without experience our dayes are but a shadow vpon the earth 10 They will teach thee tell thee vtter words from their hart 11. Can segges grow without myre can great rushes encrease without water 12 While it is yet in the stalk not cut off it withereth before any herb 13 So are the pathes of all that forget the omnipotent and the hope of the hypocrite shall perish 14 His hope shall loth him his confidence shal be a spiders house 15 He shall lean vpon it but it shall not stand he shall fasten on it but it shall have no stay 16. He is iuice-full afore Sun-rising and his suckers sprowt over his orchyard 17. At the wall his roots wrap he platteth about the house of stone 18 Yf the Sun root him vp from his place then one may deny him I see thee no more 19 Lo such is the gladnes of his way but from the ground others will grow 20 Lo the Omnipotent will not loath the perfect not mainteyn the hand of the mischievous 21 Until he fil thy mouth with laughter thy lippes with showting 22. Thy foes shal be clothed with shame the tents of the wicked shal come to nought CHAP. IX THen Iob answered and sayd 2. Truely I know it is so and how can a man be iust before the Omnipotent 3. If he delight to plead with him he cannot answer him to one thing of a thowsand 4. He is wise in hart mighty in strength who hath hardened himself against him and found quietnes 5. He removeth mountaines that men can not mark how he hath removed them out of their place in his anger 6. He maketh the earth quake from her place that her pillars tremble 7 He speaketh to the sun that it riseth not sealeth vp the starres 8. He onely can spread the heavens and walk vpon the high waves of the sea 9. He made Arcturus Orion Pleiades and the chambers of the south 10 He doth great things even vnserchable wonderfull without number 11 When he passeth by me I cannot see him when he flitteth by me I cannot perceive him 12 When he taketh away who can make him restore who can say unto him what doest thou 13. When the Puissāt wil not stay his anger the proud helpers stoup under him 14 Much lesse can I answer him can I wish to have pleading against him 15 Who if I were iust I would not answer him I would crave pitie of my judge 16 If I crie wil he answer me I cannot beleeve that he wil give eare vnto my voice 17 He wil bruse me so with tempest and wil multiply my woundes freely 18. He wil not suffer me to take my breth but filleth me with bitternes 19. As for force behold he is valiant as for judgement who wil be my pleader 20 If I will justify my self myne owne mouth shall condemne me If I will be perfect it will prove me perverse 21 If I be vpright I know not myne owne soule I am weary of my life 22 This is vniforme therevpon I speak perfect and wicked he consumeth 23. For with the scourge he killeth suddenly He scorneth at the melting away of the innocent 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked who covereth the face of her judges Now if not he who doth this 25 So my dayes are swifter then a runner they are fled and saw no good thing 26 They are flit as the Pirates shipps as `` the Egle fleing to meat 27. If I say I will forget my sighing I wlll leave my woful-sadnes and be of comfort 28 Then I am afrayd of all my sorowes I know that thou wilt not cleare me 29 I shal be holden as wicked Now why do I labour in vaine 30 If I wash my self in snow and cleare my hands in sope 31 Yet thou wilt deep me in the mire and my own clothes shall loth me 32. Because he is not a man like me that I might give him an answer that we should come together to judgement 33 There is no dayes-man betwixt vs to lay his hand vpon vs both 34 Let him take away his rod from me that his terrour fright me no more 35 I would then speak and not fear him For I am not such with my self CHAP. X. MY soule is weary of my life when I leave my sighing for my self I will speak in the bitternes of my soule 2 I wil say vnto the Puissant condemne me not Let me know wherefore thou pleadest with me 3 Doth it please thee to oppresse that thou dost loth the labour of thyne owne hands and shinest upon the counsel of the wicked 4 Are thine eyes of flesh dost thou see as sorowfull-man 5 Are thy dayes as sorowful-mans are thy yeares as earthly-wightes yeres 6 That thou seekest out my iniquity and inquirest of my sinne 7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked yet none can save me from thyne hand 8 Thy hands have fashioned me and have made me in every poinct and wilt thou destroy me 9. Remember now That as the clay thou hast made me and vnto dust wilt returne me 10 Hast thou not powred me as milk crudded me like vnto cheese 11 Thou hast clothed me with skinne and flesh and thou hast covered me with bones and sinewes 12. Life and loving-kindnes hast thou dealt with me and thy providence praeserveth my spirit 13 And these things thou hast layd vp in thine heart I do know that this is with thee 14. When I do syn thou doest watch me and wil◠not cleare me from my iniquitie 15 If I be wicked wo is me if I be iust I dare not lift vp myne head Be satisfyed with confusion and behold my affliction 16 How it fleeth vp as the ramping-Schachal thou huntest me and stil art wonderful against me 17 Thou bringest new witnesses against me and augmentest thine ire vpon me changes stayed-army have I. 18 Why broughtest thou me out of the wombe Oh that I had dyed and no ey had seen me 19 I should be as if I had not been brought from the belly vnto the grave 20. Wil not he leave off a little in my dayes ceasse from me for some refreshing 21 Before I go whence I cannot returne to the earth of darknes and shadow of death 22. Earth obscure as myrknes it self shadow of death voyd of order when light shineth myrknes it self CHAP. XI THen answered Zophar the Naamathite and sayd 2 Should much speach be vnanswered the lipps man be justified 3 Should thy lies make mortal-men silent shouldst thou mock and none confound thee 4. For thou sayst my speach is blamelesse and I am pure in thine eyes 5 Now truly I wish that the Puissant would speak open his
lipps with thee 6. And would shew thee the mysteries of wisdome That thou shouldest have double by ` †justice know that the Puissant will call thee to accompt for thine iniquity 7 Canst thou find the depth of the Puissant canst thou find the scope of the alsufficient 8. In th' high heavens what canst thou work it is deeper then the lowest part of the earth what canst thou do 9 Her mett is longer then the earth and is broader then the sea 10. If he passe by to give over or to assemble who can stay him 11. For he knoweth the vayne mortal-men and seing badnes must he not mark it 12 That vaine man may be made harty borne a wild-asse colt 13 If thou prepare thine heart and lift vp thy palmes vnto him 14 Where thy hands have badnes cast it away and suffer not unjustice to dwell in thy tents 15. So then thou wilt lift vp thy face that it shal be without blemish and be settled and feare nothing 16. So thou shouldest forget miserie remembring it as waters passed by 17. And thy time should passe the noon day obscurenesse should match the morning 18 Thou shouldest be bold because of hope and entrench to ly downe safely 19. And couch thee down without all feare many should seek vnto thee 20 And the eyes of the wicked shall fayle and their refuge all be forlorne and their hope nought but pangs of soule CHAP. XII THen Iob answered and sayd 2 Out of doubt ye are the People and wisedome must die with you 3 I also have an heart as ye I am not inferiour to you and who hath not such things as these 4. I am one mocked of his frend praying the Puissant and heard the perfect iust is a mockage 5 A base lamp to thoughts of welthy is he that is nere to tottering of feet 6. The tents of robbers do much prosper and they that anger the Omnipotēt have securitie-void-of-all-fear to whom the Puissant brings it to their hand 7 Wherefore in sagenes ask the beasts ech one of them will teach thee and the fowles of heaven and they will tell thee 8. Or speak to the earth and it will teach thee and the fish of the seas and they will shew thee 9 Who doth not know even by all these the hand of †the Eternal doth this 10 In whose hand is every living soule and the spirit of all mens flesh 11 Cannot the eare discerne speaches as the palat tasteth it meat 12. Is wisdome in th' aged and vnderstanding in long life 13 He hath wisedome and mightines counsel and vnderstanding are his 14. If he pull downe it will not be builded shut one vp it will not be opened 15. If he with hold the waters they drie vp If he send them forth they overwhelm the earth 16. He hath the force and all that is from him by him and for him are deceivers and deceived 17 He brings counsellers to badnes and judges vnto stark-madnes 18 The band of kings he maketh loose bindeth a girdle vpon their loynes 19 He bringeth Dukes to badnes and he perverteth the mighty 20. He bereaveth Orators of lip and taketh reason from Elders 21 He powreth basenes on Nobles and weakneth the * sway of vehement 22 He revealeth deep things out of darknes bringeth to light the shadow of death 23. He augments nations and destroyes them he spreads nations and governes them 24. He takes hart from heads of people of th' earth makes them wander in wild-ground waylesse 25 They grope in darknes without light when he makes them wander as drunk CAHP. XIII LO myne eye hath seen all myne eare hath heard and vnderstood 2 So much as ye do know I know I am not inferiour to you 3. Assuredly I would speak to the alsufficient reason with th'omnipotent 4 But assuredly yee are forgers oflyes bad physicians are yee all 5 Oh that ye could be still silent and that this might be your wisdome 6 Hear now my reasoning and mark the pleading of my lippes 7 Wil ye speak vnright of th'omnipotent and for him will ye speak deceipt 8 Will ye respect his person plead with the Omnipotent 9 Wil it be well when he tryeth you will you mock with him as man mocks with man 10 He will surely reprove you for secret respect of person 11. Will not his highnes make you feare and will not his dread fall vpon you 12. Your memorie is like to ashes and your bodies to bodies of clay 13. Be silent for me and I will speak and let come on me