A   Be still (ye Ilondes) and herken vnto me. Be stronge ye people, Come hither, and shew youre cause, we will go to the lawe together. Who rayseth vp þe; iuste from the rysinge of the Sonne, and calleth him to go forth? Who casteth downe the people, and subdueth the kinges before him: that he maye throwe them all to the gro&ubar;de with his swearde, and scatre them like stuble with his bowe? He foloweth vpon them, and goeth safely himself, and cometh in no footpath with his fete. Who hath made, created, and called the generacions from the begynnynge? Euen I the LORDE, which am the first, and with the last. ^note

Beholde ye Iles, that ye maye feare, and ye endes of the earth, that ye maye be abasshed, draw nye, and come hither. Euery man hath exorted his neghboure, and brother, and bydden him be stronge. The Smyth conforted the moulder, ∧ the Ironsmyth the hammerman, sayenge: It shalbe good, that we fasten this cast worke: and then they fastened it with nales, that it shulde not be moued. B   And thou Israel my seruaunt: Iacob my electe sede of Abrah&abar; my beloued, whom I led from the endes of the earth by the honde: For I called the from farre, ∧ saide vnto the: ^note Thou shalt be my seruaunt: I haue chosen the, ∧ will not cast þe; awaye: be not afrayde, for I wil be with þe;. Lake not behinde þe;, for I wil be thy God, to str&ebar;gth þe;, helpe þe;, ∧ to kepe þe; with this right h&obar;de of myne. Beholde, all they that resist the, shal come to confucion and shame: and thine aduersaries

shalbe destroyed ∧ brought to naught. So that who so seketh after them, shal not fynde them. Thy destroyers shal perish, ∧ so shall they that vndertake to make batell agaynst the. For I thy LORDE ∧ God, wil strength thy right honde. Euen I that saye vnto the: Feare not, I will helpe the. Be not afrayde thou litle worme Iacob, and thou despysed Israel: For I will helpe the, saieth the LORDE, ∧ the holyone of Israel thine avenger. Beholde, I wil make the a treadinge cart ∧ a new flale, þt; thou mayest throsshe ∧ grynde the mountaynes, and bringe the hilles to poulder. Thou shalt fanne them, ∧ the wynde shal carie them awaye, ∧ the whyrlwynde shal scatre th&ebar;. But thou shalt reioyse in the LORDE, and shalt delite in praysinge the holyone of Israel.

C    ^noteWhen the thurstie and poore seke water ∧ fynde none, ∧ when their tunge is drie of thurst: I geue it them, saieth the LORDE. ^noteI the God of Israel forsake them not. I bringe forth floudes in the hilles, ∧ welles in the playne feldes. I turne þe; wildernes to ryuers, and the drie londe to condytes of water. I plante in the wayst grounde trees of Cedre, Boxe, Myrre and olyues. And in the drie, I set Fyrre trees, elmes and hawthornes together. All this do I, þt; they altogether maye se and marcke, perceaue with their hertes, ∧ considre: that the honde of the LORDE maketh these thinges, and that the holyone of Israel bringeth them to passe. Stonde at youre cause (saieth the LORDE) and bringe forth youre str&obar;gest grounde, counceleth the kinge of Iacob. Let the goddes come forth them selues, and shewe vs the thinges þe; are past, what they be: let th&ebar; declare th&ebar; vnto vs, þt; we maye take them to herte, and knowe them herafter. Ether, let th&ebar; shewe vs thinges for to come, and tel vs what shalbe done herafter: so shal we knowe, that they be goddes. Shewe somthinge, ether good or bad, so wil we both knowlege þe; same, ∧ tel it out.

D   Beholde, ye goddes are of naught, ∧ yo&highr; makinge is of naught, but abhomination hath chosen you. Neuertheles I haue waked vp one from the North, ∧ he shal come. And another from the East, which shal call vp&obar; my name, ∧ shal come to the prynces, as the Potter to his claye, ∧ as þe; Potter treadeth downe the myre. Who tolde þt; afore? So wil we confesse ∧ saye, that he is rightuous. But there is none that sheweth or declareth eny thinge, there is none also that heareth youre wordes. Beholde, I will first gra&ubar;te th&ebar; of Sion ∧ Ierusalem to be Euangelistes. But when I c&obar;sidre: there is not one amonge th&ebar; þt; prophecieth, nether (when I axe him) þt; answereth one worde. Lo, wicked are they ∧ vayne, with the thinges also that they take in honde: yee wynde are they, and emptynesse, with their ymages together.

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