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To the Christian Reader.
THe names of God in the holy tongue have in them deep notation: and argue the speakers knowledg. Iob onely of all the disputers, & he but once, vttereth the holy name, Iehovah. The penner of the story doth often: in preface & con∣clusion. The Poetrie of the work seemeth by Arabique terms Iobs owne. Many names of God are in this book, beside Ie∣hovah, which is of so large force and maiestie that the Lxx never expresse the letters: nor the Iewes commonly pronounce it. Our English Psal. 83. doth: I still, as the French, put Eternal, for it: for Elohim, God, and sometime for Eloah, & El: But for better note: in Eloah, seldome in others, often here, Pu∣issant: for El, cōmonly omnipotent: for Shaddaj, all sufficient, and, almighty: Adonaj Iob hath ch. 28. and but once: which to shew I set Adonaj: as the Lxx in Ezekiel. Abraham first Gen. 15. vttereth that name: but Iob bringeth God the autour. Elihu expresseth Abraham for the trinitie in plural speach* 1.1 Ghosaj, My makers. A translater should not hide so golden a matter. This one word had broken Arius and Machomed: that Christ should onely be Machmad, delite it self: & Daniel as Mary chamudoth by grace.