Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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¶ The .xxij. Chapter.
¶ Eliphaz reprehendeth Iob of vnmercyfulnesse.
A So Eliphas the Themanite gaue
answere, and sayde: Maye a man
be profitable vnto God, as he
that is wyse maye be profytable
to hym selfe? Is it any vauntage
to the Allmyghtye that thou art ryghteous?
Or shall it profyte hym, that thou makest
thy wayes perfect? Is he afrayed to reproue
the, &abar;d to steppe forth with the into iudgment?
Is not thy wickednesse greate, aud
thyne vngracious dedes innumerable? For
thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother
for naught, &abar;d robbed the naked of their clothinge:
To soche as were weery hast þu; geuen
no water to drincke,
B ∧ hast withdrawen
bred from the hungrye: Shulde soch one th&ebar;
as vseth violence, wrong ∧ oppressi&obar; (doing
all thinge of parcialite, and hauinge respecte
of personnes) dwell in the lande? Thou hast
sent wyddowes awaye emptie &abar;d oppressed
the poore fatherlesse.
Therfore art thou compassed aboute with
snares on euery syde, &abar;d sodenly vexed with
feare. Shuldest thou then se no darckenesse?
Shulde not the water floude runne ouer þe;?
Now note because that God is hyer then þe; heauens,
and because thou seyst that the starres
are so hye, wilt thou therfore saye: Tushe,
how shulde God knowe? Doth his dominy&obar;
reache beyonde the cloudes? Tush, the cloudes
couer him that he maye not se, ∧ he dwelleth
aboue heauen.
C Dost not thou kepe the
olde waye, that vayne m&ebar; haue gone? Which
were cut downe out of tyme, &abar;d whose fo&ubar;dacyon
was as a runnynge water, which
sayed vnto God: go from vs, and what dyd
the Allmyghtye with them? He fylled theyr
houses with good thinges. But the councell
of the vngodly is farre fro me. The ryghteous
sawe it and were glad, and the innoc&ebar;t
laughed th&ebar; to scorne. Is oure increase hew&ebar;
downe? As for the remnaunt of them, the
fyre hath consumed it.
Therfore reconcile the vnto God, and be
cont&ebar;t, so shall all thinges prospere with the
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ryght well. Receaue the lawe at his mouth,
and laye vp his wordes in thyne herte.
D For
note yf thou wilt turne to the Almightye, thou
shall st&abar;de fast, and put all vnrighteousnesse
from thy dwellynge: Thou shall make golde
as plentifull as the dust, and the golde of
Ophir as the flyntes of the ryuers. Yee, Almightye
God hys awne selfe shalbe thy defence,
and thou shalt haue plentye of syluer.
Then shalt þu; haue thy delite in the Almightie,
∧ lyft vp thy face vnto God. Then shalt
thou make thy prayer vnto him, and he shall
heare the, and thou shalt kepe thy promyses.
Then, loke what thou takest in h&abar;d, he shall
make it to prospere with the, and the lyght
shall shyne in the wayes. For note who so humbleth
hym selfe, him shall be set vp: &abar;d who so
loketh mekely, shalbe healed. If thou be innocent
thou shalt deliuer the countre because
of the vngyltynesse of thyne handes.
Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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