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958 C. IX.

ND Iob answering, said: Indeed I know it is so, and that man is not iustified compared with God. If he wil contend with him, he can not answer him one for a thousand. He is wise of hart, and strong of force: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace? He that transported mountaynes, and they whom he subuerted in his furie, knew not. He that remoueth the earth out of her place, and the pillers therof are shaken. He that commandeth the sunne, and it riseth not: and shutteth vp the starres as it were vnder a seale: He that alone spreadeth the heauen, & goeth vpon the waues of the sea. He that maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the inner parts of the soul. He that doth great things, and incomprehensible, and merueilous of the which there is no number. If he come to me, I shal not see him: if he depart, I shal not vnderstand. If sodently he aske, who shal answer him? or who can say: Why doest thou so? God whose wrath no man can resist, and vnder whom they stoop that carie the world. How great am I then, that I may answer him, and speake in my words with him? Who although I haue anie iust thing, wil not answer, but wil beseech my iudge. And when he shal heare me inuocating, I doe not belieue that he hath heard my voice. For in a hurlewind shal he breake me, and shal multiplie my wounds yea without cause. He granteth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitternesse. If strength be demanded, he is most strong: if equitie of iudgement, no man dare giue testimonie for me. If I wil iustifie my self, mine owne mouth shal condemne me: if I wil shew my self innocent, he shal proue me wicked. Although I shal be simple, the self-same shal my soul be ignorant of, and I shal be wearie of my life. One thing there is that I haue spoken, both the innocent and the impious he consumeth. If he scourge, let him kil at once, and not laugh at the paynes of innocents. This earth is giuen into the hands of the impious, he couereth the face of the iudges therof: and if it be not he, who is it then? My dayes haue been swifter then a poste: they haue fled and haue not seen good. They haue passed by as ships carying fruits, as an eagle flying to meat. When I shal say: I wil not speake so, I change my face, & am tormented with sorow. I feared al my works, knowing that thou Rh