A    ^noteBvt the soules of þe; righteous are in þe; hande of God, ∧ þe; payne of death shal not touch th&ebar;. ^noteIn þe; sight of the vnwyse they appeare to dye, ∧ their ende is tak&ebar; for very destruccion. The waye of the righteous is iudged to be vtter destruccion, but they are in rest. And though they suffre payne before men, ^note yet is their hope full of immortalite. They are punished but in few thinges, neuerthelesse in many thinges shal they be well rewarded. For God proueth them, ∧ fyndeth th&ebar; mete for himself: yee as the golde in the fornace doth he trye them, ∧ receaueth them as a brentofferinge, and when þe; tyme commeth they shalbe loked vpon.

B    ^noteThe righteous shal shyne as the sparkes þt; renne thorow the rede bu&esset;she. ^noteThey shal iudge the nacions, ∧ haue dominion ouer þe; people, ∧ their LORDE shal raigne for euer. They þt; put their trust in him, shal vnderstonde the trueth, ∧ soch as be faithfull, wil agree vnto him in loue: for his chosen shal haue giftes ∧ peace. ^noteBut the vngodly shalbe punyshed acordinge to their awne ymaginaci&obar;s, for they haue despysed the righteous, ∧ forsaken the LORDE.

C   Who so despyseth wy&esset;dome ∧ nurto&highr;, he

is vnhappie, and as for the hope of soch, it is but vayne, their labours vnfrutefull, and their workes vnprofitable. Their wyues are vndiscrete, and their childr&ebar; most vngodly. Their creature is cursed. Blessed is rather þe; baren ∧ vndefyled, which hath not knowne the synfull bedd: she shall haue frute in the rewarde of the holy soules. And blessed is þe; gelded, ^note which &wt; his handes hath wrought no vnrighteousnesse, ner ymagined wicked thinges agaynst God. For vnto him shal be geuen þe; speciall gift of faith, and the most acceptable porcion in þe; temple of God. D   For glorious is the frute of good laboure, ∧ the rote of wy&esset;dome shall neuer fade awaye. As for þe; childr&ebar; of aduoutrers, they shal come to an ende ∧ the sede of an vnrighteous bedd shal be roted out. And though they lyue l&obar;ge, yet shal they be nothinge regarded, ∧ their last age shalbe without honoure. Yf they dye haistely, they haue no hope, nether shal they be spoken to in the daye of knowlege. For horrible is the death and ende of the vnrighteous.

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