For wherto might the strength of(b) 1.340 their handes haue serued me? for the time was but lost among them.

3 For very c 1.341 miserie and hunger they fled into the wildernesse, a darke place, hor∣rible and waste,

4 Plucking vp nettles among the busshes, and the iuniper rootes for their meate.

5 And when they were dryuen foorth, men cryed after them as it had ben af-after a thiefe.

6 Their (d) 1.342 dwelling was in the cleftes of brookes, yea in the caues and dennes of the earth.

7 Among the busshes went they about crying, and vnder the thornes they ga∣thered them selues together.

8 They were the children of fooles and vyllaynes, which are more vile then the earth.

9 Now am I their (e) 1.343 song, & am become their yesting stocke.

10 They abhorre me and flee farre from me, and stayne my face with spittle.

11 Because God hath loosed my corde and humbled me, they haue loosed the (f) 1.344bridle before me.

12 Vpon my g 1.345 right hande ryse the young men against me, they haue hurt my feete, treading vpon me as vpon the wayes of their destruction.

13 My * 1.346 pathes haue they cleane marred, it was so easye for them to do me harme, that they needed no man to help them.

14 They fell vpon me, as it had ben the breaking in of waters, and came in by heapes to destroy me.

15 Feare is turned vpon me, and they pur∣sue my soule as the wind, and my health passeth away as i 1.347 a cloude.

16 Therfore is my soule now powred out vpon me, and the dayes of my trouble haue taken hold vpon me.

17 My bones are pearsed through in the night season, and my sinewes take no rest.

18 For the vehemencie of sorowe is my garment chaunged, whiche compasseth me about as the (k) 1.348 coller of my coote.

19 He hath cast me into the myre, and I am become like asshes and dust.

20 When (l) 1.349 I crie vnto thee, thou doest not heare me: and though I stande before thee, yet thou regardest me not.

21 Thou art become myne enemie, and with thy violent hande thou takest part against me.

22 [In times past] thou diddest * 1.350 set me vp on hye, to be caried as it were aboue the wynde, [but nowe] hast thou geuen mea very sore fall.

23 Sure I am that thou wilt bryng me vnto death, euen to the * 1.351 lodging that is due vnto all men liuing.

24 Notwithstanding, thou wilt not* 1.352 stretch out thyne hand against him that is in the graue: shal men crie out against him that is in destruction?

25 Dyd not I weepe with hym that was in trouble? Had not my soule compassion vpon the poore?

26 Yet neuerthelesse, where as I loked for good, euyll came vnto me: & (p) 1.353 where I wayted for light, there came darke∣nesse.

27 My bowels seethe in me without rest, for the dayes of my trouble are come vpon me.

28 I went mourning without heate, I stoode vp in the congregation, & (q) 1.354 com∣muned with them.

29 But nowe I am a brother of dragons, and a felowe of Estriches.

30 My skinne vpon me is [turned] to (r) 1.355 blacke, and my bones are brent with heate.

13 My harpe is turned to mourning, and my organs into the voyce of them that weepe.

The .xxxi. Chapter.

1 Iob reciteth the innocentie of his liuing, and number of his vertues, which decla∣reth what ought to be the lyfe of the faythfull.

[unspec A]

1 I Made a(a) 1.356 couenaunt with myne eyes: why then * 1.357 should I loke vpon a mayden?

2 For how great a por∣tion shall I haue of God? and what inheri∣taunce from the almightie on hye?

3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and straunge * 1.358 punishement to the workers of iniquitie?

4 Doth not he see my wayes, and tell all my goynges?

5 If I haue walked in (d) 1.359 vanitie, or if my feete haue runne to disceaue:

6 Let me be wayed in an euen balaunce, that God may see myne innocencie.

7 If my steppe hath turned out of the way, & myne heart walked after myne eyes, and if any blot haue cleaued to my handes:

8 Then shall I sowe, and an other eate: yea my “ 1.360 posteritie shalbe cleane rooted out.

9 If my heart haue ben deceaued by a woman, or if I haue layde wayte at my neyghbours doore:

10 Then let my wife (e) 1.361 grinde vnto an o∣ther man, and let other men “ 1.362 lye with her.

11 For this is a wickednesse, and sinne that is worthy to be punished:

12 Yea a (f) 1.363 fire that vtterly should consume and roote out all my increase.

13 If I euer thought scorne to do right vnto my seruauntes & maydens, when they had any matter against me:

14 When God (g) 1.364 will sit in iudgement, what shall I do? & when he will visite me, what aunswere shal I geue him?

15 He that (h) 1.365 fashioned me in my mothers wombe, made he not him also? were we not both shapen a like in our mothers bodies?

16 If I demed the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to way••e in vayne:

17 I•• I haue eaten my * 1.366 morsell alone, that y^e fatherlesse hath not eaten therof:

18 For from my youth it hath growen vp with me as with a father, and from my mothers wombe I haue ben guyde to the (wydowe)

19 If I haue seene any perishe for want of clothing, or any poore for lake of ray∣ment:

20 If his loynes haue not blessed me, be∣cause he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe:

[unspec C] 21 If I haue lift vp mine hand against the fatherlesse, when I sawe that I might helpe him in the gate:

22 Then let myne arme fall fro my shoul∣der, and myne arme holes be broken from the bone.

23 For I haue euer feared the vengeaunce and punishment of God, and [knewe very well that] I was not able to beare his burthen.

24 Haue I put my trust in golde? or haue I sayde to the wedge of golde, thou art my confidence?

25 Haue I reioyced because my power was great, and because my hande gat so much?

26 Dyd I euer greatly regarde the (k) 1.367 ry∣sing of the sunne? or had I the goyng downe of the moone in great reputa∣tion?

27 Hath my heart medled priuyly with any disceite? or did I euer l 1.368 kisse myne owne hande?

28 (That were a wickednesse worthy to be punished: for then shoulde I haue de∣nyed the God that is aboue.)

29 Haue I euer reioyced at the hurt of myne enemie? or was I euer glad that any harme happened vnto him? [Oh, no]

30 I neuer suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse to his soule.

31 Dyd not the men of myne owne hous holde say, Who shall let vs to haue our belly full of his fleshe?

32 The straunger dyd not lodge in the streete, but I opened my doores vnto him that went by the way.

33 Haue I kept secrete my sinne, and hyd myne iniquitie, as Adam dyd?

34 Though I coulde haue made afeard a great * 1.369 multitude, yet the most con∣temptible of the families dyd feare me: so I kept scilence, and went not out of the * 1.370 doore.

35 O that I had one which woulde heare me: beholde my signe in the whiche the almightie shal aunswere for me, though he that is my contrarie partie hath written a booke against me.

36 Yet will I take it vpon my * 1.371 shoulder, & as a garlande binde it about my head.

37 I will tell hym the number of my goinges, & go vnto him as to a (p) 1.372 prince.

38 But if case be that my lande * 1.373 crye a∣gainst me, or that the (r) 1.374 forowes thereof make any complaynt:

39 If I haue eaten the fruites therof vn∣payed for, yea if I haue greeued the soules of the maisters therof:

40 Then let thystles growe in steede of my wheate, and cockle for my barlye.

Here end the wordes of Iob.

The .xxxii. Chapter.

1 Elihu reproueth them of folly. •• Age maketh not a man wife, but the spirite of God.

[unspec A] 1 SO these three men ceas∣sed to aunswere Iob, * 1.375because he held him selfe a righteous man.

2 But Elihu the sonne of Barachel the * 1.376 Bu∣zite, of the kinred of Ram, was very sore displeased at Iob, because he called hym selfe iust before God.

3 And with Iobs three friendes he was angry also, because they had founde no reasonable aunswere, and yet condemp∣ned Iob.

4 Nowe taried Elihu, till they had ended their cōmunication with Iob: for why? they were elder them he.

5 So when Elihu sawe that these three men were not able to make Iob aun∣swere, he was miscontent.

6 Therfore Elihu the sonne of Barachel the Buzite aunswered, and sayde: [Con∣sidering that] I am young, and ye be men of age, I was afrayde, and durst not shewe foorth my mynde.

[unspec B] 7 For I thought thus within my selfe: “ 1.377It becommeth old men to speake, and the * 1.378 aged to teache wysdome.

8 Euery man no doubt hath a mynde, but it is the inspiration of the almightie that geueth vnderstanding.

9 Great men are not alway wyse, neither doth euery aged man vnderstande “ 1.379 the thing that is lawfull:

10 Therefore I say, heare me, and I wil shewe you also myne vnderstanding.

11 For when I had wayted till ye made an end of your talking, and hearde your wysdome, (c) 1.380 what arguments ye made in your communication,

12 Yea when I had diligently pondred what ye sayde, I found not one of you that made any good argument against Iob, that directly could make aunswere vnto his wordes,

13 Lest ye should say: We haue found out wisdome, * 1.381 God shall cast hym downe, and no man.

14 He hath not spoken vnto me, and I wil not aunswere hym as ye haue done.

15 For they were so abashed, that they coulde not make aunswere, nor speake one worde.

16 When I had wayted (for they spake not, but stoode still and aunswered no more:)

17 Then aunswered I in my turne, and I shewed myne opinion.

18 For I am full of “ 1.382 matter, and the spi∣rite within me compelleth me.

19 Beholde, my (e) 1.383 belly is as the wine, whiche hath no vent, lyke the newe bot∣tels that bruste.

20 [Therfore] will I speake, that I may haue a vent: I will open my lippes, and make aunswere.

21 I will (f) 1.384 regarde no maner of person, no man will I spare.

22 For if I woulde go about to(g) 1.385 please men, I knowe not howe soone my ma∣ker would take me away.

The .xxxiii. Chapter.

5 Elihu accuseth Iob of ignoraunce. 14 He sheweth that God hath diuers meanes to instruct man and to drawe hym from sinne. 19. He afflicteth man and sodenly deliuereth hym, 26 Man beyng deliuered, geueth thankes to God.

[unspec A] 1 WHerefore heare my wordes O Iob, and hearken vnto all that I will say:

2 Behold, I haue now opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my throte.

3 My heart doth order my wordes aright, and my lippes talke of pure wysedome.

4 The * 1.386 spirite of God hath made me, and the breath of the almightie hath ge∣uen me my lyfe.

5 If thou canst then geue me aunswere, prepare thy selfe and stande before me face to face.

6 Beholde, (b) 1.387before God I am euen as thou: for I am fashioned & made euen of the same molde.

7 Beholde, my terrour shall not feare thee, neither shall my hande be heauy vpon thee.

8 * 1.388Now hast thou spoken in myne eares, & I haue heard the voyce of thy wordes:

9 I am cleane without any fault, I am innocent, & there is no wickednesse in me.

10 But lo, he hath piked a quarell against me, and taketh me for his enemie.

11 He hath put my foote in the stockes, and looketh narowlye vnto all my pathes.

12 Behold, in this hast thou not done right, I wil make aunswere vnto thee, that God is greater then man.

13 And why doest thou then striue against him? for he shall not geue the accomptes of all his wordes.

14 For God speaketh (d) 1.389 once or twise, and yet man vnderstandeth it not.

15 In dreames and visions of the night, when slumbring commeth vpon men that they fall asleepe in their beddes,

16 He roundeth them in the eares, and sea∣leth their correction:

17 That he may withdrawe man from euyll enterprises, and deliuer hym from * 1.390 pride,

18 And kepe his soule from the graue, and his life from the sworde.

19 He chasteneth hym with sickenesse vpon his bedde, he layeth sore punishe∣ment vpon his bones:

20 So that his * 1.391 lyfe may away with no bread, and his soule abhorreth to eate any dayntie meate:

21 * 1.392In so much that his body is cleane consumed away, and his bones appeare which before were not seene.

22 His soule draweth vnto the graue, and his lyfe to “ 1.393 death.

23 Now(h) 1.394 yf there be a messenger, one a∣mong a thousande, sent for to speake vn∣to man, and to shew him the right way:

24 Then the Lord is mercifull vnto him, and sayth, He shalbe deliuered, that he fall not downe to the graue: for I am sufficiently reconciled.

25 Then shal his i 1.395 fleshe be as freshe as a childes, and shal returne as in the dayes of his youth.

26 He shall pray vnto God, and he will be fauorable vnto him, and he shall see his face with * 1.396 ioy, for he will render vnto man his righteousnesse.