what may come 14 Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth lay my soul even in my hands 15. If he kill me should I not hope if he kill me I will hope in him So I would plead my wayes before him 16. And he would be my salvation But the hypocrite shall not come before him 17 Heare diligently my words and let my talk come to your eares 18 Behold now I order the cause I know that I shal be found just 19 Who is he that will plead with me If now I speak not I should starve 20 Onely two things do not to me then I will not be hid from thy face 21 Draw away thy hand far from me let not dread of thee fright me 22 Then call and I will answer or I will speak answer thou me 23. How many are my iniquities and sinnes Let me know my trespas and my sinne 24 Wherefore doest thou hide thy face takest me for thy enemie 25. Wilt thou break a leafe betossed or wilt thou pursue dry stubble 26. To write against me bitter things and make me heyre of my youth sinnes 27 And puttest in the stocks my feet and watchest all my pathes leavest thy print in the roots of my feet 28 And it wasteth as with a rot as a garment moth eaten CHAP. XIIII EArthly-man borne of a woman is short of life full of vexation 2 As a floure doth he shoot forth and is cut off and he fleeth as a shadow and continueth not 3. And vpon this doest thou open thine eyes and me doest thou bring into judgement before thee 4. Who can make cleane of vncleane not any 5 Seing his dayes are decreed his monthes are numbred with thee his limits thou hast made which he shall not passe 6. Turne from him that he may rest till he pay his dayes work as an hireling 7 For a tree hath some hope that being cut downe it may yet sprout and his suckers shall not leave 8 Though his root be old in the earth and his stock do die in the dust 9 At sent of waters it buds and beareth branches as a young plant 10. But the earthly-wight dyeth without strength Adams
and â—â—ft vp thy countenance vnto the Puissant 27 Thou shalt crave good of him and he shall heare â—hee and thou shalt pay thy vowes 28 And thou shalt decree a matter it shall stand so â—or thee and in thy wayes shall the light shine 29 When others shal be humbled thou shalt speak â—f exaltation as the humble eyed he will save 30 He will spare the innocent who shal be spared for â—hy pure hands CHAP. XXIII THen Iob answered and sayd 2 Yet this day my sighing is holden a rebellion though my stroke be greater then my â—roning 3 O that I knew how to find him that I might come into his throne 4 I would lay the cause before him and fill my mouth with arguments 5. Would know what words he would answer me would perceive what he would tell me 6 Would he by great power plead against me No but he would help me 7 There the vpright doth plead with him so should I â—e quit for ever by my judge 8. Go I Eastward there he is not or westward I 〈…〉 not mark him 9. On the left hand when he worketh I cannot vi 〈…〉 him when he covereth the right hand I can not see him 10 But he knowes what way is with me tryed he mâ— I should come forth as gold 11. My foot hath held his right path his way have kept and not turned away 12. And his lippes lawes I cast not of More then m 〈…〉 dayly bread have I layd vp the wordes of his mouth 13 Yet when he is against me who can stay him h 〈…〉 soule willeth and that doth he 14 Because he furnished me with my dayly breadâ— and many such graces are with him 15. Therefore I shrink at his presence I consider anâ— am afrayd of him 16 For the Omnipotent hath loftened mine hart anâ— the Almighty hath made me shrink 17 Because I have not dyed by thick-darknes nor H 〈…〉 yet hideth gloomynesse from my face CHAP. XXIV WHy should not times be hid by the almighty for none that know him see his wayes 2. Men remove landmarks rob away heards and feed them 3 They drive away the asse of the fatherlesse and t 〈…〉 the oxe of the widow for a pledge 4. They make the poore turne out of the way t 〈…〉 meek of the land hide themselves together 5 Behold the wild in the wildernes go forth to their york rising timely to spoile the vast-ground giveth him â—read for his young 6. They reap the field that is not their own so the wicâ—ed snap of the vineyards grapes 7. The naked they do cause to lodge without garment â—nd without covering in the cold 8. They are moistened with the streams of the mounâ—aines and for want of covert they imbrace the rock 9 Of mischievousnes they rob the fatherles and take â—way as a pledge that which the poor hath vpon him 10 The naked they cause to go without garment â—hey take away the sheaf of the hungry 11 Men make oyle within their walls tread wineâ—resses and are thirstie 12. In the citie folk doe grone and the soule of the â—layne cryeth and the Puissant marketh not the vnsaâ—orie dealings 13. They are of rebellers against the light They know â—ot his wayes nor keep in his pathes 14. With the light the murtherer riseth he killeth the â—eedy and poore and on the night he wil be a very â—heife 15. The ey of the adulterer watcheth the twylight saying No ey shall see me and layeth a visard vpon his face 16. In the dark he diggeth houses which he marâ—ed on the day tyme they know no light 17. For altogether the morning is vnto them the shadow of death if any spy them then come terrours of the shadow of death 18 He is lighter then the face of waters their portiâ—â— is cursed on the earth none will look vnto the way of the vineyards 19 Drought and heat quickly take away snow waters the grave them that sinne 20 The wombe shall forget him he is sweet to the worme he shal be no more remembred and wickedneâ— is broken downe as a tree 21. HE adioyneth the barren which hath not borne child and to the widow HE sheweth no good 22 And HE draweth the stout after him by his might while ech stood none was sure of his life 23 HE would give them security to stay vpon But his eyes was vpon their wayes 24 They were exalted a short while but come to nothing so they are brought low every one are made to skip away they are cutt off as an eare of corne 25. If it be not so now who will prove me a liar and make my wordes nothing CHAP. XXV THen answered Bildad the Shuchite and sayd 2 Dominion and feare be with him he maketh peace in his high places 3. Can his armies be numbred or over whome doth not his light shine 4 And what should sorowful-man plead iustice with the Omnipotent or the borne of woman look to be cleared 5 Look vnto the moon and it will not be bright the starres are not cleare in his eyes 6. Much lesse sorowful-man a worme the sonne of Adam a vermin CHAP. XXVI THen Iob answered and sayd 2 What helpest thou to no strength and savest with an arme having no force 3 What doest thou counsel without wisdome makest advice knowen aboundantly 4 With whom hast thou vttered speach and whose â—oule admired thee 5 Things without life are formed vnder the waters and places neare them 6 The lowest earth is naked afore him and the lost hath no covering 7. He stretcheth out the North vpon the empty and hangeth the earth vpon nothing 8. He bindeth waters in his thick-metcores and the clowd is not broken for them 9. He fasteneth the face of the throne He spreadeth beawtifully his clowd over it 10 A bound he hath made for the face of the waters vnto the end of light with darknes 11. The pillars of the heavens shake and are amazed at his check 12 By his strength he divides the sea and by his wisdome he parted the maine-water 13 By his spirit he garnished the heavens his hand hath formed the long serpent 14 Lo these are part of his wayes and what a small thing can we heare of him And the thunder of his power who can vnderstand CHAP. XXVII ANd Iob proceeded to continue his Oration and sayd 2. As the Omnipotent liveth which hath removed my cause the Almighty which hath brought my soule to bitternes 3. Surely all the while that my breath is in me and the spirit of the Puissant in my nostrels 4. My lippes shall not speake the vnright and my tongue shall not sound vntruth 5. Be it farr from me that I should justify you vntil I give vp the ghost I will not remove myne integritie froÌ„ me 6 I
will lay hold vpon my righteousnes and I will not leave it my hart shall take no shame from my dayes 7. Mine enemie shal be as the wicked and my adversary as the vnrighteous 8. For what can be the hope of the hypocrite that he should bring it about when the Puissant would shake off his soule 9. Would the Omnipotent heare his crye when distresse coÌ„meth vpon him 10. Can he delight in the Almighty will he call vpon the Puissant at all times 11 I will teach you of God his hand that which is with the Almighty I will not hide 12 Lo ye all have seèn it and why do ye then vanish in vanitie 13 This shal be the lot of the wicked earthly-man with the Omnipotent and the portion of tyrants which they shall receive from the Almighty 14. If his children be many it shal be to the sword his ofspring shall not be filled with bread 15. His remnant shal be buried as soon as they are dead and his widowes shall not weep 16 If he heap vp silver as dust and prepare him gaâ—ments as clay 17 Wel he may prepare it but the iust shall weare iâ— and the innocent shall part the silver 18 He buildeth his house as a moth and as a booth which a watchman maketh 19 The rich lieth and is not taken vp one openeth his eyes but he is gone 20 Terrours shall fasten on him as waters and in the night a tempest shal steal him away 21 An East wind shall take him and he must go and and it shall whirle him from his place 22. It falleth on him and spares him not when he would fayne flee from that sway 23. Every one shall clap hands at him and hisse him away from his place CHAP. XXVIII NOw there is an issue for silver and a place of Golds refining 2. Iron is taken out of dust brasse is molten out of stone 3. HE hath set an end to darknes and searcheth the vse of all things stone of myrknes and shadow of death 4. A streame breaketh from his spring vnkenned of aâ—y foot deep for sad-man it floweth away 5 A ground out of which groweth food is vnderneath chaunged as fyre 6. Her stones have the place of Saphir and the dust of gold is in it 7. A path which the kite hath not knowne nor the eye of glead lookt on it 8. The savage beasts