Ecclesiasticus — Chapter 3

Thef. 5. 397 ECCUE STA STICVS. CrHarv. NVIIL. Gods wonderful workes exceede man: capacitie.7. Our weakness Strengthned by pifeence. E thar liveth for euer,created al things/a)together. God onlie thal beiuftified , and remaineth an in- uincible King for ener. 2. Whois fufficient to de- ciare his workes ? 3, For who fhal fearch. out his 2, tlorious things? 4, and who thal fhew forth the rower of his greatneffe? or who fhal adde to de- clare his mercie? 5, Itisnot poffible to diminish, js aor adde,neither ts it poflibleto finde the glorious workcs of Gou: 0. When a man,fhal bane done,then thal he begin:and when he {hal reft,he thal worke, 7, What is man:and what is his grace? and what is his good,or what his euil? 8, The number of the daies of men at the moft an hundred ycares : as. drops of the water ofthe :eathey are reputed:and as the grane] ftone of thefand,fo afew yeares inthe day of eternitie, 9, For this caufe God is patient coward them,and powreth out his mercie vponthem. ro. He hath teen the pre(umption of their hart thar it is naught,and hath knowentheir fubuerf6 that it is ewil, 11, Ther- fore hath he tulfilled his propitiation toward them, and hath shewed them the way of equitie.12 .Mas compaffion is. rouching hisneighbour: burt the mercie of God is ypon al let, 13, He that hath mercie,teacheth and inftructeth,as a paftour his flocke, 14. He hath mercie on him that receiueth the doctrine of compaffion, and he that haftneth in his iudge- menis 15.Sonne in good deeds giue no blame, & ineuerie guift gine not the {adnes of aneuil word. 16, Shal notthedew coole heat fo alfo a word berrer then a guift.17,1s not aword aboue a good guift? but born are with a iuftifed man.18,A foole wil vpbraide bitterly:and the guift ot one vintaught maketh the eiesto drie away.19.Belore iudgement prepare thee iuftice , and before thow fpeake learne, 20, Before fickinses take-me- decine,and before iudgement examine thy {elf , andi the fight ot God thou shalt fince propitiation,21.Before fickenes humblethy {elf and in time of infirmitie shew thy conuerfation.22. Be not bindred (6) to pray alwayes, & feare not to be iuttified euen to death, becaufe the reward of God abideth for euer.23. Before praier prepare thy foule:and be not as a ‘man that rempteth God,z4.Remember the wrath in the day of confum- Mation,and the time of rewaud in céuerfation ot the facc.25.Reméber pouertie in the ume of aboundace,& the necefhities of poucriicin the da of riches,2 6.Frd morning vito euening time shal be change, & al theie are fowne in the eies ot God,2 7. wife ma in al. things wil feare, and in + ~ Aaa me grace, Ij .w erto mi milf toover4airyt 9.by our zing Lis conl-tence, 22 by prayer

How good a thing is it (a) being rebuked soz > to fhew repentance ! for fo th finne, 5. There is that holdeth his peace , which is ‘isthat is odious, he which is malepert to {peake, eth his peace hauing, not vnderitanding to fpea holdeth his peace, knowing the time or ‘man wil hold his peace vntil atime: but a wanton and the ynwile wij not obferue time, 8, He that vfeth manie words , {ial hurt his owne foule: & hethat taketh authoritie to himfelf vniuftly , fhal be hated

vpon the children.4,He that loueth God, praying fhal obteyne for finnes, and fhal refrayne himfelf fromthem, andfhal be heard in the prayer of dayes, 5, And as he that gatherethtreafure, fo he alfothat honoureth his mother, 6, He that honoureth his father , fhal haue ioy in children , and in the day of his prayer he {hal be heard, 7, He that honourcth his tather, fhal liue the longer life : & hethar obeyeth the father , fhal refreth the mother, 8, .Hethat feareth our Lord henoureth his parents, and as his Lordshe wil ferue them that begat him. 9, In worke and word, & al patience honour thy father , 10, that blefling may come vponthee from him,& his bleiling may remayne inthe later end. 11. The fathers bleiling eftablifheth the houfes of the children : but the mothers curfe rooreth yp thefoundation, 12, Glorie not inthe contumelie of thy father; for his confufion is no:glorieto thee,13. For the glorie of amanisby the honour ot hisfather,and the father without honour is the difhonour of the fonne. 14,. Sonne recciue the old age of thy father, and make him not forowful in his life:1y,and if he fayle in vnderftanding , pardon him, and defpife him not in thy ftrength; for the almesto the father fhal not be in obli- uion.-16, Fot-good jhal be reftored thee (¢) for the finne of thy‘mother, there fhal be remembrance. of thee : and as yce inthe cleere weather fhal thy finnes melt away. 18, Ofwharan cuil tame is he, that for{aketh hi ,— tathe. doe not penance, we thal fal into the hands of our Lord, and not intothe hands of men, 23. For according to his greatnes, fo alfo his mercie is. dangeroms. 17. A charitable » fincere , and docile hart, 33. with workes of 17, and in iuttice it fhal be builded tothee, and in the day of tribulation Ex0.20, Dent .5. Gen. 27, Cr 49. —_— Phil.r. Pro, 25. Vir, Dan, 4. ECCLESTAS TICVS. 379 father:and he is curfed of God, that doth exa{perate his mother,19,Sonne doe thy workcs in meckenes,and thou fhalt be beloued aboue the glorie ofmen.20.The (d) greater thou art, humble thy felf in al things, and thou fhalt finde grace betore God: 21. becaufethe might-of God onlie is ereat,and he is honoured of the humble,2 2 Seeke no~ things higher then thy felt, and fearch not things ftronger then thy habilitie : bur’ rhe things that God hath commanded thee , thinke on them alwayes,and in manie of his workes be not curious, 2-.For itis not neceffarie tor thee,to fee with thyne-cies thofe things that are hid, 2.4, In fuperfluous things fearch not manie wayes, and in manie of his workes:thou fhalt not be curious, 25. For verie manie things are fhewed to thee aboue.the vnder- ftanding of men.26.Manie alfo hauetheir fufpicion fupplanted,and haue held their fenfes in vanitie.2 7-A hard hart fhal fare il in the larer end, and he'(e) that loueth danger,inal periii in it,28, A hart thar goeth two wa- yes, thal nor haue fucceffe,and the peruerfe of hart thal be fcandalized in them, 29. A wicked harr fhal be laden with forowes,and the finner wil adde to commit finne.30.To the fynagogue otthe proudethere fhal be no health:for the fhrub ot finne thal be roored vp in them, and it inal not be perceiued.31.Thehart of the wife is vnderitood in wifdom, and a good care wil heare wifdé with al defire.32.A wife hart,and that which hath vnderftanding wil ab{teyne it-felf trom finnes, and in the workes of iuftice fhalhaue fuccefle.33.Water qucncherh burning tyre,and almes re- fifteth finnes : 34.and God is the beholder of him thar rendreth grace:he remembreth him afterward,and in the time of his fal he shal finde a fure ftay. Crap. Ill, An exortationto pratlife-workes of mercie,12;withcommendation éf vwifdom: 23: (cx obferuing dae times) not to umite'for ame feare or shamefaftnes. to fay the truth,3 4 Ki tobe diligent,meeke,and liberal. y ONNE defraude rot the almes of the poore,and rurne curfethee behinde thy backe,6,For the prayer of him that curieth thee ir the bitternes of his foule (6 )1ial be heard : and he that made him, wil heare him,.7.Make thy {elf affableto the congregation of the poore, and ro the ancient huinble thy foule,and toa great man Low thy head.8, bow Zz Tome 2. ‘downe % not away thyne eies from the poore,2.Defpife nor the 22 OF hungrie foule: and-exafperate not the poore in his SD pouertie, z.Affict not the hart ofthencedie,& differre G not the guift tohim rhatis in diftrefle.g, Reie& not 9 the petition of him that is afflicted:and turne not away. thy face from the needie. 5, From the pooreturne not away thine eies for anger:and (4) leaue not tothem that aske of thee, to (d) Al greatnes in men procce.' ding from God,bindeth them fo much the more to humilicie, which ver- tue God mot ifpecially lo- ueth:thar fo they may shew gratitude for is benefites. (e) Thofe thar} dare liue in ifinneful ftate , itempring God feuen tothe laft houre, commonly pe~ rish therin. (a) Giue nor- oceafion by thy hard dea- ling with the poore.that they{_ curfe thee. oN b) For if thou rie can fe, 30d who is cheir prote- ctour, wil re- ucnze them againg thee, (c) Thev that folow wifdom shal be fafe. (d} Through shamefaftnes toveald vito finne , or not to reprouc finne, 1s vi- cious. (e) Butto be ashamed , and to abhorre finne is very good and necefiarie, (f)AL men are, bound to fay tthe ruth at conuenient times,v.2 3. Andeuer bound to avolde vn- crutlis. (g)Euerie one isbound rather roloofe his lifs, thentodoe a- saintt iaftice, o: ctodenie the 1 trutu. THE BOOK OF downe thyne eare to.the poore without fadnefle , and render thy debr, and anf{werhim peaceable words in mildenes, 9, Deliver him that fuf- fereth inturie out of the hand of the proud:and be not faynt-harted in thy foule.1o.In iudging be merciful to “pupils as a tather,& as an husband to their mother:11andthou fhalt be as the obedient fonne of the Highctt, and he wil hauemercie on thee more then a mother.12.Wifdem infpireth life to her children,and receaneth rhem that fecke after her, and wil coe betore thé inthe way of iuftice.13,And he that louech her,loueth lite:and they that fhal watch roher,fhal embrace her fwectnes.14.They that thal hold her, thalinherite lite:and whither-foeuer he fhal enter,God wil bleffe him, 15, They that ferue her, fhal be feruants to the holie:andrhem that loue her God loueth. 16, He that heareth her, fhal iudge nations:and he that beholdeth her, fhal remayne confident.17,.1f hebelieue her , he shal inherite her, and her (c) creatures fhal be in confirmation: 18, becaufe in 380 -tenrarié fhe waikerh with him,and firft of al fhe choofeth him.19.Fearc, and dread, and probation she wil bringvpon him: and the wil torment him in the rribulation of her doctrine, til she trie him in her cogitations and credite his foule. 20, And fhe wileftablifh him, and maxea direct way vnto him,and reioyce him, 21. and wil difclofe her fecrets to him, and wil heape vpon him astreaiures knowledge & vnderftanding of iu- {tice.2 2. But it he goe amifle,fine wil forfake him, and deliver him into rhe hands of his enimie,2 3,Sonne obferue timc,and avoyd from euil,2 4.For thy foule be not afhamedrto fay the truth. 25, For there is (d) fhaime that bringeth finne, & there is ( ¢ ) diame that bringeth glorie and grace, 26, Accept no tace againit thine owne tace , nor againit thy foule a lie. 27. Reuerence notthy neighbour in his offence: 28.nor keepe in a word in time of faluation, Hide not thy wifdom in the beautie thereof.2 9.For by the rongne wif.lom is difcerned:and vnderitanding,and knowledge,and doctrine by the word of the wife, and fteadfaftnes in the workes of iuftice.30.(f )Doenotgaynefay the word of truth by any meanes: and be: albamed of the lie of thynevnskilfulnes.31,Be not alluamed ro contefle thy finncs,and fubmite notthy telt to euerie man for finne.32, Refilt not againtt the tace of che mi ghtie,neither labour avainitthe itreame of the riuer, 33. For (g) iuitice contend for thy foule, and-vnto death ftriue for iuitice, and God wail overthrow thyne enemies tor thee, 34, Be not ha- {tie in thy tonguezand vnprotitable and remiffein thy workes, 35- Be not as alié inthy noufe,ouerthrowing chem of thy houfhold,and opprefling them that are fubicct to thee, 36, Let not thine hand be itretched out to receiuc,and clofed to giue, Crap, 1% \ ECCLESIASTICVYS. 58 » Cuarv. V. Let not riches,vouth mor Strength hold tee in fina . but doe penance for fines remitted and adde not jinne vpon finne.'6- Neither prefume to anne , becau'e God 15 merciful.10.Be not couetons mor ynconffant.13.Be met kein learning, and careful in teaciing:15.not 4 batema ‘er,nor double ton gued. T TEND not to vniult poficfions,and fay not: I haue -faffcient livelihood: for it-fhal nothing profite in the: time of vengeance & affliGion.2, Folow notin (4) thy ‘Though {trength the concupifcence of thy hart : 3. and fay not: ithou oe Io po- How mightie am]? and who {hal bring me vndcr for ‘map can hae Sao: s&, my factes > for God reuenging wil reucnge.4.Say not: J -der the enil de- haue finned, and what forowful thing hath chanced to me? Forthe finement ;ver Highett is a patient rewarder, 5. ( 6°) Ot tinne forgiuen be nor withour coe ek be- feare,ncither adde thou fine vpon tinne,6,And fay not; The mercie of canine il our Lord is great, he wil haue mercie on the multitude of my tinnes, 7, Afcerthat For mercie and wrath quickly approch.trom God,and his wrath looketh -finne is farginé vpon finners,§, Slacke not tobe conuerted to our Lord ., and differre nor 'there remai- from day to day, 9. For his wrath fal come fodainly : and in thetime of ‘eth oftentimes _ vengeance he wil deftroy thee,10.Be not careful in vniuft riches: forthey ’ be fatictattia ir ial not profite thee in the day of * obduction and vengeance, 11, [rinse ca . : . ldeath, Tofle not thy {elf into euerie windc, and goe not into euerie way: ~ . i. . . oO , , af 4, wo \Prow. itor fo euerie finner is proued by a doubie tongue.12. (b) Be fteadfait '() Conftancie (s . . : : . 10.u.4., inthe way of our Lord, & inthe truthof thy vnderitanding , and in iin good pur- knowledge,and let the(c)word of peace and iuftice accompanie thce,13, Ibe. pe maa Be mildeto heare the word thou maift vnderftand, and with wifdom ‘fed peace 2 and virerthou atrue anfwer.14. If thou haue vnderftanding , anfwer thy iif reward. neighbour: butif not, let thine hand be vpon thy mouth, left thou be taken in an vnskilful word,and be confounded,15,.Honour and glorie in the word of the wife, but the tongue of the vnwife is his fubuertion, 14. Be not called a whifperer,and be not taken in thy tongue,& confounded, 17.For vpon atheefe is confulion & repentanice,and a verie cull condem-. nation vpon the double tongued, but tothe whitperer hatred, and emmi-; tie,and contumelie.18,1uftine thouthe litle one,and the great alike, Zt — Crap. (4) So Gedeon pacified the Ephrammites; jthat were in- cenfed again him. Indic, 8. (b) Manie;pre~ jferre learning before pietie, which S. Au- guftin repro~ ueth, prefer- THE BOOK OF Cuar, VI, Reproch,enute,and ferotitie Linder from lowing oar neighbour, weetenes nostri« sheth it.6.A4 sruftie freind is much worth..8 Seck: and kepe wifdom, with al dsligence.35.Frequent the companie of the wife: and meditate in Gods law. » Enot fora freind made an enemie to thy neighbour: for the euil man fhal inherite reproch and contumelie, Nand euerie (inner enuious and double tongued, 2. Extol }3, not thy felfin the cogitation of thy foule as it were a bul: Ax left perhapsthy ftrengihbe quashed, 3, and iteate thy leaues,and deftroy thy fruits , andthou be leaft asa drie treein the wildernes, 4.For a wicked foule thal deftroy him thar hath jr, andit giueth hin te bé a ioy-te his enemies , and fhal lead him into the lor of the impious. 5. (4) A {weete word muhiplieth freinds,@ appeafeth cnemits,and 4 gratious tongue ‘in a-good man aboundeth, 6,Let there be mamue at peace with thee, and let one of athoufand be thy counfeler, 7, If thou poffeffe a freind, in tentation poflefle him,and not eafely credite him,

