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CHAP. VII. Iob explicateth diuers calamities of mans life, and namely of his owne▪ 6. Su∣posing it not likelie that he shal returne to former prosperous state, 15. de∣sireth to dye.

THE life of man vpon earth is a :: warfare, & his daies, as [ 1] the daies of an hyred man. † As a seruant desireth the [ 2] shadow, & as the hired man taryeth for the end of his worke: † So I also haue had vayne monethes, and haue numbred to [ 3] my self laborious nightes. † If I sleepe, I shal say: When shal [ 4] I arise? and agayne I shal expect the euening, and shal be re∣plenished with sorowes euen vntil darkenens. † My flesh is [ 5] clothed with rottenesse and filth of dust, my skinne is withe∣red, & drawen together. † My daies haue passed more swift∣ly, [ 6] then the webbe is cut of the weauer, and are consumed without anie hope. † Remember that my life is a winde, [ 7] and myne eie shal not returne to see good thinges. † Neither [ 8] shal the sight of man behold me: thine eies vpon me, and I shal not stand. † As a clowde is consumed, and passeth away: [ 9] so he that shal descend to hel shal not ascend. † Neither shal [ 10] he returne anie more into his house, neither shal his place know him anie more. † Wherfore I also wil not spare my [ 11] mouth, I wil speake in the tribulation of my spirit: I wil talke with the bitternesse of my soule. † Why, am I a sea, or [ 12] a whale, that thou hast compassed me with a prison. † If I [ 13] sa••: My litle bed shal confort me, and I shal be releeued spea∣king with myself in my couch: † Thou wilt terrefie me by [ 14] dreames, and by visions shake me with horrour. † For the [ 15] which thing my soule hath chosen hanging, and my bones death. † I haue despayred. I shal now liue no longer: :: Spare [ 16] me, for my daies are nothing. † What is man that thou ma∣gnifiest [ 17] him? or why settest thou thy hart toward him? † Thou [ 18] doest visite him early, and sodenly thou prouest him: † How [ 19] long doest thou not spare me, nor suffer me that I swallow my spitle? † I haue sinned, what shal I doe to thee ô keeper [ 20]

of men? why hast thou sette me contrarie to thee, and I am become burdenous to my self? † Why doest thou not take [ 21] away my sinne, and why doest thou not take away mine ini∣quitie? Behold now I shal sleepe in the dust: and if thou seeke me in the morning, I shal not be.

Notes

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  A souldiar must be alwa∣yes readie to indure trauel, to be prompt∣ly obedient, content to be beaten by his superior with out al resi∣stance, vpon paine of his life, he is al∣wayes subiect to cares, and to danger of death, and therfore must euer be readie to dye.
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  Iust Iob sup∣posing he was at the point of death, pray∣ed God to spare or cease to punish him more, and to accept of that affliction which he had already suffe∣red. So the Church in be∣half of soules departed in state of grace prayeth God to spare and cease from further puni∣shing them, and to geue them eternal rest.