A    ^noteAll wy&esset;dome c&obar;meth of God the LORDE, ∧ hath bene euer &wt; him, and is before all tyme. Who hath nombred þe; sonde of the see, þe; droppes of the rayne ∧ the dayes of tyme? Who hath measured the heyth of heau&ebar;, þe; bredth of the earth ∧ the depenesse of the see? Who hath sought out the grounde of Gods wi&esset;dome, which hath bene before all thinges? ^noteWi&esset;dome hath bene before all thinges, and the vnderstandinge of prudence from euerlastinge. (Gods worde in the heyth is the well of wy&esset;dome, and the euerlastinge c&obar;maundementes are the intraunce of her.) Vnto whom hath þe; rote of wy&esset;dome bene declared? Or who hath knowne hir wyt? Vnto whom hath the doctrine of wy&esset;dome bene discouered and shewed? and who hath vnderstande the manyfolde entra&ubar;ce of her?

B   There is one: eu&ebar; the Hyest, the maker of all thinges, þe; Allmightie, þe; kynge of power (of whom men ought to stonde greatly in awe) which sytteth vpon his trone, beinge a God of dominion: He hath created her thorow þe; holy goost: he hath sene her, nombred her, and measured her: He hath poured her out vpon all his workes, and vpon all flesh

acordinge to his gift: he geueth her richely vnto them that loue him. The feare of the LORDE is worshipe and tri&ubar;phe, gladnesse ∧ a ioyfull crowne. The feare of the LORDE maketh a mery hert, geueth gladnesse, ioye and longe life. Who so feareth the LORDE, it shal go well with him at the last, ∧ in the daye of his death he shal be blessed.

C   The loue of God is honorable wi&esset;dome: loke vnto whom it appeareth, they loue it, for they se what w&obar;derous thinges it doth. ^noteThe feare of LORDE is the begynnynge of wy&esset;dome, and was made with the faithfull in the mothers wombe: it shall go with the chosen wemen, and shalbe knowne of þe; righteous and faithfull. The feare of the LORDE is þe; right Gods seruyce, that preserueth and iustifieth the hert, and geueth myrth ∧ gladnesse. Who so feareth the LORDE, shalbe happie: and whan he hath nede of comforte, he shal be blessed. To feare God is the wi&esset;dome that maketh rich, and bringeth all good with her. She fylleth the whole house with hir giftes, ∧ the garners with her treasure. The feare of the LORDE is the crowne of wy&esset;dome, and geueth plenteous peace ∧ health. He hath sene her ∧ nombred her: knowlege and vnderstandinge of wy&esset;dome hath he poured out as rayne: and them that helde her fast, hath he brought vnto hono&highr;.

D   The feare of the LORDE is the rote of wy&esset;dome, and hir braunches are longe life. (In the treasures of wy&esset;dome is vnderstondinge and deuocion of knowlege, but wy&esset;dome is abhorred of synners.) The feare of the LORDE dryueth out synne, for he that is without feare, can not be made righteous, ∧ his wilfull boldnes is his owne destruccion. A paci&ebar;t man wyl suffre vnto the tyme, and th&ebar; shal he haue þe; rewarde of ioye. A good vnderst&obar;dinge wil hyde his wordes for a tyme, and many m&ebar;s lippes shal speake of his wy&esset;dome. In the treasures of wy&esset;dome is the declaracion of doctrine, but the synner abhorreth the worshipe of God. My sonne, yf thou desyre wi&esset;dome, kepe the commaundement, and God shal geue her vnto the: for the feare of the LORDE is wy&esset;dome ∧ nurtoure, he hath pleasure in faith and louynge mekenesse, and he shal fyll the treasures therof. Be not obstinate and vnfaithfull to the feare of the LORDE, and come not vnto him with a duble hert. Be not an ypocrite in the sight of men, and take good hede what thou speakest. Marck well these thinges, lest thou happen to fall and brynge thy soule to dishonoure, and so God discouer thy secretes, and cast the downe in the myddest of the congregacion: because thou woldest not receaue the feare of God, and because thy hert is full of faynednes and disceate.

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