27 A respect hath he vnto men, let man then say, I haue offended, I did vn∣righteously, & * 1.397 it hath done me no good:

28 Yea he hath deliuered my soule from destruction, and (m) 1.398 my lyfe shall see the light.

29 Lo all these worketh God alway with man:

30 That he bring backe his soule from the graue to the light, yea the light of the lyuing.

31 Marke wel O Iob, and heare me: hold thee still, and I will speake.

32 But if thou hast any thing to say, then (n) 1.399aunswere me, and speake: for I desire to iustifie thee.

34 If thou hast nothing, then heare me, and hold thy tongue, and I shall teache thee wysdome.

The .xxxiiii. Chapter.

5 Elihu chargeth Iob that he calleth him selfe righteous. 12 He sheweth that God is iust in iudgementes. 24 God destroyeth the mightie. 30 By him the hypocrite raigneth.

[unspec A]

1 ELihu proceeding in his aunswere, sayde:

2 Heare my wordes O ye (a) 1.400 wise men, hear∣ken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding:

3 For the eare discerneth wordes, and the mouth tasteth the meates.

4 As for (b) 1.401 iudgement, let vs seke it out a∣mong our selues, that we may knowe what is good.

5 [And why?] Iob hath sayd, I am righte∣ous, and God hath (c) 1.402 taken away my iudgement.

6 In my right I shoulde be a lyer: my wounde is incurable without my fault.

7 Where is there such a one as Iob, that d 1.403 drinketh vp scornefulnesse like water?

8 Which goeth in the companie of wicked doers, and walketh with vngodly men?

[unspec B] 9 For he hath sayde, It profiteth a man nothing that he shoulde walke with God.

10 Therfore hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding: farre be it from God that he shoulde meddle with wic∣kednesse, & farre be it from the almightie that he shoulde meddle with vnrighte∣ous dealing.

11 For he shall rewarde man after his workes, and cause euery man to finde according to his wayes.

12 Sure it is that God wil not do wicked∣ly, neither wyll the almightie paruert iudgement.

13 Who ruleth the earth but he? or who hath placed the whole world?

14 If he set his heart vpon [man] and ga∣ther [unspec C] vnto hym selfe his spirite and his breath,

15 All fleshe shall come to naught at once, and all men shall turne againe vnto dust.

16 If thou nowe haue vnderstanding, heare what I say, and hearken to the voyce of my wordes:

17 May he be a (c) 1.404 ruler that loueth not right? or may he that is a very inno∣cent man do vngodly?

18 Is it reason that thou shouldest say to the king, Thou art wicked, or thou art vngodly, and that before the princes?

19 God hath no respect vnto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the riche more then the poore: for they be al the worke of his handes.

20 In the f 1.405 twinckling of an eye shall they dye, and at midnight when the people and the tirantes rage, then shall they pe∣rishe, & be taken away without handes.

21 For his eyes loke vpon the wayes of man, and he seeth all his goinges.

22 There is no darkenesse nor shadowe of death that can hide the wicked do∣ers from him.

23 For God wil not lay vpon man more then he hath sinned, that he should en∣ter into * 1.406 iudgement with him.

24 He shall destroy the mightie without seeking, and shall set other in their * 1.407 steede.

25 Therefore shall he declare their workes: he shall (i) 1.408 turne the night, and they shalbe destroyed.

26 The vngodly doth he punishe (k) 1.409 openly,

27 Because they tourned backe from him, and would not consider all his wayes:

28 Insomuch that they haue caused the voyce of the (l) 1.410 poore to come vnto him, and now he heareth the complaint of such as are in trouble.

29 When he geueth quietnesse, who can make trouble? and when he hydeth his face, who can beholde him? whether it be vpon nations, or vpō one man onely▪

30 Because the hypocrite doth raigne, be¦cause the people are snared.

31 Surely of God onely it can be saide, I haue pardoned, I wyll not destroy.

32 If I haue gone amisse, enfourme thou me: If I haue done wrong, I wyll leaue of.

33 Wyll he perfourme the thing through thee? for thou hast reproued his iudge∣ment, thou also hast thyne owne minde, and not I: But speake on what thou knowest.

34 Let men of vnderstanding tell me, and let a wyse man hearken vnto me.

35 Iob hath not spoken of knowledge, neither were his wordes according to wysdome.

36 O (m) 1.411 father, let Iob be * 1.412 well tryed, because he hath aunswered for wicked men:

37 Yea aboue his sinne he doth wickedly, triumpheth among vs, and multipli∣eth his wordes against God.

The .xxxv. Chapter.

6 Neither doth godlines profite, or vngodlines hurt God, but man. 18 The wicked crye vnto God, and are not heard.

[unspec A] 1 ELihu (a) 1.413 spake moreo∣uer and saide:

2 Thinkest thou it right that thou sayest, I am more righteous then God?

3 For thou sayest: what aduauntage wyll it be vnto thee, and what profite shall I haue of my sinne?

4 Therefore wyll I geue aunswere vn∣to thee, and to thy (b) 1.414 companions with thee.

5 Loke vnto the (c) 1.415 heauen and beholde it, consider the cloudes which are hyer then thou.

6 If thou hast (d) 1.416sinned, what hast thou done against him? If thyne offences be many, what hast thou done vnto him?

7 If thou be e 1.417 righteous, what geuest thou him? or what wyll he receaue of thyne hande?

8 Thy wickednesse [may hurt] a man as thou art, and thy righteousnesse [may profite] the sonne of man.

9 They which are oppressed crye out vp∣on the multitude, yea they crye out for the power of the mightie:

10 But (f) 1.418 none sayth, Where is God that made me? and that geueth * 1.419 vs occasi∣on to praise him in the night?

11 Which teacheth vs more thē the beastes of the earth, and geueth vs more wys∣dome then the foules of heauen.

12 If any (g) 1.420 such complaine, no man ge∣ueth aunswere, and that because of the wickednesse of proude tirauntes.

13 For God wyll not heare vanitie, neither wyll the almightie regarde it.

14 Although thou sayest [to God] thou wylt not regarde it: yet iudgement is before him, trust thou in him.

15 But now because his anger hath not (h) 1.421 visited, neither called men to accompt with great extremitie:

16 Therefore doth Iob open his mouth but in vaine, & he maketh many wordes without knowledge.

The .xxxvi. Chapter.

1 Elihu sheweth the power of God. 6 and his iustice, 9 and wherefore he puni∣sheth. 13 The propertie of the wicked.

1 ELihu also procee∣ded, and saide:

2 Holde thee still a litle, & I shall shew thee what [unspec A] I haue yet to speake on gods behalfe.

I wyll open vn∣to thee yet farre higher knowledge, and wil ascribe righ∣teousnesse vnto my maker.

4 And truely my wordes shall not be vaine, seeing he is with thee that is (a) 1.422 perfect in knowledge.

5 Beholde, the great God casteth away no man, for he him selfe is (b) 1.423 mightie in power and wysdome.

6 As for the vngodly he shall not pre∣serue him, but shall helpe the poore to their right.

7 He shal not turne his eyes away from the righteous, but as (c) 1.424 kinges shal they be in their throne, he shal stablish them for euer, and they shalbe exalted.

8 But if they be layde in chaynes, or bounde with the bondes of trouble,

9 Then wyll he (d) 1.425 shew them their worke, & their sinnes which haue ouer∣come them.

10 He with punishing and nurturing of them, roundeth them in the eares, war∣neth them to leaue of from their wic∣kednesse, and to amende.

11 If they now wyll take heede & serue him, they shal weare out their dayes in prosperitie, and their yeres in pleasure.

12 But if they wil not hearken, they shal go through the sworde, and perishe or euer they be aware.

13 As for (e) 1.426 hypocrites in heart, they shall heape vp wrath [for them selues] for they call not vpon him, though they be his prisoners.

14 Thus shal their soule perishe in * 1.427 foo∣lishnes, and their lyfe among the forni∣catours.

15 The poore shall he deliuer out of his affliction, and “ 1.428 rounde them in the eare when they be in trouble.

16 Euen so would he take thee out of the straite place, into a brode place in the which there is no straitnes: yea, & make thy table quiet replenished with fat∣nesse.

17 Neuerthelesse, (f) 1.429 thou hast commen∣ded the iudgement of the vngodly, and euen such a iudgement & sentence shalt thou suffer.

18 And seeing there is (g) 1.430 wrath with God, beware lest he take thee away in thy wealth, & all that thou hast to redeeme thee can not deliuer thee.

19 Thinkest thou that he wyll regarde thy riches? he shall not care for golde, nor for all them that excell in strength.

20 (h) 1.431Spend not the night in carefull thoughtes, how he destroyeth some, and bringeth other in their place.

21 But beware that thou turne not aside to wickednesse and sinne, which hither∣to thou hast chosen more then affliction.

22 Beholde, (i) 1.432 God is of a mightie hie power: Where is there such a guide and lawe geuer as he?

23 Who wyll reproue him of his way? Who wil say vnto him, Thou hast done wrong?

24 Remember that thou do magnifie his worke which men do praise,

25 All men see it, yea men do beholde it a farre of.

26 Beholde, so great is God that he pas∣seth our knowledge, (k) 1.433 neither can the number of his yeres be searched out.

27 Sometime he restrayneth the rayne, and againe he sendeth rayne by his cloudes:

28 Which rayne the cloudes do droppe, and let fall aboundantly vpon men.

29 Who can consider the (l) 1.434 spreadinges out of his cloudes, the coueringes of his ta∣bernacle?

30 Behold, he doth stretch his light vpon it, and couereth the bottome of the sea.

31 For by these gouerneth he his people, and geueth them aboundance of meate.

32 With the cloudes he hydeth the light, and at his commaundement it breaketh out:

33 Which dashing vpon the next cloudes, shew tokens of wrath.

¶The .xxxvij. Chapter

2 Elihu proueth that the vnsearcherable wysdome of God is manifest by his workes, 4 as by the thunders, •• the snow••, •• the whirle winde. 11 and the rayne.

1 AT * 1.435 this also my heart is astomed, and moued out of his place.

2 Heare * 1.436 then the sounde of his voyce, & the noyse that goeth out of his mouth.

3 He directeth it vnder the whole hea∣uen, and his light vnto the endes of the worlde.

4 A roring voyce foloweth it: for his glo∣rious maiestie geueth a thūder clappe, & he will not stay whē his voyce is heard.

5 God thundreth marueylously with his voyce, great thinges doth he which we can not comprehend.

6 He commaundeth the snow, and it fal∣leth vpon earth: he geueth the rayne a charge, and the showres haue their strength and fall downe.

7 With the force of the rayne he shutteth men vp, that all men may knowe his (c) 1.437 workes.

8 The beastes * 1.438 creepe into their dennes, and remaine in their places.

9 Out of the south commeth the tempest, and colde out from the north winde.

10 At the e 1.439 breath of God the hoare frost is geuen, and the brode waters are frosen.

11 He maketh the (f) 1.440 cloudes to labour in geuing moystnesse, and againe with his g 1.441 light he dryueth away the cloude.

12 He turneth the heauens about by his go∣uernement, that they may do whatso∣euer he (h) 1.442 commaundeth them vpon the whole worlde.

13 Whether it be for punishment, or for his lande, or to do good to them that seeke him.

14 Hearken vnto this O Iob, stand still, and consider the wonderous workes of God.

15 Didst thou know when God disposed them? & caused the * 1.443 light of his cloudes to shine?

16 Hast thou knowen the varietie of the cloudes, and the wonderous workes of him which is perfect in knowledge?

17 And how thy clothes are warme, when the lande is stil through the south winde?

18 Hast thou helped him to spreade out the heauens which are strong and bright as a (k) 1.444 loking glasse?

19 Teache vs what we shall saye vnto him: for we are vnmeete to frame our talke because of l 1.445 darkenesse.

20 Shall it be tolde him what I saye? Shall man speake when he shalbe de∣stroyed?

21 For men see not the light that shineth in the cloudes: but the winde passeth and cleanseth them.

22 The faire weather commeth out of the north, the prayse thereof is to God who is terrible.

23 It is the almightie, we can not finde him out: he is excellent in power and iudgement, and aboundaunt in iustice: he afflieteth not.

