A   O lorde, how gracious and swete is thy sprete in all thinges? Therfore chastenest thou them measurably þt; go wr&obar;ge, and warnest th&ebar; c&obar;cerninge the thinges wherin they offende: thou speakest vnto th&ebar; (O Lord) ∧ exhortest th&ebar; to leaue theyr wickednes, and to put theyr trust in þe;. ^noteAs for those olde inhabyters of thy holy l&abar;de, thou myghtest not awaye &wt; th&ebar;, for they c&obar;mitted abhominable workes agaynst the: as witchcraft, sorcery &abar;d Idolatry, they slew theyr awne children without mercy: they dyd eate vp m&ebar;s bowels, ∧ deuoured the bloude: yee, because of soch abhominaci&obar;s, mysbeleues ∧ offeringes, thou slewest the fathers of the desolate soules by the handes of oure fathers: þt; the land which thou louest aboue all other, might be a dwellynge for the children of God.

B   Neuertheles, thou sparedest them also (as men) ∧ sendedst þe; forer&ubar;ners of thyne hoost eu&ebar; hornettes to destroye them out by lytle &abar;d lytle. Not that þu; wast vnable to subdue the vngodly vnto the ryghteo&us; &ibar; battayle, or &wt; cruell beastes, or with one rough word to destroye th&ebar; together: ^note But thy mynde was to dryue them out by lytle &abar;d lytle, geuynge th&ebar; tyme ∧ place to amende: know&ibar;g well, that it was an vnryghteous nacy&obar; ∧ wicked of nature, &abar;d þt; their thought might neuer be altered. For it was a cursed sede fr&obar; þe; begynnyng, ∧ feared no man: Yet hast thou pardoned their synnes. For who wyll saye vnto the: why hast thou done that? Or who will st&abar;de agaynst thy iudgment? Or who wyll come before thy face an auenger of vnryghteous men? C   Or who wyll blame the, yf the people perish, whom thou hast made? For there is none other God but þu;, ^note that carest for all thynges: that þu; mayest declare how that thy iudgment is not vnryght. There darre nether kyng, ner tyra&ubar;t in thy sight require accomptes of th&ebar; wh&obar; thou haste destroyed.

For so moch then as thou art ryghteous thy selfe, þu; ordrest all thinges ryghteously ^note ∧ punishest euen him that hath not deserued to be punished, ∧ takest him for a stra&ubar;ger and an alea&ubar;t in the lande of thy power. For thy power is the begynnynge of ryghteousnes: and because thou art Lorde of all thynges, therfore art thou gracio&us; vnto al.

When men thynke the not to be of a full strength, thou declarest thy power: &abar;d boldly deliuerest thou them ouer that knowe þe; not. But thou Lord of power iudgest quietly, and ordrest vs with great worshypp, for thou mayest do as thou wylt.

D   By soch workes now hast thou taught thy people, that a man also shulde be iust ∧ louynge: and hast made thy chyldr&ebar; to be of a good hope: for euen when thou iudgest, þu; geuest rowme to amende from synnes.

For in so moch as thou hast punyshed, and with soch dilig&ebar;ce deliuered the enemyes of thy seruauntes, which were worthy to dye (where thorow thou gauest them tyme and place of amendem&ebar;t that they might turne fr&obar; theyr wyckednes) with how greate diligence then punyshest þu; thyne awne children vnto whose fathers thou hast sworne ∧ made couenauntes of good promises? So where as thou doest but chasten vs, thou punyshest our enemyes diuerse wayes, to þe; int&ebar;t that when we punishe, we shuld remembre thy goodnesse: ∧ when we ourselues are punyshed, to put oure trust in thy mercy.

E   Wherfore, where as men haue lyued ignora&ubar;tly ∧ vnryghteously, thou hast punished th&ebar; sore, euen thorow þe; same thinges þt; they worshypped. ^noteFor they w&ebar;te astraye very longe in the waye of errour, ∧ helde þe; beastes (which eu&ebar; theyr enemies despysed) for goddes, lyuinge as children of no vnderstandyng. Therfore hast thou sent a scornefull punyshment amonge th&ebar;, as am&obar;ge the children of ignora&ubar;ce. As for soch as wolde not be refourmed by those scornes &abar;d rebukes, they felt the worthy punishm&ebar;t of God For the thinges that they suffred, they bare them vnpacyently, beinge not content in them but vnwillynge. And when they peryshed by the same thinges that they toke for goddes, they knowledged then, that there was, but one true God, whome afore they wolde not knowe: therfore came the ende of theyr damnacyon vpon them.

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