Then answered Eliphas of Theman
and sayde vnto him: Yf we begynne
to comon with the, peradu&ebar;ture thou
wilt be myscontent, but who can witholde
himself from speakynge? Beholde, thou hast
bene a teacher of many, and hast comforted
the weery hondes.
Thy wordes haue set vp those that were
fallen, thou hast refresshed the weake knees.
But now that the plage is come vpon the,
thou shr&ebar;ckest awaye: now that it hath touched
thyself, thou art faint harted. noteWhere is
now thy feare of God, thy stedfastnesse, thy
pacience, and the perfectnesse of thy life?
Considre (I praye the) who euer peryshed, beynge
an innocent? Or, when were the godly
destroyed? As for those that plowe wickednesse
(as I haue sene myself) and sowe myschefe,
they reape þe; same. noteFor wh&ebar; God bloweth
vpon them, they perysh, and are destroyed
thorow the blast of his wrath. The roaringe
of the lyon, the cryenge off the lyonesse, ∧ þe;
teth off þe; ly&obar;s whelpes are brok&ebar;. The greate
lyon perysheth, because he c&abar; get no pray
and the lyons whelpes are scatred abrode.
B noteThere is spoken vnto me a thynge in councell,
which hath geuen a terrible sounde in
myne eare, with a vision in the night, when
men are fallen a slepe. Soch feare and drede
came vp&obar; me, that all my bones shoke. And
when the wynde passed ouer by me, the hayres
of my flesh stode vp.
Then stode there one before me, whose face
I knewe not: an ymage there was, and the
wether was still, so that I herde this voyce:
Maye a man be iustified before God? Maye
there eny man be iudged to be clene, by reason
of his owne workes? noteBeholde, he hath
founde vnfaythfulnesse amonge his owne
seruauntes, and proude disobedience amonge
his angels.
How moch more th&ebar; shal they (that dwell
-- --
in houses of claye, whose foundacion is but
earth) be moth eaten? They shalbe destroyed
from the mornynge vnto the euenynge:
yee they shall perish, or euer they be awarre:
and be taken awaye so clene, that none of th&ebar;
shall remayne, but be deed, or euer they be awarre
off it.
Coverdale [1535], BIBLIA The Bible / that is, the holy Scripture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully and truly translated out of Douche and Latyn in to Englishe () [word count] [B04000].