24 Let men therefore * 1.446 feare him for there shall no man see him that is wyse in his owne conceit.

¶ The .xxxviii. Chapter.

God speaketh to Iob and decla••eth the weakenes of man in the consideration of his crea∣tures, by whose excellencie the power, iustice, and prouidence of the creator is knowen.

1 THen aunswered the Lorde vnto Iob out of the a 1.447 whirle winde, and saide:

2 What is he that b 1.448 darkeneth his coun∣saile by wordes with∣out knowledge?

3 G••rde vp thy c 1.449 loynes lyke a man: for I wyl question with thee, see thou geue me a direct aunswere.

4 Where wast thou when I (d) 1.450 layed the foundations of the earth? Tell playne∣ly, if thou hast vnderstanding.

5 Who hath measured it, knowest thou? or who hath (e) 1.451 spread the lyne vpon 〈◊〉〈◊〉

6 Whereupon are the (f) 1.452 foundations 〈◊〉〈◊〉 or who layed the * 1.453 corner sto••e 〈…〉〈…〉

7 Where wast thou when the morning starres praysed me together, and all the children of God reioyced triumphantly?

8 Who (h) 1.454 shut the sea with doores, when it brake foorth as out of the wombe?

9 When I made the cloudes [to be] a co∣uering for it, and (i) 1.455 swadled it with the darke:

10 When I gaue it my commaundement, making doores and barres for it,

11 Saying, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shalt thou laye downe thy proude and hie waues.

12 Hast thou geuē the morning his charge since thy dayes, and shewed the day spring his place,

13 That it might take holde of the “ 1.456 cor∣ners of the earth, and that the vngodly might be shaken out of it.

14 (k) 1.457They are fashioned as is the clay with the seale, and all stand vp as a gar∣ment.

15 The vngodly shall be disapointed of their light, and “ 1.458 the arme of the proude shalbe broken.

16 (l) 1.459Camest thou euer into the “ 1.460 grounde of the sea, or walkedst in the lowe cor∣ners of the deepe?

17 Haue the gates of death ben opened vn∣to thee? or hast thou seene the doores of the shadowe of death?

18 Hast thou also perceaued how brode the earth is? If thou hast knowledge of all this:

19 Then shewe me the way where light dwelleth, & where is the place of darke∣nesse?

20 That thou shouldest receaue it in the boundes thereof, and know the pathes to their houses.

21 Knewest thou afore thou wast borne how olde thou shouldest be?

22 (m) 1.461Wentest thou euer into the treasures of the snow, or hast thou seene the secrete places of the hayle,

23 Which I haue prepared against the time of trouble, against the time of bat∣taile and warre?

24 By what way is the light parted? and into what land breaketh the east winde?

25 Who deuideth the waters into diuers chanels? or who maketh a way for the lightening and thunder,

26 To cause it to rayne on the earth where no man is, and in the wildernesse where none inhabiteth?

27 To satisfie the desolate and waste grounde, and to cause the budde of the hearbe to spring foorth.

28 Who is the (n) 1.462 father of the rayne? or who hath begotten the droppes of the deawe?

29 Out of whose wombe came the yee? Who hath gendred the “ 1.463 coldnesse of the ayre?

30 That the waters are “ 1.464 hidde as [with] a stone, and lye congealed aboue the deepe.

31 Wylt thou hinder the sweete influen∣ces of the seuen starres? or loose the bandes of Orion?

32 Canst thou bring foorth Mazzaroth in their time? canst thou also guide Ar••tu∣rus with his sonnes?

33 Knowest thou the course of heauen, that thou mayest set vp (o) 1.465 the ordi∣naunce thereof vpon the earth?

34 Moreouer, canst thou lift vp thy voyce to the cloudes, that they may powre downe a great rayne vpon thee?

35 Canst thou send the lightninges also, that they may go their way, and be obe∣dient vnto thee, saying, Lo here are we?

36 Who hath put wysdome in the reynes? or who hath geuen the heart vnder∣standing?

37 Who numbreth the cloudes in wys∣dome? who stilleth the vehement “ 1.466 wa∣ters of the heauen?

38 (p) 1.467To cause the earth to grow into hard∣nesse, & the clots to clots to cleaue fast together?

39 (q) 1.468Wylt thou hunt the pray for the lion? or fill the appetite of the lions whelpes,

40 When they couche in their places, and tarie in the couert to lye in wayte?

41 Who prouideth meate for the rauen, when his young ones crye vnto God, and flee about for lacke of meate?

The .x•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉.

1 The bountie and prouidence of God. which extendeth euen to beastes, geueth man full occacion to put his confidence in God.

1 KNowest thou the time whē the wylde goates bring foorth their young among the sto∣nye rockes? or a 1.469 lay∣est thou wayte when the hindes vse to calue?

2 Canst thou number the monethes that they go with young? or knowest thou the time when they bring foorth?

3 They lye downe, they calue their young ones, and they are deliuered of their trauaile and paine:

4 Yet their young ones grow vp, and waxe fatte through good feeding with corne: They go foorth, and returne not againe vnto them.

5 Who letteth the wylde asse to go free? or who looseth the bondes of the wylde mule?

6 Euen I which haue geuen the wyl∣dernesse to be their house, and the (b) 1.470 vntilled land to be their dwelling.

7 They c 1.471force not for the multitude of people in the citie, neither regarde the crying of the driuer:

8 But seeke their pasture about the mountaines, and folowe the greene grasse.

9 Wyll the * 1.472 vnicorne do thee seruice, or abide still by thy cribbe?

10 Canst thou binde the yoke about the vnicorne in the forowe, to make him plowe after thee in the valleyes?

11 Mayst thou trust him because he is strong, or commit thy labour vnto him?

12 Mayst thou beleue him that he wyll bring home thy * 1.473 corne, or carry any thing vnto thy barne?

13 Gauest thou the faire winges vnto the pecockes, or winges and fethers vnto the Estriche?

14 For she leaueth her egges in the earth, and heateth them in the dust.

15 She remembreth not that they might be troden with feete, or broken with some w••lde beaste.

16 So harde is she vnto her young ones as though they were not hers, and * 1.474 la∣boureth in vaine without any feare.

17 And that because God hath * 1.475 taken wysdome from her, & hath not geuen her vnderstanding.

18 When her time is that she fleeth vp on hie, she careth neither for the horse nor the ryder.

19 * 1.476Hast thou geuē the horse his strength, or learned him to ney coragiously?

20 Canst thou make him afrayde as a grashopper? where as the stoute ney∣ing that he maketh is fearefull.

21 He breaketh the grounde with the hooffes of his feete, he reioyceth chere∣fully in his strength, and runneth to meete the harnest men.

22 He layeth aside all feare, his stomacke is not abated, neither starteth he backe for any sworde.

23 Though the quiuers rattle vpon him, though the speare and shielde glister:

24 Yet rusheth he in fiercely beating the grounde, he thinketh it not the noyse of the trumpettes:

25 But when the trumpettes make most noyse, he saith, * 1.477 ••ushe, for he smelleth the battaile a farre of, the noyse of the cap¦taines and the shouting.

26 Commeth it through thy wysdome that the Goshauke slieth toward the (h) 1.478 south?

27 Doth the Egle mount vp, and make his nest on hye at thy cōmaundement?

28 He abydeth in stony rockes, and dwel∣leth vpon the hye toppes of moūtaines:

29 From whence he seeketh his praye, and loketh farre about with his eyes.

30 His young ones also sucke vp blood: and where any dead body lyeth, there is he.

¶ The .xl. Chapter.

2 How weake mans power is, being compared to the workes of God. 10 whose power appeareth in the creation and gouerning of the great beastes.

1 MOreouer the Lorde spake vnto Iob, and saide:

2 Shall he whom the almightie wyl chasten, contend with him? Should not he which disputeth with God, geue him an aun∣swere?

3 Then Iob * 1.479 aunswered the Lorde, saying:

4 Beholde, I am vyle, what shall I aunswere thee, [therefore] I wyll laye my hande vpon my mouth.

5 Once haue I spoken, but I wyll saye no more: yea twyse, but I wyl proceede no further.

6 Then aunswered the Lorde vnto Iob out of the whirle winde, and saide:

7 Girde vp thy loynes now lyke a man: I wyll demaunde of thee, and make thou aunswere.

8 Wylt thou * 1.480 disanul my iudgement? or wylt thou condempne me, that thou mayst be righteous?

9 Is thy * 1.481 power then lyke the power of God? maketh thy voyce a sounde as his doth?

10 Decke thy selfe now with excellencie and maiestie, and araye thy selfe with (c) 1.482beautie and glory:

11 Cast abrode the indignation of thy wrath, and beholde euery one that is proude, and abase him:

12 Loke on euery one that is arrogant, and bring him lowe, & destroy the wic∣ked in their place:

13 Hide them in the dust together, and co∣uer their faces in * 1.483 secrete:

14 Then wyll I confesse vnto thee also, that (e) 1.484 thyne owne right hande shall saue thee.

15 Beholde the beaste (f) 1.485 Behemoth, whō I made with thee, which eateth haye as an ore:

16 Lo how his strength is in his loynes, and what power he hath in the nauil of his body.

17 When he wyll, he spreadeth out his tayle lyke a Cedar tree, all his sinowes are stiffe.

18 His bones are lyke pipes of brasse, yea his bones are lyke staues of iron.

19 He is the chiefe of the wayes of God, he that made him wyl make his sword to approche vnto him.

20 Surely the mountaines bring him foorth grasse, where all the beastes of the fielde take their pastime.

21 He resteth him in the shade, in the co∣uerte of the reede and fennes.

22 The trees couer him with their sha∣dowe, and the wyllowes of the brooke compasse him about.

23 Beholde, he drinketh vp whole ry∣uers and feareth not, he thinketh that he can drawe vp Iordane into his mouth.

24 He taketh it with his eyes, and yet the hunter putteth (g) 1.486 a bridle into his nose.

25 Canst thou drawe out (h) 1.487 Leuiathan with an hooke, or binde his tongue with a corde?

26 Canst thou put a hooke in the nose of him, or bore his iawe through with a naule?“ 1.488

27 Wyl he make many faire wordes with thee [thinkest thou] or flatter thee?

28 Wyll he make a couenaunt with thee? or wilt thou take him for a seruaunt for euer?

29 Wylt thou take thy pastime with him as with a birde, wilt thou binde him for thy maydens?

30 That thy companions may make a refection of him: or shall he be parted a∣mong the marchauntes?(i) 1.489

31 Canst thou fil the basket with his skin? or the fishe panier with his head?

32 Laye thyne hande vpon him, remem∣ber the battaile, and do no more so.

33 Beholde his hope is in vaine: for shall not one perishe euen at the sight of him?

¶ The .xli. Chapter.

1 By the greatnesse of this monster Leuiathan, God sheweth his greatnes and his power, which nothing can resist.

1 NO * 1.490 man is fo fierce that dare stirre him vp: Who is able to stande before me?

2 Or who hath geuen me any thyng afore∣hande, that I may re∣warde him againe? All thinges vnder heauen are myne.

3 I wyll not keepe secrete his great strength, his power, nor his comely pro∣portion.

4 Who can discouer the face of his gar∣ment? or who shall come to him with a double brydle?

5 Who (b) 1.491 shall open the doores of his face? for he hath horrible teeth round a∣bout.

6 His scales are as it were strong shieldes, so fastened together as if they were sealed:

7 One is so ioyned to another, that no ayre can come in:

8 Yea, one hangeth so vpon another, & sticketh so together, that they can not be sundred.

9 His (c) 1.492 neesinges make a glistering like fyre, and his eyes lyke the * 1.493 morning shine.

10 Out of his mouth go torches, and sparkes of fire leape out.

11 And out of his nostrels there goeth a smoke, lyke as out of an hotte seething pot, or caldron.

12 His breath maketh the coles burne, and the flambe goeth out of his mouth.

13 In his (d) 1.494 necke ther remaineth strength, and nothing is to labourous for him.

14 The members of his body are ioyned [so strait one to another,] and cleaue so fast together, that he cannot be moued.

15 His (e) 1.495 heart is as hard as a stone, and as fast as “ 1.496 the stythie that the smyth smiteth vpon.

16 When he goeth the mightie are afraide, and feare troubleth them.

17 If any man drawe out a sword at him, it shall not hurt him: there may neither speare, iaueling, nor brestplate abide him.

