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 .xxiiii. Chapter.
¶ A prayse of wysdome proceadyng forth of the mouth
of God. Of her worckes ∧ place where she reasteth.
A Wysdome shall prayse her self, and be
honoured in God, ∧ reioyse in the
myddest of his people: In the c&obar;gregacy&obar;s
of þe; Hyest shall she open her mouth,
and tri&ubar;phe in the beholdyng of his power:
In the myddest of her people shal she be exalted,
and wondred at in the holy fulnesse. In
the multitude of the chosen she shalbe c&obar;m&ebar;ded,
and amonge soch as be blessed she shalbe
praysed, and shal saye: I am come out of
the mouth of the Hyest, fyrst borne before
all creatures. I caused þe; lyght that fayleth
not to aryse in þe; heauen, and couered al the
earth as a cloude. My dwellyng is aboue in
the heyth, and my seate is in þe; pyler of the
cloude. I my selfe alone haue gone rounde
aboute þe; c&obar;passe of heauen, ∧ pearsed þe; grounde
of þe; depe: I haue walked in þe; floudes
of the see, and haue stande in all landes: my
domynion is in euery people ∧ in euery nacion,
∧ with my power haue I troden downe
the hertes of al, both hye ∧ lowe.
B In all these thynges also I sought rest,
and a dwellynge in some euheritaunce. So
the creator of all thynges gaue me a c&obar;ma&ubar;dem&ebar;t:
and he that made me, appointed me
a tabernacle, and sayde vnto me: Lett thy
dwelling be in Iacob, ∧ thyne inheritaunce
-- --
in Israel, ∧ rote thy selfe amonge my chosen.
noteI was created from the begynnynge,
and before þe; worlde, and shall not leaue of
vnto the world to come. noteIn þe; holy habytacyon
haue I serued before hym, ∧ so was
I stablyshed in Syon. noteIn þe; holy cytie rested
I in lyke maner: and in Ierusalem was
my power, I toke rote in an honorable people,
euen in þe; porcyon of the Lorde ∧ in hys
herytage, and kepte me in the fulnes of the
saynctes. I am set vpan hye lyke a Ceder
vpon Lybanus, and as a Cypers tre vpon
the mo&ubar;t Hermon. I am exalted lyke a palme
tre in Cades, ∧ as a rose plante in Iericho.
As a fayre Olyue tre in the felde, ∧ am
exalted lyke as a planteyne tre by þe; water
syde. I haue geuen a smel in the stretes, as
the Cynamon ∧ Balme, that hath so good
a sauoure: yee a swete odoure haue I geuen
as it were Myrre of the beest.
C I haue made my dwellynges to smell as
it were of rosin, Galbanum, of Cloues, and
Incense, and as Libanus when it is not hewen
downe, and myne odoure is as the pure
Balme. As þe; Terebynte haue I stretched
out my braunches, and my braunches are þe;
bra&ubar;ches of honoure ∧ louynge fauour. &cross2;
noteAs þe; vyne haue I brought forth frute of
a swete sauour, and my floures are þe; frute
of honoure and ryches. I am the mother of
bewtye, of loue, of feare, of knowledge and
of holy hope. noteIn me is all grace of lyfe
and trueth. In me is all hope of lyfe ∧ vertue.
O come vnto me all ye þt; be desyrous
of me ∧ fyll your selues with my frutes: for
my sprete is sweter then hony, and so is my
inherytaunce more then þe; hony combe: the
rem&ebar;braunce of me endureth for euermore.
They that eate me, shall haue the more h&obar;ger,
and they þt; dryncke me, shall thyrst the
more. Who so herkeneth vnto me, shall not
come to c&obar;fusyon: ∧ they that worke in me,
shall not offende. They that make me to be
knowen, shall haue euerlastynge lyfe. &cross3;
All these thynges are þe; boke of lyfe, the
couenaunt of the Hyest, and the knowledge
of the trueth. noteMoses c&obar;maunded þe; lawe
in the preceptes of ryghteousnes for an herytage
vnto the house of Iacob, and c&obar;mitted
þe; promyses vnto Israel. note(Out of Dauid
hys seruaunt he ordened to rayse vp a
most myghtye kynge, syttyng in the seat of
honour for euermore.) noteThys fylleth with
wysdome lyke as the floude of Physon, and
as the floude of Tygris, when the new frutes
are a growynge.
D noteThys bryngeth a plenteous vnderstandyng
lyke Euphrates: and fylleth it vp, as
Iordane in the tyme of haruest. Thys maketh
nourture to breake forth as the lyght,
∧ as þe; water Gyhon in þe; haruest. The fyrst
hath not knowne her perfectly, nomore
shall þe; last seke out þe; ground of her. For her
thought is fuller then the see, and her councell
is profounder then the greate depe.
I wysdome haue cast out floudes. I am
as a great waterbroke out of þe; ryuer. I am
as the ryuer Dorix, and as a water condyte
am I come out of the garden of pleasure.
I sayde: I wyll water þe; garden of my yonge
plantes, and fyll the frute of my byrth.
So my water broke became exceadynge
greate, ∧ my ryuer approched vnto the see.
For I make doctrine to be vnto all men as
lyght as the fayre mornyng, ∧ I shall make
it to be euer þe; clearer. I wyll pearse thorow
all the lower partes of þe; earthe, I wyll loke
vpon all soch as be a slepe, ∧ lyghten all
them þt; put theyr trust in the Lorde. I shall
yet powre out doctrine, lyke as prophecye,
∧ leaue it vnto soch as seke after wysdome,
∧ their generacy&obar;s shall I neuer fayle, vnto
the holy euerlastyng world. noteBehold, how
that I haue not laboured for my selfe onely
but for all them that seke after the treuth.
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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