deiected wrestling wt God as did Iacob in his conflict with y• An∣gel, diuersly tuneth the phrase of his troubled spirite & notwith¦standing a supposed discord kéepeth measure & concord with faith and with the holy scripture. But when men set their wits vpon the tenter to reach out their obiections, and to deale as if they had to deale with Beuis of Southhampton, thinking noe more reuerently of the humble, duetifull, bashfull, modest, low and lowly speethes proceding from a broken heart, thence it is, they make a doubt where no doubting is if the same minde were in them, as becometh censurers of the praiers of the church, those irreprouable collects would haue greater commendation, then be thought a stumbling block of offence, as they are. Take we example from Iob, Abraham, and Salomon. Holie Iob, of whome scripture giueth testimony, that he was an vpright iust man, one that feared God, and eschewed euill confesseth of him∣selfe though he were iust he could not answer, but would make supplicatiōs to his iudge, holding it more fit to leaue wrangling, disputing, boasting, for these wil obtaine naught, but pray∣ing zealously, behauing himselfe submisly he may find fauour at ye Lords hand, yea were he iust, his own mouth would condemne him, were he perfit the Lord could iudge him wicked, because none is innocēt, whē God iudgeth, & he it is, that knoweth vs better thē we our selues, & seeth such sins, as we neuer think for. Accordingly whereunto S. Bernard speaketh I doe not wholy belieue my selfe, nor my own conscience, for it cā∣not comprehend me all, neither can he iudge of the whole that heareth not the whole. Anon after, God heareth in the hart of him, that he thinketh, which a mans own selfe hear∣eth not. yea were Iob righteous, yet should he be ashamed with ye brightnes of God his maiestie, that he should not know himselfe. We see how the look of a Prince dasheth his subiect out of coūte∣nance & therefor much rather may the presence of ye Lord (who is a dreadful God clothed with vnspeakable maiesty, as with a gar∣mēt, whose glory surpasseth ye brightnes of al the lights in heauē) astonish y• brused conscience of Iob who knew, if he should wash himselfe with snow water & purge his hands most cleane, yet should God dip him in ye pit, & his owne cloths would make him vncleane. For God is not a man, yt he should answer him, if they