which thy ryght hande had planted, or euer the earth brought fruites.
[unspec B] 7 And vnto him thou gauest commaun∣dement to loue thy way, which he trans∣gressed, and immediatly thou appoyn∣tedst death in hym, and in his generati∣ons: Of whom came nations, tribes, people, and kinredes, out of number.
8 And euery people walked after their owne wyll, and did wonderfull thinges before thee: and as for thy commaunde∣mentes they dispised them.
9 But in processe of tyme thou brough∣test the water fludde vpon those that dwelt in the worlde, & destroyedst them.
10 So that by the fludde, that was wrought in eche of them, that was by death in Adam.
11 Neuerthelesse, one of them thou leftest, namely, Noe with his householde, of whom came all ryghteous men.
12 And it happened that when they that dwelt vpon the earth, began to multi∣plie, and had gotten them many chil∣dren, and were a great people, they be∣gan to be more vngodly then the first.
13 Nowe when they liued so wickedly be∣fore thee, thou didst choose thee a man from among them, whose name was Abraham.
14 Hym thou louedst, and vnto hym only [unspec C] thou shewedst thy wyll,
15 And madest an euerlasting couenaunt with hym, promisyng hym that thou wouldest neuer forsake his seede.
16 And vnto hym thou gauest Isahac: vnto Isahac also thou gauest Iacob and Esau. As for Iacob thou dydst choose him to thee, and put backe Esau: And so Iacob became a great multi∣tude.
17 And it came to passe, that when thou leddest his seede out of Egypt, thou broughtest them vp to the mount Sina,
18 Bowing downe the heauens, setting fast the earth, mouyng the grounde, makyng the deapthes to shake, and troublyng the worlde:
19 And thy glorie went through foure portes, of fire and earthquakes, and windes, and colde: that thou myghtest geue the lawe vnto the seede of Iacob, and diligence vnto the generation of Israel.
20 And yet tokest thou not away from them that wicked heart, that thy lawe myght bryng foorth fruite in them.
21 For the first Adam bearyng a wicked heart, transgressed and was ouercome: and so be all they that are borne of him.
22 Thus remayned weaknesse still, and the lawe in the heartes of the people, with the wickednesse of the roote: so that the good departed away, and the euyll abode styll.
23 So the tymes passed away, and the yeres were brought to an ende: Then dyddest thou rayse thee vp a seruaunt called Dauid,
24 Whom thou commaundedst to builde a citie vnto thy name, and to offer vp incense and sacrifice vnto thee therin.
25 When this was done nowe many yeres, then the inhabiters of the citie forsoke them,
26 And in all thynges, dyd euen as Adam and all his generations had done: for they also had a wicked heart.
27 And so thou gauest the citie ouer into the handes of thine enemies.
28 But do they of Babylon then any thyng better, that they shoulde therfore haue the dominion in Sion?
29 For when I came thyther, and sawe there so great wickednesse that it coulde not be numbred: then my soule sawe many euyl doers in this thirteth yere, so that my heart fayled me: [unspec D]
30 For I saw howe thou sufferedst them in such vngodlinesse, and sparedst the wicked doers: but thine owne people hast thou rooted out, and preserued thine enemies, and this hast thou not shewed me.
31 I can not perceaue howe this hap∣peneth. Do they of Babylon then better then they of Sion?
32 Or is there any other people that knoweth thee, sauyng the people of Is∣rael? or what generation hath so be∣leued thy couenauntes, as Iacob?
33 And yet their rewarde appeareth not, and their labour hath no fruite: For I haue gone here and there through the heathen, and I see that they be riche and wealthy, and thynke not vpon thy commaundementes.
34 Waygh thou therfore our wickednesse nowe in the ballaunce, and theirs also that dwell in the worlde: and so shall thy name be no where founde but in Israel.
35 Or when was it that they which dwel vpon earth, haue not sinned in thy