T. Matthew [1549], The Byble, that is to say all the holy Scripture: In whych are c&obar;tayned the Olde and New Testamente, truely ∧ purely tr&abar;slated into English, ∧ nowe lately with greate industry ∧ dilig&ebar;ce recognised. [Edited by Edmund Becke.] (Imprinted by... Ihon Daye [etc.] and William Seres [etc.], London) [word count] [B05000].
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The .vi. Chapter
The callynge of Kynges, Prynces, and Iudges:
whych are also exhorted to searche wysdome.
A Wisdome is better then str&ebar;gth,
and a man of vnderstandyng
is more worth then one that is
stronge. Heare therefore (O ye
Kynges) and vnderstande?
O lerne ye that be iudges of the endes of
the earth. Geue eare ye that rule the multitudes,
and delite in much people, For the power
is geuen you of the Lord, ∧ the strength
from the Hyest: whych shal trye youre workes
and search out your ymaginacions: How
that ye beinge offycers of hys Kyngedome,
haue not executed true iudgement, haue not
kepte the lawe of rightuousnes, nor walked
after hys wyll.
B Horribly and that right sone
shal he appeare vnto you: for an hard iudgement
shall they haue that beare rule. Mercy
is graunted vnto the symple, but they that
be in authoritie shall be sore punyshed. For
God whych is Lorde ouer all, shal except no
m&abar;s personne, neither shall he stande in awe
of anye mannes greatnesse: for he hath made
the small and great, and careth for al a lyke.
But the myghtye shall haue the sorer punishmente,
Vnto you therfore (O ye Kynges) do I
speake, that ye maye lerne wysdome and not
go amysse: for they þt; kepe righteousnes shal
be righteously iudged: ∧ thei þt; are learned in
righteous thinges, shal find to make answer.
Wherefore set youre luste vpon my wordes,
and loue them so shall ye come by nurtoure.
Wysdome is a noble thynge, and
neuer fadeth awaye: yee she is easely sene of
th&ebar; that loue her, ∧ found of such as seke her.
C She preu&ebar;teth them that desyre her, that she
maie fyrst shewe her selfe vnto th&ebar;. Who so
awaketh vnto her by tymes, shall haue no
great trauayle, for he shall fynde her sitting
readye at his dores. To thyncke vpon her is
perfecte vnderstandyng: ∧ who so watcheth
for her, shalbe safe, and that soone. For she
goeth aboute, sekynge suche as are mete for
her, sheweth her self cherefully vnto them in
their goinges, ∧ meteth th&ebar; with al diligence
For the vnfayned desyre of refourmacyon is
her begynnynge: to care for nurtour is loue,
∧ loue is the kepynge of her lawes. Now the
kepyng of the lawes, is perfeccyon ∧ an vncorrupte
lyfe, and an vncorrupte life maketh
a man familiar wyth God. And so the desire
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of wysdome ledeth to the kyngdome euerlastynge.
D If youre delyte be then in royall
seates ∧ cepters (O ye kinges of the people)
set youre luste vpon wysdome, that ye maye
raigne for euer more. O loue the light of wisdome,
all ye that be rulers of the people. As
for wisd&obar; what she is, and howe she came vp
I wyll tell you, and wyll not hyde the mysteries
of God from you: but wyl seke her out
fr&obar; the begynnynge of the natiuitie, ∧ bryng
the knowledge of her into lyght, and wil not
kepe back the trueth: Neyther wyl I haue to
do wyth consumynge enuye, for such a man
shal not be partaker of wysd&obar;. But the multitude
of the wyse is the welfare of þe; world,
and a wyse kyng is the vpholding of the people,
O receyue nourtoure then thorowe my
wordes, and it shall do you good.
T. Matthew [1549], The Byble, that is to say all the holy Scripture: In whych are c&obar;tayned the Olde and New Testamente, truely ∧ purely tr&abar;slated into English, ∧ nowe lately with greate industry ∧ dilig&ebar;ce recognised. [Edited by Edmund Becke.] (Imprinted by... Ihon Daye [etc.] and William Seres [etc.], London) [word count] [B05000].
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