18 He setteth asmuch by iron as by a strawe, and asmuch by brasse as by a rotten sticke.

19 He starteth not away from him that bendeth the bowe: & as for sling stones he careth asmuch for stouble as for thē.

20 He counteth the dartes no better then a strawe, he laugheth him to scorne that shaketh the speare.

21 (f) 1.497Sharpe stones are vnder him lyke potsheardes, and he lyeth vpon sharpe thinges as vpon the soft myre.

22 He maketh the (g) 1.498 deepe to boyle lyke a pot, and stirreth the sea together lyke an oyntment.

23 He maketh the (h) 1.499path to be seene after him, and he maketh the deepe to seeme all hoarie.

24 Vpon earth there is no power lyke vnto his: for he is so made that he fea∣reth not.

25 He beholdeth all the hye thinges, (i) 1.500he is a king ouer all the children of pride.

❧ The .xlij. Chapter.

6 The repentaunce of Iob. 9 He prayeth for his friendes, 12 and his goodes are restored double vnto him.

1 THen Iob aun∣swered the Lord, and saide:

2 I * 1.501 know that thou hast power ouer all thinges, and that there is no thought hid vnto thee.

3 For who can keepe his owne counsaile so secrete but it shalbe knowen? There∣fore haue I spoken that I vnderstoode not, euen the thinges that are to won∣derfull for me, and passe myne vnder∣standing.

4 O (b) 1.502 hearken thou vnto me also, and let me speake: aunswere vnto the thing that I wyll aske thee.

5 I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but nowe myne eye c 1.503 seeth thee.

6 Wherefore I geue myne owne selfe the blame, and take d 1.504 repentaunce in the dust and asshes.

7 Now when the Lorde had spoken these wordes vnto Iob, it came to passe that the Lorde saide to Eliphas the Themanite: I (e) 1.505 am displeased with thee, and thy two friendes: for ye haue not spoken of me the thyng that is right, lyke as my (f) 1.506 seruaunt Iob hath done.

8 Therefore take you now seuen oxen, and seuen rammes, and go (g) 1.507 to my ser∣uaunt Iob, and offer vp for your selues a burnt offring, and my seruaunt Iob shall pray for you: him wyll I accept, and not deale with you after your foo∣lishnesse, in that ye haue not spoken of me the thing which is right, lyke as my seruaunt Iob hath done.

9 So Eliphas the Themanite, and Bil∣dad the Suhite, and Sophar the Naa∣mathite, went and did according as the Lorde commaunded them: the Lorde also accepted “ 1.508 the person of Iob,

10 And the Lorde (h) 1.509 tourned the capti∣uitie of Iob when he prayed for his friendes: Yea the Lorde gaue Iob twyse as much as he had afore.

11 And then came there vnto him * 1.510 all his brethren, all his sisters, and all they that had ben of his acquaintaunce k 1.511 a∣fore, and did eate bread with him in his house, and had compassion on him, and comforted him ouer all trouble that the Lorde had brought vpon him: euery man also gaue him a certaine summe of money, and * 1.512 a iewell of golde.

12 So the Lorde blessed the last dayes of Iob more then the first: for he had fourteene thousand sheepe, sixe thou∣sand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses:

13 He had seuen sonnes also, and three daughters.

14 The first daughter called he (l) 1.513 Iemi∣ma, the second * 1.514 Kezia, and the third (n) 1.515Kerenhapuch.

15 In al the land were no women found so faire as the daughters of Iob: and their father gaue them inheritaunce a∣mong their brethren.

16 After this liued Iob an hundred and fourtie yeres: so that he sawe * 1.516 his chil∣dren, and his childrens children into the fourth generation.

17 And so Iob dyed, being olde, and “ 1.517 of a perfect age.

The ende of the booke of Iob.

A. P. C.

Notes

• (a) 1.1

  Hus is a region neare bordering vp∣on Idumea, so called of Hus the sonne of Aram, for that he built two cities there▪ Da∣mascus, and Thraconite.
• (b) 1.2

  This Iob was a gentile, de∣claring hereby that God hath his, euen a∣mong the hea∣then.
• (c) 1.3

  His ri∣ches are reci∣ted, to shewe his great pa∣tience in losse o•• them, and that riches are the bles∣sing of God▪ & are not euill to him that vseth them 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••et not ••••ches be ac∣compted euill, for they are geuen to good men: Let not them be ac∣compted high or excellent, for they are geuen to euill men▪ they are taken from good men to trye them, and from euyl mē to ••••••gue the.
• “ 1.4

  Heb••ue 〈…〉〈…〉
• (d) 1.5

  Aswell 〈…〉〈…〉▪ Caldea••s▪ I¦d••m••ans, as others.
• * 1.6

  To shewe the concord: •• brotherlie a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Iobs childrē▪ which also was an¦other p••••ie of the blessing of God and his felicitie.
• (f) 1.7

  That is, he w••lled thē to be sanctified, in abstaining frō carnal appetites, and shewed how they should behaue them selues holylie and ••obe••••e in their banquettes.
• (g) 1.8

  Herein is Iobs religion and feare of God knowen, & the fatherly care of his children expressed.
• (h) 1.9

  The E∣brue is, blesse God, which is sometimes ta∣ken for to curse or blas∣pheme.
• (i) 1.10

  In this place not one∣ly Angels▪ but euery godly person, is ta∣ken for gods childe, of which God hath a tender care as a lo∣uing father.
• (k) 1.11

  God as∣keth the que∣stion, not that he was igno∣raunt from whence he came, but for the weakenes of man.
• (l) 1.12

  This is Satans one∣ly endeuour, to range a∣brode as a ro∣ring lion, see∣king whom he may deuoure.
• “ 1.13

  Or, Hebre▪ made an hedge about him.
• (m) 1.14

  The E∣brue is blesse thee, as it is before taken, the fifte ver••e to curse.
• * 1.15

  Here is 〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.16

  〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.17

  That is, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 A••••••ians, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of 〈…〉〈…〉
• (p) 1.18

  Not that he was vn••••¦cient▪ but he woulde not haue any thing remaine with him, which was deliuered into the powre of Satan.
• (q) 1.19

  Declaring that all that God doth, is well done.
• * 1.20

  ••••ernus ••ned as 〈…〉〈…〉 as it is 〈…〉〈…〉 the 〈…〉〈…〉 before
• * 1.21

  Not but y^e 〈…〉〈…〉 for 〈…〉〈…〉 beyng vnder the 〈…〉〈…〉 ••or that law••s re∣••ed and p••ined by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 innocen••ie of Christ, al 〈◊〉〈◊〉 punish∣mentes were 〈…〉〈…〉 not de∣••ed.
• * 1.22

  ••kinne for skinne: 〈◊〉〈◊〉 is a man wi•••• offer to ••••••nger the sk••••ne of ••n ot••er ••••ther 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to 〈…〉〈…〉 so would Iob beare the losse of his childrēs skinnes, liues▪ and bodyes in patience rather then patiently to suffer his ow••e skinne & body to be touched: and therfore sayth the deuil, touch him on his owne skinne, and thou shalt ••ee that he wil to thy ••ace curse thee.
• (d) 1.23

  Declaring that in al af¦fl••ction there are certayne boundes and ••tes be¦••onde the which Satan can not go.
• (e) 1.24

  A cruell temptation of an euyl and vngodly wise.
• (f) 1.25

  Teaching that we ought to reioyce in gods gi••tes when he sen∣deth them, & be thankefull, and to be pa∣tient when he taketh them againe, & not to dispaire.
• * 1.26

  That is, true friend∣ship whiche bideth as••ell in aduersitie as in prosperi∣tie: and as in prosperitie to reioyce with him, so in ad¦uersitie to la¦ment with him.
• * 1.27

  Whiche was a custome when great sorowe was declared▪ shew¦yng their hum¦blenesse▪ that from the dust they came▪ and thyther they shall returne.
• “ 1.28

  Heb. To∣wardes the heauen.
• (a) 1.29

  That is, after that se∣uen dayes were fully finished.
• (b) 1.30

  Iob being sore afflicted in the fleshe, semeth after a sort to yeld to 〈◊〉〈◊〉, breaking out into these wordes, be¦cause he saw y^t that day was the beginning of al these af∣flictions.
• * 1.31

  He cursed not his dayes because he was we••ry of it as one des∣perate, but ra∣ther wishing to be dissolued, lest by farther troubles he should be for∣ced to offend God.
• “ 1.32

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. Twy∣••.
• d 1.33

  The He∣•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 is, the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••iddes 〈…〉〈…〉 morning
• * 1.34

  Heb coun∣sellers.
• “ 1.35

  Heb deso∣late.
• (e) 1.36

  That is death w•••• end and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 from the ty∣rannie and wickednesse of them.
• (f) 1.37

  Here I•••• declareth 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sore plagues he bare▪ ••oun¦ting 〈…〉〈…〉 in wo•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 then the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 persons and bound p••¦ners: of wh••ch cares, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 opinion of the fleshe▪ ••e ac∣comp••et•• death the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 end.
• (g) 1.38

  That is aduersitie, whiche beyng in prosperitie he feared
• * 1.39

  Because 〈…〉〈…〉, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 patiēce
• * 1.40

  Meaning, 〈…〉〈…〉 com∣•• many 〈…〉〈…〉 ••nd 〈…〉〈…〉 not 〈…〉〈…〉 seke 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• * 1.41

  As cou¦••g him 〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.42

  This is 〈◊〉〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉〈◊〉 treason, b••t inno∣centes pe∣r••she not but 〈◊〉〈◊〉 afflicted, 〈…〉〈…〉 not o••erthrowen 〈…〉〈…〉 are 〈…〉〈…〉 was 〈◊〉〈◊〉, but he 〈…〉〈…〉 Iob w••s afflicted, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 peri∣•• not.
• e 1.43

  That is, God will pu∣n••t tiraunts w••che are 〈…〉〈…〉 to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 a••though 〈…〉〈…〉 their 〈…〉〈…〉 do 〈◊〉〈◊〉 at thē.
• * 1.44

  〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.45

  〈…〉〈…〉 commeth 〈◊〉〈◊〉 such 〈◊〉〈◊〉 from God, to ••hewe the reueren••e and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the••
• (h) 1.46

  This is the description of the wind••, not knowing from whence it commeth or whyther it wil▪ as Saul also heard a voyce but saw not any man.
• (i) 1.47

  This is Eliphas weake argu∣ment to proue Iob an euyll man, because God plagued hym: or 〈◊〉〈◊〉 if God afflicted inno∣centes, ca••nal reason woulde iudge the creature more iust then the creator which is blasphemie, for God ofte punisheth the righteous to proue them
• (k) 1.48

  Take frō gods children and from the angels that which is gods, and they are altogether vnperfect and foolishe.
• (l) 1.49

  Meaning mans body which is nothing but dust and clay.
• (m) 1.50

  This expresseth ma••s short lyfe, and the daungers and miseries in the same.
• (n) 1.51

  O mans blindnesse that seeth not his owne mi∣serie.
• * 1.52

  An other ••ment of 〈…〉〈…〉 Iob, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 he can not be godly: 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the good and godlie men were euer so aff••ted: a∣g••••nst whiche 〈◊〉〈◊〉 tempta∣•• we haue 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to ••fore ou•• se••••es, whom 〈…〉〈…〉 he 〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.53

  〈…〉〈…〉 Iob 〈◊〉〈◊〉 be••••use 〈…〉〈…〉 h••th 〈…〉〈…〉 vnto 〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.54

  That is, 〈…〉〈…〉 that God had cursed him and al his, 〈…〉〈…〉 his prosperitie
• d 1.55

  That is, by publike iudgement 〈…〉〈…〉 which was vsed to a•• 〈…〉〈…〉
• (e) 1.56

  Declaring that it is not of the earth y^t barrennes & afflictions do aryse, neither is it by any extern things, but only such aduersitie falleth for mans offence, wherof he is the author.
• f 1.57

