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 .xxiiij. Chapter.
¶ Iob descrybeth the wykedues of men, and sheweth
what cursse belongeth to the wycked.
A Consyderinge then that there is
no tyme hid from the Almyghtie,
how happeneth it, that they
which knowe hym, do not regarde
his dayes? For some men
there be, that note remoue other mens landemarkes:
that robbe them of their catell, and
kepe the same for theyr awne: that note dryue
awaye the asse of the fatherlesse: that take
the wyddowes oxe for a pledge: that thrust
the poore out of the waye, and oppresse the
simple of the worlde together. Beholde, eu&ebar;
as the wylde asses in þe; deserte goo they forth
to their worke,
B and ryse by tymes to spoyle:
Yee þe; very wyldernesse ministreth foode for
their chyldr&ebar;. They reape the corne felde that
is not their awne: and &rhand; let the vyneyarde
of the vngodly alone. They are the cause
that so many men are naked and bare, hauinge
no clothes to couer them and to kepe
them from colde: So that wh&ebar; the showers
in the mountaynes haue rayned vpon them,
∧ they be all wett, they haue none other succoure,
but to kepe them amonge the rockes.
They spoyle þe; suckinge fatherlesse childe,
and take the pledge fr&obar; the poore. In somoch
that they let him go naked without clothing,
and haue taken awaye the sheafe of the h&ubar;grie.
The poore are fayne to laboure in their
oyle milles, yee, and to treade in theyr wyne
presses, and yet to suffre thyrst. The men of
the cytie crieth vnto the Lorde with sything,
note the soules of the slayue also make theyr
complainte: But God destroyeth them not
for all this,
C where as they (not withstandinge)
are conuersaunt amonge them that abhorre
the lyght: they knowe not hys waye,
ner contynue in his pathes. noteTymely in
the mornynge do they aryse, to murthur the
symple and poore, and in the nyght they go
a stealynge.
The eye of the aduolterer wayteth for
the darcknesse, and sayeth thus in him selfe:
Tush, there shall no eye se me, and so he disgiseth
his face. In þe; night ceason they search
the houses, and hyde them selues in the daye
tyme, but will not knowe the light. For as
soone as the daye breaketh, the shadowe of
death c&obar;meth vpon them, &abar;d they go in horrible
darcknesse. The vngodly is swyfter
then the water: their porcion shalbe cursed in
the earth, aud he shall not beholde the waye
of the vineyardes. O that they (for the wickednesse
which they haue done) were draw&ebar;
to the hell, soner then snowe melteth at the
drouth and heate.
D O that all compassi&obar; vp&obar;
th&ebar; were forgott&ebar;: that their daynties were
wormes, that they were cleane put out of remembra&ubar;ce,
-- --
and vngodlynesse vtterly hewen
downe lyke as a tre. He hath oppressed
the baren, that he cannot beare, and vnto þe;
wyddowe hath he done no good. He drue the
mightie after hym with his power, and wh&ebar;
he was gott&ebar; vp, no man was without feare,
as longe as he lyueth. And though they
might be safe, yet they wyll not receaue it,
for their eyes loke vpon their awne wayes.
They are exalted for a lytle, but shortly are
they gone, brought to extreme pouerte, and
taken out of the waye: ye &abar;d vtterly pluckte
of, as the eares of corne. Is it not so? Who
wyll then reproue me as a lyar, and saye that
my wordes are nothynge worth?
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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