have not trode it nor fierce-Lyon passed over it 9. HE sendeth his hand into the flint and changeth mountaines at the roote 10 Breaking rivers out of the rocks And all that is rare his ey seeth 11. HE bindeth the floods from weeping And the hid he bringeth to light 12 But from whence can wisdome be found where is vnderstandings place 13. Sorowfull-man knoweth not her esteeme neither can it be found in the Land of the living 14 The deep saith it is not in me and the sea saith it is not with me 15 No ore can be given for her nor silver be weighed for her price 16 It will not be valewed with Cethem from Ophir with precious Beryll and Saphir 17 No gold nor diamond will match her nor cup of Phez-gold make her exchaunge 18 Ramoth and Gabish may not be mentioned wisdomes price doth passe carbuncles 19 The Topaz of Cush will not match her she wil not be weighed with pure Cethem 20 Then from whence doth wisdome proceed and where is the place of vnderstanding 21 For it is hid from the eyes of all living and kept close from the fowles of the heaven 22 Destruction and death say with our eares we have heard her fame 23. God perceiveth her way and he knoweth her place 24 For he beholdeth the ends of the earth and hee seeth all that is vnder heaven 25 When he made for the wind a peise and held the waters in a measure 26. When he made a bound for the rayne and a way for lightening of thunders 27 Then he saw her and shewed her and setled her and searched her 28. And he sayd to Adam Mark the fear of Adonaj is the wisdome and to eschew ill is vnderstanding CHAP. XXIX ANd Iob continued his Oration and sayd 2 O that I were as in former moneths as in the dayes when the Puissant preserved me 3. When he caused his brightnes to shine over my head when I walked at his light in darknes 4. As I was in my lusty yeres with Gods favour over my tent 5. When yet the almighty was with me and my children about me 6. When I washt my steps with butter and the rock powred me streames of oyle 7. When I went out a door to the city and settled my seat in the street 8. The young men saw me would not be seen the aged arising stood vp 9. Princes refrayned from speaking layd their hand vpon their mouth 10. The best in voyce would not be seen theyr toung cleaved to their palat 11 When the ear heard then it held me happy and the ey saw and gave me good report 12. That I delivered the poore when he cryed and the fatherlesse and the succourlesse 13 The blessing of the perishing came vpon me and I made glad the heart of the widow 14. I put on righteousnes and it clothed me my iustice was like a cloke and a crowne 15. Eyes was I vnto the blind and I became feet to the lame 16 A father was I to the poore and the cause I knew not I searcht out 17. And I brake the tuskes of the vnright and cast the pray out of his teeth 18. And I sayd I shall give out the ghost in presence of my nest and multiply dayes as the sand 19 My root was spred to the water and dew lay vpon my braunches 20 My honour was aey-new with me and my bowâ— was fresh in mine hand 21 To me men gave eare and regard and kept silencâ— at my counsel 22 After my words they diffred not my talk dropped vpon them 23. They regarded me as the rain gaped as to the later showres 24. When I laughed vpon them they would not be bold nor cast downe the light of my face 25 I chose their way and sate a chief and dwelt as a King with a garrison as one that comforteth mourners CHAP. XXX BUt now they make a scorne of mee who are lesser in dayes then I whose fathers I would have disdayned to set with the dogges of my sheep 2 For what could their hands strength do me whose aged time came to nothing 3. In want and in famine heavie they fled into the vnwatery land obscure wast and wildernes 4 Which pluckt vp salt herbs among trees and Iuniper rootes were their meat 5 They were driven from company men shouted at them as at a theif 6 That they dwelt in cliffs at rivers in holes of dust and in rocks 7. Among trees they
answered the Eternal vnto Iob out of the whirlewind and sayd 2 What a man is this that darkneth counsel by words voyd of knowledg 3. Gird now thy loynes like a man and I will question with thee let me see thy skill 4. Where wast thou when I layd the foundation of the earth tell if thou know vnderstanding 5. Who set her measures for thou wilt be skilfull or who hath stretched the line vpon it 6. Wherevpon are her foundations sunk-fast or who hath cast her corner stone 7. When the morning starres reioyced together and all the sonnes of God showted 8 When he shut vp the sea with doores when it gushed out comming from the wombe 9. When I set a cloud his garment and obscuritie his swadling-band 10. And brake the earth for it by my decree and set barre and doores 11 And said Hitherto thou shalt come but shalt go no further and here shal be an end for the pride of thy waves 12 Hast thou since thy dayes given the morning his charge and hast taught the dawning his place 13. To hold the winges of thé earth that the wicked might be shaken out of it 14 That it should be made diverse as clay to the pictured and things stand vpon it as a garment 15. That the wicked should be restrained of their light and the arme lift vp should be broken 16. Camest thou ever to the springes of the sea or hast thou walked in the border of the deepe 17. Have the gates of death bene opened vnto thee or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death 18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth tell if thou knowest it all 19. Where is the way that light dwelleth where is the place of darkenes 20. That thou mayst take it into his border know the pathes of his house 21. Didst thou know that then thou wast to be born the number of thy dayes to be many 22 Hast thou come to the storehouse of snow or hast thou seen the storehouse of haile 23. Which I spare vnto the time of distresse against the day of battell and war 24. By what way is light parted and the eastwind scatterreth it self over the earth 25 Who divided a chanel for the streames and a way for the lightning of thunder 26. To raine vpon the earth where no man is vpon the desert where none of Adam dwelleth 27 To satisfie the wast and vast-ground and to cause the bud of herb to spring fourth 28 Hath the raine a father or vvho begat the misling of devv 29. From vvhose vvomb came the Ice and vvho begat the frost of heaven 30 That the waters hide themselves like a stone and the face of the deep is fastened 31 Canst thou bind the delicacies of Pleiades or loose the bands of Orion 32 Canst thou bring forth Mazaroth in due season canst thou lead Arcturus and her children 33 Doest thou know the rules of heaven or canst thou set his force vpon earth 34 Canst thou lift vp thy voice unto the clowdes that abundance of water cover thee 35. Canst thou send forth the lightnings that they go and say to thee here we are 36. Who hath set wisdome in the reines or who hath given the hart vnderstanding 37 Who could make the ayre Saphir-like by wisedome or distill the barrels of the heavens 38. Sprinkling the dust with this sprinkling that the clods cleave together Chap. XXXIX CAnst thou hunt pray for the hardy-Lion or satisfy the heird of Lions whelpes 2 When they couch in their lodge and tarry in their covert to lye in wait 3 Who could prepare for the raven his food when his young ones cry vnto the Omnipotent they wandring without meat 4. Canst thou know the time when the wild goates bring forth young canst thou mark when hindes calve 5. Canst thou number the monethes that they must fulfill Canst thou know the time when they bring forth young 6. They lie down they calve their young ones passe their travel 7. Their young ones wax strong they grow in the fieldes they go forth and returne not vnto them 8. Who set the wild-asse at liberty or who loosed the bandes of that Arad 9. Even I who made the plaine wildernes his house the barren land his dwelling 10. He scorneth the multitude of the city and will not heare the cry of the driver 11 Chosen places in the mountaynes are his pasture he will seek after every green herbe 12. Will the vnicorne do thee service or will he abide by thy crib 13. Canst thou bind the vnicorne for the furrow by his cords will he plough the valley after thee 14. Mayst thou trust him because his strength is great or leave thy labour vnto him 15 Mayst thou beleev him that he will bring home thy corne or gather it vnto thy barne 16 Couldest thou give the proud wing to the peacock or fether to the stork and estrich 17. Which leaveth her egges in the ground and warmeth them in the dust 18. And forgetteth how a foot may dash them the beasts of the feild may tread vpon them 19. So hard she is to her owne young ones as though they were not hers had laboured in vayn without fear 20. Because the Puissant hath denyed her wisdome not geven her vnderstanding 21. At what time it mounteth on high she scornes the horse and his rider 22. Canst thou give to the horse courage canst thou cloth his neck with thundering 23. Canst thou make him quake as a locust or his proud snurting with terrour 24. His feet will digge in the plaine ground he reioiceth in his strongnes he will go fourth to meet the harnesse 25. He mocks terrour and shrinketh not neither starteth back from the sword 26. Though the quiver rattle vpon him with bright blade with speare with javeling 27 With shaking stirring he beateth vpon the earth will not stand still at the voyce of the trumpet 28. Of the trumpet he will say Heah and from far will smell the battell the thunder and shout of princes 29. Doth the Hauk flee from thy wisdome spreading the winges toward the south 30. Mounts the Eagle on high by thy mouth or doth it make the nest on high 31. He dwelleth and lodgeth on a rock in the edge of a rock and a fortresse 32. Thence he searcheth meat his eyes will see far off 33. His younge nere choke swallowing blood and where carcasses be resort they CHAP. XL. MOreover the Eternall spake to Iob and sayd 2. Who is the pleader that will check the Omnipotent let the reprover of the puissant speak to any on◠of these thinges 3. Then Iob answered the Eternall and sayd 4. Lo I am vile what shall I answer thee I will lay my hand on my mouth 5.
