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Rh, and iustice, and he can not be vttered. Therfore shal men feare him, and al that seme to themselues to be wise, shal not dare to behold him.

CHAP. XXXVIII.

VT our Lord answering Iob out of a whirlewind, sayd: Who is this that wrappeth in sentences with vnskilful words? Gird thy loynes as a man: I wil aske thee, and answer thou me. Where wast thou when I layd the foundations of the earth? tel me if thou hast vnderstanding. Who set the measures therof, if thou know: or who stretched out the line vpon it? Vpon what are the foundations therof grounded? or who let downe the corner stone therof, when the morning starres praised me together, and al the sonnes of God made iubilation? Who shut in the sea with doores when it brake forth, proceeding as it were out of a matrice: When I made a cloud the garment therof, and wrapped it in darkenes as in clouts of infancie. I compassed it with my boundes, and put barre and doores. And I sayd: Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt not proceed farder, and here thou shalt breake thy swelling waues. Didst thou after thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning his place? And didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them, & hast thou shaken the impious out of it? The seale shal be restored as clay, and shal stand as a garment: From the impious their light shal be taken away, and the high arme shal be broken. Hast thou entred into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the great depth? Haue the gates of death been open to thee, & hast thou seen the darkesome doores? Hast thou considered the bredth of the earth? tel me if thou know al things, In what way the light dwelleth, & what is the place of darknesse. That thou canst bring euerie thing to his borders, & vnderstand the pathes of the house therof. Didst thou know then that thou shouldest be borne? & didst thou know the number of thy dayes? Hast thou entred into the treasures of the snow, or hast thou beheld treasures of haile? Which I haue prepared for the time of the enemie, for the day of fight & battel? What way is the light spred, is heate diuided vpon the earth? Who gaue course to the most vehement shower, Rh