A   The glory of the heygth, is ^note the fayre ∧ cleare firmament, the bewtye of the heauen is hys gloryous clearnes. The sunne when it appeareth, delareth the daye in þe; goynge out of it, a maruelous worke of the Hyest. At noone it burneth þe; earth and who maye abyde for the heate therof? Whoso kepeth an ouen when it is hote, thre tymes more doth the S&ubar;ne burne vpon the mountaynes, when it bretheth oute the fyrie beames ∧ shyneth, with the brygthnes of it, it blyndeth the eyes. Great is the Lord that made it, and in his commaundem&ebar;t he causeth it to renne hastely.

^noteThe Moone also is in all, and at conuenient season it shewed the tymes, ∧ is a token of the tyme. ^noteThe token of the sol&ebar;pne feast is taken of þe; Moone, a lyght that mynysheth ∧ increaseth agayne. The Moneth is called after the Moone, it groweth wonderously in her chaungynge.

B   The armye of heauen also is in þe; Heygth in the firmam&ebar;t of heauen it geueth a cleare ∧ gloryous shyne. Thys is the clearnes of þe; starres, the bewtyfull apparell of heauen, the apparell that þe; Lorde lyghteneth in the Heygth. In his holy worcke they c&obar;tinue in theyr ordre, ∧ not one of them fayleth in hys watch. ^noteLoke vpon the rayne bowe, and prayse hym that made it: very bewtyfull is it in hys shyne. He compaseth the heauen aboute &wt; hys clearnes ∧ glory, the h&abar;des of the Hyest haue bended it. Thorow hys commaundement he maketh the snowe to fall, and the thonder of hys iudgem&ebar;t to smyte hastly. Thorow hys c&obar;maundement þe; treasures are opened, and the cloudes fle as the foules. In hys power hath he strengthened the cloudes, and broken the hayle stones.

The mountaynes melt at þe; syght of him, þe; wynde bloweth accordynge to hys wyll. The sounde of hys thonder beateth þe; earth, ∧ so doth þe; storme of the north: the whyrle wynde also lyghteth downe as a fethered foule, casteth oute and spredeth the snowe abrode: and as þe; greshoppers that destroye all, so falleth it downe. The eye marueleth at the bewtye of the whytenesse therof, and the herte is afrayed at the rayne of it. He poureth out the frost vpon earth, lyke salt, and when it is frosen, it is as sharpe as the prycke of a thystle.

C   When the colde Northwynde bloweth, harde Chrystall commeth of the water. He lyghteth downe vpon all the gatherynges together of water, ∧ putteth on the waters as a brest plate. He deuoureth þe; mountaynes, and burneth the wyldernesses: and loke what is grene, he putteth it out lyke fyre. The medicyne of all these is, when a cloude c&obar;meth hastely: and when a dewe commeth vpon þe; heate, it shalbe refreshed agayne.

In hys worde he stylleth the wynde: In hys councell he setteth þe; depe, ∧ (the Lord) Iesus planted it. They that sayle ouer the see, tell of þe; parels and harmes therof, and when we heare it with our eares, we maruell therat. For there be straunge wonderous worckes, diuerse maner of nyce beastes and whalfyshes. Thorow hym are all thynges sett in good ordre and perfourmed and in his worde all thynges endure.

D   I speake moch, but I can not sufficiently attayne vnto it, for he him selfe onely is the perfeccyon of all wordes. We shulde prayse þe; Lorde after al oure power, for he is great in all hys worckes. The Lorde is to be feared, yee very greate is he, ^note and maruelous is hys power. Prayse the Lorde, and magnifye him as moch as ye maye, yet doth he farre exceade all prayse. ^noteO magnifie him with all youre power, and laboure earnestly, yet are ye in no wyse able sufficiently to prayse him. Who hath sene him, þt; he myght tell vs? ^noteWho can magnifye him so greatly as he is? For there are hyd yet greater thynges then these be: as for vs, we haue sene but fewe of his worckes. For the Lord hath made all thynges, and geuen wysdome to soch as feare God.

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