Conuer[asion with the prowd Tick , and potent dangerous. 9. Relie Ypon Gods helpe. 11, Beware of pufillansmitie, co of prefumptson, 19. meane i nece/- {arsesand the-compame of equals ss moft fecure. *E thattoucheth pich, thal be defiled with it: and > be that communicateth with the proud , dhal put t= 4 on pride, 2.:(.4) He thal take a_burden:vpon.him Wi that communicateth with one more honourable © then himfelf, And be not companion with orie N richer then thy felf, 3. What focietie thal the caul- / dron haue with the earthen potte ? for when they @} thal knock one againft the other, it fhal-be broken, and he wil fume : barn ‘ man being hurt wil hold his peace. 5, If thou giue, he wilt ethee: an if thou hae not, he wil fortake chee. 6.1f thou haue , he wil liue with thee, and wil emptie thee., and he-wil nor be forie for thee, 7. if thou be neceffarie for him, he wil iupplant thee , and.fmiling wil put thee in hope, telling thee good things, and wil fay: What -wanreft thou? 8, And she wil contound th ee in his meates, til he emptie thee twife -8-thrifc, and at the laft he wil mocke thee ; and afterward fecing he wil forfake thee, and wil fake his head at thee, 9, -Humble thy felfto God , and expe his hands,10, Take heede left feduced into follie chou be humbled, 11, (6) Be not humble in thy wifdom, left humbled thou be ieduced into , follic, 12, Being called of the mightier,depart : tor by this he wil-cal thee the more.13, Be not importune, leit thou be reieCted:& be not farre trom him, leftthou goe into obliuion.14. Stay netto fpeake felow-like w ith him:neither credit his manie words.For by muchtalke he wil prouethee, and {miling wil examine thee of thy fecrets. 15. His cruel mind wil. ncepe thy. words: and he wil-not {pare tor malice , and for bands, 16. Take heedeto thy telf, and attend diligently to thyne hearing : becauie thou walkeft with thy fubuerfion.17.But hearing thofe things fee as it were in fleepe,and thou fhalt watch.18, Loue God al thy lite , and inuocate him for thy faluation, 1g, Euerie beaft Joueth che liketo it-felt: fo alfo euerie man the neereft to himielt.20.Al flefh wil march \ ith the like to it-felf, & euerie man wil aflociate himfelf to his like.21.1fihe woolf fhal at anie time communicate with the lambe, jo the finner with the iuft, 22. What J tellowihip hath an holy. man with a dog, or what part haththe rich with ? . the poore?23, The wilde affe inthe defere isthe iyons prey: to the poore are alfo the paftures of the rich.24. And as humilitie is abominatié ro the proude: {o alfo the poore man is the execration of the rich, 25, The rich man being moued is confirmed by his treinds » but the humbie when he Aaa is fallen, 3 re, (s) Hethat conuerfeth with a greater n:an then him- felf(except it be with ver- mous )is forced often to fuffer much,and to yealdto manie inconuenien- CCS. (3) Pufillani- miticin afu- periourmaketh him omitc his dutie,& com- mite €irours, fearing to doe that pertey- neth to his of- ‘hce,& © hich this audtoritie wrequireth, (:)Acception of per.ons hin dere-h mazie ‘ good counfels: & promoreth ‘mani2 eu things... not afforde {noarishment to his owue bodie by fuch meanesas he hath, finnech- azaintt God, abirfing his be- nefits -againft himfe!f whom ihe vniuftly af- fliteth, and acaniht his muighbour penom ne fean- tdalivech. (©) Incheold teftament al lefe -nded mto ame part of eae (d) He that ean) others. thy 392 THE BOOK OF istaien, {hal be thruft out euen of his familiars,.26.To the rich deceiued there are many recouerers : he hath fpoken proud words , and they haue iuftificdhim, 27, The humble was deceiued ,.he moreoueris rebuked alfo: he hath fpoken wifely, and place.was not giuien vito ‘him, 28, (¢) The rich man fpake , .and al helde their peace , and they wil’ carry his Words euen totheclouds, 29, The poore man {pake and they fay: Who isthis? and if he ftumble, they wil ouerchrow him, 30. Subftance is good, to him that hath no fiane in his confcience : and pouertie is: moft wicked in che mouth of che impious, 31, The-art of.aman altereth his counte- nance, eitherinto good, orinto euil, 32. The token ofa good hart, and a good countenance thou fhalt hardly find,and-with labour, . CuHarv. XIIII, iffence of the tong ws a frequent and dan erons fenne. 3. Riches are.bursfyl tou couctons »and ivan ensons:mind.1i. Workes of merce neceffarse, 22. and peryeucrance in wifdem.. Less¢p is themanthat hath not offendéedin ¥{ a worde out of his mouth, and is not pricked with the forrow of finne, 2. Happieishe, that hath . }j not-had heauines of his minde, and hath not fallen 4] from his hope, 3. -Subftance is without reafon to the couetous.man and niggard,and forthe {pitefal & cnuious man to what purpofe is gold > 4. He M! that heapeth together from. his hart vniuftly » Bae thereth tor others ,.and-in his ‘goods an other wil keepe riote.5, He that is wicked to himfelte, to what other man wil he be good ? and he fhal haue nopleafure inhis goods. 6. (ad) Hethart enuieth himfelfe, nothing is worfe then he, andthis isthereward of his malice: 7, andif-he doe good, he-doth-it gnorantly, and ‘not willing: and at the lafthe manitefteth his malice, 8. The eye of the enuious is wicked, and turneth away his face, and defpifeth his owne {oule, The eye of the couetousiman infatiable ina portion of iniquitie, \ il not be fatisfied til he confume his owne foule withering it, 10. An euil eye istowards euil things: & he thal haue his fil of bread smeedie & in heauines‘thal he be at histable. 11. Soane if thou-hauet , doe good to thy felfe, and offer to God-worthic oblations, 12. Be mindful that death: flacketh nor, and that(e)the couenant of hel ha:h beenthewed thee : far the couenant of this world {hat dye thedeath, x 3. Betore death doe good tothy freind, and according to thine abiicie {tretching: out thy hand, ciue to the P inle portion ~ NHI 74 By] i, fozrowes, & labours in the diuifion of-the lo:te? 16; Giue and oore, 14. Be not defrauded or thy good day , and Jet not a4 of a good guift oucr-pafflethee, 15, Stale thou nor Jeaue to: Tac. 3. Prow.29 Vv . 20, ECCLESITASTICYVS. 793 andtake , and iuftifie thy foule, 17. Betore thy death worke iuftice : tor im hel there can no meat be found, 18, Al flefh fhal waxe olde as grafle, ands the leafe fructifying-on a greene tree, 19. Some grow, and fome are fhaken off: fo the generation of fefh and bloud, one is ended, and an other is borne,20. Al corruptible worke fhal faile in the end: and he tha worketh it. fhal goe therwith, 21, And ( f) euerie excellent worke thal be iuftified.: and he thar worketh it,fhal be honoured therin, 22. Bicfled isthe man that fhal continue in wifdom , and that fhal meditate in his iuftice, and in vnderftanding fhal confider the prouidence of God,23.He that confidereth her wayes in hishart , and hath ynderftanding in her .fecrets, going after her asa fearcher , and confifting in her wayes: 24.:He that looketh through her windowes , arid heareth in her gates:

or the emerauld is inthe working of gold : fothe melodie of mufike is ioyful and mede- ratewine. 9. Heare holding thy peace, & forthy reuerence good grace thal cometothee, 10; Yang man (peake inthineowne caufe {carfely. 11. ‘be as it were ignorant, and heare holding thy peace and withal asking, 13.1n the middes of great men prefume not:& where ancients are, {peake not much,14. Before hailethere fhal goe lightning: '& grace fhal goe be -fore-{hametattnes , & fof thy renerence good grace thal come to thee, a5,° And at the houre of ryfing flacke not thy felf: but runne before: doe thy conceits, and nor in fannesand proud word, 17, And aboue al things blefle our Lord that madethee, & that doth repleniih thee mith-al his prods; 18.'He that fearéth our Lord, fhal receine his doGtrine: and they. that wil watch after him, fhal findeblefling-19. He that feeketh. fcandalized by it. 20, They that feare our, Lord , fhal finde iuit iudge- henfion, and according to his wil, wil finde excuie.2 2. A man ot countel wil net dettroy ynderftanding, anaiien and proud man wil not dread teare: 23. ¥ca after he hath done with teare without counfel , he fhal be controled euen by his owne purfuices, 24. Sonne (4) doc nothing without couniel, and after the fact thou fale not repent, 25, Goe not inthe way of ruine, and thou fhalr not {tumble at fiones : commite not thy ECCLESIASTICVS., 417. thy (elfto a-laborious way , left chou fet a {candal to thy foule, 26. And {hath appoin- beware of thy children, and take heede ofthem of thy houfehold, - 27, fed:for when ‘In al thy worke belieue thy foule (¢ )-by faith: for this isthe kee- FW three ping of the commandments, 28, He thar belieueth God, attendeth (7° 8* ered in ] to the commandments : and he that trufteth in him, thal nox be his name, he is AS ia middes of leffened, hem. 4448.18. (ec) Doe not: ‘againft thy i nftience. CuHoarm XXXILII, dures. Feare of God defendeth from al aduerfaries. 5. Follse is “ynconflant.8. God di pofeth al to rhe beft.13.Man # in Gods band, as clay inthe posters.20,Superiours non ft keeve shesr authoritie, and sheir fabie Bs in difeipline. O himthat feareth our Lord euils fhal not happen , but in tentation God wil keepe him, and deliuer him from euils,

thereof (6 )taketh away fleepe.2. The thought of forcknowledge curneth away the vn-. 4 derftanding,& grieuous infirmitiemaketh a fober S, {oule.3.Thesich man hath laboured in gathering’ fe of fubftancetogether,& in his reft he inal bere. plenifhed with Bis goods, 4. The poore man hath » laboured in the diminithing of his liuing , and in the end he is made poore. 5. He that Joueth gold {hal not be iuitified : & he that foloweth after corruption, {hal bereplenifhed of it.6.Manie haue been giuen into falles for gold, and their perdition hath come-b the beauriethereof.{7. The gold of them thar facrifice isa wood of 0 ence: Bleffed is the rich man that is found without {pot: and that hath not gone after gold, nor hoped in money and treafures. 9, W ho is this? & we wil praife him,for he hath done meruelous thingsin his life. 10. Who is pro- ued therin, & perfeét,shal haue eternal glorie, He that (¢)could trafprefle, & hath not tranfgrefled:and doe euils,and hath not done:11, therfore are his good things “eftablished in our Lord, & al the church of faints sha} d eclare {courged with miferie, 15, The (c) health of the foule in holines of reuenewes, 16, There is no riches abouethe riches of the heal:h of the’ ythen continualficknes. 18.: Good things hid in a mbuth that is shut,are as mefles of meares fez abour: wo to them, that folow after it,and cuerie wnwile man fhal perish in it.8, Des. Ihe Pro.z2, rs. & r7. { Pro, 23. Pro. 22. 'Pro. 21. Pfi983 fleepe vntil morning. , and his foule with him fhal be delighted.25.And Phath deftroyed very manie, 31, Fire rryeth hard yron: fo wine drunken rmen , wine in fobrietie:ifthou drinke it moderately, thou thalt be fober, ECCLESTASTICYS. 415 declarehis almes, 12, Art thou fet ata greartable? open nottny iawe therevpon firft.13. Say not this: There be manic things which are vponit. 14,.Remember that anaughtie ele is euil, 15. What ts created worie then the eie ? therefore fhal it weepe at euerie face. When it fhal fee, 16. ftretch not out thy hand firft,& fo contaminated with enuie thou be afhamed.17. Be not oppreffed in a feaft.18. Vnderftand by thy felf whatthy neighbours things are.19. Wife as a frugal man thofe things, that are fet before thee:, left thou be hated when thou eateft much. -20, Leaue off frft for manners fake , and exceede not, leftthon perhaps offend. 21. And if thou be fet inthe middes of manic, ftretch not forth thy hand before them: neither doe thou firft aske to drinke, 22. How iufBcientr isa liztle wine for a man wel taught, and in fleeping thou {halt not be pained with it, and thow fhalr feele no Briefe, 23. Watching, & choler, & torment cepe of health isin a man of {pare diet:he fhal to an vnfatiable man: 2.4. if thou haft been forced with eating much, rife from the middes , and vomite , and it fhal refrefhthee, and thou fhalt not bring infirmitie to thy bodie. 26. Heare me my fonne, and defpiie me not: and in the end thou fhalt finde iny words, 27. In al thy workes be quicke, and al in- firmitie fhal not chance vnto thee, 28, The lippesiof manie fhal bleffe him are happie, thar through Gods grace doe not breake his command- ments. that is magnifical in breads,and the teftimonie of his truth is faithful, 29. ‘In (d)naughtie bread the cittie wil murmur , and the ceftimonie of the naughtines thereof is true.30, Prouoke not them that loue wine: for wine im drunkennes fhalrebuke the harts of the proud, 32. Equal lite to al

10, There is a guitt , that is not Profitable : and there js a guift , the reward whereof is double, 11, There is debafing becaufe ot Bobb 3 found wife : and there

Reg.i. (6)The mira- fcle wroucht by Jiiis dead hodiv shewed thaz he was an he- lie Propher. i vnto thee:s.Who didft ray{c.p the dead fr hel, trom the Jotte of death, THE BOOK OF fiiuer as lead, 21, and bowed ft thy thighes to women: thou haft had RS: power on thy bodie.2 2. Thou(c)nafi made a blotcesn thy glorie, & pro- 1 Reg. taned thy feedeto bring wrath to thy childré,& thy toilie to be kindled, j11. 23 tomake the Kingdom diuided, and a {tubburne kingdom to reigne of Ephraim, 4.But Ged wil notleaue his mercic,and he wil NOt-COrrupt, P/fi.8 nor abolifh hisowne workes,ncither wil he deltroy fromthe fiocke the nephewes of his cle¢t:and he wil not corruprthe feede of him,that ioueth our Lord.25.But he gaue a remnantre Jacob, and to Dauid of the fame ftocke, 26, And Salomon had anend with his fethets, 27. And heieatt atter him of his {cede,the follieaf the nation, 28, and Roboam hauing litle wifedom,who turned away the nation by his couniel, 2 9. and Iero- boam the fonne of Nabat,who made Ifrac]:0 finne, and mace a way of {inning to Ephraim, and their finnes did abound very manic.30. They re- moued them away trom their land very tar. 31. And he fought al iniqui- Lics,til there c.une determe vate chem,and he rid thein trom al finnes, Cuar. XLVIII. Pratfes of Eitas,t 3-Elifeus 19. ER eclids, 23 .and atas, Nop there arofe Elias the prophet, as it were fire, and his § word burnt as a litle torche, 2, Who brought famine ‘yponthein,and they prouoking him intheir enuic were _ nade fewe,for they could not abide the precepts of our ’ Lord,3.By the word.of our Lord he ftayed-heauen, and he brought dewne fire from heauen(a )thrife. 4. So was in his meraclous workes. And who can fo glorie like Elias magnified in the word cf our Lord God.6,Who didit caft downe Kirgs to detiru- étion , and didftcafily breake their might, and the glorious trom their bed,7.Who heareft iudgement in Sina, and in Horeb indgementsof de- fence, 8, Whoar oynicht Kings to repentance , and mekeft Prophets fuccefiours after thee.g. Who waft receiued in awhirlewind of fire,in a U34

A wicked woman ( and mo5t yntoleratle, if she haue fupreme dormnion. N three things my {piric is pleafed , which are approued betore God, and men: 2.(4)The concord of brethren, and the loue of neighbours , and man and wife wel agreeing together, 3. Three forts my foule hateth, and] am greatly greened at their lite: 4. (6 A poore man proud: & arich mana - lyer; anold man atoole, and doting, 5. The things tha: thou haft not gathered in thy youth , how in thy old age? 6, How beautiful is iudgement for a gray head , and for ancients to know counfel ! 7, How beautiftl 1s wifdom tor the aged , & vnderitanding glorious, and counfel ! 8, Much cunning isthe crowne of old men, and the teare of God is their glorie,

hid from God, and from on high who shal remember me? 17. Ina great people I shal not be knowen : for whatis my foule among fo innumerable creatures ? 18. Behold heauen,and the heauens of heauens , the depth,and al the earth, & the things that are in them, in his fightshal be moued, 19, the mountaines together, and the litle hils, & the foundations of the earth: & when God shal behold them, they shal be shaken with trembling. 20, Andin al thefe things the hart is fenfeles : and euerie hartis vnderftood of him: 21. and his wayes who doth vnderftand, and the ftorme , which neither the cie of man shal (ee: 22. For manie of his workes are in fecrets : but the workes of. his iuftice who shal declare ? or who shal fufteine? For the reftament is far from fome, and the examination of al is inconfummation, 23. He thacis le(fe of hare, thinketh vaine things : andthe vnwife, and erring man, thinketh foolish things. 24. Hearememy fonne , and learne the difcipline of vndcrftanding, and attend tomy words in thy hare , 25. and I] wilfpeake difcipline in equitie , and wil fearch to declare wife- dom: andtomy words attend in thy hare, and 1 {peake in eqnitie of fpititthe vertues, that God hath put vponhis workes from the begin- ning, and intruth-{ shew forch his knowledge. 26. 1n the iudgement of God are his workes from the beginning , and from the inftitution of them he diftinguished their parts,and their beginnings in their nations,