fish water or fyre dogges or worms shall return to their old bodyes So I shall see the Puissant in his most glorious body my eyes shall view him not an other Iob when my reines and bosome all is once speÌ„t God will do this by the power wherewith he is able to subdue all things to himself Thus ye should say vvhy doye call him vvicked vvhen the things root is in me that my mind goeth vp to heaven and bringeth the God of Bethel the angel of the covenant dovvne to be made a man of a vvoman and to be made vnder the lavv and my mind descendeth to the grave to bring him froÌ„ death And this matter is the mayn point vvhereby God is pleased Consider hovv vvickedly you deal in your bitternes against mee and be afraid your selves of the svvord For ire vpon sin hath the svvord Therefore knovv there â—â— judgment Chap. XX. Zophar Where thou doest charge vs vvith sinne for this my thoughtes make me reply and I hast to do that A reproof to my shame I heare and the spirit of my conscience vvill that I ansvver novv my second time as Eliphaz and Bildad have done I vvill speak in a vvord Since Adam vvas set on the earth the joyance of the vvicked is short c. from 6. to 28. Chap. XXI Iob. I vvill speak and after I have spoken mock Is my sighing vnto man as though I thought you could help me But I have much cause of sighing and sobbing speches and then vvhy should you complaine of my discouraged speches Mark my case marvell When I my selfe bethink me a quaking taketh my flesh seing the contrary prosperitie of the vvicked You see the vvicked are liuely continue long and be mightie in riches Why said you then their joyance is short their height hath a quick fall and they passe like a drcame Their seed is setled before them and their houses haue peace hovv say you then He oppresseth and leaueth poore robbed of houses vvhich he shall not build vp and the frutes for his house shall passe avvay and flovv avvay in the day of anger They beare vvith the tabret and harp rejoyce at the sound of the pleasant instrument And vvhy say yee then he shall feel no rest in his belly They spend their dayes in vvealthines and in a moment goe dovvne to the grave The house of Lamech vvas like them thence vve haue a pattron for vvicked Iabal had sheep Iubal Musique and Tubal-cain smithrye that man made him a God of smythes Vulcain And men said as before the flood what is the almightie that we should serve him They thought that the starres had spirites in them and gave them wealth and therevpon sprang corruption in steed of calling vpon the name of God in the age of sorowfull Enosh But far be from me the judgment of the wicked God giveth all that all have But they never thank God Eliphaz sayd Ch. 18. the wicked his candle is put out with him How often is his candle put out not so often that God doth lay vp his iniuries for his children Ch. 5. 4. 20. 10. Can a man teach the Omnipotent knowledge how he shall judge the loftie One dieth in perfection an other with a bitter soule and never ate of good As for the wealthy wicked Ch. 5. 10. 20. 19. God doth not alwayes lay vp his iniuries for his children pay him that he doth feele it Behold I know your iniurious imaginations against me when yee say where is the pavilion of the wicked Ch. 5. 3. I saw the wicked fasten root but presently did I curse his dwelling the hungry shall eat vp his harvest as the Caldeans and the thirsty Sabeans shall swill vp their wealth And Ch. 20. 19. He oppresseth and leaueth poor robbed of house which he shall not build vp I know your imaginations when ye say where is the house of the noble tyrant Can ye not mark them vvhich go by the vvay hovv came Ismael by 12. princehoods Esavv by so many dukedoms They vvould tell you What stately houses see you not built of tyrants The bad is spared vnto a day of heavines a day vvhen all vvrath is brought that men may knovv that this vvorld is the vvorld of vvork and an other vvorld is the vvorld of revvard And God in this vvorld often plagueth all sortes that men may knovv him judge But the just are not still in best case And what do yee comfort me with vanitie when great offence remayneth in your disputations Chap. XXII Eliphaz Thou wouldest be pleading with God If thou would teach would he regard it is it a pleasure to the almightie that thou pleadest justice What shall we say of our father Abraham that he attayned of his natural power If Abraham were justified by workes he hath wherein to rejoyce but he hath no such matter before God Before men he was a Prince of God And rare in readines he was to haue sacrificed Isaak But Isaak was no lesse rare that would be sacrificed Now mark Abraham how far he was from iustification by works Behould this was a great sin that Abraham sinned saying to Sara I pray thee say thou art my sister This sinn which Abraham sinned was the cause of the slavery in Egypt And doubtles it was a great sinn that he brought his iust woman into a trap to sinn for his own feare least men should kill him It was his part to have trusted in God that he would save both him and his wife Moreover he sinned in going out of the land concerning which he had the charge It was his part to have trust in the blessed God that he would saue him in hunger from death And for this was decreed against his seed the captivitie of Egipt for in the place where he sinned there was the punishment Iob all that Eliphaz telleth thou mightest haue knowne not to plead iustice before God Would God reprove thee for thy religion and call thee into judgment for being holy Nay thy evil is great Vnjust pledge bestripping the naked denying water to vveary bread to hungry violent holding of Land oppression of vvidovv and fatherles These be thy sin that snares come and darknes in Gods providence that he cannot see through the cloudes Hast thou marked the old vvorld vvhen mockers folovving their ovvne desires sayd sayd vnto Noe as doting in the vvork of the Ark where is the appearance of Gods coÌ„ming as Enoch sayd that God vvould come vvith thousands of his Angels to be revenged vpon all vvicked men They vvere vvillingly ignorant of this that the heavens were of old the earth set out of water and by water by the word of God and by them by the windowes of heaveÌ„ opened by the springs arising and sea swelling the vvorld then deluged by vvater perished But the heavens now the earth stored by his word are kept for fyre to the
IOB TO THE KING A Colon-Agrippina studie of one moneth for the metricall translation But Of many yeres for Ebrew difficulties By Hugh Broughton Anno D. 1610. TO THE MIGHTY Prince IAMES King of Albion France and Ierne defendour of the faith in power learning Supreme governour vnder God in his Lands THe Eternal testified of Abraham how he would teach his house to keep holy wayes That hath story in Iobs book where most learned Princes five of his howse shew Gods wayes for Christ in such eloquence that may argue applying of all knowledge and their dayes that way The stile is in his language for verse shortnes and strange words as Pindarus in Greek and fuller of difficultie then all the other books of Adams tongue And hath cost me time and paines accordingly more then my translation of the Prophets volume into Greek which work I think your Maiestie hath more then my shewing of Scripture concent and defending of it against D. Reinolds and Mr Livelie having 2000 yeres Libraries on their side and more then my clearing of Daniel and Apocalyps to admiration of thowsands God would have this book as a Iewel hid in the ground not seen playn without paines What I have done for your nations use the King should judge recompence accordingly Your M. m. h. ◠H. Br. To the Christian Reader THe names of God in the holy tongue have in them deep notation and argue the speakers knowledg Iob onely of all the disputers he but once vttereth the holy name Iehovah The penner of the story doth often in preface conclusion The Poetrie of the work seemeth by Arabique terms Iobs owne Many names of God are in this book beside Iehovah which is of so large force and maiestie that the Lxx never expresse the letters nor the Iewes commonly pronounce it Our English Psal 83. doth I still as the French put Eternal for it for Elohim God and sometime for Eloah El But for better note in Eloah seldome in others often here Puissant for El cōmonly omnipotent for Shaddaj all sufficient and almighty Adonaj Iob hath ch 28. and but once which to shew I set Adonaj as the Lxx in Ezekiel Abraham first Gen. 15. vttereth that name but Iob bringeth God the autour Elihu expresseth Abraham for the trinitie in plural speach Ghosaj My makers A translater should not hide so golden a matter This one word had broken Arius and Machomed that Christ should onely be Machmad delite it self Daniel as Mary chamudoth by grace IOB THere was a man in the Land of Uz named Iob that man was perfect and vpright and feared God and eschewed evil 2. And there were borne to him seven sonnes and three daughters 3. His Cattel also was seven thowsand sheep and three thowsand camels five hundred yoke of Oxen and five hundred asses with a very great family and that man was the greatest of all the sonnes of the East 4. And his sonnes went and made a banquet in the howse of each one his day and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them 5. And when the dayes of their banqueting were gone about Iob sent and sanctified them and gate-vp-early in the morning and offred for every one of them a burnt offring For Iob sayd it may be my children have sinned and little-blessed God in their hart So did Iob all the dayes 6. And vpon a day when the sonnes of God came to stand before the Eternal Satan came also among them 7. And the Eternal said to Satan whence cōmest thou And Satan answered the Eternal sayd from serching about the earth and from walking in it 8. And the Eternal sayd to Satan hast thou set thine hart upon my servant Iob how there is none like him in the earth a man perfect and upright fearing God and eschewing evil 9. Then Satan answered the Eternal and sayd dooth Iob feare God for nought 10 Hast not thou hedged about him and about his house and about all that he hath on every side