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Rh quity he not cōsider? A vaine man is extolled into pride, and thinketh him self borne free as a wilde asses colt. But thou hast confirmed thy hart, & hast spred thy handes to him. If thou shalt take away from thee the iniquitie ∷ that is in thy hand, and iniustice remaine not in thy tabernacle: Then mayst thou lift vp thy face wthout spotte, and thou shalt, be stable, and shalt not feare. Thou shalt also forget miserie, and shalt remember it as waters that are passed. And the brightnes as it were of noone daies, shal arise to thee at euening: and when thou shalt think thyself consumed, thou shalt rise as the day starre. And thou shalt haue confidence, hope being set before thee, and buried thou shalt sleepe secure. Thou shalt rest, and there shal be none to terrifie thee: and verie manie shal besech thy face. But the eies of the impious shal decay, and escape shal faile them, and their hope the abomination of the soule.

C. XII.

''Iob sheweth the knowlege, which his freinds much boast of, to be the common knowne doctrin of Gods seruantes. He more truly, and more profoundly discourseth of Gods powre and wisdome, stil defending his owne innocencie in respect of great sinnes.''

V Iob answering, sayd: Are you then men alone, & shal wisedome die with you? I also haue a hart euen as you, neither am I inferiour to you: for who is ignorāt of these thinges, which you know? He that is mocked of his frend as I, shal inuocate God & he wil heare him: for the ∷ simplicitie of the iust man is scorned. The lampe contemned in the cogitations of the riche, is prepared to the time appointed. The tabernacles of robbers abound, & they prouoke God bouldly, wheras he hath geuen al thinges into their handes. For aske the beastes, and they shal teach thee: and the foules of the ayre, and they shal tel thee. Speake to the earth, and it shal answer thee, and the fishes of the sea shal tel. Who is ignorant that the hand of our Lord hath made al these things? In whose hand is the soule of euerie liuing thing, and the spirit of al the flesh of man. Doth not the eare discerne wordes, and the iawes of him that eateth, the tast? In the ancientes is wisedom, and in long time prudence. With him is wisedom and strength, he hath counsel and vnderstanding. If he shal destroy, there is no man that can build: if he shut vp a man,