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The .xv. Chapter.
1 The goodnesse that foloweth hym which feareth God. 8 God reiecteth and casteth of the sinner, 11 God is not the auctour of euyll.
[unspec A] 1 HE that feareth God, wil do good: & who so kepeth the lawe, shall obtayne wysdome.
2 As an honorable mo∣ther shall she meete hym, and (a) she as his wife maried of a virgin shal receaue him.
3 With the bread of lyfe and vnderstan∣ding shal she feede him, & geue him the water of wholsome wisdome to drinke.
4 If he be constant in her, he shall not be moued, and if he holde him fast by her, he shall not come to confusion.
5 She shall bring him to honour among his neyghbours, and in the middest of the congregation shall she open his mouth: With the spirite of wysdome and vnderstanding shall she fyll him, and cloth him with the garment of glorie.
6 She shall heape the treasure of myrth and ioye vpon him, and geue him an euerlasting name to heritage.
7 Foolishe men will not take holde vpon [unspec B] her, but such as haue vnderstanding, will meete her: Foolishe men shall not see her, for she is farre from pryde and disceyte.
8 Men that go about with lyes, will not remember her: but men of trueth shalbe founde in her, and shall prosper euen vn∣to the beholding of God.
9 Prayse is not seemely in the mouth of the vngodly, for he is not sent of the Lorde.
10 But if prayse come of wysdome and be plenteous in a faythfull mouth, then the Lorde will prosper it.
11 Say not thou, it is the Lordes fault that I am gone by: for thou shalt not do the thing that God hateth.
12 Say not thou, he hath caused me to do wrong: for he hath no neede of the vn∣godly.
13 God hateth al abhomination of errour, and they that feare God will loue none such.
14 God made man from the beginning, and left him in the hande of his counsell: [unspec C] He gaue his commaundementes and preceptes.
15 If thou wilt obserue the commaunde∣mentes and kepe acceptable faythful∣nesse for euer, they shall preserue thee.
16 He hath set water and fyre before thee, reache out thine hande vnto which thou wilt.
17 Before man is lyfe and death, good and euyll: loke what him lyketh, shalbe ge∣uen him.
18 For the wysdome of God is great and mightie in power, and beholdeth all thinges continually:
19 The eyes of the Lorde are vpon them that feare him, and he knoweth all the workes of man.
20 He hath commaunded no man to do vngodly, neither hath he geuen any man licence to sinne: for he desireth not a multitude of infidels and vnprofitable children.