thou hast blessed the work of his hands and his cattell encrease in the Land 11. But send forth now thy hand and touch all that he hath and then he wil litle-blesse thee to thy face 12. And the Eternal sayd vnto Satan Behold all that he hath is in thyne hand onely upon him send not forth thine hand So Satan went forth from the presence of the Eternall 13 And upon a certain day when his sonnes and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their eldest brother 14 A messenger came to Iob and sayd the Oxen were plowing and the Asses feeding beside them 15 And Sheba fell on and took them and the servants they smote with the edge of the sword I onely am escaped alone to tell thee 16 While he was yet speaking an other came sayd a fire of God fel from heaven and brent vp the sheep and the servants and ate them vp and I onely am escaped alone to tell thee 17 While he was yet speaking another came sayd The Chaldeans made three troupes and set vpon the Camels and took them away and the servants they smote with the edge of the sword and I onely am escaped alone to tel thee 18 As he was yet speaking another came and sayd thy sonnes and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their eldest brother 19 And behold a great wind came form beyond the wildernes and touched the four corners of the house and it fell vpon the young folk and I onely am escaped alone to tell thee 20 Then Iob arose and rent his cloke and shaved his head and fell downe vpon the earth and worshipped 21. And sayd Naked came I out of my mothers womb and naked shall I returne thither the Eternall gave and the Eternal hath taken-away Blessed be the name of the Eternal 22 In all this Iob sinned not nor layd any blame on God Chap. II. ANd vpon a day when the sonnes of God came to stand before the Eternal Satan came amongest them also to stand before the Eternal 2 And the Eternal sayd to Satan whence commest thou and Satan answered the Eternal and sayd from serching about the earth and from walking in it 3. And the Eternal sayd to Satan hast thou set thine hart vpō my servant Iob how there is none like him in the earth a man perfect and vpright fearing God and eschewing evil and yet he holdeth his integrity yet thou movedst me against him to vndo him without cause 4. Then Satan answered the Eternal sayd skin for skin and all that a man hath he will give for his life 5 But send forth now thine hand and touch his bone and his flesh and then he will litle-blesse thee before thy face 6 And the Eternal sayd to Satan behold he is in thine hand onely save his life 7 So Satā went
forth frō the presence of the Eternal smote Iob with sore boyles from the sole of his foot to the top of his head 8 And he took him a potshard to scrape him withall and he sate downe among the ashes 9 Then sayd his wife to him Doest thou stil hold thy integrity blessing God and dying 10 And he sayd to her as a foolish woman would speak thou speakest Shall wee receive good from God and evil not receive In all this Iob sinned not with his lippes 11 Now three frends of Iob heard of all this evil which came vpon him and they came ech one from his place Eliphaz the Themanite and Bildad the Shuchite Zophar the Naamathite as they had agreed together to come to solace him to comfort him 12 And they lift vp their eyes a farr off and knew him not and they lifted vp their voice and wept and they tent ech one his cloke sprinkled dust vpon their heads into the ayer 13 And they sate down with him on the earth seven dayes and seven nights and none spake a word vnto him for they saw that his grief was very great Chap. III. AFterwards Iob opened his mouth and cursed his day 2 And Iob spake and sayd 3. Lost be the day when I was borne and that night whenas it was sayd a male child is conceived 4. That day be turned to darknes the Puissant regarde it not from high nor light shine vpon it 5. Darknes and shadow of death stayn it that clowdinesse dwel vpon it swartnes of day make it terrible 6 Myrknes take-away that same night ioy may it not in dayes of the yere nor come in the count of moneths 7 Yea that night be turnd to sorow I wish no joyance come to it 8. Curse it may they who do curse day who wil hunt the Livjathan 9. Dark be the starres of that twylight look may it for light and none be neyther let it see the mornings eyliddes 10. Because it did not shut the doores of the belly which did bear me and hid not sorow from myne eyes 11. Why did I not dy from the womb starve coming out of the belly 12 Why were knees ready to hold me what meant brests to give me suck 13. For now I had layne downe quiet had slept then had been at rest 14 With Kings and Counsellers of the earth which built them desolate places 15. Or with Princes which had the gold who fild their houses with silver 16 Or hid as one borne out of time should not have bene as young infants that saw not light 17 There the vnquiet leave vexation and there rest the wearied in strength 18 The prisoners are all at ease they heare not the oppressours voice 19 Little and great are there all one and servant free from his maister 20 Why gives he light to the miserable life to the bitter in soule 21 Which long for death but find it not yet would dig for it more then hid-wealth 22 Which ioy til they do skip againe be glad if they may find the grave 23 The wight whose waye is hid over whom the Puissant casts a covering 24 For before my meat my sighs come my roarings gush like water 15 For a fear I feared and it arrived to me and that which I dreaded is now come vpon me 26. I had no case no quietnes no rest and now cōmeth a vexation CHAP. IV. THen answered Eliphaz the Themanite and sayd 2. If we make a speach to thee wilt thou hold it wearysome and who can refrain from speaking 3 Behold thou hast instructed many and strengthened the weary hands 4 Thy words have lift up the falling thou hast confirmed bowing knees 5. But now it comes to thee thou faintest it touches thee and thou art troubled 6 Is not thy religion thy hope and thy right wayes thy confidence 7 Remember now what innocent hath perished or where the vpright have decayed 7 As I have seen plowers of sorow and the sowers of misery do reap the same 9. By the breath of the Puissant they perish and by the blast of his anger they consume 10 The roaring of the renting-Lion and the voyce of the fierce-Shachal and the teeth of the Lion-ceaux are brought to nothing 11 The hardtwasting-Laish perisheth for want of prey and the whelpes of the hart-strong-Laby are scattered 12 A speach came by stealth vpon me and mine eare caught somewhat of it 13. In thoughtes of visions by night when sleep falls vpon sorrowful-man 14. Fear and trembling layd hold on me and made all my bones afrayd 15. And a wind passed afore me which bristled the hayres of my flesh 16. It stood vp and I could not mark what kind of visage it might have An Image was before mine eyes Silence was then I heard a voice 17. Can the sorowful-man be holden just before the Puissant can the humane-vvight be cleare before him that vvas his maker 18. Lo he holdeth not perfection to be in his ovvn servants and in his angels he judgeth not cleare-light to be 19. Lesse in dvvellers in houses of clay vvhose foundation is in the dust `` beaten to povvder as a moth be they 20. Betvveen a morning and evening they are vvasted vvithout guide they perish for ever 21. Iourneyeth not their excellency vvith them They do die but vvithout vvisdome Chap. 5. CAll now whether any will defend thee and to whom of the holy wilt thou look 2. Aey doth anguish kil the evil and indignation bring death vpon the sot 3. I haue seen the evil fastening root but presently did I curse his dwelling 4. His children shal be far from good-case and shal be brought low in the gate there shal be none to succour them 5. The hungry shall eat vp his harvest which he had gotten through the thornes and the thirsty shall swill vp their wealth 6. For sorow issueth not from the dust nor doth miserie spring from the ground 7. But earthly-man is borne to miserie as sparkes of fyer flee vpwards 8. Doubtlesse I would seek vnto `` the Omnipotent dispose my talk unto God 9. Who doth great things past serching out wonderful past number 10. He giveth rayn vpon the face of the earth and sendeth waters vpon the open fieldes 11. To set the humble on high that the sad be exalted with salvation 12. He defeateth the purposes of the subtile that there hands bring nothing soundly to passe 13. He catcheth the wise in their subtilty that the counsel of the froward is made rash 14. On the day time they stumble at darknes and as in night they grope at noone 15. And he will save the poore from the sword from their mouth and from the hand of the strong 16. And the needy shall find confidence and vnrighteousnes shall stop her mouth 17. Behold blessed is the sorowful-man whom the Puissant reproveth Then despise
