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 .vi. Chapter.
¶ The callynge of Kynges, Prynces, and Iudges:
which are also exhorted to searche wysdome.
A Wysdome is better then strength,
and a man of vnderstandyng is
more worth then one þt; is str&obar;g.
Heare therfore (O ye Kynges) ∧
vnderstande: O lerne ye that be
iudges of the endes of the earth. Geue eare
ye that rule the multitudes, ∧ delite in moch
people. For the power is geuen you of the
Lorde, and the strength fr&obar; the Hyest: which
shall trye youre worckes ∧ search out youre
ymaginaci&obar;s: How that ye beinge officiers
of his kingdome, haue not executed true iudgement,
haue not kepte þe; lawe of righteousnes,
nor walked after þe; wyll of God.
B Horribly
∧ that ryght soone shall he appeare vnto
you: for an harde iudgement shal they haue
that beare rule. Mercye is graunted vnto
the symple, but they that be in auctoryte
shalbe sore punished. For God which is lord
ouer all, shall excepte no mans personne, nether
shall he st&abar;de &ibar; awe of any mans greatnesse.
For he hath made the small ∧ greate,
∧ careth for all a lyke. But the myghty shal
haue the sorer punyshement.
Unto you therfore (O ye Kynges) do I
speake, that ye maye lerne wisdome and not
go amysse. For they þt; kepe hys ryghteousnes
shalbe ryghteously iudged, ∧ they that
are lerned in righteous thinges, shall fynde
to make answere. Wherfore, set youre lust
vpon my wordes, and loue them, so shall ye
come by nurtour.
C Wisdome is a noble thinge,
and neuer faydeth awaye: yee she is easely
sene of th&ebar; that loue her, and founde of
soche as seke her. She preu&ebar;ted th&ebar; that desire
her, þt; she maye fyrst shewe her selfe vnto
th&ebar;. Who so awaketh vnto her by times,
shall haue no greate trauayle, for he shall
fynde her syttinge readye at hys dores. To
thincke vpon her, is parfecte vnderst&abar;dyng:
and who so watcheth for her, shalbe safe, &abar;d
þt; soone. For she goeth aboute, sekynge soch
as are mete for her, sheweth her selfe cherfully
vnto them in their goynges, and meteth
th&ebar; with all dilig&ebar;ce. For the vnfayned
desire of refourmacy&obar; is her begynnyng: to
care for nurtour is loue, and loue is the kepynge
of her lawes. Now the kepyng of the
lawe is perfeccion and an vncorrupte lyfe,
and an vncorrupte lyfe maketh a man familier
with God. And so þe; desire of wysdome
ledeth to the Kyngdome euerlastynge.
D If
youre delyte be th&ebar; in royall seates and cepters
(O ye kynges of the people) set youre
lust vp&obar; wysdome, that ye maye raygne for
euer more. O loue the lyght of wisdome, all
ye that be rulers of the people. As for wysdome
what she is, and how she came vp, I
wyll tell you, and wyll not hyde the mysteryes
of God from you: but wyll seke her out
from the begynnynge of the natiuite, and
brynge the knowledge of her into lyght, ∧
wyll not kepe back the trueth: Nether wyll
I haue to do wyth consumynge enuye, for
soch a man shall not be partaker of wysdome.
But the multytude of the wyse is the
welfare of the worlde, ∧ a wyse kyng is the
vpholdynge of the people. O receaue nourtoure
then thorowe my wordes, and it shall
do you good.
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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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