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
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
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
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
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
will drive it out of his belly 16. He shall suck the gall of aspes the tongue of serpents shall kill him 17 He shall no more see rivers streames brooks of hony and of butter 18. He shall restore what mens paines gate and not have time to devour it and never reioyce in the wealth for which he must make recompence 19 He oppresseth and leaveth poor robbed of house which he shall not build vp 20 For he shall feel no rest in his belly by that which he desired he shall not be safe 21 There shal be no remnant of his meat therefore his goods continue not 22 When he hath filled him with sufficiency then he shal be distrest ech hand of injuried will come vpon him 23 When he would fil his belly God will send his hoat anger vpon him he wil rayn vpon him into his flesh 24. When he fleeth from the iron armour the bowe of steel shall shoot him through 25. The arrow shal be drawen and come out of the quiver and the head shal be in his gall terrours shall come vpon him 26. All darknes is hid vp for his store a fyre vnquenchable shall eat him vp and the remnant of his tent shal be wringed 27 The heaven shall reveale his iniquity and the earth shall rise vp against him 28 The fruites for his house shall passe avvay flow away in the day of anger 29 This shal be the portion of the wicked earthly-man from God and the inheritance appointed him from the Omnipotent CHAP. XXI THen answered Iob and sayd 2 Heare diligently my words and let that be your consolation 3 Suffer ye me and I will speak and after I have spoken mock thou 4. Is my sighing vnto man notwithstanding I have my sighing then why should not my spirit be discouraged 5 Mark me and be amazed lay the hand vpon the mouth 6 When I bethink me I am troubled and a quaking taketh my flesh 7 Why are the wicked lively continue long and be mighty in riches 8 Their seed is setled before them with them and their issue before their eyes 9 Their houses have peace without feare and the rod of the puissant is not vpon them 10. Their oxe gendreth and looseth not seed their cow calveth and looseth not the young 11. They send forth their children as flocks theâ—â— prinkockes daunce 12. They bear with the tabret harpe and reioyce aâ— the sound of the pleasant instrument 13. They spend their dayes in wealthinesse and in a moment they go downe to the grave 14. And they say to the omnipotent depart from vs for we desire not to know thy wayes 15. What is the almighty that we should serve him or what profit shall we have if we pray to him 16. Loe their welth coÌ„meth not by their own power here I am far from the iudgement of the wicked 17. Not so often is the candle of the wicked put out that their wo doth come vpon them that HE imparteth pangs in his anger 18 That they become as straw before the wind and dust which a tempest stealeth away 19. Doth God lay vp his injuries for his children doth pay himself that he doth feel it 20. Do his own eyen see his ruine that he drink the ire of the omnipotent 21. Otherwise what careth he for his house after him when the number of his own moneths shal be shortned 22. Can a man teach the Omnipotent knowledg how he shall judge the lofty 23 One dyeth in his very perfection all in prosperitie and ease 24 His payles are full of milk and the marrow of his bones are moist 25 An other dyeth with a bitter soule and never ate good thing 26 They shall lye alike in the dust the worme shall cover them 27 Behold I know your thoughts and your injurious imaginations against me 28 When ye say where is the house of the noble where is the tent and pavilion of the wicked 29. Cannot ye ask them that go by the way so yee would not make their signes straunge 30. How the bad is spared vnto the day of heavines the day when great wrath is brought 31 Who dare tell him of his wayes to his face reward him that which he doth 32. But he is brought vnto the grave and still abideth in the tumbe 33 The vale clodds be sweet vnto him he draweth all earthly after him as innumerable went before him 34 And what do yee comfort me with vanitie when great offence remayneth in your disputations CHAP. XXII THen answered Eliphaz the Themanite and sayd 2. Can the humane-wight teach the Omnipotent If he would teach would he regard it 3. Is it a pleasure to the almighty that thou pleadest justice or gain that thou wouldst make thy wayes perfect 4. Would he reprove thee for thy religion would he come into judgement with thee 5 Nay doubtlesse thy evill is great and thy iniquity endlesse 6. For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother vv 〈…〉 out cause and bestript the naked of their clothing 7 No vvater to the vveary hast thou given to drink and thou hast kept avvay bread from the hungry 8 But the stronger in arme held the land and hee estimation vvould dvvell in it 9 Widovves hast thou sent avvay empty and the armes of the fatherles vvere broken 10 Therefore snares compasse thee and suddayn fear frightes thee 11 Or darknes that thou canst not see and much wâ— ter doth cover thee 12 Is not the Puissant in the height oâ— heaven be hold the loftynes the starres hovv high they be 14 So thou sayest vvhat knovveth the Omnipotem can he judge through the dark cloud 14 The clovvdes be a covering to him that he cannot see and he vvalketh vpon the compasse of the heaven 15 Hast thou marked the vvay of the old vvorld vvherin vngratious men have vvalked 16 Which vvere made avvay before their time vvhoâ— foundation became a water of deluge 17 Who â—â—id vnto the Omnipotent depart from â— and vvhat should the Almighty do vnto them 18 For he fild their houses vvith goods the opinion of the vvicked is far from me 19 The iust did see and rejoyced and the innocent 〈…〉 mock them 20 As our state is not yet destroyed that the remnaâ— of the other fyre should eat vp 21 Reconcile thee novv vnto him be at peace S 〈…〉 prosperitie shall come vnto thee 22 Receive now the Law at his mouth lay vp his â—â—ordes in thine hart 23 If thou tuine vnto the almighty thou shalt be built â—p if thou cast far off vnrighteousnes from thy tents 24. So thou shalt set by gold as dust and Ophir as â—he stones in rivers 25 And the Almighty wil be thy plentiful gold â—ilver of strength vnto thee 26 For then thou shalt delite in the Almighty
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
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.