  Wherin is the signe of our corrupt nature, euen from the f••ll of Adam.
• g 1.58

  If I were in thy 〈…〉〈…〉 would 〈…〉〈…〉 God, 〈…〉〈…〉
• (h) 1.59

  That is, in thinges manifest and playne, they want godly wysdome and grace to see
• (i) 1.60

  That is, from the crueltie of the wicked which is compared to the sworde
• (k) 1.61

  Alluding to the si••e dayes of gods first worke, and the se∣uenth day he rested, mea∣ning, that of al thy cares and troubles god will deliuer thee & bring thee to rest as in the seuenth day.
• l 1.62

  Shew 〈…〉〈…〉 Gods 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••reatures of his 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to our good▪
• * 1.63

  Sh•••• not 〈◊〉〈◊〉 at 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thing 〈…〉〈…〉 fo••owe•• 〈…〉〈…〉 great 〈…〉〈…〉
• (a) 1.64

  Meaning that his trou∣bles are ex∣cessiue. ••nd vnmeasurable as the landes of the sea.
• (b) 1.65

  Declaring that he was not afflicted only bodyly, but also prickt in his con¦science
• c 1.66

  As though he had sayde, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 not without cause, s••ing neither y^e wild asse nor the o••e do crie when they want not
• d 1.67

  Can we be••re tribula∣t••ons that the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and vnpleasaunt
• e 1.68

  Me••ning that ••e h••d rather dye then to deme the wo••des 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the 〈…〉〈…〉.
• f 1.69

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 le••t 〈…〉〈…〉 not 〈…〉〈…〉 beare his ••f∣fl••••tions to 〈…〉〈…〉 should long 〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.70

  〈…〉〈…〉
• (g) 1.71

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 the b••••o•••• ••us••eth 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ve••emen••ie and passeth 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the p••a••••s 〈…〉〈…〉.
• * 1.72

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• * 1.73

  S••••eba 〈…〉〈…〉 sonne of Re••••a▪ of whom Ara∣•• was 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Saba.
• l 1.74

  Do 〈◊〉〈◊〉 about by your tauntes to make me deeme that I speake fond¦ly▪ because I am in this mi¦serable state.
• * 1.75

  To consi∣der my cause whether I same or no.
• “ 1.76

  Heb. I•• there be none ini∣quitie.
• * 1.77

  〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.78

  〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.79

  ••hereby he 〈◊〉〈◊〉 why 〈◊〉〈◊〉 so 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in 〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.80

  Io••. seyng 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••hortnesse of mans life 〈◊〉〈◊〉 is but a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and 〈…〉〈…〉 winde, ••reth god i•• remember 〈…〉〈…〉.
• * 1.81

  〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.82

  〈…〉〈…〉
• (g) 1.83

  That is seyng my lyfe vanisheth as the wind, and that there is no returne after death, I will refreshe my selfe by expre••sing the greefes of my burde∣ned minde.
• (h) 1.84

  As though he should say to God, I am no mightie cre∣ature, able to trouble or dis∣quiet any, as the whale in the sea: but one a powre wretch, why then plagest thou me so sore.
• i 1.85

  That is, I am in extreme affliction con∣tinually night and day.
• (k) 1.86

  Seyng I haue to litle time to lyue geue me some rest.
• (l) 1.87

  As though Iob had said, there is no cause why thou shouldest esteeme man.
• (m) 1.88

  Why doest thou not ceasse to punishe me.
• n 1.89

  Iob begin∣neth to drawe to repentance.
• (o) 1.90

  For I shalbe dead.
• a 1.91

  And ther∣••••re are iustly plagued, but thou rather art more bound to god 〈◊〉〈◊〉 he hath geuē thee 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to re∣pent
• b 1.92

  ••ere Bil∣dad ••firmeth his sayinges to the autori∣tie of the fa∣t••s.
• c 1.93

  That is l••teli•• ••orne and ther••ore 〈◊〉〈◊〉 saying••s 〈◊〉〈◊〉 lesse au∣toritie wher∣by is shewed the shortnesse of mans lyfe which though 〈…〉〈…〉 neuer so long yet it is but as yester¦day and as a s••adowe vanisheth.
• * 1.94

  〈…〉〈…〉 cannot g••owe 〈…〉〈…〉 man ly•••• with 〈◊〉〈◊〉 re¦pentaunce moy••••ned wit•• gods grace
• e 1.95

  As Bi••¦dad argueth Iob shoulde also if he so continue mur¦muring a∣gainst God as an hypocr••t counting him¦selfe faultles and not repen∣t••ng.
• * 1.96

  Which is 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to day and to morow swept away wher•••• is likened the 〈…〉〈…〉
• (g) 1.97

  That is the wicked 〈◊〉〈◊〉 till gods dra••e iudgement 〈◊〉〈◊〉 on them.
• * 1.98

  If God shall afflict ••m.
• (i) 1.99

  Bildad concludeth, that Iob is not iust, but is plagued for his offences persuading hym therfore to repen∣taunce: for God woulde not thus 〈◊〉〈◊〉 hym 〈…〉〈…〉 he were iust.
• * 1.100

  Or, take the vngodly vp the hande
• * 1.101

  Aunswe∣red to Cli¦••as and Bil¦dads ••ratio••s, confe••ing m••ns iusti••e, to be 〈◊〉〈◊〉, beyng compa¦red to God ••s Cliphas sayd in the fourth Chap.
• * 1.102

  〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.103

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• * 1.104

  〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• d 1.105

  These 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the names of certayne starres, decla∣ring that th•• powres of heauen are 〈◊〉〈◊〉 his 〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.106

  〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.107

  〈…〉〈…〉 God 〈◊〉〈◊〉 t••ings i••tly, and is 〈…〉〈…〉 his doyngs wh••ch not 〈…〉〈…〉.
• (g) 1.108

  A mise∣r••ble case when man is brought to such despera∣t••on where as God hym se••fe sayth, before they crie I 〈◊〉〈◊〉 heare them.
• (h) 1.109

  As if he had said If I be wicked and shalbe iudged as the vngod∣ly, why ta∣••est thou so long to thrust me into the graue, why do I byde a•• this in vaine?
• “ 1.110

  Or, plunge me in the pit.
• (i) 1.111

  Shew∣ing our righteousnes before God to be nothing, but as a defi∣led cloth.
• * 1.112

  〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.113

  〈…〉〈…〉
• (c) 1.114

  Wilt thou helpe the wicked, and leaue me de∣stitute.
• (d) 1.115

  That is, art thou igno∣rant as man? and doest thou not knowe howe it goeth with me
• (e) 1.116

  That is, chaungeable, as though he would say art thou not the same God that thou wast wont to be? merciful, and good to Iob?
• (f) 1.117

  That is, I can not offende, by reason thou kepest one lawe in afflic∣tion.
• g 1.118

  Here Iob de••ribeth gods 〈…〉〈…〉 as workes in mans crea∣tion.
• (h) 1.119

  That is, I will walke in meke hu∣militie.
• * 1.120

  Or, pla∣gue••.
• (a) 1.121

  For not he that spea∣keth much, but he that speaketh true∣ly, speaketh we••l.
• b 1.122

  Here So∣phar layeth to Iobs char∣ge wordes th••t he spake.
• * 1.123

  Sophar 〈◊〉〈◊〉 about 〈◊〉〈◊〉 one 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to be iustly plagued.
• * 1.124

  Iob is reproued in that he should report hym se••e innocent before God whiche thing ••e knoweth not, because G••ds secret i••dg••ment is 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• (e) 1.125

  Not only the outwarde appearaunce, but euen the verie thoughtes of the heart. Why shoulde not then a vaine mā be a∣feard to think euyll, much more to do it.
• (f) 1.126

  Such are the quiet mindes of those that true¦ly repent
• * 1.127

  Or, s••ot••s.
• “ 1.128

  Or, age.
• (a) 1.129

  Nothing is more detes∣tible before God thē aro∣gancie, wher∣with the three men before na∣med were in∣fected.
• (b) 1.130

  This spake Iob in the spirite of humilitie, or els it had not ben well spo∣ken.
• (c) 1.131

  As though he should say, no maruaile though I be scorned, for euen the godly are mocked.
• (d) 1.132

  That is, as he that de∣spiseth the light in the night season may soone stumble, so they that re∣fuse the afflic∣ted which shine before gods face, do get to them selues his wrath to their perill.
• (e) 1.133

  The rob∣bers are in prosperitie, & iust men in aduersite, which Iob meaneth by the Arabians that robbed him of his cat∣t••••le, as be∣fore is saide,
• (f) 1.134

  The E∣brue reade, to whom God hath brought in with his hande.
• * 1.135

  For euen the cattaile & all creatures do declare gods power, as it is saide, The heauens declare the glory of God.
• * 1.136

  For God doth not onely create his cre∣atures, but al∣so norisheth, cherisheth, & preserueth the•• still.
• (i) 1.137

  Can not I dicerne your wordes, as the meate is tryed by the taste, and holsome counsa••le by hearing of it.
• (k) 1.138

  The aunswere to Bil∣dads obiectiō. Ca. 8. that though olde men by experience growe wyse, yet it is nothing in respect of gods wysedome.
• (l) 1.139

  Here Iob proueth that nothing is comparable to gods power, or can preuaile against it.
• (a) 1.140

  Meanyng, I know the power of God aswel as you.
• (b) 1.141

  That is, you are vn∣meete for my disease, which seeke not the medicine to cure it, but rather to en∣crease it with your lyes and tales to trou∣ble me.
• (c) 1.142

  For the foole holding his peace. is counted wyse, as saith So∣lomon.
• (d) 1.143

  Marke what I shall laye against you, for I blame you not in that ye de∣clare gods power, but be∣cause you faigne a car∣nall and hu∣maine iustice to be in him: and so of true thinges, ye con••lude lyes.
• (e) 1.144

  Which soone dyeth. & goeth out of it selfe. ••s the memorie of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sh••ll.
• * 1.145

  Or, ashes.
• * 1.146

  That is, s••reve••ed and tormented, as though I should rent & ••eare my flesh with my teeth.
• (g) 1.147

  That is, to set my lyfe in great pe∣ryls & daun∣gers.
• h 1.148

  Here it ap∣peareth that Iobs trust and hope in God was not all perished, discharging him selfe of hypocrisie wherewith they charged him.
• (i) 1.149

  That is, not condemp∣ned for my sinnes, as you do reason.
• (k) 1.150

  To proue that God pla∣geth me for myne offen∣ces.
• (l) 1.151

  That is, If I kepe si∣lence, all men wyll count me giltie, and so condempe me.
• (m) 1.152

  That is, graunt that I may be de∣liuered from two thinges: the one is, thy wrath, the o∣ther the afflic∣tion, which two maketh vs afrayde of thy presence.
• “ 1.153

  Or, the rootes.
• (a) 1.154

  Here Iob ••r••beth the miserie of man.
• * 1.155

  This ex∣presseth mans s••ortnes of lyfe and the 〈…〉〈…〉 be••ng 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to a 〈…〉〈…〉 to the grasse in the 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• (c) 1.156

  Meaning that seing man is so fra••e, he should not handle him so extremely
• * 1.157

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• (d) 1.158

  He shew∣eth mans mi¦serie the more in that he ma∣keth it in worse state then the tree cut downe, whereof there is some hope that he wyll spring againe: but man once dead retur∣neth no more.
• (e) 1.159

  Iob saith not this as hauing no hope of im¦mor••••••itie but as ••he ••ore tormented
• * 1.160

  〈…〉〈…〉 th•••• for thou art mercifull.
• * 1.161

  Or th•• shalt loue.
• g 1.162

  That is 〈…〉〈…〉
• “ 1.163

  Or fac••.
• a 1.164

  Wordes 〈◊〉〈◊〉 no effect spoken, are likened to the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 winde w••••ch dryeth vp the mo••¦sture assoone as it falleth: So fooli•••• 〈…〉〈…〉
• (b) 1.165

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• * 1.166

  〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.167

  As one standing in thyne owne conceite.
• e 1.168

  So r••••de aunswering him at thy pleasure: the ••e••rue is, aunswering him in thy 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• * 1.169