(b) hauereuerence tothefe things , which proce d from my mouth. 20.For it isnot good to obferue al fhamtafines: k a . ! things doc nor pleafe al men in opinion, 21.Be afhamed before father & berore mother, of fornication: and before the prefident and before h migthie , of lying:22 before the Prince, and before the indge, of offe - ce: betore the inagogue and the people, of iniquitie > 23. betore con . panion and freind , of iniuftice : and before the place where thon dwelleft, 24. of thett , of the ermthof God, and his teftament Of! leaning on the bread , and of reproofe for the thing giuen nd taken: 25. beforerhem thar falute thee, of filence: of beholding a we man that isan harlot: and of turning away thy countenance fiom thy kinfman.26,Turne not away thy face from thy neighbour ,& of taki } away part &not reftoring.2 7.Behoild not an other mans wife,and fearc no: his handmayde , neither ftand by her bed,28, Before freinds of , probrious words:and when thou hait giuen,vpbrayde not, “e P Mat.s. -.y. 28. Cuap, Lewis. rg. ‘Deu. i. Té. Pio.24. Ja.nb.2. CELESTASTICYS. rn Ne E Cuar. XLIL Fart ‘er admonition to auoide jinnes in words,and deeds: 6 eith care that others ! nfrrenre {station 13 Goasex- of-nd not by our nezlicence. 1g. An other matter of med cellencie appearing in its workes, 4a . Epeate not theword (4) whichrhon haft heard, neither rcuealethou of afecret word , & thou fai indeed be without confufion , and thai: finde erace inthe fight of ai men: benst aimamed for al thefe things,and accept not perion therby to finne. 2.Of the law of the Higheft,and his teftamen:,and of iudgementto iuftine the impious,3.0f the w o-d of companions and way faring men,and ofthe gi - of we inherance or freinds, 4.of the egualitie of balance and iiss : weightes,ofrhe getting of manic things and tew,,5, of the corruption ot byin:,and of marchan cs,and of much diicipiine of thy children,and to . . Ce od . make bloudiethe fideo a wicked feruanc. 6. Ouer a naughtie woman a cealeis good, 7, Where there are mane hands, {hut vp,and what foeuer thou shale deliuer,numiber,and weigh iz:and write euerie thing giuen anc recewed.8.Of the difeipiine of thc vnwiie and foolish , and of ancients, that are iudged of yong men : and thou shalt be wel initructed in a; things,and approued inthe fight of al the liuing.g. A daughter isthe fe- cret watch of the father,and the care of hertaketh away fleepe,left per- haps in -her youth she become paft age, & abiding with an husband she become odious:10. le{t at anie time she be corrupted in her virginitie,and in her fathers houfe she be found with childe:left perhaps abyding with her husband she tranfgreffe,or az the leaft became barren.11, Ouer a dii- folute daugther keepe ture watch : left at anie time she make thee come into reproch withthineenemies , becaufe of detraction in the citie,and the obieCtion of the people, and she confound thee inthe multitude of the people.r2.Looke not on euerie bodie for beautie fake:& 2mong wo- mien tarie not.13.For our of garments.commeth forch:the moch,anc trem a woman the iniquitie of aman.14.For(b)better isthe iniquitie of a man, then a woman doing a good turne , and a woman shaming vnto re- proch. 15. U therefore wil be mindetul of the workes of our Lord, and I wil shew forth which I haue feen, By the; words of our Lord are his workes, 16, The funne illuminatir.g hath looked throughout al , and tul of the glorie ot our Lord ishis worke,17. Hath not our Lord made the faintsto declare al his meruelous things , which our Lord the omnipo- tent confirmed to be eftablished in his giorie218,He hath iearched outthe depth,and the hart of men:& intherr fubtilitie he hath confidered,1g,Fer our Lord hath ::nowen al knowledge,and hath beheld the figne ot ave, Fff 2 declaring vaIt isnot awful to re- eaie thar, which we auftly promite, toconccale, { ‘ ' 1 i ' i 1 v ‘ N eiThere is itiie aon zerin : ico { nuerfing ifamiiiariy with a wicked’ man,then with a freind ite Woman, in which con- serfation, much prudence: Isrequired,as isLefore admo_: - { i i nivhed.chap y ic) The exeel- dencie of God, iwhich can not ive {cen with ‘mortal eye i( Exo.33.) 4s ipropofed to our meditation ‘in his workes. i The like:in, lob, 38.39.40. 41. and in manie places of holie Scripture. i ! (a) OF al fon “es ierearures , yea Sof fenfivie alfo,that haue not reafon, the fanne 1s moft excellent. Of which al cor- poral crea- tures receiue their light : & by whofe in- fluence al ge- neration of creatures pro- ceedeth:wher- jof is this jMaxime in Philofophie, that The funne and man beges aman, And Ariftotel cal- leth the funne rhe father of men and of wods. li. 2. de.anima, Put the fairhf il know it 1sa THE BOOK OF 430 declaring what things are paft,and what are to come,teuealing (¢ )the to- kens of fecret things.20, No cogitation efcapeth him , and no word hi- deth it {elf from him, 21, The glorious workes of his wifGem he hath beautified:who is before the world & world withourend, neither is there added , 22. nordiminifhed, and hencedeth not anie mans counfel, 23. How are al his workes to be defired , and whichisas it were afparke to confider! 24. Al thefe liue,and remaine for euer , andinal neceffitie a] things obey him,25.Al things double,one againit one,and he hath made noting te want, 26. He hath contirmed the good things of euerie one. And who {hal be filled feeing his glorie? CHA PRP, XLIIL Gods incomparazle excellencte appeareth in the heauens,> .in the funne,6.moone, g.other flarres.1 2 .rainebow.14. fnow, 5. cloudes,16. hayle.17.winde.18. thunder, 21.froft 22.chriffal,2 4.dew,26.the (ea, and snaumerable things there in, 2.9.Nomanss ableto prasle God fuffictensly. He firmament of height is his beautie, the beautie cf f heauen is in the vifion of glorie.2. The (4) funnein fight declaring at his coming forth, a meruelous inftrument, the worke of the Higheft.3. At noone ir burneth the } earth, and who can abide in theprefence of the heare thereof: keeping a fornace in the workes of heare: 4. the: {unne three times fo much burning the mountaines, cafting out fyrie bea- mes,and fhining with his beames blindeth the eyes, 5, Greats is our Lord that made it, and by his words it hath haftened his courfe, 6, And the moone in al in her time, is the fhewing of feafon andthe figne of age. 7-Bythe moone isthe figne of a feftiual day, al ghrthat diminifheth in confummation.8.T he month is according to her name, increafing mer- ucloufly in confummation, 9, An initrument of the cape on high, fhining glerioufly in the firmament of heauen , 1o. The glorie of the ftarres is the beautie of heauen, -our Lord illuminating the world on high,11.1n the words of the holie one they {hal ttand to 1udgement, and fhal not faile intheir watches, 12, See the bow:, and blefle him that made it:it is very beautiful in his brighrnes. 13.1¢ hath c6paffed heau€ in the circuite of his glorie,the hides ofthe Higheft haue opened it, 14. Bur by his comandemét he hath haftened fnow,& he hafteth to s€d forth the lightnings of hisiudgement,1;, Therefore are the treafures opened, & the cloudes flie forth as birdes.16.By his grearnes he hath fer the cloudes, & the haileftoncs are broken, 17.1n his fiche the mounraines {thalbe moued, creature in- fertour to man, mrefpect of 1 & at his ilthe fouth winde hath blowen. 18. The nov fe or his thunder wlele eares we fhal meruail, 27, There are goodly workes , & meruaiious; ‘the more anic ECCLESIASTICVS. 431 fhal beate the earth , the tempeft of the northwind , and the gathering this reafonable together of wind: 19, and asthe bird lighting downe to fitte, he fcatereth » ules and in {now , and the falling thereo®, is asthe locuft dyuing downeward, 20, jin a oe The eye ihal admire the beautie of the whitenes thereof, and the hart jcreatures, uaketh at the fhowet thereof,21.He fhal power out froft vpon the earth iackaowleice as falt: and when it freefeth, it fhal be made as the toppes of athiftle.22, if uperexeclient The cold north wind blewe,& of water there frofe chryftal, vpon al ga- ete ee thering rogether of waters it fhalreft, & asa breft plate irfhal put ic felt -¢) Wj chalip vpenthe waters, 23. And it fhal deuoure the mountaines, & burne the lappearcth even defert , & extinguith that which is grene as fire, 24, The remedie of al is inthe ica cre- inthe hattie comming of a cloude,and a dew meeting it by the heatethat jatures whofe cometh, {hal make it quaile.25.At his word the wind was ftil, and with fen ge his thought he appeafed the depth,and our Lord planted Ilandes therein, ‘liries 5 with 26, They tharfaile on the fea,tel the perils therof: & hearing with our lother accidéts. diuers kindes of beattes, & of al cattel, & the creature of mightie beaftes, M49 confide 28, Through him is the end of their iourney confirmed, and by his word he vythe more al things are fet inorder. 29. We thal fay maniethings, & {hal faiiein God. theonte words but the umme of our words is, He isin al, 30, Gloritying him Creatour of al, how tarihal we be able > tor the omnipotent himfelf is aboue al his workes, 31. Our Lord is terrible, & exceeding great, & his might is meruelous, 32, Glorifying our Lord as much as ever you can, he fhal yet lurpaffe , and his magnificence is meruelous, 33. Bleffing our Lord, exal: him as much as you can: for he is greater then al praife, 34. Exalting him be ye replenished with ftrengch, Labour not: tor you fhal not com- prehend, 35, Who fhal fee him, and fhaldeclare him? and who hal magnifie him as heis trom the beginning : 36. Manie things hid are reater then thefe: for we haue feen tew or his workes. 37, Bur our Lord made al things, and to them that hue pioufiy he hath giuen wifdom. -” CHuoar XLIIII. Praifes.of holse fathers sm general: 16 .andan particular of Enoch, 17. Not, 20, The 2. part . d lacob. Examples and Abrabam,24, Ifaacand 14co weap and : . : . . men: with g E 1 vspraife glorious men, and our fathers in their ge- aie. x than. -neration, 2, Much glorie ha h our Lord made by his kes te Cod. PG magnificence from the beginning of the world, 3.) A} Ruling in their (4) dominions,men great for force, and '*' Vertuons Nave endued with their wifdom , declaring in the propnets Wen ie rigints SRT a B the dignitie of prophets, 4. and ruling m the people that [144 Prine was prefent,and by the vertue or wif iom molt holie words to the peoples. -he children off