theâ— high day prosperity they shall come to nothing to darknes of night But the poore he will save from the sword of the strong wild Arabian from their conspiracie such as the Caldaeans and Sabeans made to spoile in one day Yea the poor in spirit shall find confidence And it is great token of Gods favour to be chastised for him thaâ— can seek to God For as he striketh he can heale After six afflictions he can succour thee after losse of Children of Sheep of Camels of Oxen of asses of familie after all this he can so deale that harme shall not fasten vpon thee Though thou hast lost thy oxen for tillage in hunger he can save thee from death as thy mony is not take away and in war from Sabeanes and Chaldeans that they make amendes for thy Oxen Camels and asse From all conspiring to spoile thou shalt be safe For stony harted shal be at peace with thee and the vvild savage Arabians Thou shalt be wealthy and have many children and live long notwithstanding this great sickneâ— I haue seen the like and from things past can judge vvhâ— vvilbe to come Chap. 6. and 7. Iob. Am I evill that so complayn through Ch. 3. wâ—â—â— such streams of greivous speaches Oh that my calamitiâ—â—vere vveighed my complaint so my vvordes should be seen to come short For vvhen the arrovves of the almighty are in me and there venome drinketh vp my spirit the terrours of the puissant camp against me should I not vvish the day of my birth never to haue bene or that darknes and shadovv of death should stayn it and clowdinesse dwell vpon it and svvartnes of day make it terrible Do you think that I vvould thus complain without iust occasion A beast wild or tame would not doe so Doth the wild asse bray at the grasse or the ox lovv at his fodder when they vvant nothing Your speach is vnsavory vvithout salt of reason and hath no more tast then the vvhite of the yolk and complayning in greif is as salt to the vnsavory vvhite of an egge Strangulat inclusus dolor atque cor aestuat intus Cogitur vires multiplicare suas I vvould haue lothed to touch in an other such sores as novv are in my flesh Therefore I cursed the day and night of my birth and conception And novv again I say ô that God vvould make an end of me Though I parch in payn I should find comfort if I knevv I should soon dy I am sure I shall goe to Eternall joy for I kept not close the vvordes of the most holy but as my father Abraham I shewed my hope of the world to come Now where Eliphaz saith I shall come in lusty old age to the grave what hope can I have that way or of what sort can my end be that I should prolong my life Am I of stone or of steel to abide long in this parching But where ye would perswade me that for Lyonlike tyranny I am punished or for sowing sorovves to reap miserie and to haue sorovves for coales of sin vvhose sparkles flee out vp I haue my defence against such vvhose mercy is molten tovvards the neighbour and he leaveth the feare of the ALMIGHTY My brethren are like the rivers of our Arabia which iâ— winter are black by Ice and deep when men want not water but when heat coÌ„meth be dryed vp and come to nothing The passingers of Thema the Ismaelites our neighbours and of Sheba that robbed me of my oxen whâ—â—â— I name to teach posteritie of what Uz land I am not oâ— Edoms but of Nachors as the Chaldeans are on the eaâ—â— neate these men come for water and find none and art ashamed of their hope So ye are become like that come to nothing yee see parching affliction and ye are at your wittes end You need not to feare I request no money help to ransome me from some wild Arabians or any strong hand but touching my complaint Ch. 3. let me vnderstand wherein I haue erred Nay right vvill never be reproved and what can ye soundly blame You think to reprove words that I curse my night of conception day of birth And whereas I am past hope for this world and would joy for the grave ye think my words to be but aâ— wind ye lay a snare to overthrow me while ye would perswade me not to stick to my former integritie Be of an other mind obiect no vvickednes Be thou my soule of an other mynd still Is there any wickednes in my tongue for my vehement complaint Ch. 3. Cannot my palate declare all kind of sorrowes