sonne starves and where is he 11 As waters passe out of the sea and rivers are spent and dry vp 12 So man lieth downe and riseth not till the heavens be not they wake not nor be raysed vp out of their sleep 13. Oh that thou wouldest lay me vp in the grave wouldest hide me vntill thine anger rested wouldest set me a time and remember me 14 Can the earthly-wight dead revive all the dayes of my set time I would waite vntil my chaunge were come 15 Thou wouldest call and I would answer thou wouldst tender the work of thyne owne hands 16 But now thou doest count my goings keepest them not for my sinne 17. My trespas is feald in a bag that thou ioynest to present iniquitie 18 Even an huge mountayn waisteth as the rocks remove from their place 19 Water weares the stones thou overflowest the growth of the dusty earth So thou destroyest the hope of sorowful-man 20 Thou prevaylest against him and he passeth thoâ— changest his face and sendest him away 21 If his children be in honour he knoweth it not oâ— if they be the least he can not vnderstand of them 22. Onely his flesh is grieved for it self and his soul will mourne for himself CHVP XV. THen answered Eliphaz the Themanite sayd 2 Wil a wise man vtter knowledge of wind and fill his belly with an easterne blast 3 Reasoning in speach vnprofitable and in words of no gayne 4 Yea thou diisanullest godlynes hinderest prayer before the Omnipotent 5 Thy own mouth shall argue thy iniquity how thou chosest the tongue of the subtile 6 Thy owne mouth shall make thee wicked not I and thy owne lippes shall witnes against thee 7. Wast thou borne the first earthly-man or formed before the mountaynes 8 Hast thou heard the counsel of God and drawn vnto thee wisdome 9 What knowest thou that wee know not perceivest thou that is not with vs 10 Both gray-headed all gray is amoÌ„gest vs greater then thy father in dayes 11. Are the comfortes of God a small matter with thee and is the matter hid with thee 12 What doctrine can thine hart give thee or what can thine eyes aime at 13 That thou turnest thy spirit against the Omnipotent and vtterest words out of thy mouth 14 What is woful-man to be cleared or the borne of woman to be justified 15 Where he holdeth not his holy ones perfect nor they of heaven be cleare in his eyes 16 Much lesse the vncleane lothsome drinking vnrighteousnes as water 17 I will shew thee heare me and what I have seen that will I declare 18 What wise men have told hid not what their â—athers left 19 To whom alone the land was given no straunger came amongst them 20. The wicked killeth himself all his dayes soon numbred yeres are stored for the Tyrant 21 A noise of much feare is in his eares in peace the â—obber will come vpon him 22. He looketh not to escape from darknes having watch he thinketh vpon the sword 23 He wandreth for bread where to find it he knoweth that the day of darknes is ready at his hand 24 Distresse and affliction will fright him It wil prevaile against him as a King furnished with an army about him 25. Because he stretched forth his hand against the Omnipotent and would be valiant against the almighty 26. He will run vpon him vpon his neck vpon the thick bodies of his shields 27 Though he cover his face with his fat make playtes vpon the panch 28 Though he make dwellings of cities ruinated of houses vndwelt which were coming to heapes of stone 29 He shall not continue rich nor his wealth stand nor that which they have brought about spread over the earth 30. He shall not depart out of darknes fyre shall dry vp his suckers and he shall depart by the spirit of H 〈…〉 mouth 31 Let not the misledd trust in vanitie for vanitie wil be his recompence 32 Which will come to the full before his day his branch shall never be greene 33 HE will snap off his soure-grape as the vines cast off his floure as the Olives 34 For the congregation of the hypocrites shal be solitaric and fyre eateth the tents of bribers 35 By conceiving sorow and breeding miserie sâ— their belly getteth guile CHAP. XVI THen Iob answered and sayd 2 I have heard many words as these Miserable comforters are ye all 3. Is there any end of windy words and what makeâ—â— thee so vehement to reply 4. Would I speak as you if you were in my place would I compose bare wordes against you nod vpon you with my head 5 I would strengthen you with my mouth and my lippes moving should bring ease 6 If I speak my grief will not be eased or if I leave of what will go from me 7 As now it wearieth me THOU hast made me desolate of all my company 8 So thou hast made me all wrinkled That is a proof my leannes riseth vp against me it speaketh to my face 9 His anger renteth and he beareth me a grudge he gnasheth his teeth vpon me he is become my foe he looketh sharply at me 10. Men open their mouthes against me with reproches they smite my cheeks they come by full troups vpon me 11. The Omnipotent hath given me over to the godles and hath cast me into the hand of the wicked 12 I was welthy but he hath vndone me and he layeth hold vpon my neck and still buffeteth me and hath â—et me for a mark vnto himself 13 His archers compasse me he hath cleaved my â—eines and spared not He hath powred vpon the earth my gall 14 He hath breached in me breach overagainst breach He runneth vpon me as a gyant 15 Sackloth sow I vnto my skin and wallow mine horne in the dust 16 My face is become fowl by weeping and vpon my eyliddes is the shadow of death 17 For no misdoing of my hands but my wish is clear saying 18 O earth cover not my blood and let there be nâ— place for my crie 19 Even now behold in heaven is my witnes my record on high 20 My frends scorne me but vnto the Puissant dooth mine eye drop 21 That he would decide the cause for earthly-wight before the Puissant as the sonn of Adam dooth with his neighbour 22. For the soon numbred yeres be arrived and a path must I go where I have no returne CHAP. XVII MY breath is corrupt my dayes are quenched graves are for me 2. Surely mockages are bestowed vpon me and in these mens vexing lodgeth myne ey 3. Set me now an vmpire with thee who is he Let my hand be stroken 4. For thou hast hid the hart of these men from judgement therefore
prayeth God to testify that by his owne judgement Chap. XXXV Iobs justice or sin cannot reach to help or hurt to God the height of the heavens might teach that Oppressed cry but faithles in vain more proude contemners who sayd God will not regard now because neyther Gods justice vpon all nor his pacience is regarded God is angry with Iob. Chap. XXXVI Elihu sheweth Iob of Gods power tendering of his creature of his judgements and mercies and biddeth Iob apply himself accordingly considering Gods judgement Politicall and Physicall in the meteores Chap. XXXVII Thunder lightening snow rain ice sayre weather shew power and mercy towards man that he afflicteth not but provoked that the world may be governed iâ— order Chap. XXXVIII God sheweth Iobs shortnes in vvisdome to plead iâ— Gods causes by the earth how it stands vvhich thingâ— the Angels the first with the heavens admired by the sea how the shores keep it in by night and day hovv they have limits by the bottom of the sea and parts that seeâ— cast off by snow and haile for Gods judgements by lightening and great rain by lesser and dew by ice and frostâ— by the starres for all seasons by their operation vpon the earth by planting wisedome in mans soule by making the clovvdes saphirlike by calling the raine to fall out of them to clod the earth That which may be knowen of God his eternall power and Godhead wisdome may hence see to be vnsearchable Chap. XXXIX The Beasts and fowles on the earth and ayer cal Iob to see weaknes of judgement As how the Lions in the 〈…〉 dennes have beasts to come neare to be caught and how the ravens forgetfull and foule kindes breed The wil 〈…〉 goat among beasts in the high rocks keep their young frâ—â— being taken and hindes hide cunningly their faons Th 〈…〉 wild beast the wild asse hath also a strange course And the Vnicorne or Indians asse a straungier Again in foules the Peacock hath a proud feather the Curlew a flighty the Estrich a brave a braue hath the Estrich the dull of vnderstanding which leaveth her egges in the sand not thinking whether beastes tread them Yet by Gods providence they breed to passe the horse with legges and wing Also the horse sheweth Gods power by his boldnes in snurting digging the ground and desire to fight Also Gods wisdome passeth mans reach in the hauks change to South and North and in the Egles wit to nest on the tooth of a rock and in sharpe sight to find prey a pattern for the godly to search where Christ may be found And none but of sharpe sight wil be cheif guides herein Chap. XL. Iob not knowing Gods counsel in these visible things should not plead with God for justice Now for Gods power as Elihu shewed it in taming the proude Ch. 34. 24. c. so God doth after long pacience to shew his power and justice vpon vessels of wrath bent to destruction And who is he that will plead with God who cannot speak to this Of the Elephant The Elephant sheweth Gods power not a devouring beast but fed with grasse like the oxe what strength is in his loynes what force in the navel of his belly his yard is like the Ceder the nerves of his stones like the branches of a tree his bones and ioynts as iron steel God can tame him who made him a strong one and quiet to ly among willowes and heavie great wight yet not by force will pierce his snorte And thus the power of God passeth mans reach in a quiet dryland beast Chap. XLI The Whale in the sea sheweth that they curse their daâ— that course him and Dionysius the Greek Geographer borne neare Iobs countrey at Teredon on the Persiaâ— gulph remembranceth vvhales hunting there and poetically how they svvallovvship and all If none dare medle vvith a fish in vvatery not hard earth breed vvho dare compare vvith God for Iobs afflictions or as S. Paul citeth this place for election or rejection Rom. 9. 11. vvho first could give to God that he should be bound to repay them Iob the godlyest could not plead but must stand to Gods mercy All that is vnder heaven is Gods Satans fall and all are from him and by him and for him he praedestined them not that is he furthered not their meanes but gaue infinite arguments of better advisement but set them to anger leaving them vnsearchably to rebellion Of the Whale A description of the Whales nature for a waterie creature to teach all of Gods power yea and of the God of this world Satan by Gods iust judgment as the LXX here allude 1. An huck will not dravv him 2. a cord cannot be put in his tongue 3. no rush in his nose 4. no thorne shall perse his chekes He vvill not be taken vvith sharpe pickes in skin or head They are deceived vvho think to take him and vvill not tvvise fight but curse their day Who can bring him out of the sea and take avvay the vvaters the garment that covereth him Who dare medle vvith the iavves of his face vvith a snaffuld his teeth be terrible his skales one continued matter His snurting maketh a light his eyes be great as the mornings his eyes sends forth torches vvith sparkles of leaping fyre and all terribles of a creature is in him Mans weapons hurt him not and he despiseth all all of the earth which should be stronger by mans esteeme then the sea as all other fish be weakeâ— then beasts But God would have his will to rule and over-rule his meanes that his will might be knowen the ground of all who will suffer no pleading for his dealings full of power and justice mercy in Christ as Iob told Chap. 19. Chap. XLII Iob repenteth and his fellowes and sacrifice in Christ pleaseth God and Iob is double happy IOB BROVGHT ON TO FAMILIAR DIALOGUE AND PARAPHRASE FOR EASIER ENTENDEMENT TO WHICH IF ANY REQVIRE FVRTHER RESOLUTION QVAESTIONS VPON THEIR DOVBTS SHALBE ADDED By HVGH BROVGHTON Of Iob brought into dialogue for our familiar speach THe case of Iob that he the godliest in the world should be most afflicted would not be vnderstood of the children of this world But that was to teach that the world of soules was the world of reward as AbrahaÌ„ Isaac Iacob lived here in a peregrinatioÌ„ looking for the heaveÌ„ly citie which God praepared for them in that part of Haides Luc. 16. which was the kingdome of heaven as Chrysostome speaketh vpon 2 Cor. Hom. 6. Although the outward doctrine of the law had not perfection God providing somewhat better for vs that they should not have perfection in this world without vs yet for perfect comprehending of Christ by spirit of prophecy and plenty of grace they far passed vs. In Iob God would revive Abrahams case before the law was geven which taught dull Israel by outward blessings closly after spech of all such how he would
