A    ^noteShe ordred their workes in the h&abar;des of the holy prophet: so þt; they wente thorow þe; wyldernes þt; was not inhabited, ∧ pitched their t&ebar;tes in þe; waist deserte. They stode agaynst their enemies, ∧ were auenged of their aduersaries. ^noteWh&abar; they were thirstie, they called vp&obar; þe;, ∧ water was geu&ebar; them out of þe; rok, ∧ their thirst slockened out of þe; harde stone. For by þe; thinges, where thorow their enemies were punished, were they helped in their nede. For vnto the enemies thou gauest m&abar;s bloude in steade of lyuynge water. And where as they had scarcenesse in þe; rebuke whan the children were slayne, thou gauest vnto thine awne a plenteous water vnloked for: declaringe by the thyrst þt; was at that tyme, how thou woldest bringe thine awne vnto hono&highr;, ∧ slaye their aduersaries.

B    ^noteFor whan they were tryed ∧ nourtured &wt; fatherly mercy, they knowleged how the vngodly were iudged, and punyshed thorow þe; wrath of God. These hast thou exorted as a father, ∧ proued th&ebar;: but vnto þe; other thou hast bene a boysteous kynge, layed hard to their charge, ∧ cond&ebar;ned th&ebar;. Whether they were absent or present, their punyshm&ebar;t was alyke. For their grefe was dubble: namely, mournynge, and þe; rem&ebar;braunce of thinges past. But wh&abar; they perceaued þt; their punishm&ebar;tes dyd th&ebar; good, they thought vpon the LORDE, ∧ wondered at þe; ende. For at the last they helde moch of him, of wh&obar; in þe; outcastinge they thought scorne, as of an abiecte. Neuerthelesse þe; righteous dyd not so when they were thirstie: but euen like as þe; thoughtes of þe; foolish were, so was also their wickednes. ^note C   Where as certayne m&ebar; now (thorow erro&highr;) dyd worshipe domme serpentes ∧ vayne beestes, thou sendedst a multitude of domme beastes vpon them for a vengeaunce: þt; they might knowe, that loke where withall a m&abar; synneth, by the same also shal he be punyshed. For vnto thy allmighty hande, that made the worlde of naught, it was not vnpossible, ^noteto sende amonge them an heape of Beeres, or woode ly&obar;s, or cruell beastes of a stra&ubar;ge kynde, soch as are vnknowne, or spoute fyre, or cast out a smokinge breth, or shote horrible sparkes out of their eyes: which might not only destroye them with hurtinge, but also kyll them with their horrible sight. Yee without these beestes might they haue bene slayne with one winde, beynge persecuted of their awne workes, and scatered abrode thorow the breth of thy power.

D   Neuertheles thou hast ordred all thinges in measure, n&obar;bre ∧ weight. For thou hast euer had greate str&ebar;gth ∧ might, ∧ who maye withst&obar;de þe; power of thine arme? And why like as þe; small thynge þt; þe; balaunce weyeth, so is þe; worlde before þe;: yee as a droppe of þe; morninge dew, that falleth downe vpon the earth. Thou hast mercy vpon all, for thou hast power of all thynges: ^note and makest the as though thou sawest not the sinnes of m&ebar;, because they shulde amende. For thou louest all the thinges that are, and hatest none of

th&ebar; wh&obar; thou hast made: nether didest thou ordeyne or make eny thinge of euell will.

How might eny thinge endure, yf it wer not þi; will? Or how coude eny thinge be preserued, excepte it were called of þe;? But thou sparest all, for all are thine, o LORDE, thou louer of soules.

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