Chap. I. All wy&esset;dome commeth of God, for he onely is wyse The frute of Gods feare.

Chap. II. An exortacion vnto pacience & to the feare of God.

Chap. III. A doctryne for children, how they shulde honoure father and mother: & how men ought to be gentle and lowly.

Chap. IIII. Wy&esset;dome lerneth to be mercifull and louynge vnto euery man. What rewarde wy&esset;dome geueth, to them that loue her and seke her.

Chap. V. Let no man trust in his riches, let no man leane vpon his owne power, let no man despyse the mercy & longe sufferynge of God.

Chap. VI. Of true & false frendshipe. An exortacion to herken vnto wy&esset;dome.

Chap. VII. Many goodly lessons and docum&ebar;tes.

Chap. VIII. He teacheth to bewarre of strife, to thincke scorne of no m&abar;, to avoyde suertyshipp, to bewarre of branelesse and cruell people.

Chap. IX. How m&ebar; shulde behaue them selues with their wyues, & how olde frendshipe ought not to be broken &c. with many other good lessons.

Chap. X. Of iudges & rulers of the people. How pryde ought to be eschued.

Chap. XI. Many good instruccions.

Chap. XII. How and to whom a m&abar; shulde do good.

Chap. XIII. How the poore shulde kepe himself from the riche.

Chap XIIII. The vnfaithfulnes and wickednes of rich nygardes. An exortacion to do good & to cleue vnto wy&esset;dome.

Chap. XV. The profit that commeth of the feare of God & of wy&esset;dome, which the wicked will not receaue.

Chap. XVI. The multitude of euell children is not good, for the grace of God is not amonge the vngodly. The pacience, mercy, and wy&esset;dome of God.

Chap. XVII. How God made man, endewed him with giftes, openynge his wil & lawe vnto him: but chose Israel out of all people.

Chap. XVIII. The wy&esset;dome of God and ordre of his workes, which no man maye comprehende. The dayes of man are shorte. God suffreth longe, rebuketh and teacheth all soch as wil receaue nurtoure.

Chap. XIX. Many good lessons of wy&esset;dome.

Chap. XX. Men ought to geue warnynge, to exorte and to rebuke: but not to be cruell, violent or malicious. Of sylence, and speakinge, & how to bewarre of lyes.

Chap. XXI. All maner of synnes ought to be eschued. The difference of the wyse and foolish.

Chap. XXII. A foole wyll not be refourmed nor rebuked. Be faithfull vnto thy neghboure and frende.

Chap. XXIII. A faithfull prayer vnto God, to preserue the mouth and tonge from noysome wordes and oothes, & the hert from euell thoughtes. How greate abhominacion aduoutry is.

Chap. XXIIII. A commendacion of wy&esset;dome.

Chap. XXV. There is nothinge better, then an honest verteous woman. Agayne, there is nothinge worse then an euell, vngodly, & frowarde woman.

Chap. XXVI. A commendaciou and prayse of a

good honest woman, and how noysome an euell wyfe is.

Chap. XXVII. Many goodly sentences.

Chap. XXVIII. Men ought not to take vengea&ubar;ce, but euery man to forgeue his neghboure, & not to beare euell wil ner to stryue. What harme commeth of false tongues & slaunderers.

Chap. XXIX. How m&ebar; shulde haue compassion and lende vnto their neghbours: and how they that borowe, ought to behaue them selues agayne. Of vnaduysed suertieshipe. How euery man ought to be content with that he hath, and not to be chargeable vnto other.

Chap. XXX. Who so loueth his children, teacheth them, nurtoreth them and chasteneth th&ebar;. Health is a noble gift.

Chap. XXXI. The misery of the cuvetous. How one shulde be haue him self at the table, and be measurable in meate and drynke. What harme commeth of drynkinge to moch wyne.

Chap. XXXII. To be set in rule & dignite, shulde not make a man proude and hye minded, but to feare, to be diligent and faithful vnto them, that are committed vnto him &c. with other good lessons.

Chap. XXXIII. How God ought to be feared, & his lawe kepte. The difference of dayes and of men. The ordringe of children and housholde.

Chap. XXXIIII. The hope of the vngodly is vayne: the righteous shalbe preserued, for he putteth his trust in God, which wil not be reconciled with offeringes, but with an innocent life.

Chap. XXXV. The offringe that pleaseth God is to kepe his c&obar;maundementes, to be thankful, mercifull, and to ceasse from synne. God is the defender of wyddowes, fatherlesse, and oppressed, and heareth their prayer.

Chap. XXXVI. An earnest prayer vnto God for helpe agaynst the enemies. The prayse of an honest woman.

Chap. XXXVII. Of true & false fr&ebar;dshipe. Good councell ought to be sought at them, which are verteous and feare God, but first at God himself. Of wy&esset;dome and sobernesse.

Chap. XXXVIII. Phisicians and medicyns ought not to be despysed, but vsed as a gift of God: neuertheles God himself is first to be sought in all sicknesse. Men shulde be measurable in mourninge for the deed, & prepare them selues also vnto death. Euery workman ought to be diligent in his laboure, and to please God with kepinge his commaundementes.

Chap. XXXIX. Wy&esset;dome and the feare of God excell all other thinges. All thinges are made to serue the faithfull.

Chap. XL. The life of man is a battayll. All thinges passe awaie, but the trueth abydeth for euer. The liberall and louynge condicions of the righteous. The vnfaithfullnes and nigardnesse of the vngodly.

Chap. XLI. Death is fearfull vnto the wicked, but a ioye vnto the righteous. The cursinge of the vngodly. A good name is a noble thinge. What the thinges be, wherof a man ought to be ashamed.

Chap. XLII. Where one ought not to be ashamed. The care and bringinge vp of childr&ebar;. The power and wy&esset;dome of God.

Chap. XLIII. The beuty of the firmam&ebar;t, wherby the power and wy&esset;dome of God is knowne, & and shulde by right be praysed.

Chap. XLIIII. A commendacion and prayse of the olde fathers.

Chap. XLV. Of the faithfull worthies, and their noble actes. Of the presthode and offeringes. The punyshment of the sedicious.

Chap. XLVI. The manlynesse of Iosue & Caleb. Of the rulers in Israel, vnto the tyme of faithfull Samuel.

Chap. XLVII. Of Nathan, Dauid and Salomon.

Chap. XLVIII. Of Elyas, Ezechias and Esay.

Chap. XLIX. The actes of good Iosias The decaye of Ierusalem. Of the prophetes and patriarckes.

Chap. L. A comm&ebar;dacion of Simeon the sonne of Onias.

Chap. LI. A prayer of Iesus Syrac. Wy&esset;dome calleth the ignoraunt vnto her.