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¹ Eliu proceaded forth in his talkinge, & sayde:² holde the still a litle, and I shal shewe the, what I haue yet to speake on Gods behalfe.³ I wil open vnto ye yet more of myne vnderstondinge, and proue my maker rightuous.⁴ True are my wordes, & no lye: and the knowlege wherwithall I argue agaynst the, is perfecte.

⁵ Beholde, God casteth not awaye ye mightie, for he himselff is mightie in power and wisdome.⁶ As for the vngodly, he preserueth the not but helpeth the poore to their right.⁷ He turneth not his eyes awaye from the rightuous he setteth vp kynges in their Trone, and cofirmeth them, so that they allwaye syt therin.⁸ But yf they be layed in preson and cheynes, or bounde with the bondes of pouerte:⁹ then sheweth he them their workes ad dedes and the synnes wherwt they haue vsed cruell violence.¹⁰ He with punyshinge and nurturinge off them, rowneth them in the eares, warneth them to leaue of from their wickednesse, and to amende.¹¹ Yf they now will take hede and be obedient, they shall weere out their dayes in prosperite, and their yeares in pleasure ad ioye.¹² But yff they will not obeye, they shall go thorow the swearde, & perish or euer they be awarre.¹³ As for soch as be fayned, dyssemblers and ypocrytes, they heape vp wrath for them selues: for they call not vpon him, though they be his presoners.¹⁴ Thus their soule perisheth in foolishnesse, and their lyfe wt ye condened.

¹⁵ The poore delyuereth he out of his straytnesse, and comforteth soch as be in necessite and trouble.¹⁶ Euen so shall he kepe the (yf thou wilt be content) from the bottomlesse pytte that is beneth: & yf thou wilt holde the quyete, he shal fyll thy table with plenteousnesse.¹⁷ Neuerthelesse, thou hast condemned the iudgment of the vngodly, yee euen soch a iudgment and sentence shalt thou suffre.¹⁸ For then shal not thy cause be stilled with crueltie, ner pacified with many giftes.¹⁹ Hath God ordened then, that the glorious life off the & all soch mightie men shulde not be put downe?²⁰ Prolonge not thou the tyme, till there come a night for the, to set other people in thy steade.²¹ But bewarre that thou turne not asyde to wickednesse and synne, which hyther to thou hast chosen more then mekenesse.²² Beholde, God is of a mightie hye power: Where is there soch a gyde and lawegeuer as he?²³ Who wil reproue him of his waye? who wil saye vnto him: thou hast done wronge?

²⁴ O considre how greate and excellent his workes be, whom all men loaue and prayse:²⁵ yee wondre at him, and yet they se him but afarre of.²⁶ Beholde, so greate is God, that he passeth oure knowlege, nether are we able to come to ye experiece of his yeares.²⁷ He turneth ye water to smaldroppes, he dryueth his cloudes²⁸ together for to rayne, so that they poure downe and droppe vpon men.²⁹ He can sprede out the cloudes (a couerynge off his tabernacle)³⁰ and cause his light to shyne vpo them, and to couer the botome of the see.³¹ By these thinges gouerneth he his people, and geueth the abundaunce of meate.³² In ye turnynge of a hande he hydeth the light, & at his commaundement it commeth agayne.³³ The rysinge vp therof sheweth he to his frendes and to the catell.