more then the boiles which you see All men by natures course haue an end of lifes toyle as a servaÌ„t of his dayes work But I haue most joyles moneths and nights of sorow that when I lay me downe I would fayne see the morning My flesh is lothsome that I am past hope of long life my dayes are spent my life is but a blast I can hope for no more pleasures I slit away as in the twinkling of an ey I go to the grave as a fading cloud Therfore as Ch. 3. I will not spare my mouth but I will sigh vnto God in the bitternes of my soule That I am kept in prison with boyles and I would not live Pitie me froÌ„ this visitation euery moment leave me for a breathing while I have sinned as the hart of man is onely wicked all the day and what can I do vnto thee ô thou watcher of men that every sinne receiveth recompence that thou hast made me thy mark that I am a burden vnto my self O that thou wouldest so pardon my sin as I ly now in the dust to be pitied of the keeper of men that thou wouldest make a short end of my sorrowes and lay me in my grave Chap. VIII Bildad How long wilt thou talk in this sort that wee may as thou speakest Ch. 6. 26. hold the termes of the forlorne a wind Is God vnjust who sheweth anger Far be that So how could God rule the world Rom. 3. Gen. 18. Take an example by thine owne children As thy children have sinned against him in their continuall feasting so he hath sent them into the hand of their trespas By their example look to thy self If thou would craue for pittie at the almighty and become vpright thou shouldest be happier ritcher then ever thou wast Enquire of the former age and the age of their fathers For we are but of yesterday and have no experience as our dayes are but a shadow Ancient examples since God scattered Noes sonns and how for wickednes one is over-run of an other such remembrance of ancient dayes such marking the yeares of all ages will teach sound judgement As segges can not grow without water but soon withereth and is cut off so they vvho have not the dew of grace to remembe 〈…〉 God soon perish NeÌ„rod was a lusty
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
straunge works then Bildad * * That which seemeth to be lost and coÌ„temned ††RambaÌ„ He maketh the face of the heavens for an house “ “ He brought the sea about the Land to abide while day and night continue ††Mountaines as Atlas sayd to hold vp the heavens by earthquake tremble * * Of a generall water he made many seas ԠԠEb. Pride That is the proud sea that threateneth to drown the land If I were wicked I durst not plead with God Phil. 4. 6. * * as conteÌ„ned slaves And so Beth is taken Dan. 2. 44. presently after the dayes of these kings the God of heaven shall set vp a kingdome ††as glad to be rid of them ԠԠin death * * To be honestly buried for his children shal be kild â—â— v. 14. Amongst the wild Arabians this continueth vnto this day and in our wild countreyes It is an Ebrew phrase for one dead taken frendly to buriall or of a straunger into lodging as Mat. 25. 35. 43. ††〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Act. 27. 14. God is merveilous in workes made knowne but vnsearcheable for mans lâ—t * * Psal 119. 96. * * Erimsto◠††In mountaines he breaketh a way for streames ԠԠGod drieth the springs whence rivers ran that they fail and have not so much as a tear of water ††Ebr. Sagor stored that is gold “ “ The name of gold in Ophir * * Phez-gold of Pess in Barbaria ††East mountaine stones Sardonyx and Chaâ—ar in Greek as I guesse Ch. 8. 10. Elohim the name of the holy trinity †‘ †‘ The Lord. Adonaj is vsed first Gen. 15. of Abraham and is plurall for note of Trinity My stayes * * Ground holow broken by streames * * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iithro The string or raine of his government that holdeth base from striving with mighty Let them that think that hard read the margent 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iithri my string the string of my bow Chap. 29. â—0 ††Chap. 29. “ “ Or compared me to mire ԠԠTo bring vpon me all kindes of punishmeÌ„ts ††Layest me me therevpon * * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Cor. 11. 