A   Elihu spake moreouer, ∧ sayde: Thynkest thou it ryght, that thou sayest: I am ryghtuous before God? For thou sayest: What adua&ubar;tage will it be vnto the, and what profyt shalt þu; haue of my synne. Therfore will I geue answere vnto the and to thy company&obar;s wyth the loke vnto the heauen, and beholde it: c&obar;sydre the cloudes, whych are hyer then thou. If thou hast synned, what hast thou done against him? B   If thine offences be many, what hast thou done vnto hym? If thou be ryghtuous what geuest thou him? Or what will he receaue of thy hand? Of soche an vngodly personne as thou, and of the sonne of man that is ryghtuous as thou pretendest to be: there is a greate cry and complaynte made by them that are oppressed wyth vyolence, yee, euery man c&obar;playneth vp&obar; the crueltye of tyrauntes. C   For soche a one neuer sayeth: Where is God that made me? ∧ that geueth vs occasion to prayse him in þe; night? Whych geueth vs more vnderst&abar;dyng then he doth the beastes of the earth, ∧ teacheth vs more then he doth the foules of heauen.

If any soch complayne, no man geueth answere, and that because of the wyckednesse of proude tyrauntes. But yf a man call vpon God, doth not he heare him? Doth not the almyghtye accepte his crye? D   Whan thou speakest then, shulde not he pardon the, yf þu; open thy selfe before hym, and put thy trust in hym? Then vseth he no vyolence in hys wrath, nether hath he pleasure in curyous ∧ depe inquysycions. Therfore doth Iob open hys mouth but in vayne, and folyshly doth he make so many wordes.

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