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 .xii. Chapter.
¶ From oure youth ought we to consyder, and regarde
the goodnes of God.
A Put a waye displeasure out of thyne
herte, ∧ remoue euell from thy body:
for chyldehode ∧ youth is but vanyte.
Remembre thy maker the soner in thy
youth, or euer the dayes of aduersytie come
∧ or þe; yeares drawe nye, when þu; shalt saye:
I haue not pleasure in them: before þe; sunne
the lyght, þe; moone ∧ starres be darckned, ∧
or the cloudes turne agayne after þe; rayne,
when the kepers of þe; house shall tremble, ∧
when þe; stronge m&ebar; shall bowe them selues:
when þe; myllers st&abar;de styll,
B because they be
so fewe, ∧ wh&ebar; þe; syght of þe; wyndowes shall
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waxedymme, when the dores in the stretes
shalbe shutt, and when the voyce of the myller
shalbe layed downe: when men shall ryse
vp at the voyce of the byrde, and when all þe;
daughters of musyke shalbe brought lowe:
when men shall feare in hye places, and be afrayed
in the stretes: when the Almonde tree
shall florishe and be laden with the greshopper,
and when all lust shall passe (because
man goeth to his longe home, and the mourners
go aboute the stretes.)
C Or euer the syluer
lace be taken awaye, and or the golden
well be broken. Or the pot be broken at the
well, and the whele vpon the cysterne: Then
shall the dust be turned agayne vnto earth
from whence it came, and the sprete shall returne
vnto God, which gaue it. noteAll is but
vanite (sayth the Preacher) all is but playne
vanyte. The Preacher was yet more
wyse, and taught the people knowledge: he
gaue good hede, sought out the gro&ubar;de, and
set forth many parables.
D Hys diligence was
to fynde out acceptable wordes, ryght scripture,
and the wordes of trueth. For note the
wordes of þe; wyse are lyke pryckes and nayles
that goo thorow, wherwith þe; stuffe gathered
is holden vp: for they are geuen of one
shepherde onely. Therfore beware (my sonne)
of that doctrine that is besyde thys: for
to make many bokes it is an endles worke:
and to loude cryinge weryeth the bodye.
Let vs heare the conclusyon of all thynges:
Feare God, and kepe hys commaundementes:
For that toucheth all men.
For God shall iudge all worckes
and secrete thynges,
whether they be good
or euell.
The ende of the boke
of the Preacher /
other wyse called
/ Ecclesiastes.
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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