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 .xxxiii. Chapter.
¶ The delyueraunce of hym that feareth God. The
answere of þe; wyse. The lyttell discrecion of a foole.
Man is in the hande of God, as the earth is in the
hand of the potter. We ought not to dyspose our selues,
to become subiect to other.
A There shal no euel happ&ebar; vnto him
that feareth God: but wh&ebar; he is in
t&ebar;ptacion, the Lorde shal delyuer
him ∧ kepe hym fr&obar; euell. A wyse
man hateth not the lawe, but an ypocrite is
as a shyp in ragynge water. A man of vnderstandynge
geueth cred&ebar;ce vnto the lawe
-- --
of God, and the lawe is faythful vnto him.
Be sure of þe; matter, then talke therof: Be
fyrst well instruct, th&ebar; mayest thou geue answere,
The hert of the foolish is lyke a cartwhele,
and his thoughtes runne about like
the axel tre. Lyke as a wilde horse þt; neyeth
vnder euery one that sytteth vp&obar; him, so is
it &wt; a scorneful frende. Why doth one daye
excell another, seyng al the dayes of þe; yeare
come of the Sunne? The wysdome of the
Lorde hath so parted them a sunder, and so
hath he ordened the tymes &abar;d solempne feastes.
Some of them hath he chosen and halowed
before other dayes. And all men are
made of the note grounde, and out of the earth
of Adam.
B In the multitude of science hath the Lord
sundered them, &abar;d made their wayes of dyuerse
fashyons. Some of them hath he blessed,
made moch of them, halowed them, and
claymed them to himselfe. But some of th&ebar;
hath he cursed, brought th&ebar; lowe, &abar;d put th&ebar;
out of theyr estate. noteLyke as the claye is in
the potters hande, and all the ordringe therof
at his pleasure: so are men also in the h&abar;de
of him that made th&ebar;, so that he maye geue
them as lyketh him best. noteAgaynst euell
is good, and agaynst death is lyfe: so is, the
vngodly against soch as feare God. Beholde
these are the workes of the Hyest, ∧ there
are euer two agaynst two, ∧ one set against
another. I am awaked vp last of all, as one
that gathereth after in haruest. In the gyftes
of God and in his blessyng I am increased,
and haue fylled my wyne presse, lyke a
grape gatherer. noteBeholde, how I haue not
laboured onely for myselfe, but for all soche
as loue nurtoure and wysdome.
C Heare me, O ye greate men of the people
and herken with your eares ye rulers of the
c&obar;gregacion. Geue not thy sonne and wyfe,
thy brother and fr&ebar;de, power ouer the whyle
thou lyuest: and geue not awaye thy substaunce
and good to another, lest it rep&ebar;t þe;.
and thou be faine to begge therfore thy self.
As longe as thou lyuest and hast breth, let
no man cha&ubar;ge the: For better it is thy children
to praye the, then that thou shuldest be
fayne to loke in theyr h&abar;des. In al thy worckes
be excellent, that thy honoure be neuer
stayned. At the tyme when thou shalt ende
thy dayes, ∧ fynysh thy lyfe, distrybute thyne
inheryta&ubar;ce. The fodder, the whyp, and
the burthen bel&obar;geth vnto the Asse: Meat,
correction, and worcke vnto the seruaunt.
D Yf thou set thy seruaunt to laboure, thou
shalt fynde rest. But yf thou let him go ydel
he shall seke libertie. The yock &abar;d the whyp
bowe downe the harde neck, but tame thou
thy euell seruaunte with bondes and correccion.
Sende hym to laboure, that he go not
ydle: For ydelnesse br&ibar;geth moch euel. Set
hym to worke, for that bel&obar;geth vnto him,
and becommeth him well. Yf he be not obedi&ebar;t,
binde his fete: but do not to moch vnto
him in any wyse, and without discrecion do
nothing. noteYf thou haue a (faithful) serua&ubar;t
let him be vnto the as thyne awne soule: (in
treate him as a brother) for in bloude hast þu;
gotten him. Yf thou haue a seruaunte, holde
him as thy selfe, for thou hast nede of him as
of thy selfe. Yf thou intreatest him euel, and
kepest him harde, ∧ makest him to be proud
and to renne away from the, thou canst not
tell what waye thou shalt seke hym.
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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