A   She ordred their workes in the handes of the holy prophet: so that they went thorow the wildernes that was not inhabited ∧ pitched their t&ebar;tes in þe; waste deserte. They stode agaynst their enemyes, and were au&ebar;ged of their aduersaries. Wh&ebar; they were thirsty, they called vpon the, ∧ water was geuen them out of the rocke, ∧ theyr thirst slakened out of the harde stone. For by the thinges, where thorowe their enemyes were punished, were thei helped in their nede. For vnto the enemies thou gauest m&abar;s bloud in steade of liuing water. And where as they had scarcenesse in the rebuke when the chyldren were slayne, thou gauest vnto thyne owne a plenteous water vnloked for: declaring by the thyrste that was at that tyme, howe thou wouldest bring thine owne vnto honour and slaye their aduersaries.

B   For wh&ebar; they were tryed ∧ nortured with fatherly mercy, thei knowleged how the vngodly were iudged, and punished thorow the wrath of God. These hast thou exhorted as a father, ∧ proued th&ebar;: but vnto the other thou hast bene a boysterous kyng, layed harde to their charge, ∧ c&obar;demned th&ebar;. Whether they were absent or present, their punishment was a lyke. For their grefe was double: namely, mournynge, ∧ the remembraunce of thinges past. But when they perceiued that their punishm&ebar;tes did th&ebar; good, they thought vpon the Lord, ∧ wondered at the ende. For at the last they helde much of him, of whome in the out casting they thought scorne, as of an abiecte. Neuerthelesse the righteous did not so when they were thirsty: but euen like as the thoughtes of the foolishe were, so was also their wickednes. Where as certayn m&ebar; now C   (thorow errour) did worship d&obar;me serp&ebar;tes ∧ vayne beastes, thou sendedst a multitude of domme beastes vpon them for a vengea&ubar;ce: that they might know, that loke where withall a man synneth, by the same also shall he be punished. For vnto thy almighty hande that made the worlde of naughte, it was not vnpossible, to sende amonge theym an heape of Beeres, or woode Lyons, or cruell beastes of a straunge kynde, suche as are vnknowen, or spoute fyre or cast out a smokyng breth, or shote horrible sparkes oute of their eyes: whyche myghte not onely destroye theym with hurtynge, but also kyll them with their horryble syghte. Yea, without these beastes might they haue bene slayne with one winde beynge persecuted of their owne woorkes, and scatered abroade thorow the breth of thy power.

D   Neuertheles thou hast ordred all thynges in measure, numbre ∧ weight. For thou haste euer had great str&ebar;gth ∧ might, ∧ who maye wihst&abar;de the power of thin arme? And why? like as the smal thing that the bala&ubar;ce weieth so is the world before the: yea, as a droppe of the morning dew, that falleth doune vp&obar; the

earth. Thou haste mercy vpon all, for thou hast power of all thinges: and makest the as thoughe thou sawest not the synnes of men, because they should amende. For thou louest all the thinges that are, ∧ hatest none of th&ebar; whome thou hast made: neither diddest thou ordeyne or make any thyng, of euell will.

How might any thynges endure, if it were not thy will? Or how coulde any thynge be preserued, excepte it were called of the? But thou sparest all, for all are thyne, O Lorde, thou louer of soules.

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