destruction of godlesse men In memory of this storie Greek fables grew that Noe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is Deucalion and his wife in vvarning of destruction by fyre is called Pyrrha So the Poet Metamorph. â— tells with the flood of fyre in this sort Esse quoque in fatis reminiscitur affore tempus quo mare quo tellus immensaque regia Caeli ardeat mundi moles operosa laboret That is Iuppiter bethought him how tyme should come when sea and land and great heavens pallace should burne and the worldes workmanship decay The Greeks of old had learned the same And their verses be vvorthy marking and novv vve are in the middes of Iob and at a mayn matter for the old world and end of the present Sophocles sayth in this sort in Iustine Martyr fol. 167. and in Clem. strom 5. fol. 258. Commel and Euseb Prâ—par 13. fol. 400. from Aristobuâ—â—â— learned Iewâ— so rare the matter is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 That is Such a time of ages is for to come when the welkin of golden hew sendeth a store of fyre then the hungry flame shall burne all that is below or on high And when all is wasted and consumed all the depth of waters shall come vnto nothing And the Land shall haue no dwelling nor foules that can flee when fyre hath eaten all vp For in haides we settle two dwellings one of the iust and th' other of godlesse Thus the old families taught of the world to be consumed with fyre that not onely Abraham in Israel should hold it and in Edom and Keturah but heathen estranged from Israel Now the two last verses are in Diphilus And PhilemoÌ„ Diphilus haue moo verses the same then lightly any brase of writers for Haides So when S. Luke wrote to Theophilus in the gospel Ch. 16. he placeth AbrahaÌ„ of the citie which God prepared for him to be no lesse in Haides being in joy then was the coÌ„temner of God the tormented inflames This digression the Authour maketh Now Eliphaz shall speak to Iob. Hast thou marked the way of the old world which say depart from vs as thou spakest Chap. 21. 14. wee desire not the knowledge of thy wayes when the spirit of our Saviour went and preached in the dayes of Noe when the patience of God waited while the ark was in making their bodies wrinkled by waters but the spirits which disobeyed are in prison for not giving eare to Noe. And what should God do to them They had sheep and musique and smithry for all tillage and husbandry and to lock their house filled with all store and feasted and maryed till Noe went into the ark and the flood came and took them all away Because they bred prophanesse called not vpon God with a clear vnderstanding but sayd what can the Omnipotent do vnto vs our Bel is he that storeth as C ham taught Nemrod I will say with thee Iob that I am far from those wicked mindes I know God is the giver of all wealth The just Noe Sem Iapheth did see Gods judgement and rejoyced Noe the eight the preacher of righteousnes with his two sonnes and their wives did mock them And they vvere saved by waters wee should be saved vvith waters of knowledge to call vpon God aright So Iob reconcile thee vnto God thy afflictions shal be vnto thee as the waters of Noe that as God sware he would drownd the earth no more so if thou turn to the Almighty thou shalt be built So thou shalt set by gold as dust and Ophir as the stones of rivers And th' almighty wil be thy gold and silver of strength to thee He will spare the vninnocent as Cham vvas to Noe and he shal be spared for thy pure hands Ch. XXIII Iob. Yet this day my sighing is holden a rebellion as though I vvould teach the Omnipotent to hold it a gaine that I make my ways perfect Oh that I knew how to find him that I might come vnto his throne would he by great power plead against me No but he would help me There the vpright do plead against him So should I be quit for ever by my judge if I might plead why the ill have good and the good ill Of this I can learne nothing by your speach But neither in East West South or North can I find him He knoweth what way is with me tryed he me I should come forth as gold More then my dayly bread haue I laid vp all the words of his mouth Yet when he is against me who can stay him But because he furnished me with my dayly bread and many graces vvhereby I do know that he tendreth me as I told Ch. 10. 8. 9. I consider and am afrayd of him Because thick darknes affliction hath not made an end of me nor I see an end of my burning sicknes Who can deny but that God hath hid his counsel for mens affaires seing the coyle our wild Arabians keep They dayly fight for their borders rob one an other as the Chaldaeans and Sabaeans haue done to me yea the fatherles and widow and the poore of their garment that they cannot passe the wayes for freebutters the grapes corne of others they eat They drive the poore to dwell naked in high rocks in many great showres live Trâ—glodytae in dennes And if they have a garden of hempe to have a shirt or of corne to have a sheaf they rob them of that So the wild live abroad In the citie they are as bad Poor make oile and tread winepresses and without pay by hard Landlords they grone by oppression and by vnjust death and yet God suffreth all this He suffreth rebellers against the light of conscience which keep not in his pathes Murtherers on day theeves on night adulterers house-breakers This sort is of lesse weight in trade of life then the face of waters which windes beat their portion in the earth is cursed tillage they regard not nor planting of vines Miserably they live miserably they die taken to the grave as heat taketh snow his mother and wife will soon forget him onely his sweetnes shal be for wormes and he is no more pittied then a tree cut downe which hath no feeling God sendeth after him a barren wife that he should haue no help by children and sheweth no pitie to his widow God draweth the stout after him by his might while they stood they were not sure longer then God would God gave them a while securitie to stay vpon but his eyes were vpon their wayes A while they were exalted but soon come to nothing they are cut off as an eare of corne Thus the course of the world is
God long suffreth and leaveth some to vngraciousnes and payeth the mighty mightily And who can deny this Chap. XXV Bildad Although the state of men be on earth confused God on high is terrible to all about him who see his angry face vpō them that despised his covenant of grace but rebelled against him whose worme shall not die and vvhose fyre shall not be quenched On high is terrour so peace his armies of light be innumerable his light overshineth all where sorowfull-man could not abide an angels light And what should he plead justice with the Omnipotent In the moone he teacheth vs that it hath not clearnes of it self neither be starres bright when he will shine in the redemption And what should one of Adam plead vvith God We are but vvormes Chap. XXVI Iob. Thou helpest nothing nor shewest wisdome Who vvould admire so vveak a speach to tell a litle of Gods terrour on high Who knovveth not that or vvho vvould plead justice vvith God I tould you Ch. 9. none can be just before God but as in mercy he held me his servant and I haue run for the goale of the heavenly calling I vvould plead vvhy I am thus punished and touching honour to God for his vvorkes yee shall see vvhat I can say Thou speakest of his povver on high it reacheth to the furthest off The sea bottom hath thinges without life formed as ambre and pearle and topaz and such The lovv earth seeming lost and cast off is shevved to have stones precious and for building and coales He turneth the heavens about vpon no stay and hangeth the earth in the middes The heavie meteores he bindeth beautifieth the ayer as a palace for him self The vnconstant sea he kepeth in boundes and maketh mountaynes as Atlas the Pillars of heaven to shake The divisions of all seas and great rivers through mountaynes shevv his povver By his spirit he trimmed the heavens by a most pleasant situation of starres to be remembred by formes of creatures This on high and belovv his hand hath made the great terrible Whales And these are but part of his vvayes and vvhat a small thing can vve heare of him as vvhen you teach me slenderly hovv to seek to him by repentance Novv the thunder of his povver vvho can vnderstand as hovv the vvicked armies in millions fall to Eternall death and the old vvorld the builders of Babel are cast off and hovv God hath set vnto vvrath all them vvhom he hath not chosen of Eternitie to seek him in this life and here to honour him These be his hid vvorkes Ch. XXVII and XXVIII Now as the Almighty vvhich hath brought my soule to bitternes doth live my lippes shall not speak the vnright I will not justifie you nor remove my integrity from me My enemy shal be as the wicked and my adversary as the vnrighteous This I speak vnto you Eliphaz Zophar and Bildad If I had bene an hypocrite what hope could I have when God should shake off my soule Would the Omnipotent heare my cry I will teach you of Gods hand and ye have seen it Wicked tyrants shall come to nothing eyther in their life or soon after This is the ordinarie course of Gods judgement But God in pacience often suffreth much knowing his heavie punishment God openeth exceeding secrets of his works in the earth but none of them have any resemblance of his dealing in his counsel for men cast off or spared But each one should feare him and labour to eschew evill Chap. XXIX and XXX and XXXI I Iob was in high prosperitie a Prince in our confederate states for sage counsel all gaue place I aey defēded the poore in right I brake the tuskes of the vnright and I was loved accordingly And this was long according to Gods ordinarie favour to the rulers in justice I washed my steppes in butter of sheepes milk Camels milk and I had woodes in stony ground of olives which I bought Ch. 31. 