29. Mercerus citeth S. Paulan expounder of this rare word very learnedly * * To take knowledge of search out and punish Pro. 6. 29. Lev. 20. 10. ††The new moone of which yet fooles say God save her * * Stopped all idolatrous speach of sâ—â—â—-worship for which Babel bred confusion So Reâ— Peritzol taketh it Others take that for a gesture of idolatry The words and matter may abidethat ††See Ch. 30. 24. ‘* ‘* A speach of hatred to the enemy as Psal 124. 3. or for hospitalitie that servants dynner was given straungers that they tarried to rost more as the next verse sheweth “ “ Wayfaring Chap. 19. 5. 6. ††Ch. 13. 21. * * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 acaph hand Caph is vsuall “ “ Chap. 9. 30. ‘* ‘* Thou ioynest vnto mine iniquitie more matter RaÌ„ban so doth fitly apply the reply * Chap. 14 17. 16. 9 ††Chap. 13. 24. 16. 9. * * Chap. 13. 27. 14. 16. ††When he hath chastised them he sealeth vp the decree of their iudgement * * Leave mans work and do the work of God “‘ “‘ God his mercy “ “ Iustice in Christ ԠԠRom. 6. 21. * * Ch. 12. 11. ††Ch. 13. 18. 23. 27 and 27. 2. 6 I Looked for good but evill is come Rom. 3. 4. 5 Rom. 2. 6. Gen. 3. 19. Rom. 3. 5. 6 ††Gen. 19. * * Exod. 12. Rev. 2. 18. 19. “ “ Ch. 4. 17. 18. 19. ԠԠIn open sight for example of others When for the poore he kills the mighty none can stay him and when he hideth his favour none can find it Lothest life likest of death Ch. 7 16. and 17. * * Elihu in gesture looking to heaven by ô father meaÌ„t the rest as Abraham S. of Peritzol expoundeth the words at large ††throughly Chap. 7. 20 Thy sins punishment profiteth God or thee But it is nothing to God therefore it is for thy vse and mens as also thy iustice ‘* ‘* Afflicted godles cry and God heareth not lesse him who saith God is his enemy Ch. 19. * * The mystery of the Trinity “ “ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ††As God heareth not the faithles he will not heare the despiseus * * Wait. ††from the eternall nature of God c. “ “ Ramban * * Ps 55. 23 104. 35. ††Right is defence mercy in speach from God to the humble as Act. 17. *‘ *‘ The poor in spirit Mat. 5. 3. ԠԠThey shal be made fit for light with the living with the angels of God his servants in their degree and be placed for ever in honour and be high in honour and dignitie So ye shall sit vpon 12. thrones iudging the twelve tribes of Israel Mat. 19. 28. * * So in the Lxx in the N. T. And is often vsed for prophane ††Chalatz lachatz two contraries save vndo are sweetly vsed of Elihu * * God once made thee wealthy wold again †‘ †‘ from being cast of *‘ *‘ Whereof thou spakest ch 29. ††If now thou despise repentance be sure thou shalt be vtterly cast off “ “ Desire not death the common passage of all men as thou hast done ch 6. and 7. †‘ †‘ Ch. 7. * * God can exalt thee and knoweth how by thy anguish to teach thee meanes to all goodnes “ “ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Behold Ramban praise in Psalmes and songes Beholding fully a good thing and praysing it goe together ††Of Adam and Enosh all men are cald so Adam in the tongue of them that knew Moses and Enosh the faithles east Dan. 2 10. calleth meÌ„ Jiran slate Adam earthly in respect of God and Enosh sorowfull but now to distinguish from beasts mans knowledg neither terme would serve but the Ebrew best cometh in * * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cloud and vapour But Ghab and Ghanan be also cloudes therfore I am forced to vse a new schole terme “ “ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the welkin sky ayer 1 Thes 4. 17. †‘ †‘ Mat. 5. 45. * * Diver sities †‘ †‘ The roaring of windes and cloudes in the ayer purging it Psal 18. 12. ††Hoat sun makes great rain vpon the earth vpon which the sea standeth * * The earth †‘ †‘ Helpe c. *‘ *‘ Cloudes He causeth cloudy weather The lightning commeth first to our sense * * According as rain cometh in dry countreyes the first rayne they apply their tillage As in Aegypt as Nilus floweth ††The scatterers of clowdes Thick clouds with sunnes heat in south to Arabia all more North without wind in still ayre give a parching heat ††JudgemeÌ„t in God for the lowly is defence against SataÌ„ as in the book of Iudges and Act. 17. from Psal 76. 8 9. and 89. 