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 .ix. Chapter
A prayer of Salomon to obtayne wysdome.
A O God of my fathers, and Lorde of
mercyes (thou that haste made all
thinges wyth thy word, and ordeined
man thorowe thy wysedome,
that he shoulde haue dominion ouer the creatures
which thou hast made: that he shold order
the world accordynge to equyte and righteousnesse,
and execute iudgemente wyth a
true hert) geue me wysdome, whiche is euer
aboute thy seate: and put me not out from
among thy chyldren: for I thy seruaunt and
sonne of thy handmayden, am a feble person
of a shorte tyme, and to younge to the vnderstandynge
of iudgement and the lawes. And
thoughe a man be neuer so perfecte amonge
the children of men, yet if thy wisdome be not
with hym, he shallbe nothing regarded. But
thou hast chosen me to be a Kyng vnto thy
people, and the iudge of thy sonnes and daughters.
B Thou hast commaunded me to buylde a
t&ebar;ple vp&obar; thy holy mount, ∧ an aulter in the
citie wherin thou dwellest: a lykenesse of thy
holy tabernacle whyche thou haste prepared
fr&obar; the begynnyng, and thy wysdome wyth
the which knoweth thy workes: whiche also
was with the, when thou maydest the world
and knew what was acceptable in thy sight
and right in thy commaundementes. O send
her oute of thy holye heauens and from the
throne of thy maiesty, that she may be wyth
me, and laboure wyth me: that I maye know
what is acceptable in thy sight. For she knoweth
∧ vnderst&abar;deth al thinges: and she shal
lede me soberly in my workes,
C ∧ preserue me
in her power. So shall my workes, be acceptable:
and then shall I gouerne thy people
righteously, and be worthye to sit in my fathers
seate. For what man is he, that maye
know the co&ubar;sel of God? Or who c&abar; thynke
what the wyl of God is? For the thoughtes
of mortall men are myserable, and oure forcastes
are but vncertayne. And why? a mortall
and corruptible body is heauy vnto the
soule and the earthy mansyon kepeth doune
the vnderstanding that museth vpon manye
thynges. Very hardlye can we dyscerne the
thynges that are vpon earthe, and greate labour
haue we, or we can finde thinges which
are before oure eyes: Who wyll then seke
oute the ground of the thinges that are done
in heauen? Oh Lorde, who can haue knoweledge
of thy vnderstandyng and meanynge,
excepte thou geue wysdome and send thy holy
ghost from aboue? that the wayes of them
whyche are vpon earth maye be refourmed:
that men maye learne the thynges that are
pleasaunt vnto the, and be preserued thorow
wysdome.
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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