the function of Pricfthood , and to haue praife and to glorifie his people in his name, 20. He chote him of al that liued,to offer facrifice to God, incenfe,and good o.'our, for a memorial to pacihe tor his people: 21, and he gaue them power in his precepts, in the teitaments of his iudgements , toreach lacob his teftimonies, and in his law to giue light to Irael.2 2 Becaufe ftrangers {tood againft him,and for enuic men compafied him about in the defert,they that were w ith Dathan and Abiron, and the congregation of Core in anger. 23. Our Lord God aw, and it pleafed hin not, and they were confumed in the violence of wrath, 2 4. He did prodigious things ynto them, and confumed them in flame of fre. 25. And he added glorieto Aaron, and gaue him an inhe- : ritance,:and diuided vnto him the firft fruits of theincreafe of the earth, Leuihad rota 26, He prepared them bread inthe firft vnto fatietie:forthe facrifices alfo of our Lord they fhal eate, which he gaue to him,and to his feede. 2 7.But (c)he thal not inherite the nations in the land, and he hath no part in the : nation:for himfelt is his portion & inheritance. 28, Phinees the fonne of had tithes, frtt Eleazar is therhird in glorie, in imitating him-in the feare of our Lord: dD 29.and to ftand 1n the reueréce of the nation: inthe goodnes and alacritie ; of his foule he pacified God tor Ifrael.30, Therefore did he eftablifirvirro him a covenant of peace, to be the Prince of the holies, and of his nation, that the dignitie ot Pricichood should be to him and to his icede for euer,

al flei: but without iudge- ment doe no grieuousthing, 31.J £thou haue a faithful feruant, let him ve vnto thee as.thy foule: as-a brother fo entreate him ; becautein the dloud o thy foule thou hait gorren him, 32. Ir thou hurt him vniuitly, ne wil runne awny : 33. if riting vp he depart, thou knoweft not whom to aske,and what way to feeke him. CHarp. XXXIIIT Truft not vaine dreames, foushfayings , nor lies.9. Much good s got by experience

ferme in general were created toge- ther, thovoh ther were afterwards iformed in particular ikinds as they are diftinély recired in Gel nefis, with the order & oma- ments of the World. S.e Aug, Ly 4.0.33. em 34. de Gen.ad liter. Where he ex. prefly affr- meth thar this Scripture was written by tnfpiration of the fame fiz rite of truth, wherby Ge- nefis was (2)The beft re- medie againft great finnes is to auoide fmal a! ones,and notto . 398 THE BOOK OF. the dayes of offeaces wil beware of flouth.28.Euerie fubtile man know- eth wifdom,and to him that findeth her he wil giue prayfe.29 The wife in words, and they alfo haue done wifely:and haue vnderliood truth and iuftice,and haue tayned prouerbs & iudgements. 30. ‘Goe not after thy concupifcences,and turne away from thy wil.31.1f thou giue to thy foule her concupifcences, she wil makethee a ioy ro thy enemies.32. Be not delighted in multitudes , nor in few:for their concertation is continual, 33-Be not poore in contention of borowing,and thou haft nothing in thy purfe:for thou shalt-be enuious to thine owne lite, Cuarv. XIX, An admonition aga inft drunkennes, laxcurie, 4 Light fufpition,7 wand detra hon, 13.Freindlie correption 1s neceffarie,23 .and fencere humiliuse, 27. Exteriour car sage 1S A figne of mternal di/pofition. Workman that is a drunkard shal not be rich:and he ay 4) that conténeth {mal things,shal tal by litle and litle. (x 2 Wine and womé make wilemé to apottatate,and shal reproue the prudent: 3 .and he that oyneth himielt to ‘$next verie.But to reucale, fe~ jcret finnes to a fpiritual father in {a- cramental confe fion,is neceffaric, wholefome, sand fecure. _ contemmne DIELS) Me yarlots, shalbe naught.R ottennes and wormes shal in- the leaft,but TEXAS herite him , andhe shal be lifted vp for a greater.exam- diligently to ple ,and his lite shal be taken out of the number.4.He that giueth credite amend al. quickly, is light,o: hart, and shal be !eflened : and he shal moreouer be (h) That this { counted one that finneth againft his owne foule..5, He that reioyceth document in iniquitie , shal be reprehended , and he that hateth chafcifement shal pertcynethto be diminished of Jife : and he that hateth babbling , extinquisheth.ma- Netinon lice, 6. Hethat Gnneth againft his owne ioule , shal repent:and be that with worldiie 18 delighted in naughsineffe, shal be reprchended, 7, Iterate not a men,appea- -vicked and hard word , andthoushalt not be leffened. 8. To treind yreth by the and foe tel not thy minde:and if thou haue finne (4) difclofe it nor. g.For he wil heare thee,and wil watchthee , andas it were defending the finne he wil hate thee,and fo wil he be prefent with thee alwaies. 10, Halt thou heard a word againft thy neighbour?let it die together in thee, . trufting that it wil not burft thee.11.Ar the prefence of aword the foole. traueleth,as the groning of the childbirth of an infat,12.An arrow ftickt in the thigh of Rett is a word inthe hart ot atoole. 13. Rebuke a freind, left perhaps he hath not vnderftood, and fay : I-did it not:or.it he Ht is alfo very commandabic md mof jaw- ful in holie relivious So- cicties, where didit,that he doe it not againe.14.Rebuke thy neighbour, left perhaps he {aid it notzand if he {aid it, left perhaps he iterate it.15,R ebuke thy freind: for there is often a fault cémitted. 16 And belicue not euerie word. There is that offendeth withthe tongue , but not trom his hart.17, For whois there that hath not ofiéded in his tongue?Rebuke thy neighbour before thou ‘Eccle.3, “ECCLESIASTICY}WS 399 thou threaten, 18. And giue place to the feare of the Higheft : becaufe the feare of God is al wife fition of the law is in al wifdom, 19. And the difcipline of wickednes is not wifedom : andthe cogitation of finners isnot prudence, 20, There is wickednes , andin ir execration: and there isa foole that hath Jefle wifdom, 21. Better is a man that hath leffe wifdom and lacketh wnder- ftanding , in feare, then he that aboundeth in-wnderftanding and tranf- greffeth the law of the Higheft, 22, There is an aflured wubtilitie,& the {ame wicked, 23, And thereis that-verereth an-exaét word telling the truth, There is that(¢)wickedly humbleth himfelfe , and his inner p be ful of deceite : 24, and there is aiuft man; d )that iubmittech himfelfe ouermuch o* great humilitie : and there is a init one ( e) that boweth his face, and feyneth himiclf not to fee that which is ynknowen : 25, andit he be forbidden to finne for imbecillitie o: power , it he inal finde atime to doe euil,he wil doe euil, 26.A man is knowen by the fight,and a wife- man is kuowen by the fhew ot his face, 27. The clothing of the bodie, and the laughing of theteeth, andthe going ot the man tel of him, 28. There isa lying chattifementin the anger ot a conrumelious perfon:and thereis a iudgemenr, thatis riot allowed tobe good ; and thereis that holdeth his peace, and he is a:‘wife Cuar. XX, Corre Eion ought to be without patton of anger. 5. Much difcretion is required sn [peach.and in filence.14. Alo in Sone 20.6 promifing, 29.andin Ytte- ring knowledge, where and when it behoussh. ay Ow good a thing is itto rebuke, rather then to be

hands: and good things fhal reft in his cottage for euer. 26, He fhal fet his children ynder her couering, and fhal abide vnder her boughes:27.he fhal be protected vinder her couering from the heate , and fhal reft in her glorie, CHoar XV, Tie fiwits of fearine God: 7. which fooles and liers reape not , but the-wife only. 11, God 6 noway aus'our of finne, 14. but finners themfelues are the Au- thours,abufing their frree-wil. E that feareth God, fhal doe good things,and he that-hath @\f9 («)iuftice {hal apprehend her,2,and fhe wil meete him as an een f honourable mother,&a wife irom virginitie fle wil receiue ple Ss ( him,3. She fhal feed him with the bread of life end ynder- ae ftanding , and giue him the water of wholfeme wifccm to drinke:and she fhal be made {ure in him, and he fhal not be kowed Ld. and fhe fhal hold him faft , and he fhal not be confounded ; and fhe fiiai exalt him before his neighbours , 5, and in the middeft of the Church fhe fhal open his mouth, and fhal fi] him with the fpirit-of wifdem ard vnderftanding , and fhal clothe him witha ftole of glotie. 6. Joy & exultation fhe fhal heape vpon him , & fhal make him inherite an <uer- lafting name. 7, Foolifh men fnal not apprehend her , & wife men fhal meete'her, foolifh men fha] nox fee her:for {he is far from pride and deceit. 8.Lying men {hal not be myndtul of her: and truc mer. sha] be found in her, and fhal haue fuccefle , euen tothe .beholding ot God. g. (6) Prayte is not comelie in the mouth of a finner : 10, becaufewifdem proceedec trom God.For prayfe shal be with the wifdcm oi God, & shal abouid in a faithful mouth, & the dcminatour wii give praife to it. 11, Say not:(¢) It is by God, that she is cbfent : for doe rot thou the things that he hereth, 12, Say not: He hath made me erre:for impious men are not neceflarie for him (f) There shal be particular reward of cuerie cood worke, (4) Whofoener ‘Shal refolue jwith himfelf to live iuftly, shalke furc to thaue grace,fer God prenéteth our W e2 kenes and fo conti- nueth to helpe al thar accept his grace. (6YHe doth in- 1uriete-God,& tohis word, that preacheth. weland liucth euil, {¢)-Beza fayth God ordained rAdains fal but toa cocd end: and that God tuftly decreed thawwhich men veinfily have 5 donc. im refut. r.caiumnie ad Cafel But this holie Scripture lteacheth the contrarie, that God gaue man both tree-wil, tand fufticient grace , that he might if he weald haue kept his pre- cepts. The fame, is alfo cleerely taught Dews.7. 11.30.and ober places, (a)Fire of con- cupifcence, if itbenot ouer- come m1 this life, wil pro- cure the fire of ‘Sods wrath, which shal ne- ter be extia- zuished, 394 THE BOOK OF him, 13. Our Lord hateth al abomination of errour, and it. fhal not be amiableto them, that feare him, 14, God from the beginning made man, and left him in the hand of his owne counfel, 15. He added his com- mandments and precepts. 16.1f thou wil keepe the commandmenit,and keepe acceptable fidelitte for euer,they fhal preferuethee. 17. He hath fer before thee warer-and- fire; co which thowwilt, ftretch forth thine hand,18. Before man there is life and death , good and eutl: what pleafeth him thal be giuen him: 19, Becaufe the wifdom of God is much, and he is.ftrong in mighte, feeing al men without intermiffion, 20, The eies of } our Lord are towards them that feare him, and he knoweth a) the worke of man, 21. He hath commanded no manto doe impioufly, and he hath giuen no man {pace to finne:22, for he defireth nor a multirude of faith- leffe and ynprotitable children, Cuar. XVI. A few geod children, yea none at al , are better then manie wicked. 9. Gods wrath falleth -ypon the euil, and bismercie onthe gaod.14.Weorkes of mercse merite great reward. 15. Nothing u bid from God , 20. but mane shings from men. : Erorce not in impious children , if they bé 44) multiplied : neither be delighted vpon them, if the feare of God be not inthem, 2, Credite not their life , and refpe& not their labours. 3. For better is one fearing God, then a thoufand impious Bil} children,4.And it is more profitable to die without children , rather then to leane impious children, = 5. By one wifeacountrie fhal be inhabited, and the tribe of the impious fhal be made defolate. 6. Manie fuch things hath mine eie feen, and myne eare hath heard things of more force then thefe, 7. In the fynagoguc of finners (4 ) a fire {hal flame, and inan incredulous nation wrath shal waxe hor,8, Theold giants did not obteine for their finnes, who were deftroied rrufting to their owne ftrength: g. and he fpared not the peregrination of Lot, and ne detefted them for the pride af their word, 10, He had nor pirie on them, deftroying the whole nation, and extolling themfelues in their finnes, 11, And as the fix hundred thoufand foote men, which were gathered together in the hard- nes of their hart: and if one had been ftiffe necked, itis meruail if he had been vnpunifhed, 12, Forthere is mercie and wrath with him, Mightie exoratid, & powring out wrath:1 3-according to his mercie,fo his chafti- fernét iudgeth ama according to his workes,14, The finner ihalnor efcape in robberie, and the fufferance of him that doth merci fhal not flacke, ia 15.A. Gen. Zz. Mat.t9, User. Ter.2.u. 3. Num. 26. U6, Rom, 2. ECCLESIASTICVS. 395

