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970 afflicted least in his tabernacle. The heauens shal reueale his iniquitie, and the earth shal rise against him. The blossome of his house shal be opened, he shal be plucked downe in the day of Gods furie. This the portion of an impious man from God, & the inheritance of his words from our Lord.

CHAP. XXI.

VT Iob answering, sayd: Heare I beseech you my words, and doe penance. Beare with me, that I also may speake, and after my words, if it shal seeme good, laugh ye. Is my disputation agaynst man, that I ought not worthily to be sorie? Harken to me, and be astonished, and put the finger vpon your mouth. And I when I shal remember, am afrayd, and trembling shaketh my flesh. Why then doe the impious liue, are they aduanced, & strengthned with riches? Their seed continueth before them, a multitude of kinsemen, & of nephewes in their sight. Their houses be secure & peaceable, & the rod of God is not vpon them. Their bullock hath conceiued, & hath not made abortion: their cow hath calued, and is not depriued of her calfe. Their litle ones goe forth as flocks, and their infants reioyse with pastimes. They hold the timbrel, & the harpe, & reioyse at the sound of the organe. They lead their daies in wealth, and in a moment they goe downe to hel. Who sayd to God: depart from vs, we wil not the knowledge of thy waies. Who is the Omnipotent, that we should serue him? and what doth it profite vs if we shal pray him? But yet because their good things are not in their hand, be the counsel of the impious far from me. How often shal the candel of the impious be extinguished, and inundation come vpon them, and shal he deuidediuide [sic] the sorowes of his furie? They shal be as chaffe before the face of the winde, and as ashes, which the whirlewinde scattereth. God shal reserue the sorow of the father to his children: and when he shal haue rendred it, then shal he know. His eies shal see his owne slaughter, and he shal drinke the furie of the Omnipotent. For what doeth it pertayne to him concerning his house after him: although the number of his months be diminished the halfe? Shal anie man teach God knowledge, who iudgeth the high ones? This man dieth strong and in health, rich and happie. His bowels be ful of fat, and his bones be embrued with marrow. But an other dieth in bitternesse of soule without anie riches: And yet they shal sleep together in the dust, and wormes shal couer them. Surely I know your cogitations, & vniust sentences agaynst me. For you say: Where is the house of the Prince? Rh