Job, in The Douay Old Testament (1609–1610)

The book of Job: the trial of the just man and his dialogues with his friends. This is Job as it stands in the first tome of the Douay Old Testament (Doway: Laurence Kellam, 1609), the English College of Douai’s Catholic translation from the Latin Vulgate, in its original spelling. The page gives the edition’s Argument of the book, every chapter with its printed summary, the verse text and the marginal notes, the Annotations and the edition’s “brief recapitulation” of the history.

THE ARGVMENT OF THE BOOKE OF IOB.

HOlie Iob otherwiſe called Iobab (Gen. 36.) as S. Auguſtin, S. Chriſoſtom, [Margin: ⟨illegible⟩ 18. c. 47. ciuit. conc. 2. de Lazar Rom. 9. Praeſat ⟨illegible⟩ Iob.] [Margin: Iob of the race of Eſau.] S. Ambroſe, S. Gregorie, and other fathers teach, the ſonne of Zara, the ſonne of Rahuel, the ſonne of Eſau, was king (or abſolute prince) of the land of Hus. who being perfect in religion, ſincere in life, [Margin: VVhy God ſuffered him to be ſo afflicted. The contentes according to the hiſtorie▪] rich in wealth, and bleſſed with children, for an admirable example of patience, and to shew that a mortal man through Gods grace, may reſiſt al the diuels tentations, by Gods permiſsion, ſudainly loſt al his goodes and children, was ſtriken with horrible ſores in al his bodie, reuiled by his wife, and in ſteed of comforth which his ſpecial freindes pretemted towards him, was iniuriouſly charged by them, with impatience, arrogancie, blaſphemie, and other crimes, for which they falſly ſuppoſed he was ſo afflicted, affirming, and by diuers ſophiſtical argumentes, grounded as they pretended vpon Gods iuſtice, wiſdome, powre, mercie, and goodnes, would proue that God ſuffereth none but wicked men to be ſo afflicted. But Iob conſtantly defendeth his owne iuſt ⟨illegible⟩cencie, and that worldlie calamities, and proſperitie happen indifferently to good and had in this lif⟨illegible⟩, and that the tru⟨illegible⟩r▪ ward of the iuſt, and punishment of the wicked, is to be expected in the other world. At laſt God, with due reprehenſion of Iob for ſome imperfections, sharply rebuketh the errors, and inſolencie of his aduerſe freinde⟨illegible⟩; geueth ſentence on Iobs ſide; pardoneth ⟨illegible⟩m at his interceſſion; and reſtoreth al thinges to him duble, to that he had before.

B⟨illegible⟩i⟨illegible⟩e⟨illegible⟩ the literal ſenſe Iob in al his actions, ſufferinges, and whole life, was [Margin: Iob an eſpecial figure of Chriſt.] a ſpecial figure of Chriſt, shewing (ſayth S. Gregorie) by thoſe [Margin: Praf⟨illegible⟩ ