A   Then answered the Lorde vnto Iob out of the storme, &abar;d sayd: what is he that hydeth his mynde with folysh wordes? ^noteGyrde vp thy loynes lyke a man, for I wyll questyon wyth the, se thou geue me a directe answere. Where wast thou, wh&ebar; I layde the foundacyons of the earth? Tell playnely, yf thou hast vnderstandyng. Who hath measured it, knowest thou? Or, who hath spreade the lyne vpon it? Where vpon stande the pyllers of it? Or, who layed the corner stone therof? Where wast thou, when the mornyng starres praysed me together,

and all the chyldren of God reioysed triumphantly? ^noteWho shut the see wyth dores, when it brake forth as a chylde out of hys mothers wombe? When I made the cloudes to be a coueryng for it, and swadled it with the darcke? when I gaue it my commaundement, makyng dores and barres for it, saying: Hyther to shalt thou come, B   but no farther, ∧ here shalt thou laye downe thy proud and hye waues. Hast thou geuen the mornynge hys charge (as sone as thou wast borne) and shewed the daye spryng hys place, that it myght take holde of the corners of þe; earth, and that the vngodly myght be shak&ebar; out? Theyr tokens and weapens are turned lyke claye, and sett vp agayne as the chaungyng of a garment. The vngodly shalbe disapoynted of their lyght, and the arme of the proude shalbe broken. Camest thou euer into the grounde of the see: or walkedest in the lowe corners of the depe? Haue the gates of deeth bene opened vnto the, or hast thou sene the dores of the shadowe of death? Hast thou also perceaued how broade the earth is? Yf thou hast knowledge of all thys, then shew me, where lyght dwelleth, and where darcknes is: that thou mayest brynge vs vnto theyr quarters, yf thou canst tell the waye to theyr houses.

C   Knewest thou (afore thou wast borne) how olde thou shuldest be? W&ebar;test thou euer into þe; treasuryes of the snowe, or hast thou sene the secrete places of the hayle, ^note whych I haue prepared agaynst the tyme of trouble, agaynst the tyme of batell and warre? By what waye is the lyght parted, and into what lande breaketh þe; east wynde: Who deuydeth the aboundaunce of waters into ryuers, or who maketh a waye for the lyghtenyng and thonder, that it watereth ∧ moystureth the drye and barengrounde: to make the grasse growe in places where no body dwelleth, and in the wyldernes where no m&abar; remayneth? Who is the father of rayne? Or who hath begotten þe; droppes of dewe? Out of whose wombe came the yse? Who hath g&ebar;dred the coldnes of the ayre? that the waters are as harde as stones, and lye congeled aboue the depe. Wylt thou hyndre the swete influences of the .vij. starres? Or art thou able to breke the circle of heauen? Canst thou brynge forth the mornynge starre or þe; euenynge starre at conuenient tyme, ∧ conueye them home agayne? D   Knowest thou the course of heauen, that thou mayest set vp the ordinaunce therof vp&obar; the erth? Moreouer, canst thou lyft vp thy voyce to the cloudes, that they maye poore downe a greate rayne vpon the? Canst thou thondre also that they maye go theyr waye, and be obedient vnto the, say&ebar;g: Lo here are we? Who geueth sure wysdome or stedfast vnderstandynge? who nombreth þe; cloudes in wysdome? who stylleth the vehement waters of the heau&ebar;? who turneth the clottes to dust, ∧ then to be clottes agayne? Wylt thou hunt the praye from the lyon, or fede hys whelpes lying in theyr dennes, and lurkyng in theyr couches? who ^note prouideth meate for the rauen, when hys yonge ones crye vnto God, and fle aboute for lack of meate?

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