  Eliphas endeuoureth to proue Iob wicked by the aucthoritie of the auncient fathers, be¦cause he is plagued as wicked men are wont.
• * 1.170

  Here he repeateth cer∣taine places of the leuiticall lawe for his proofe, which indeede the fathers so spake, but did not vnder∣stand them as Eliphas did.
• (h) 1.171

  He shalbe alwayes in feares day & night, not knowyng any thing certain.
• (i) 1.172

  That is, out of the troubles and feares which fall vpon him.
• (k) 1.173

  The day of plagues & feares ex∣treme.
• * 1.174

  That is aboundance of riches hath made him so proude that he forgetteth God.
• * 1.175

  That is, he shall haue no certaine & sure place to dwell in.
• n 1.176

  Meaning though God permit him for a time to prosper, yet it shall not con∣tinue, but his prosperitie shall soone turne to mise∣rie.
• (o) 1.177

  That is, such blessing as God gaue him, shalbe turned into cursing,
• (p) 1.178

  That is, his progenie or ofspring shall not con∣tinue.
• (a) 1.179

  For they more bite him with cruell wordes, then comfort him.
• * 1.180

  Or, words of winde.
• * 1.181

  Would ye suffred that which I suf∣fer?
• (c) 1.182

  For God wyll haue his pleasure ouer me.
• (d) 1.183

  my house∣holde, childrē, and substaūce.
• (e) 1.184

  Not by reasō of yeres, but by reason of my greefe, shewing his extreme paines.
• (f) 1.185

  That is, dispitefully handeled me, which stri∣king on the cheeke signi∣fieth.
• g 1.186

  To 〈◊〉〈◊〉 him, & not to destroy 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• * 1.187

  His ••••gues m•• ••fflictions wherewith he 〈◊〉〈◊〉 me.
• * 1.188

  〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.189

  That is with 〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.190

  No place to 〈…〉〈…〉 be knowen to all men.
• * 1.191

  I take God to record that I am in∣noc••t, though man blame me.
• (a) 1.192

  In all Iobs extreme afflictions yet this one made the rest most greuous, that they that should chere∣fully comfort him, did cruel∣ly vexe him and mocke him.
• * 1.193

  Or, moc∣kers.
• (b) 1.194

  That is, make promise with me O God that I may talke with thee, for I wyll not reason with them, for they are ••ooles.
• * 1.195

  That they can not vn∣derstand the cause of my punishment. but iudge me wicked, not knowing thy wysdome, whereby thou doest afflict thy children.
• d 1.196

  Though the godly see them selues afflicted o•• God as the wicked are, yet they dis∣paire not, kno∣wing that the iust also are punished for proofe of thē.
• * 1.197

  Or, come now.
• (e) 1.198

  That is, the thoughtes of my heart haue brought me sorowes in steede of ioy.
• * 1.199

  Though my former es∣tate returne wherewith you perswade me, yet wyll it not continue for death sone commeth and dispatcheth me.
• * 1.200

  Seing I am but cor¦ruption.
• * 1.201

  ••herein ••••account 〈…〉〈…〉
• (b) 1.202

  That is, shall God chaunge the accustomed order of his o∣peration for thee? and not afflict the wicked as his order is?
• * 1.203

  His wys∣dome shall pe∣rishe, and frō this place vn∣to the ende of the chapter Bildad goeth abou•• to ••roue Iob wicked because God pl••geth him, ••s 〈◊〉〈◊〉 doth 〈…〉〈…〉
• (d) 1.204

  That is, he shall not attaine to that which he desi∣reth, for al his power and might shalbe taken away vp hunger.
• (e) 1.205

  Meaning, the vngodlie shalbe the de∣struction of the strength of his own skin, that is, of his children and posteritie. Meaning, that he and his posteritie shalbe subiect to most gree∣uous diseases.
• * 1.206

  That is, a cruell disease, some take it for death that commeth be∣fore his time and some for the first pagnes of death that come.
• (g) 1.207

  That is to a thing most terrible and full of feares
• h 1.208

  The wic∣ked shall not onely be de∣stroyed in bo∣dy & goodes, but their name and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and pre∣g••••ne shal vt∣terly perishe for euer.
• (i) 1.209

  From prosperitie to aduersitie.
• “ 1.210

  Or, sonne nor nephew,
• k 1.211

  That is, at his fall
• “ 1.212

  Or, elders, auncientes.
• (a) 1.213

  That is, more then neede. For the number of them, is the number of consummation or finishing.
• * 1.214

  As though he would say, what haue you to do with that, the fault is myne, and not yours.
• (c) 1.215

  That is, I cannot goe from th••se my afflictions
• (d) 1.216

  That is, of my riches and substance.
• (e) 1.217

  That is, destroyed my children, for the croune of the aged are childers children, as it is in the prouerbes.
• “ 1.218

  Or, vn∣done.
• * 1.219

  That is, his great plagues layed on me.
• “ 1.220

  Or, they that dwelt with me.
• * 1.221

  〈…〉〈…〉 I sinne as an ••po••rite, spe∣••ly you that sho••ld be my ••••nsolation.
• * 1.222

  To testi∣fie that he hath not blas∣phemed God as they report.
• * 1.223

  Here is an euident con∣fessing of Iobs faith, with the assu∣red hope of re∣surrection.
• * 1.224

  That is the iudgement of God the re¦uenger of 〈…〉〈…〉 though 〈…〉〈…〉 be reuenged of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• (a) 1.225

  Because Iob br••gged of his inno∣cencie, as ther thought Sophar in∣terrupted his 〈◊〉〈◊〉, as though he bo∣••ed in vaine, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 that God e••cepteth none but the repentaunt sinner.
• * 1.226

  For two causes So∣phar spake: one because Iob in aun¦swering tou∣cheth him, and for that he de¦nied his knowledge sufficient to aunswere againe.
• * 1.227

  Sophar euen to the ende of this chapter alle∣geth true sen∣tences, but he erreth in that he thought Iob for impi∣••tie and hypo∣crisie to be plaged.
• d 1.228

  That is, sodenlye.
• * 1.229

  Or, see▪
• (e) 1.230

  Meaning, 〈…〉〈…〉 youth.
• * 1.231

  Or dust.
• f 1.232

  〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• g 1.233

  The bles∣sing of the wicked is turned into cur••••s wher∣•••• that which ••o others ••s sweete 〈◊〉〈◊〉, to the•• it 〈◊〉〈◊〉 po••son.
• (h) 1.234

  He shall receaue cur∣s••ng. And here yll got∣ten goodes are liken••d to the serpentes 〈◊〉〈◊〉 for So∣pha•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thought Iobs goodes to be such.
• * 1.235

  That is▪ He shall want gods blessing, so that when all men haue aboundance he shall 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• k 1.236

  〈…〉〈…〉 ••poy∣led and rauened.
• l 1.237

  Th••t is, his heyres and executers shall gape in vaine.
• * 1.238

  That is, 〈…〉〈…〉▪ and ••ere Sop•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••ob for 〈◊〉〈◊〉 friendes and children were 〈…〉〈…〉.
• * 1.239

  There is nothing hi•• that shall not be opened, and the earth shall eyther be vn∣fruiteful, or bring forth thinges hurt full to the wicked.
• (a) 1.240

  As though he should say any 〈◊〉〈◊〉 before God, whom I 〈…〉〈…〉 and not before you.
• * 1.241

  That is, keepe silence.
• (c) 1.242

  Iob pro∣ueth against Sophar, that the wicked are in prospe∣ritie, not mea∣ning to con∣temne the sen∣tēces before which are true: but Sophars misconstruning of them is opened.
• “ 1.243

  Or, seede.
• * 1.244

  Not be∣ing plaged 〈◊〉〈◊〉 long ••kenes.
• * 1.245

  The•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 this not 〈◊〉〈◊〉 t••n••ue, but by the wickednesse and impietie of their 〈…〉〈…〉
• (f) 1.246

  That is their great ••e∣licitie and wealth.
• (g) 1.247

  For the wicked dye vnwares, and neuer endure the course of their dayes to the ende.
• (h) 1.248

  Meaning, the wicked: where Iob saith, that it is not for man to reason with God why he doth thus plague the iust, and pros¦pereth the vn∣iust: for who can teache God wys∣dome?
• (i) 1.249

  And this he meaneth by the godly.
• (k) 1.250

  Now ye thinke me wicked, be∣cause I am plaged.
• (l) 1.251

  Thus they cal Iobs house by scor∣ning and mocking at it
• * 1.252

  〈…〉〈…〉 iudge by the wicked 〈◊〉〈◊〉 prospe∣ritie, what shall become of them.
• (n) 1.253

  That is, he shall be content with a homely house of clay, which be∣fore was not contented with a kingly palace.
• (a) 1.254

  The whole course of this Chap∣ter is, that man compa∣red to god is vniust, and therfore ought to repent.
• (b) 1.255

  They knowe not that Iob had so greatly offended: but they con∣iectured be∣cause god so plagued him, which was not for his sinnes so much as for to proue him, and therfore all their con∣clu••ions are fal••e.
• (c) 1.256

  Thou hast ben vnchari∣table & vniust
• (d) 1.257

  That is, therfore art thou thus plagued euery way.
• (e) 1.258

  Trouble.
• (f) 1.259

  That is, vnsure and vnstable.
• (g) 1.260

  Meaning the euyl and vngodly per∣sons.
• (h) 1.261

  Eliphas exhorteth Iob to repen∣taunce by the great good∣nesse that commeth therof.
• “ 1.262

  Or, render thy vowes.
• (i) 1.263

  That is, the fauour of God.
• (k) 1.264

  The place fareth the b••t∣ter, where the righteous 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• (a) 1.265

  In this chapter is ex∣pressed howe hard, yea how impossible it is to come to God, without a mediatour.
• * 1.266

  Iob being admonished before to re∣turne to God, sayth. If I shoulde come to him, where is he, or where might I find him, to pleade my cause be∣fore him.
• (c) 1.267

  That is, gods wayes, prouing ther∣fore him selfe not to deserue such greeuous plagues and afflictions for his faultes.
• (d) 1.268

  For God is immuta∣ble, and his decrees stande fast.
• (e) 1.269

  That is, he hath de∣creed thus to punishe me appoynted here vnto, al¦though I can not attayne to the secrete iudgement of God therein, and therfore I to feare his presence.
• (f) 1.270

  That is, maketh it so ••eake that it can not but be in feare.
• (g) 1.271

  Out of paynes, trou∣bles, and afflictions.
• (h) 1.272

  That is, cleared my eyes that I may see the end of my troubles
• * 1.273

  This speaketh Iob in his extreme passions, ac∣cording to worldly wit in māsfeeble na∣ture▪ which is foolyshnes be∣fore God▪ wherby he woulde proue that God considereth not the times.
• b 1.274

  The cur∣sed crueltie of tyrauntes to∣ward the poore, folow∣ing.
• (c) 1.275

  That is, they lyue by robberie and thefte.
• * 1.276

  Not only the titant, but also the adul∣terer escapeth free▪ and is not corrected.
• (e) 1.277

  Although such abhomi¦nable sinners liue vncor¦rected in this worlde, yet at the length hell shall deuour them sodenly.
• (f) 1.278

  Because they pitied not others, they shall not be pitied at all.
• (g) 1.279

  That is, when they haue plagued and ouerrun the poore and weake, they will oppresse the strong, & mightie also
• (h) 1.280

  Then I lye not, & none of you can reproue me.
• (a) 1.281

  Bild••d would proue here that god plageth thee iust, yet after∣ward he pros∣pereth: and because God dealt not so with Iob, he concludeth that he was wicked.
• * 1.282

  That is, ordereth and ruleth all thinges.
• (c) 1.283

  For he is called the god of Sabaoth, that is the god of hoastes.
• (d) 1.284

  For the sunne & moone are darke compared to him: and how much more man beyng borne in sinne and corrup∣tion, and being but a worme?
• “ 1.285

  Or, worme
• (a) 1.286

  Here Iob reprehendeth Bildad, for y^t he speaketh not inough to gods prayse to no needeth for mans wordes, nei∣ther cōforteth him beyng voyde of com∣fort.
• * 1.287

  That is, such thinges are in the wa∣ters without lyfe, as met∣tals and such lyke, wherin is ex∣pressed gods great power
• (c) 1.288