He adorned cheir workes for euer , neither haue they hungred, nor laboured, and they haue not ceafed from their workes. 28. Euerie one shal not vexe his neighbour for euer, 29. Be not incredulous to his word, 30, After this God looked vpon the earth , & filled it with his good things.3 1.And(c)the foule of euerie liuing thing shal-shew before the facethereof, and into it againe is their returne. Cuar. XVII God creating man tobis ovene unage, gaue him guifts, 9. and peecepts: 1.4 .chofe the Ifraelstes for bis peculiar people. 18.Workes of mercie are commended to al men:20. Repentanceto finners.28.Mercie is offered to al, se G D crearedman of the earth , aud after his owne ne image he made him, 2. And againe he turned him 1] into it, and conformable to himfelfe clothed him (4) with ftrength. 3. He gaue him a number of daies and time , and gaue him power of thofe things that are vpon the earch. 4. He put his 4 feare oueral flesh,and he had dominion of beafts a=! and fowles. 5. He created of him an helper hike to himfelf: he gaue them counfel ,and tongue , andeies, & eares, and Bbb hast Tom, 2. (b)Euena dish of colde water giaen in almes shal be rewar- ded, 2445. 10. folow reafon) and al fenfible foules doe(in uidence of God 5 in vfing al creatures to that end for which thy were created. (a)Man at firft receiued ori- ginal iuftice, by loofing wherof we al fel into .origi= nal fine, (c) Reafonable . foules ( if they, ; their manner) , praife the pros. i \ if --- PAGE 1413 --- \preceptto man to be ob- ferued for ex- 'ercife of his ‘obedience, & fo to be re- warded,and ivnder paine of. punishment afhetranfyref- fed.Gen.z, ithe end.-is ne- \ceflarie, which’ Inone can me- iFIte. \(d@) Bur muft (6) God gauea (c)Perfeueran-: purpofe,and (d) of praier of hemoft high God,25.Goe into the parts of re in verrue to Sti] pray for ir. 396 THE BOOK OF 6.He created in them the knowledge of the fpirit,he filled their hart with vnderftanding,and euil and good he fhewed them.7,He fer hiseievpon their harts to fhew them the greatthings of his workes : 8, tharthey might praife the name of fanctificatid:& glorie in his meruelous workes, that they might declare the glorious things of his wotkes.g.He added (b) difcipline vnto them,and madethem inherite the law of iife.1o. He made an euerlafting teftament withthem , & hefhewed them iuftice and his iudgeméts,11.And their eie faw the glorions things of his-honour ,& their eares heard the honour of his voice,and he faidto them:Bew are of eue- rie vniuft thing.12. And he gaue them commandment eucrie one con- cerning his neighbour. 13, Their wayes are before him alwaies, they are not hid fronrhis eies,14,Quer euerie nation he appointed a -ruler.15.And Iirael was made the manifeft portionof God.16.And.al their workes as the funne in the light of God; and his cies without intermiffion looking ontheir wayes, 17. The teftaments were not.hid by their iniquities and al theit iniqui.ies are in the fight of God. 18. The almes of a manis asa feale with him , and thal preferue the grace of a man asthe apple of the cie:19.And afterward he shal arife, and dbalrender them reward,to eueric one ypon their head, and dhalturne into the inner parts of the earth, 20, Lut tothe penitent he hath giuenthe way of iuftice, and he hath confir- medthem that faile to fufteine, and hath appointed to them the lot of truth, 21.Turneto our Lord,and forfake rhy finnes : 22. pray betore the face of our Lord,and diminiih offences.23.Keturne to our Lord, & curne away. from thine iniuftice, and hate exceedingly abomination:24. and know the iuftices and iudgeinents of God, and(c)ftand in the lot of thy rthe holie world,with thediuing,and thé that giue praifeto God. 26.Ta- ' rie not inthe errour of the impious, betore death cdtefle. From the death as nothing, confefhion perifheth,2 4, Thou fhalt confeffe liuing aliue and in health thou halt corefle,and {halt praife God,and shalt glorie in his mer- cies.28.How great isthe mercie of-our Lord , and his propitiation to them thar rurne io him? 29. Foralthings can not be in men,becaufe the fonne of manis not immortal, and they haue delighted inthe vanitie of malice.3o0,What is brighter then the funne?& it flial faile, Or what more wicked then that which flefh and bloud hath inuented ? and this fhal be reproued,31,He beholdeth the power of the height of heauen;and al men be earth and afhes, hart to deuife : and he filled them with the difcipline of vnderftanding. -Rom,13. Cuap, --- PAGE 1414 --- Pfa.89. VU.10.

might giue wif..om into our hart co iuc g¢ his nation in iuttice , that their good things might not be abolithes,& wacir gioric in their nation he made euerlaiting, Cuar, 433 teach lacob his teftament,and Urael his indgements.7, He exalted Aaron then other his brother high, and like to himfelf of the tribe of Leui.8, He eftablifhed vnto him (4) an cuerlafting teftament , and gaue him the Priefthood of the nation, and made him blefied in glorie , 9. and he girded him about witha girdle , and put vpon hima robe of glorie, and crowned him in turniture of power, 10, Garments to the feere,and breches,and an Ephod he put vpon him,and compafled him with litie belles of gold very manie round about,11 to giue a found in his going,to make found heard in the temple for a memorte to the children ot his nation. 12. An holie robe, of gold, and hyacinthe,and purple, a wouen worke, ot a wifeman, indued Prophets,vet faw not his fubftance.as is noted Exod.33, { (b) Aarons “riefthcood corziuued fo lon:, as Movfes law: that was til Chriit. Ande now thePrief~ hood accor- ding to the or- ‘der of Melcni- ifedech con- itinueth to rhe ] (c) The tribe of portion of in- heritance fe- ‘parate from f the reft , bur fruits, and ‘oblations for ‘their temporal Prouifio::, (4)King Danid gaye fpecial aii ftance to rhe Pricfts, and vreativ aduan- ced Gods fore ee. Paral. 3 Ce. (4)-Tofue fuc-. eveded in the temporal ¢o- aternement: for the {pirirual perteyned to the fucceffours of Aaron, Nuon, 27, (b) Oaly Lofue and Caleb re- Lmained of tho-! Me which came out of Aegypt, in the defert; and their chil- dren entered inte Chanaan. Nem, 14. (c) Though fome of he Iudges were fometimes great finners, yer they were Hinally inft,& for their goed aédtes much renowmed. nointed Saul and Dauid Kings. althe reft dyed} ‘(d) Samuel an-- 434 THE BOOK OF CHarp. XLVI. Praifes of Iofue,9. Caleb, 13. the Iudges of I/rael, 16. Namely of Samuel Indge and Prophet. 2M T R ons in battel was Iefus the fonne of Naue («) Z fucceflour ot Moyles among the prophets , who was © areat according to his name, 2. moft-grear in the fal- BY uation.of Gods elect, ro ouerthrow the enemies rifin AW vp,that he might gerjthe inheritance of Ifrael_3, What A slorie obteyned he in lifting vp hishands,and caftin {words againftthe cities > 4. Who before himdid fo refift > ‘or our Lord himfelf. brought the enemies. 5. Whether was not 'z,,4 49, the funne hindered in his anger ,.and one-day.was made.astwo? 6. He inuocated the mightie foueraigne in affaulting of the enemies on eucrie fide, and che great and holie God heard him in haile-ftones of exceeding great force. 7.. He made violent affault againft the narion of his enemies, and in the goeing downe he deftroyed the aduerfaries, 8. that the nations might know his might, that itis not eafie to fight againit God. And he folowed atthe back of the mightie. 9, And in the daies of Moyfes did mercie, and(b) Caleb the fonne of lephone, did {tand again{t the enemie, and ftayed the nation from finnes , and appeafed the murmuring of ma- lice, 10, And they two being appointed , were deliuered out of dan from among the number of fix hundred thoufand foore men., to bring theminto their inheritance,,into the land that yealdeth:milke and honie, 11, And our Lord gaue ftrength to Caleb-himfelf, and his ftre tinued euen vatil old age, fo that he went vp into the high-placeof the land, & his feede obteyned inheritance, 32, That al the children of I (rael might fee , that it is gaod to obey.the holie God, 13. And (¢) altheiudges by their name, whofehart was not corrupted : which were net turned away from our Lord, 14, that their memorie might be blefled, and their bones {pring out of their place, 15, and their name continue for euer , the glorie of the holie menremayning vatotheir children..16. The beloued of our Lord his God Samue} the Prophet of our Lord renewed the.em- pire, and (d) anoynted Princes in his nation, 17, By the law of-our Lord he iudged rhe congregation, and the God of Jacob faw , and in his. fide- Jitie was proued a propher, 18. And he was knowen faithful in his words, becaufe he faw the God of light : 19, and inuocated our Lord. Omnipo- tent,in aflaulting the enemies beferring him on euerie fide, nthe oblation of an.immaculate lambe, 20, And our Lord thundered from heanen, and in greatfound he made his voice heard, 21, and he defcomfited the Prin- ces of the Tyrians, and al the dukes of the Philifthiims: 22.-and before the time of the end of his life, and the world, he gaue teftimonie before our Nw.34. 17.