14. and 97. 2. and 103. 6. and iustice is mercy And such is God to sad Enosh till he wil be a rebell Nemrod * * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 “ “ Gods providence Of the Earth ††This phrase holy Daniel hath ch 2. 21. in opening the Image callnig the hearer to this speach of the Eternal “ “ the angels So Christ is Psa 22. the morning star Rev. 2. 22. so Kimchi expounds Ps 22. The Angels were made at the first Ramban and Basil The lesser Caesariensis c. * * Of the Sea ',' ',' Herbes and all plants ††The bottom of the sea which semeth left of God as a dead place as Ch. 28. Of light darknes * * If thou know not thy owne cause others of the beginning overreach thee ††Of Snow Haile * * Lightning Ch. 37. 2. Raine Dewe Ice Frost Starres ††The farr starres in the South Of man ԠԠAben Ezra Ramban Cloudes The Lyon Raven Ps 147. 9. * * The dammes Wild goat Hart. Wild asse ††An other name of the strong wild asse Unicorn Peacock Stork Estrich Horse Hauke Eagle ††Eb. Ieghaleghu a word made here to shew choking by greedy sucking “ “ Math. 24. 28. Rom. 9. 20. ††If thou canst not deale with stout men mark the beast Elephant how he is stronger then thou 〈◊〉 being without mans reason and without traynes can not be taken Of the Elephant Of the Whale Rom. 11. 3â— The sea is his garmeÌ„t who can take that from him and bring him to laÌ„d ††To draw him to land * * His iawes “ “ Scales They are as a sheild all sealed together as one skin ††huge great ††He hath no care meeting aâ—y with fish to feed vpoÌ„ that his taking of thought is a gladnes Abr. Ben. Peritzol * * Ab. ben Peritzol “ “ arrow Though the land by nature should breed stroÌ„ger things then the sea yet God sheweth that his power not nature ruleth all bred al. Thou hast made all things in perfect wisdome to shew thy Eternal power and godhead * * Chap. 9. Iob. Eliphaz Gen. 25. 4. Chap. V. Iob. Chap. VII Bildad Iob. The next land of Italy to Sicania or Sicily Math. 27. Ch. 14. Ch. 10. Zophar Iob. Aben Ezra Kimchi vpon the braue Ebrew Ch. 4. 10. Ch. 8. 11. Ch. 11. 20. Ch. XIII Chap. 14. Eliphaz The second tyme. Iob. Ch. XVII Bildad the second tymâ— Iob. Zophar the secoÌ„d time Iob. ††So Moses desired to know this Ex. 33. Asaph Ps 73. Ier. 12. Eliphaz the third tyme. * * The Iew Bechaia reasoneth as Eliphas might vpon Gen. 15. Fol. 22. Col. 3. Thus much Bechaia bringeth from Ramban which Eliphaz might have told Job Ch. 24. Bildad the third time Job Ch. 28. Ch. 30. Chap. 31. Elihu Ch. 33. Ch. 37. The Lord And Iob.
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
complaynest of injurie crooked iudgement “ “ Wise sage men peaceable that no other were chosen to check them as Rome is blamed for ofteÌ„ change of policy ††round about him * * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rom. 2. 9. ††See 21. 14 “ “ bones nerves * * A description of wealth “ “ ver 25. 21. 18. ԠԠGod * * Psal 7. 14 ԠԠEb. Your soule in place of my soule ††Mock aâ— 2 King 19. 21. * * comfort “ “ What wil it be the lesse ԠԠCh. 1. Thou hast marred all partâ— of my body hast bereft me of my children frendes ch 1. now of health in all my members †‘ †‘ Ch. 17. 3. ††Ch. 33. 10 * * Eb. He sharpeneth his ey at me “ “ ChaldaeaÌ„ Sabean * * Sicknesses sores ',' ',' Lam. 2. 2. 21. ‘* ‘* my sackcloth Ch. â— by boyles broken cleaveth vnto my si 〈…〉 e. * * If there be any iniury in my haÌ„ds let the earth reveale it let God never heare my prayer ††Night day they vex me * * Whom thou allowest “ “ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rom. 16. 18 ԠԠThey play vpon me as a tabber ††encouraging him selfe and others not to faint for afflictions by-Iobs example * * Rev. 22. 11. “ “ To Jobs opinion ††I hoped for much good but all that hopeis gone “ “ I watch and taken no rest all night and delite little in day by dark afflictions †‘ †‘ Barres that carry to the grave ԠԠCh. 12. 7 17. 4. 10. * * Dul. “ “ Ch. 16. 9 ††Shall the whole government of the world so constant as any rock be removed for thy opinion * * Eb. gable or cord ††Whither soever he goeth “ “ skin ԠԠchildren * * Gen. 19. ††Eb. place * * See Ch. â—1 * * fiue times I spake and fiue times you crossing my good speches or Ten that is many times ',' ',' wronged or wringed me * * Elihu blameth this Ch. 34. 