A   Neuertheles thy sayntes had a very greate light (and the enemies herde their voyce, but they sawe not the figure of them.) And because they suffred not þe; same thinges, they magnified the: and they þt; were vexed afore (because they were not hurte now) thanked the, and besought þe; (o God) þt; there might be a difference. ^noteTherfore had they a burnynge piler of fyre to lede them in the vnknowne waye, ∧ thou gauest them the Sonne for a fre gift without eny hurte. Reason it was, that they shulde want light ∧ to be put in the preson of darcknes, which kepte thy childr&ebar; in captiuyte, by whom the vncorrupte light of the lawe of þe; worlde was for to be geuen. ^note B   Whan they thought to slaye the babes of the righteous (one beinge laied out, and yet preserued to be leder vnto the other) thou broughtest out the whole multitude of the children, ^note and destroydest these in the mightie water. Of that night were oure fathers certified afore, that they knowinge vnto what oothes they had geuen cred&ebar;ce, might be of good cheare. Thus thy people receaued þe; health of the righteous, but the vngodly were destroied. For like as thou hast hurte oure enemies, so hast thou promoted vs whom thou calledest afore. For the righteous children of the good men offred secretly, ∧ ordred the lawe of righteousnes vnto vnite: þt; the iust shulde receaue good and euell in like maner, singinge prayses vnto þe; father of all men. Agayne, there was herde an vnconuenient voyce of the enemies, ∧ a piteous crie for childr&ebar; that were bewayled. C   The master and the serua&ubar;t were punyshed alike, the meane man and the kynge suffred in like maner. For they all together had innumerable that dyed one death.

^noteNether were þe; lyuinge sufficient to bury þe; deed, for in þe; twincklinge of an eye, the noblest nacion of th&ebar; was destroyed. As oft as God helped th&ebar; afore, yet wolde it not make th&ebar; beleue: but in þe; destruccion of þe; first borne they knowleged, that it was þe; people of God. For whyle all thinges were still, ∧ wh&abar; þe; night was in þe; myddest of hir course, thy Allmightie worde (o LORDE) leapte downe fr&obar; heau&ebar; out of þi; royall trone, as a rough m&abar; of warre, in þe; myddest of þe; londe þt; was destroyed: ∧ þe; sharpe swerde perfourmed þi; straite c&obar;maundem&ebar;t, st&abar;dinge ∧ fyllinge all thinges &wt; death: yee it stode vp&obar; þe; earth ∧ reached vnto the heauen. Then the sight of the euell dreames vexed them sodenly, and fearfulnesse came vpon them vnawarres.

D   Then laye there one here, another there half deed half quyck, and shewed the cause of his death. For the visions that vexed th&ebar;, shewed th&ebar; these thinges afore: so that they were not ignoraunt, wherfore they perished.

The tentacion of death touched the righteous also, and amonge the multitude in the wyldernesse there was insurreccion, but thy wrath endured not longe. ^noteFor the fautlesse man wente in all the haist, and toke the battayll vpon him, brought forth the weap&ebar; of his ministracion: euen prayer and þe; c&ebar;sours of rec&obar;cilinge, set himself agaynst þe; wrath, and so brought the misery to an ende: declaringe therby, that he was thy seruaunt. For he ouer came not the multitude with bodely power, ner with weap&ebar;s of might: but with the worde he subdued him that vexed him, puttinge the in remembraunce of the ooth ∧ couena&ubar;t made vnto the fathers. For whan the deed were fallen downe by heapes one vpon another, he stode in the myddest, pacified the wrath, and parted þe; waye vnto the lyuynge. ^noteAnd why? in his longe garm&ebar;t was all the beuty, and in the foure rowes of the stones was the glory of the fathers grau&ebar;, and thy maiesty was written in the crowne of his heade. Vnto these the destroyer gaue place, and was afrayed of them: for it was only a tentacion worthy of wrath.

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