thou ‘ftrangcr, & furnish the rable , & with the things thou haft in thy hand, tecde the reft.3.4. Depart from the prefence of the honour of my freinds: for the neceffitie of my houfe my brother is to be lodged with me. 35- Theie things be -grieuous ro a mantha‘ hath vnderitanding : rebuke. tor the houfc,and the reproch of the lender, CHuar, XXX, Chafifment of chileren is neceffarre,and-indulzence ‘very dangerous. 1.4. Healtl fine but thereful in mind. E that foueth his fonne, doth accuftomc him to ftripes,that )(9 he may reioyce in his larer end, and nor grope atier the. erm ft doores of his neighbours, 2. Hethat teacheth his fonne, fhal y fe SK be praiied inhim,& in themiddes ot them of his houshold Prete hethal-gloricm him, 3. He thatteacheth his fonne,doth caft the enemie in-o emulation,and inihe middesot his freinds he tuai glorie in him.4/His father is dead ,& he is as it were not dead: for he bach left (2)The eldeft behind Himthe like tohimfelf.s.1n his life he fawe.and reioyced in him; fonnebeing Taler,zs to the enemies. 6. For he left a defender of his houfe againft the ene- haue Special foules of his fonnes he wil binde vp-his-wounds , & ar cuerie voice fother children, This: bowels lial be troubled, 8; An vntamed -horfe becommeth ftub- (Uento the ad- - Mentuitug of and he wilmakethee airaid: play withhim , and he wil make thee to- for theirlines tow ful,10,Laugh not withhim, left thou be forie , and at the laft (b) thy (6)Teeth.on teet shal be on edge.11.Giue him not power in his youth, and contemne [edge or gua- not his-cogitations. 12. Curbehisnecke in youth, and knock his fades Shing of teeth, ! whiles he isa childe, left pethaps he be hardned , and beleeue thee nor, S? Part of hel and he {hal be forow of minde to thee. 13, Teach thy fonne, and P7mes:4e? 8. . * : : : 1: . . er a 3 & foro- workein him, that thou offend not in his dishonedtie.14,. Better is 4 ‘tim eskcoin- -poore mah whole and {trong of force , therrarichmanweake ang Inethin this _ : life. Ddd 2 focus ts bessenthenriches.17 . A troublefonte lifessworfe s2en aeash.12. Be not pea- + 7 (c) ‘Pietie 1s a- Soue al riches and honour. (d) Suffer not vanecefiarie penfiuenes to afflict thy mind,through Spufillanimitie ‘}(e) But relic wholly vpon Gods wil and prouidesee, refigning thy wil vuto his, (2) They that imploy al their ftudic to get vertues, shal be more frec fromten- tations of the flesh. (6)And from drawdfines of mimd : where- upon S. Terom admonisheth: Lose the fiudies of holie Scripsw- res,and thou vvelt nos lone the-vices of she flesh. Epif?. ad Raficwm, Mo- nach, . (c) Ie 15 in mas freewil to tranferefic, & therfore they ros THE BOOK oF iuftice , is better thenal gold and filuer: and a found bodie,then infinite bedie:.andthere is no delight aboue the ioy of the hart.17. Better is death then a bitter life : and euerlafling reft a graue, 19.Whar Shal facrifice profite an idol 2-for neither shal he eate,nor {mel : 20. fo he that is chafed away of our Lord, beareth the rewards of iniquitie: 21.feeing with his eiesl, & gtoning , as an eunuch embracing a virgin and fighing. 22. (d) Give, not heauines to thy foule,& affid nor thy felf inthy counfel, 23 Joyfulnes of the hart, this isthe life of a man, and atreafure without defeé of holines: and the ioy of amanis log lite.

thirdly she hath tornicated in aduherie , and hath gotten her children of an other man.34.T his woma {hal be brought into the Church,and vpoher children there shal be cxa- mination.3s Her childré shal not take roote,& her boughs shal not yeald iruite, 26, She shal Jeaue her memorie to be curfed » and her dishonour shal not be wiped out.37.And they that ar e leatt shal know,that nothing is better then the feare o1 God: and nothing {weeter , thento haue regard tothe Mat. 5, Ifa. 26 Leu.20, Den.r2. Oo ECCLESIASTICVS. 405 to the commandments of our Lord.Ie ts great elorie to folow our Lord: for length of dayes shal be taken of him, Cuarp, XXITIL True and laudable w'[dom 5 proceeding from God, 6, shineth in his workes : 12. efcecially in his Church,where she bringeth forth al “vertues.2.6.She inuiteth al. “yato ber, 4.4.and lightneth ber folowers with {plendour of doctrine. Tspos shal praife(«) her foule, & shal be honon- red-in God, and shal glorie in the middesof her people, 2. and shalopen her mouth inthe chur- ches of the Higheft and fal glorie in the fight of his power , 3. and in the middes of her people RAP she fhal.be exalred,. and in the holie affemblie she Je shal be admired ,..4,and ir. the multitude of the P= ’ elect she thal haue praife, and among the bieffed the final be bleffed faving:5.1 came forth trom the mouth of the Highcft, the frft begotten before al creatures,.6, I made thar in the heauens there fhouid. rife light shar fraileth net, and asa cloud I couered al the earth, 7.1 dwelt inthe highett places,and my throne is in thepillar of a cloud. 8.1 alone haue gone round about the compafle of heauen, and haue pe- netrated intothe bottome of the depth,and haue walked in the waues of the fea,g.and ftood in althe earth:and in al people.1o. and in euerie natié I haue‘taad the primacie:11.and I haue by ftrength trodé downe the harts of al the excellent,and the bafe; and in al thefe things (b) 1 foughr reft,& Ishal abide mthe inheritance of our Lord.r2. Then the creatour of a] commanded,and {aid to me:& he that/¢) created me, refted in my taber- nacle,13.and he faid to me: Inhabite ( d ) in lacob , and inherite in Ifrael, andtake roote in mync cle@, 14. -From the beginning and betere the worids was! created, and vnto the world to come] shal not ceafe,and in the holie habitation I haue miniltred before him. 15.And fo in Sion was I eftablifhed,and in the fanctified cittielikewife I retted, and my power wasin Jerufalem. 16, And I tooke rooteinan honourable peopic,and in the portion of my God his inheritance,and my abiding is inthe fui aflem blie of faints. 17. ] amexalted as a-cedar in Libanus,and as a cyprestree. in mount Sion. 18, Asapalmetree in Cades am J exalted , and as aroie plant in lericho:19.As a faire olive tree in the fields,and as a plane tree by. che water inthe itreets am J exalted.20.] gaue an odour as cinnamon , & aromatical balme:as. choien myrthe haue giuenthe fweetnes ot ouour 23.and as diorax,znd galbanum,and onyx, and aloes,and as Libanus not cut,haue I pertumed mynehabitation,and myne {odour is a ba:me not Ghoft. ‘mingled,22.1 haue ipred out my boughs as theterebinth,and my boughs ‘are of honour & grace. 23. asa vine haue trucuhed {wee.nes ot (a)Diuine wi- fedom , the Se- cond Perfon of the B. Tri- , iitie, begotten, tot ercated, sraifeth ir felf. According to che phrafe of ‘peach Jere, 51. + 14 The Lord of heftes hath (v-verne by his foule that is,by auinfelf, . (5) God offe- veth his grace, out forceeth not iit. (c) Creation is not here taken by vnderftan- ding hecettes hi God ike Scone, As likewife the Sonne by ; loue produce the Holie Td) inthe Church only is effectual Cece 2 oucui! anie to accep! the Father and {> gnification but} for diuine prod. dudionyin thad : God the Father: grace. (e) The more grace any fiath, the more he defireth and re- ceiueth, Cf) In Dauids progenie God preferued the kinglie {tate ti] the captiuitte: and the eftima- tion of the royal bloud vnto Chrift. But in al this Dauid was a figure of Chrift , who fittethin the Throne of honour abfo- lutely for cuer. THE BOOK OF —— odour: and my flowers are fruit of honour and honeftic, 24, I am the! mother of beautitul loue, and of feare, and of Knowledge, and of holic hope, 25. In meis al grace of way andiruth, in mc al hope of lite and vertue, 26, Pafle to me al ye that defire me, and be filled of my genera- tions, 27. For my fpirit is fs eete abouc honie, and myne inheritance aboue honie and the honie combe, 28, My memaeric¢ is vnto gencrations of worlds. 29, They that(e) eate me, {hal yet hunger: and they that drinke me, fhal yet thirft, 30. He that heareth me, {hal not be contoun- ded:and they that worke in me, fhal not finne.31, They that explicate me, fhal haue life euerlafting. 32, Al thefethings are the book of lite, and the teftament of the Higheit , & the knowledge ot tru:h, 33. Moyfes com- manded a law in the precepts of iuftices, and.an inheritance tothe houfe of Iacob, andthe promifes to Ifrael. 34. He appointed to Dauid his feruant for toraife vp a King of him moit ftrong,and fitting in the throne of honour (f) for cuer, 35, Who filleth wifdom as Phifon, and as Tigris in the dases of new fruits, 36. Who replenifhethwnderitanding as Euphrates , who multiplieth-it as Jordan in the time of harueft, 37. Who fendeth difcipline as the light , and aflifting as Gehon in the day ot vintage, 38, Who firft hath perfect knowledge of it, & a weaker thai not fearch it out, 39. For her cogitation fhal aboud aboue the fea,and her coun(els aboue the great depth, 40, I wifdom haue powred out rivers,