5 c. ` †Ch. 32. 13. “ “ Lamentations 3. 7. ††Chap. 33. 10. * * afflictions ‘* ‘* my acquaintance When I was in health ††Be coÌ„tent that my flesh is wasted go not about as savage beasts to break my bones * * Because Iob was termed one that knew not God he protesteth his faith in the incarnation and resurrection of Christ authour of our resurection The strict proprietie of Ebrew beareth that and Gods spirit alwayes reached to the best sense “ “ My redeemer in the nature of man is the Ever-living 〈…〉 shall arise from death and by him I shall rise and be made like his glorious body * * No other for me * * Seing this poinct it the main not to doubt in the hart who can go vp to heaven to bring Christ downe or who can go downe into the deep to bring Christ from the dead but to beleve that Jesus is the Eternall that God raiseth him from death Job could not be sayd not to know God ††〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Shaddin might seme to be Shâ—ddin Devils in the vnâ—oincted Bible The margent reading helpeth therin * * Chap. 19. 28. 29. “ “ they who saw him †‘ †‘ Esa 29. 7. 8. Psal 59. 15 69. 22. ††grieved “ “ Chald. Ab. ††For his store of sinnes Rom. 2. 5. ‘* ‘* Eb. Which needeth no blowing * * As oyle wine Chald. ԠԠElohim ††〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the Lxx. “ “ I complayne not to you but vnto God I plead with God and sorrow that I am not heard Ch. 15. 30. Ch. 15. 24. ††But in Haides they are paÌ„ged in flame Luk. 16. 19. 23. * * See Ch. 15 ‘* ‘* But froÌ„ God “ “ which never thank God for their welth but think their owne wisdome found all as Assur Esa 10. 12. 13 ††〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is how often or how seldome Ramban * * Psal 1. 4. 35. 5. †‘ †‘ He hath all prosperity of health and wealth ††Or rich Tyrant Chap. 20. 19. Mat. 25. 35. c. * * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ma. 10. 42. ††True devotion is this to visit the fatherles and widowes in their adversuy and to keep himself vnspotted of this world Iam. 1. 27. †‘ †‘ Doest thou hold ‘ ‘ 2 Pet. 2. 5. * The middle of the book by the Massorites ԠԠI am far from the iudgement of the wicked which holdth starres their Gods and givers of blessing ‘ ‘ The world reserved to fyre Es 66. 2 Pet. 3. ‘* ‘* Pride wil have a fall Ch. 42. ',' ',' Ch. 22. 3 * * I cannot mark Gods iudgements in any part of the world ††He is vnchangeable “ “ See Ch. 10 ver 8. 9. * * Because I found neyther death nor ease of sicknes “ “ That I should not seel these afflictions ††The affaires of meÌ„ in their times 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The margent expouÌ„deth meek by helplesse Some translate the margent wel may But none may think the Line-reading corrupt ‘ ‘ Poor dwel in high rockes in many showres of rayne and in holes of rockes they lodge ††The naked in part they make more naked ԠԠThe laborer hath not 〈…〉 is pay * * As Rev. 6. 10. *‘ *‘ Ramban thus In dark places he diggeth houses which he sealeth vp on the day time And that seemeth the right sense so this They can 〈…〉 I de no light ‘* ‘* Raban His wife others his mother or friends all of compassion ††The wicked mans life shall have the husbands lot The maiestie of God is too terrible for base man to plead with saith Bildad and all Gods doings are in iudgment iustice the iudge is iust and the iudged a sot vnable to know the secret of thus matter At this Iob mocketh in the next chap. ‘* ‘* None of his Angels have light of themselves but all from him The Chaldy vpon v. 2. Sultanship and feare be with him he maketh peace in his high heavens Michael is on his right hand and he is of fyre and Gabriel on his left hand and he is of water and the body creatures be part of fyre and part of water Such fables S. Paul forbiddeth and â—ewes making Michael a created Angel holp out Machomed and ever Zohar graunâ—eth the truth that Michael is Iehovah ‘* ‘* 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ambre and pearle and such God his providence reacheth to the furthest places even to the bottom of the sea and lowest earth which places seem to be as cast off *** Job sheweth that he can speak more of Gods