  That is, it is open and most plaine in his sight, for he seeth all thinges.
• * 1.289

  The most excellent and mightie power of god.
• e 1.290

  His throne of m••iestie, which are the heauens he couereth from vs.
• (f) 1.291

  That is▪ so long as the worlde endu∣reth
• * 1.292

  Not that heauen hath pillers▪ but by the pillers he vnderstan∣deth al things vnder heauen.
• h 1.293

  That is, the winde bre••kyng the cloudes, the heauens are cleare.
• (i) 1.294

  That is, a circle in heauē winding round like a serpent, called Iacteus circulus.
• * 1.295

  For though these fewe thinges or his power be wonderful, yet they are nothing in comparison of the rest of his works, which mas capacitie can not reach to.
• * 1.296

  This was the order of the Hebrues to sweare.
• * 1.297

  My afflictions are so greeuous that men iudge me only by outwarde shewe to be wicked.
• (c) 1.298

  That is, as long as I lyue I will not resist the trueth, and offend God contrarie to my promise, though men say neuer so euyll of me.
• (d) 1.299

  That is, I will not confesse that God plagues me for myne offence.
• (e) 1.300

  Of my former life past.
• * 1.301

  That is, because they reprehended me vnworthy∣ly, they rather might be accompted wicked, and the plague shal light on them, and be ••d from me.
• g 1.302

  What auayleth it a man if he 〈◊〉〈◊〉 all the world▪ & lose 〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.303

  We haue 〈◊〉〈◊〉 greater 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of God, 〈…〉〈…〉 vs.
• * 1.304

  〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.305

  Or, hande.
• (k) 1.306

  Gods secret workes is layde before you, and yet your blindnes will not per∣mit you to see it.
• (l) 1.307

  That is, not only the wicked shalbe plagued, but also their po∣steritie shalbe rooted out.
• (m) 1.308

  As it is sayde in the lawe, thou shalt buyld an house, and not dwell in it thy selfe, which is the plague of the wicked.
• (n) 1.309

  Meaning it shalbe weake, of smal estimation: and beyng lothed, shall soone decay.
• (o) 1.310

  That is, most aboun∣dantly.
• (p) 1.311

  That is, he shall sodenly be blowen away by death, nor after death shal he be honorablie buried: & this is the end of the tyrauntes
• * 1.312

  〈…〉〈…〉 men 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to 〈…〉〈…〉 secretes of nature, yet t••ey are ne¦uer able to reche to the wysdome of God which is vnsearcheable
• b 1.313

  For brasse & 〈◊〉〈◊〉 groweth in the stones, whiche beyng m••ned vp is called ore: and by vehement fi••e moltē, the metall is separate from the stones.
• c 1.314

  Here he de∣scribeth gods secret workes, therby mea∣ning that all thinges shall haue an ende sauing the vn••ercheable wysdome of God.
• * 1.315

  As the fruitful fields tylled and plowed bryn∣geth foorth corne: ••o it beyng depely digged, ther are founde stones, out of the whiche are is st••oken.
• * 1.316

  The Sa∣phirs do ••hine with golden poyntes, so that here by Saphires is mēt c••ddes of gold. All the••e thinges are found: but gods wisdome who can reache?
• (f) 1.317

  Here he sheweth gods powre: the earth may be digged, hilles ouerthrowen, a fountayne made among stones, riuers turned from th••ir course: but gods wis∣dome is not to be founde.
• g 1.318

  Gods wis∣dome is partly seene in these worldly thinges, but his heauenly wysdome and se••rete iudge∣ment is hyd and vnknowē to al men.
• (h) 1.319

  That is, it passeth mans capacitie to attayne to it.
• * 1.320

  Ophir is the region by Ganges the riuer of In∣dia, so called of Ophir the sonne of La∣ketan, who possessed the same with his children.
• * 1.321

  This stone is founde in Ganges the riuer of India
• (l) 1.322

  Thus the wysdome of gods maiestie doth farre excel al things
• * 1.323

  Or, heauen
• * 1.324

  Meaning by this, that man hath so much of this excelling wys∣dome of God, as he doth shew in ver∣tue of lyuing, due obe¦dience and feare of him.
• * 1.325

  That is, when as his sauour pre∣serued me.
• (b) 1.326

  That is, when I had all thinges most aboun∣dantly. For milke and oyle signifie all plentifulnes: and here Iob describeth his felicitie in 〈…〉〈…〉 past, to the 〈…〉〈…〉 of his 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.327

  ••s w••••hed at his counti¦naunce and ashamed of their youthful ••htnesse
• d 1.328

  Knowing d••th wy••∣dome and esti¦mation
• (e) 1.329

  ••ul•• to 〈…〉〈…〉 for 〈…〉〈…〉 patience that ap∣peared in him, ••r••elling them, caused their tounges to be in silence
• * 1.330

  Because B••ld••d and Sop••a•• did so much blame him, he here yelded accōpt of his lyfe past
• * 1.331

  Iustice is to deliuer the poore, and iud∣gement is to punishe the wicked, these two are in deede a kingly vesture & gar∣ment.
• (h) 1.332

  That is, the tyrannie.
• * 1.333

  That 〈…〉〈…〉 d••d 〈…〉〈…〉 these plagues.
• k 1.334

  That is, I ••••ue ••ll things plenti¦fully that ap∣pertayne to my necessaries
• l 1.335

  By the de••we is sig∣nified happy & prosperous estate, & by the corne is ment his childrē, as though he would say, my posteritie also shalbe infe∣••••citie.
• * 1.336

  Or, har∣uest
• * 1.337

  Or, renued▪
• (m) 1.338

  Here is shewed of what excellen∣cie an vpright and verttuous life is.
• (a) 1.339

  Before is declared how greatly God doth blesse the godly, & here is shewed how hea••••y a crosse be layeth on them to proue them.
• (b) 1.340

  They now despise me, whiche with al their powre when I was in prosperitie ••••••ld nothing 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••e 〈◊〉〈◊〉 was so w••ake.
• c 1.341

  Here Iob declareth ••hat a••iect••s they were that nowe re∣u••led him, and sheweth that they are wicked lyke vnto their fa∣thers, which died ye•• they ••••••e to age.
• (d) 1.342

  Shewing hereby their basenes and their pouertie, beyng such outcastes: yet now they scorne Iob, which is a great griefe, to be mocked of such.
• (e) 1.343

  what great griefe is this, that Iob beyng once in hygh auc∣toritie, now to be in miserie and mocked of such vile villayns.
• (f) 1.344

  That is, seyng me now in miserie not able to correct them, they ••est and scorne at me with∣out measure, as vnbridel•••• in their ••ste∣ti••ns.
• g 1.345

  The right hande decla∣reth 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and the left hand afflict•• and miserie: so 〈◊〉〈◊〉 I com••••¦neth by the young m••n that ••se 〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.346

  That is, t••ey eue•• ••h••ewe all my doinges without helpe of any othe••.
• i 1.347

  That is, most swiftly.
• (k) 1.348

  It is the maker among the Hebrues to haue their garmentes ••owed round in euery part, sauing a ho••e only in the highest of it, to put foorth the necke.
• (l) 1.349

  Iob sayth not this as blaming God, but greeuous a••••liction mo∣ued a••••ection.
• * 1.350

  That is, thou didst se•• me in h••e auc∣toritie, and ••••denly thou patteit me ••••wne.
• * 1.351

  Meaning death, that shoulde bring him to the graue.
• * 1.352

  He that is once dead, can no more be hurt
• (p) 1.353

  In steede of comfort they gaue me mockes.
• (q) 1.354

  My talke was so lamen∣table, and my crying so great, that I might well be called a com∣panion of dragons and Estriches.
• (r) 1.355

  with the heate of my sore troubles.
• (a) 1.356

  In this chapter Iob declareth his vpright liuīg, not to bost against God, but to refel the false s••aunder of his aduersa∣ries.
• * 1.357

  The fleshe was obedient to the spirite, neither was he led with carnall desire.
• * 1.358

  Iob here sheweth that the feare of God, did driue him frō wickednesse.
• (d) 1.359

  Meaning that before men he was giltlesse in obseruing all the preceptes of the seconde table.
• “ 1.360

  Or, plants.
• (e) 1.361

  Let her be a bonde slaue to an other man.
• “ 1.362

  Or, bowe downe vpon her.
• (f) 1.363

  Though mans punish∣mēt for adul∣trie be omit∣ted, yet gods plague will neuer rest to consume and roote it out.
• (g) 1.364

  That is, if I in lawe haue reiected the complaint of my seruaūt, what shoulde I do when God calleth me to lawe?
• (h) 1.365

  Iob ex∣presseth the cause why he dyd pitie his, seruaunts, for that they had one creator, & both made of the same substaunce.
• * 1.366

  〈…〉〈…〉 ••••dowes
• (k) 1.367

  By the thing vp of the ••unne, and go••ng downe of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 moone, he meaneth the prosperitie and ••••••icitie that he was in.
• l 1.368

  That is, d••d I euer ••ommend the workes of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 owne hande?
• * 1.369

  That is, I did not feare to do iustice▪ either be geuing 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to y^e multitude or to get th•• fauour of my friendes and kinred.
• * 1.370

  Meaning that he did not holde his peace, or kepe at home in the iust suite or cause 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.371

  That is, I will carie the booke not the aduersarie shal make 〈◊〉〈◊〉 my shoulder and wyll a••∣cept it for 〈◊〉〈◊〉 great gift meaning he would cōfesse his fault if he had offended.
• (p) 1.372

  That is, with great reuerence.
• * 1.373

  That is, i•• the h••••eling that hath laboured in the land, haue ••en de••aunded o•• his wages by me.
• (r) 1.374

  That is, y•• I haue by violence com∣pelled my land to be cared, and not geuen foode to the labourers.
• * 1.375

  The He∣br••es reade, 〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.376

  〈…〉〈…〉
• “ 1.377

  Or, E•••• dayes shall speake.
• * 1.378

  Or, The multitude of yeres shall
• “ 1.379

  Or, iudge∣ment.
• (c) 1.380

  To proue Iob plagued for his o••••ences.
• * 1.381

  And as though there∣fore it had ben wysdome for them to holde their peace.
• “ 1.382

  Or, word••
• (e) 1.383

  That is, I shoulde breake in the middes, if I shoulde not speake, my mynde is so hot within me.
• (f) 1.384

  I will say trueth▪ all thinges layd apart.
• (g) 1.385

  The He∣brue word is, to alter the name, calling a rude man learned, or a wicked man iust.
• * 1.386

  There is cause w••y ye shoulde de∣spise me although I be young: for I am as you are, made by go••s spirite, created of the earth, and receaue lyfe of hym.
• (b) 1.387

  Iob be∣fore desired to pleade his cause before god without feare, therfore sayth Elihu I am here in gods steede, whom thou nedest not to ••e••••e▪ for I a•• made of the matter that thou art.
• * 1.388

  I haue ••earde the bo••st of thy righteous life that thou art innocent and iust, ther¦fore wil I not proue thee wicked of thy former life by thy 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• (d) 1.389

  God spea∣keth two maner of wayes vnto men, either by sleepe, or by his rod of sicknesse and other plagues.
• * 1.390

  For to beate downe the pride of man God sendeth his plagues.
• * 1.391

  Th••t is 〈…〉〈…〉 decayeth life can take 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sustenaunce.
• * 1.392

  Here spe••¦keth ••e of ••e∣cond ••e¦cond way, wherby God speaketh to man by afflic∣tions.
• “ 1.393

  Or, To the buriers.
• (h) 1.394

  If there be a messenger seene to de∣clare gods wil truely, and shewe his be∣nefites one of a thousand, & man regar∣deth the same: then will God haue mercie.
• i 1.395

  The health of the body, is the blessing of God.
• * 1.396

  He 〈…〉〈…〉 the com¦fort of the ho¦•••• ••ost
• * 1.397

  But it prouoked g••ds wrath vpon me.
• (m) 1.398

  That is my soule shall appeare cleare in the land of the liuing.
• (n) 1.399

  That is, to shewe thy selfe iust, and not wicked.
• (a) 1.400

  Here Eli∣hu proueth that God can not be vniust, because he is the iudge of the world. the gouernour and creator of all.
• (b) 1.401