Ifthe walke not at thine hand, fhe wil confound thee inthe fight of thine enemies<36.Cur her off from thy fledh, left ihe alwaies.abufe thee.. Cuar, XXXVI Tae praifes of agood woman. § . Tre betraying of a cate ,mutenie of preple , and falje accufation areterrible , but a ielous woman 1% more grieuons, 10. Disers il qualities of 4 bad woman. 16. More commendations of a good woman. 25. A doleful shing to fee a “valiant warier ranting linelibood , 4 wife man net regarded , and greatef? griefeto fee a suf? man become wicked. 28. Aman fil of bufines hardly careth for bss foule : and an Inne-Keeper often finnesh sn words. ayy H & hufband of a good wife is happie : for the number F of his yeares is(a)double. 2; A ftrong woman delighreth R her hufband,and fhal accomplifh the yeares of his life in P peace, 3. A good-woman is a: good portion,in the good Y portion of them that feareGod fhal fhe be giuento a man for good deeds:4-And the hart of rich and fooreis good, at altime their countenanceis:merie, 5, Of threethings my hart hath been afraid,and at thefourth my face hath trembled: 6. The betraying of a citic, and a gathering together of the people: 7. faife calumnie, al M ore grieuous.then death.8_A idlous woman is the forow and mourning: of the hart... In a iclous woman is a fcourge of thetong , communica- ting withal.10.As (b) ayokeof oxen thatistmoued , fo alfoawicked ’ woman: he that. holdeth her, is as he that taketh hold of afcorpion. 11, Awoman giuenro drunkenness great anger : & her contumelie and turpitude siaLnot be hid,12. The tornication of.a womanithal be knowen in the litting vp of her eies, and in her eie-lids..r3..On thy daughter that turneth not away her felf., {ct ‘ure watch : left occafion tound the abufe her felf. 14, .Take heede ofthe impudencie of-her eies , and meruail not if ie contemne thee,35, As a waytating man thar thirtteth,wil the open her ¥ ECCLESIASTICVS. 409 her mouth to the fountaine , and wil drinke of euerie water that is next, -& wil fit againft euerie hedge, and open her quiuer againft euerie arrow, vatil fhe faite, 16, (c) The Brace ofa diligent ‘woman fhal delight her hufband , and fhal fatte his bones, 17. Her difcipline is the puift of God, 18, A wife and {til weman , there is no exchange for a foule inftructed, 19.A holie,and fhamefaft woman, is grace vpon grace,20.And al weight is not worthie a continet foule.21.Asthe funne ryfing to the world in the higheft places of God, fo is the beautie of a good woman for an orna- ment of her houfe, 22. A lampe fhyning vpon the holiecandiefticke, & the beautic of the face vpon ftayed age, 23. Pillars of gold vpon feete of filuer , and {table feere vponthe foles of aftayed woman, 24, ermal foundations vpon a found rocke,and the commancments of God int ! hart ofa holie woman, 25. Attwo things my hart is greeued and at the third anger is come vpon me: 26. A‘manof warre decaying by pouertie: and a wife man contcemned: 27. andhe that tran{greffeth trom iuftice to (c) TheCatho- like faith is - the grcund of (4) Thofe that keepe innes or ale-houfes a talking 3 as willing to finne,God hath prepared him to the {word.28. Two forts haue appeared Vhto me hard and dangerous,a merchand is hardiy rid of negligence:and ; (d)aviteler fhal not be iuitified trom the finnes of the lips, CHarv. XXVIII. For want and defire of riches manie commit finne , 4. from which the feare of God vraerueh, 6.Tentation proueth who ts suft,12. conStant,and modest, 13. Freinds are bound to fecrefie 25. and fidelitie, ouertie manie haue offended: and he that fecketh to bemadeate turneth away his eje.2, Asa fiske isfafined inthe mids of ftones compact together , fo alfo in the mids of * felling and buying , finne thal be ftraytned. 3. Sinne fhal : be deftroyed withthe finner, 4, If thou hold not thy felfinftantly inthe : feare of our Lord ()thy houfe fhal quickly be fubuerted.s. As inthe tha ' King ofa fieuc the duft wil remaine:fo (b) the perplexitie of aman in his cogitation, 6. The fornace tryeth the potters veffels, and the tentation of tribulation iuft men, 7. As the bufbandrie about a trec fheweth the. fruit thereof, fo a word out of the thought of the hart ot man.8. Pra not a man betorc ful difcourfe, for this is thetrial olmen. 9. It thon -folow iuftice , thou fhalt apprehend it : and fhalt put it on 2s aleng tobe of ‘honcur, and thou fha}t dwel with it: and it fhal prote& thee for ever , and in the day of acknowledging thou shalt finde ftedteRnes, 1.7im.6 4Prou..7 them that worke it, 11, The lion alwayes lyéth in wayte lor a prey : fo finnes tor them that worke iniquitics, 12, A holic man con- meone.13.Inthe mids of the vnwife keepe the word til histime: burin ithe mids o: dcepe corficerers be continually, 14. T he narraticn ot snes . soe ‘ol ae pe : Cne- isedious , & their laugzher is inthe delights of inne. 13, Spezch that pleafe al, but in much ralke wanteth nor finne. Pre. 50, y.19. kept in good {tate by fra- rar: g finne is purged there remaine: Houle.as duft inf 10, The fouls flocketegether to their like: end truth fhal revurne to tinueth inwifcem {¢ ) asthe funne: fora fcoie is charged as (d) the) al ¥errues. re alwayes- 4 (2)Thc foulei Cod (4) After thar relikes in the afieve when thechaffe is cafi out, til it be more pur- gedorwa Pfal.so.u 4, (©) Whether the forre shi- eth forth or net, itis alwayes light: foisawife man al- {wear eth waves ver- tuous, Wherher it appeareout- wardly or no. (4) A foole,or vicked man, hath no light 140 THE BOOK OF lacke of renerence is the ftopping of the eares, 16.. Sheading of bloud is in the brawling of the proud : an their curfing isa gricuous hearing. 17 He thar difclofeth the fecret of a freind loofeth-credite , and he fhal nor finde a freind to his minde, 18, Loue thy neighbour , and be ioyned with him in fidelitie, 19. But if thou difcouer his fecrets, thou fhalt not of vertue in the moose)but fometimes fee- meth to haue {more light, ]fomerimes fefic, fome- times none at al. S. Bernard. (e) He that exorefy doth lure to an i - oe other 1s taftly ipunished alfo 1m this world. (f) How fe- ieretly fo euer anie hurteth an other , he woundcrh his lewre con- {fcrence , and ‘cannot efcape ‘Gods ludge~ ppnent. (a) He that» feeketh se uenge contra- nye to the cour- fe of ruftice, or of euil incentid or of rancor of. mind, finnechf gricuoufly. (¢) Charitic requireth that we remitre reisatelf (Lik purfye aftér him. 2¢. For asa man that loofeth his freind, fo alfo he that imle ike: loofethzhe freindthip of his neighbour. 21. And.as he that letreth a bird goe out of his had,fo haft thou leaftthy neighbour, & inalt not take him,

poore ftretch out thync hand, that thy propitiation may be perfected,and thy bleffing,

wickedly, & thy hart is ful of guile and deceit, Cuar. Il, Whofoener wilferue sod muft haue suffice, feare of God, and patience, 6, with + confidence in God: 14. Diffemblers, incredulcss,and smpatient shal be mira: ble: 18. but te godlee shal receiue more grace. / ONNE,comming to the feruice of God, ftand iniuftice, and in ; feare,& prepare thy foulc to tentation, 2. Reprefle thy hart , & fufteyne:incline thine eare,& receiue the words of vnderitading, (a) and make no haft inthe time of * ofduction. 3. Sufteyne the fuften- tations of God: be ioyned to God, and fufteyne,thar thy lite may increafe inthclazerend, 4. Althat thal be applied to thee, recciue: and in forow: iufteyne,and in thy humiliation haue patience: 5. for gold and fiiuer arc tryed inthe fyre , but acceptable men in the tornace of humiliation, 6, Belicue God, and he wilrecoucr thee; and direct thy way , and hope jn him, Keepe his teare, and grow oldtherin, 7. Ye that teare our Lord, ‘pat expect his mercie:& decline not from him, left ye fal. 8. Ye that feare our this dite that Lord, belieuc him,& your reward fhal not be voyde, 9, Yethart feare our tho fait Lord hope inhim ; and mercie thal come to vou tor your delectation, 10, Gat nes an Ye that teare our Lord, }ouehim, & your hartsfhal bc iliuminated, 1, Children behold the nations of men: and know ye that none hath hoped jt) As vertues in our Lord, and hath been confounded, 12, For who hath continued in [are to Le re- his commandement, and hath been forfaken? or who hath inuocated warded: fo al him, and he defpifed him ? 13. Becaufe God is pitiful and inercitul, and jaime <bal re wil forgiue finnes in the day of tribulation: and he is protecrourto al that Namely oxtcre feeke him intruth.14.(6)Woe to them cr acouble her,& to wicked lips, nal presence of andto the handsthat doe euil , and to the finner that goeth onthe carth ‘holines with two wayes. 15, Woeto them that be diffolute of hart, which belicuc not fecrereuil ti. God:and therefore they fhal not be protected of him.16.Woe betothem, Dikeek that haue ioit patiencc, and that haue sorfaken the right wayes, and hauc od. iinpa . . 4 God, impa- declined into peruerfe wayes.17. And what wilthcy doe,when our Lord jtiexce, and the sial (a) Defirenot to dye that thou maift thereby be co- iveredfrom worldiicmi- feries.forthar 1s a defperate , defire, bit haue, paticnce in like, (4) The proge- In1e of Gods forth the frait of obedience jand loue. imation of parents is the chiefeft obli- vation that man hath to- wards his neighbour, & he fitft after Ms dutie to od. {c) Almes gi- uc, Or prayer mada, or facti~ \fice offered for parents, ward ar Gods tiand.- children bring} 4 dioth mezice re- 778 THE BOOK thal begitrtolookeonthem? 18. They-that- feare our Lord, wil not -be incredulous to his word : and they thatlouehim , wil keepe his wayc. 19, They that feare our Lord , wil feeke after the things that are wel Tpleafi ngto him : and they thatioue him, fhal be-filled with histaw. 20. They thar feare our Lord, wil prepare their hatts; and in his fight wil fanétifie their foules. 21. They-that feare our Lord, keepe his commande- ments, and wil haue patience-euen vntil his vifitation, 22: faying : If we with him, Curae. Til, Honour of parents procureth Gods ble(ing , 11. dishonouring them his eurfe.t9. Meekenes and modeftie auailewsue's: but curiolitieto know fecret mysteries us mercie merite rewards Sat He childrenof wifdom srethe Church of the ivf: and %) their(4) nation,obedience and Joue,2,(b} Heare your fathers iadgement 6 children, and fo doe that you may be faued,

of paradife, 42, Liaid: 1 wil water my garden of plantes , and wil inehriate the-truit of my medow, 43. And behold my fluie was made aboundant , and my river came neere to a fea,

I wilpenetrate al the interiour parts ot the earth, and wil behold al thar fleepe, and wil illuminare al that hope in our Lord,

See yethat I haue not laboured for my {elf only, bur for al that fecke out the truth, 406 Pfs.e8, Cap, Tofu. 3. Tac. 3. Pro. ECCLESIASTICYS. CuHarp, XXV. Concord between brethren, neighbours , and man and wife , muscy pleafeth God. or worldlie things , are “veryhateful.g. He that feeth hw children good ; and bss eni:mies omerthrovwne; bath « good wife ; of endetl not sn fprach, confenteth notto finne; hatha true freind; reacheth good doftrine;bath jacred. and humane knowledge ; hath wndoubted!y nine happie tings: bat to feare God conteynet)

41. Dan.2, 4. Mat. 1, '(b)Whatfoener 4s written in holy Scripture is vncoubtedly true: and no inte of the law shal perish. , 418 THE BOOK OF rhat I haue not laboured for my felf only , bur for al that feeke out difci- pline. 19. Heare me ye great men,. and al peoples, and ye- rulers of the Church harkenwith. your cares, 20, To fonne and wife , brother and freind, give not power ouer thee in thy life :. and giue not thy poffeifion co an other : left perhapsthou repent thee, andthou entreat for then. }21, Whilesthou art yer ale and takeft breath, al fieiin tha not change thee, 22, For itis better that thy chitdren aske of thec , then that thou- looke toward the hands of thy children. 23, In al thy workes be exqui- lite. 24, Giue no ftaineto thy glorie, Inthe day of the confrmmatton ofthe dayesotthy lite, and in the time orthy deceaie diitribure thine inherirance, 25, Fodder, and wandc, amd burden tor an affe: bread, and difcipline , and worke for aieruant, 26, He worketh in difcipline , and licekethto refi: releafe him his hands ,.and he ieeketh libertie. 27, The yoke and the reyne bend a itiff necke,and continual workes doc bowe iferuant, 28. Fora malicious feruant torment & fetters, fend him into vorke,that he be not idle. 29. For idienes hath taught much naughtines,