39. Young and aged princes and oratours gaue me place when I went to judgement court They regarded me as the raine and gaped as to the latter showres But now for grave aged and nobles young vile-mens sonnes the basest that can be a vile kind banished from the earth arise against me thrust my feet and hold my heavines a profit They rejoyce as though they had been the better by my sad case As waters in part of a weare broken all tumble so they vpon my miserie And they vex my former noble case become now as a wind And by Gods hand my sicknes is vnspeakeable and he is turned to me as one cruell and I know to death will he turne me When others were in hard case I parched in sorow and should but for some hid judgement of God feel the like Not for my sin as come punishment For my eyes durst not look vpon a mayd I held that adultery and sure of heavie punishment I vsed my servant as knowing that I had a Lord in heaven I let the poore haue what they could wish specially the sad widow the fatherles ate with me The naked I cloathed the orphane I protected covetousnes I hated and starr worship I detested I rejoyced not in my foes hurt passengers by had my servants portion that they tarried for a new dynner to be dressed that they sayd ô that we had the flesh prepared for vs vve vvould soone eat it vp we come so hungry from work The stranger lodged not in the streets I opened my doores to travellers Abraham and Lot taught me such hospitalitie If my folk did any wrong and they complayned I covered not my trespas like Adam hiding my sin of self-love Though I could oppresse a great troup But such families come to basenes That made me shrink and that made me dum that I never went out of doores to plead in injurie but at home made content That all this is true I wish the almighty would plead And lastly this if ever I ran into my neighbours ground to plow or grase without pay then let thornes grow in steed of wheat and darnell in stead of barley Ch. XXXII and XXXIII Elihu the Buzite of Buz Abrahams brothers sonne of the familie of Ram famous then for knowledge Auz was the eldest brother and to the eldest to avoid envie would Abraham send the sonnes of Ketura Auz Buz Ier. 25. are together in Arabia Rebecca Iacob seem to haue left religiō in Nachors house That Elihu should be rare of knowledge He endeth the disputation Nowlet speak Elihu Elihu I am young and yee old therefore I reverenced and feared to shew my mind among you For I thought many yeares will teach wisdome Certes a spirit is in sad-man and the almighties breath to wise them Men of not great time may be wise as the old vnderstand the right Therefore I say ô Iob heare thou me novv I also will shew my
his candle shall soone be put out Iob thou mayst hope to see the day some forty yeares hence that Moyses will come to thy nation of Madian nere Aus to Raguels house who hath a little Boy called Iethro Who can tell but vve may have affinitie vvith him And Pharaoh that shal be in tyme vvhen God vvill judge 400. yeares since vvild Ismael aged 18. vexed Isaak entring into six doubt not Iob but that thou shalt see the day about 80. y. hence to see judgments Pharaoh wil be sent â—â— his own feet into the net when he pursueth Israel wâ—â—â— God in the fourth age brings them out And so otheâ— wicked of families amongst vs shall soone have their naâ—â— put out Consider Iob these are the habitations of thâ— vnrighteous as thou art I must tell the plainely aâ—â— this plainely is thy case that knowest not the Omnipotent Chap. XIX Iob. How long will yee fret me with words Now tâ—â— times yee haue reproched me Fiue times I spake and fiue times you crossing my speaches Eliphaz twise and Bildad twise and Zophar once Suppose I have erred 〈…〉 my errour continue with me Eliphaz hath made me 〈…〉 be counted wicked over Theman because I am so greatly plagued and saith that my children were punished fâ—â— their sinnes And because God hath geven me over inâ—â— the hand of the wicked Chaldeans in my Camels and wicked Sabeans who have forgoten our kindred in Abraham Eliphaz will have me counted wicked bringing my wretched case an argument against me Bildâ—â— will make all the Land Sacchaea make me a parable and Zophar over all Minnaea The Agarey of Hagar and Châ—tramis Land of Cheturam Abrahams wife In Arab 〈…〉 we terme gladly names in the letter M these will have as ill a conceit of me Thema of wild Ismael is most quiet my next neighbour to our Aus or Uz land where mountaines of Chaldaea ly East Saba that took my Oxen Asses West and Dry Thema South When my story shal be written men will think then I am of Vz in Edom. It is much that Eliphaz commeth to grace of prophane Esavv that sold his Birthright for a messe of Pottage Iâ— him God in wrath remembreth mercy But one svvalovv maketh not a summer Of prophane Nachor Elihu is one best of all vs. But of Chetura our best and most good be Amongst all these families yee vvould have me counted one that forgetteth God Yee deale too proudly against me Knovv then that God hath dealt more strangely vvith me then ever vvith vvicked men for vvickednes Knovv then that the Puissant hath overthrovvne me and compassed his net about me As never to any man for vvickednes If I complaine I cannot be heard The common rule is call vpon me in the day of trouble and I vvill heare thee But I call as one that God should heare but no sentence is geven Therefore my case is strange not as of one punished for vvickednes He hath hedged me in on every side that I cannot passe He hath not done so vvith vvicked Nemrod nor vvith any vvicked He hath bestript me of all my honour vvhereas I vvas Lord chief Iustice in all our confoederated provinces and the richest of all Abrahams sonns by Ketura He hath puld me dovvne on every side as never any for sin For Gods patience leadeth them in many degrees still to repentance and I goe avvay vncapable of any benefit in this vvorld His anger is kindled against me and he houldeth me as one of his enimies Elihu vvill reply vpon this Chap. 33. 10. as that I complaine vpon vvrong and cannot be heard Ch. 34. 3. c. As he holdeth me as one of his enimyes so he commeth vvith an host against me His host of affliction in vvealth body and frinds come together against me cast vp their trench against me and camp about my tent my brethren all honorers my kinefolke my promoted my hirelinges my maydens my vvife prinkockes sage counselers my tendered And my body is so leane that it cleaveth to my bones so full of sores that onely the flesh of my teeth vvithin my lippes hath escaped Therefore do ye persecute me as the Omnipotent holdeth me as one of his enemies and why are ye not satisfied with my flesh so eaten vp but ye will as savage beasts eat my bones And where ye say that I am one that forget God I have a ready answer for my hope as Abraham taught vs in our fathers how Adam lost life and brought death vpon all But the S. of God will dwell in our tabernacle and performe justice for vs That as all being in Adam lost life so they who will receive the abundance of the grace of the gift of justice shall reigne by one The abundance of grace is in this That one disobedience brought death but the grace washeth all soule sore from the sole of the foot to the top of the head Now of Abraham the God of Bethel will take flesh in Isaac his death and resurrection were taught with Iacob he wrestled and shewed how his delite is to play with the sonnes of Adam Of Iuda he commeth that tribe shall not be scattered till his Sonne commeth Iacob in Mestra land where the great river Aegypt is told all this in his last speach and thence we learned all But as now we of Ketura in Ismaels land stick to God and none of Israell forsake the Idols of Aegypt so in tyme we shall have equall glory though when they have the land of Canaan and all must come thither to worship our children will not but be enemies Troupes of Camels shall cover the land Dromedaries of Madian and Ghepha our house and all of Saba the Saba that robbed me now godlesse they shall bring gold and incense and preach the praise of the Eternall Yea and wild Ismael wil be ashamed of Hagar and name them of Sara and Cedar Nabaioth called commonly Nabathaea shall serve the God of Bethel the Angel that wrestled with Iacob in memorie of which story Iacob vvas called Israel and the place Phanuel This I know that seing in Abraham all families shal be blessed Abrahams naturall specially Now then I will bring the sum of my faith and ô that my words vvere written and drawne in a book graven with a pen of iron with lead were in stone for ever How I know that my redeemer is the everliving and at the last shall arise vpon the dust dying for our sinnes and arising for our justification And after wormes spend this my skin flesh I meane after my resurrection and I vse a doubtfull terme to conteyne both 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from my flesh shall I see the Puissant When God hath been manifest in the flesh and seen of Angels and taken vp in glorie The very same body shall come to this soule not a new body God hath all the dust of the earth in measure and all dust of bodyes eaten with