  Let vs s••an the cause by rea∣soning in or∣••er o•• ••ustice.
• (c) 1.402

  That is, he hath not 〈◊〉〈◊〉 with me ••••cording to the ••quitie of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 cause.
• d 1.403

  That is, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 his scotish¦•••• beareth 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the scornefull ••••profes of the ••o••kers.
• (c) 1.404

  As thoug•• Elihu would say, is it meete that the vniust and wicked shalbe rulers, or ••••∣nocentes commit wickednesse or inferiors to controll princes, or subiectes to resist the king how much lesse thē ough¦test thou to do so to God the king of a•• kinges
• f 1.405

  That sodainely 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••ore they 〈◊〉〈◊〉 aware of it
• * 1.406

  For 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••s frayle natur•• cannot 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to Gods 〈◊〉〈◊〉 searcheable secrets, and therefore 〈◊〉〈◊〉 leaue thē with all humilitie.
• * 1.407

  God c••∣••lteth one 〈◊〉〈◊〉 humbleth an other, as the foure Monar∣ches of the worlde for ex∣ample, that is, of the Assyri∣ans, of the Persians▪ of the Grecians, and of the Romanes: as God doth mightyly, so doth he iustly.
• (i) 1.408

  That is, he shall bring to light that which lay in darkenesse.
• (k) 1.409

  That is, in the sight of all men.
• (l) 1.410

  Through their cruell and vnmerci∣full handling of them.
• (m) 1.411

  Elihu doth not wishe to Iob any euill, but desireth God that he may acknowledge▪ his offence, which can not be brought to passe, but by affliction.
• * 1.412

  Or, vnto the ende.
• (a) 1.413

  Iob hol∣ding his ••¦pe••ce, Elihu went on in his talke.
• (b) 1.414

  To such as are lyke to thee in obste∣nacie, not lea∣uing thy great errour.
• (c) 1.415

  If the cloudes are higher then thou, how much more is God excelling thee in all.
• (d) 1.416

  It doth nothing ad∣uauntage God whether we be good or euill, for he nedeth not mans helpe, he is most mightie, his maiestie is most glorious.
• e 1.417

  As though he would say▪ if we do good, it is our owne if we do e••ill it is ours also.
• (f) 1.418

  Iob saide before, that God seemed not to haue care of mortal thinges: by proofe, because that the wic∣ked are in prosperitie, and the godly are afflicted. But Elihu ••efelleth that, saying the cause of their plague is, for that they call not to God, nor pray nor trust in him.
• * 1.419

  Or, songes.
• (g) 1.420

  That is, God heareth them not, be∣cause they pray not har∣tyly to him in faith.
• (h) 1.421

  For if God should plague Iob according to his desert, he were not able to speake•• but because God is to fauoura∣ble, Iob spea∣keth so vn∣wysely.
• (a) 1.422

  And ther∣fore credit my sayinges, for I come to pleade for gods cause.
• (b) 1.423

  And ther∣fore he wyll not destroy the iust, the wyse, and the godly, seeing they are there in lyke vnto him.
• (c) 1.424

  So God doth exalt the godly, & they that loue him.
• (d) 1.425

  If he shal plague the righteous, he wyll declare the cause of the same.
• (e) 1.426

  Hypocrites that confesse God in their mouthes and not in their heartes, wyll not acknow∣ledge their offence, and so runne into deliveration, and confusion.
• * 1.427

  Or, youth∣fulnes.
• “ 1.428

  Or, o••en their eare.
• (f) 1.429

  Thou hast a••owed the counsa••le of the wicked, and sayd aside the counsaile of God as vniust.
• (g) 1.430

  Meaning thou shalt be in paines, which can not be releassed for any price.
• (h) 1.431

  That is, do not wic∣kedly, way∣ting a time to do euill as the robbers in the night, or muse not when thou art soli∣tarie in the night why some people do perishe and some do not, for therein thou offendest because it be longeth to the secrecie of gods maiestie.
• (i) 1.432

  What law maker then is more iust then he, for he gaue the holy and immaculate law, who durst then to call him vn∣iust?
• (k) 1.433

  For he is God from euerlasting, without be∣ginning or ending.
• (l) 1.434

  Gods ma∣iestie is won∣derful••ie decla∣red in his cre∣atures.
• * 1.435

  That is 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Gods won¦derfull crea¦tures▪ as the thunder and such lyke.
• * 1.436

  As though he would say, the thunder is the dreadfull voyce of God.
• (c) 1.437

  Which workes are as it were a confir∣mation of gods maiestie: for assoone as the thunder commeth they 〈◊〉〈◊〉 for feare, wherein they s••ewe their owne weake∣nes, and do witnesse a maiestie of God on hye.
• * 1.438

  Not one¦ly man▪ but beastes also are witnesses of gods pow∣er and maie∣stie▪ whē they runne to their dennes for fe••••e of the thunder.
• e 1.439

  Meaning, the windes which are called the breath of God, which as they blow whet or colde, so they f••••le or th••••we the waters, making them lesser and greater.
• (f) 1.440

  That is, to gather v••¦pours frō the earth, and to powre them bowne at gods pleasure, to the wa¦t••••ng of the same.
• g 1.441

  That is, he scattereth the cloudes a∣broade with me lightnings that are me••••∣red in them.
• (h) 1.442

  Gods creatures are al at his booke to do his plea∣sure, either to plague any ••ande of his, or to do good vnto any.
• * 1.443

  T•• 〈…〉〈…〉 ••¦ning.
• (k) 1.444

  For the clearenes or brightnes 〈◊〉〈◊〉 them.
• l 1.445

  That 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of 〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.446

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••••ing to 〈…〉〈…〉
• a 1.447

  To shewe his maiestie, and to en¦struct Iob before whom he spake.
• b 1.448

  That speaketh s•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 surely.
• c 1.449

  That is, 〈…〉〈…〉.
• (d) 1.450

  〈…〉〈…〉 by this, that if he could not conceaue gods wonder∣full workes, much lesse his vnsearchable wysdome.
• (e) 1.451

  That is, compassed the earth with his bondes.
• (f) 1.452

  Meaning, the handes of God, which holde vp as a pyller the heauens and the earth that it falleth not.
• * 1.453

  That is 〈…〉〈…〉 the 〈…〉〈…〉 or the 〈…〉〈…〉
• (h) 1.454

  That is, who a••ter the creation shut vp the feas within their limits ••s with doores▪
• (i) 1.455

  As though the h••ge se••s were but a weake childe in gods hand, to rule at h••s pleasure.
• “ 1.456

  Or, winges.
• (k) 1.457

  Though the vngodly trust in their estate to en∣dure long, yet they shalbe as weake as clay, and as a garment shall soone perishe.
• “ 1.458

  Or, the high arme.
• (l) 1.459

  A iudge ought to be skilfull in the cause that he iudgeth: but seeing thou knowest none of these thinges that are visible, why wylt thou presume to iudge of thinges inuisi∣ble?
• “ 1.460

  Or, bot∣tome.
• (m) 1.461

  No man 〈◊〉〈◊〉 go in the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 where 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••••owe is gendred: 〈…〉〈…〉 lesse may Iob clyme vp to heauen to know gods secretes.
• (n) 1.462

  Meaning, God is the creator and maker of all thinges.
• “ 1.463

  Or, stost of the heauen.
• “ 1.464

  Or, Some reade, hard.
• (o) 1.465

  The influ∣ence.
• “ 1.466

  Or, bot∣tels.
• (p) 1.467

  For so groweth the earth by the want of rayne.
• (q) 1.468

  After he had shewed his mar∣ue••les aboue, he commeth to the earthly creatures, as though God would say, the thinges on the cloudes are vnknow•• to thee, yea euen thinges on earth thou durst not do, how much lesse then durst thou to reache to gods secret wys∣dome.
• a 1.469

  He ch••••te¦•••• reciteth these beastes, for they bring foorth their younglinges with greatest ••••ine.
• (b) 1.470

  Some re••de▪ sal•• pla∣ces meaning barraine grounde.
• c 1.471

  For the w••lde as••e is of all beastes most vn••ame∣able.
• * 1.472

  If thou canst not rule the vnicorne, canst thou know gods secretes▪ or appoynt him to do thy wil?
• * 1.473

  Or, seede
• * 1.474

  〈…〉〈…〉 when the hath 〈…〉〈…〉 her egges, hydeth them in the 〈…〉〈…〉 the ••••eat•• o•• the s••nne the young are brought forth but ••he 〈…〉〈…〉 the egges ••s carelesse forgetting th•• place where she 〈…〉〈…〉 and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 her la¦bour is 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• * 1.475

  To be 〈…〉〈…〉 her 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.476

  Elias in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 creatures▪ the glory of gods maie••••••. is declared.
• * 1.477

  Or, ha ha.
• (h) 1.478

  That is, free into the regions that are w••••t when colde commeth.
• * 1.479

  Here Iob confesseth his offence, and durst not speake: for when God doth repre∣hend, who can aunswere?
• * 1.480

  Meaning, that for a man to accompt h••m selfe iust, is to accuse God for vn∣iust.
• * 1.481

  Or, arme.
• (c) 1.482

  Which no man is able to do for these thinges are onely pertay∣ning to God.
• * 1.483

  That is, cause them to dye, if it lye in the power,
• (e) 1.484

  Which God can onely d••, and there∣fore trusting 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thyne owne strength▪ thou ••omparest with God.
• (f) 1.485

  The He∣br••es ••ay, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••hemoth sign f••eth an ••••••hant, so 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••or his ••••genesse, by the which ••ay be vn∣•••••• the 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• (g) 1.486

  Meaning, he is inuisible amongst men, yet God can bruse him.
• (h) 1.487

  Leuiathan is a whale▪
• “ 1.488

  Or, angle,
• (i) 1.489

  For it is daungerous to trust Sa∣tan in any thing, yea it is hurtfull to touch him, for Leuiathan re¦presenteth Satan.
• * 1.490

  If the creature can not be resisted, who can com∣pare with the ••••tor▪
• (b) 1.491

  That is, who dare loke in his mouth.
• (c) 1.492

  That is, he spouteth out flames of fire out of his mouth.
• * 1.493

  Or, eye liddes of the morning.
• (d) 1.494

  For Sa∣tan is the prince of the worlde, who ouercame by action: but Christe ouer∣threw his kingdome by his passion.
• (e) 1.495

  Satan is called h••rd of heart, b•• he is vnmer¦cifull, cruell, and vntreata¦ble.
• “ 1.496

  Or, the neather mil∣stone.
• (f) 1.497

  For the hardnesse of his skin is such, that he lyeth vpon it without paine, as in the soft myre.
• (g) 1.498

  He spou∣teth out the water in such sorte, that the seas seeme to boyle.
• (h) 1.499

  with a white froth vpon the water.
• (i) 1.500

  He des••••∣seth all and is proudest of all.
• * 1.501

  Iob con∣fesseth the omnipotencie of God, and bewayleth his offence that ••e spake he w••••t not what.
• (b) 1.502

  Iob desi∣reth to learne of God
• c 1.503

  He sawe him not but by his worde, which is the face and image of God, as Christe.
• d 1.504

  As the ma∣ner of mour∣ners was then that repented.
• (e) 1.505

  Because they defended the iustice of God with carnall rea∣sons.
• (f) 1.506

  For Iob offended of ignoraunce.
• (g) 1.507

  Reconci∣ling your selues to him, in that ye haue done him offence, and then wyll I here him for you.
• “ 1.508

  Or, the face.
• (h) 1.509

  He ridde him from his troubles and ••lagues.
• * 1.510

  That is all they th•••• were of his ki••ed▪
• k 1.511

  Here is the exceeding blessinges of God to wardes the godly and they that vn¦faynedly trust in him.
• * 1.512

  Or▪ an c••¦ring.
• (l) 1.513

  Passing 〈◊〉〈◊〉 beautie as the day, and long liuing.
• * 1.514

  As sweete as cassia, or fine spices
• (n) 1.515

  The childe of beautie.
• * 1.516

  Gen. l. d. Tobi. 14. a. Psal. 128. a.
• “ 1.517

  Or, full of dayes.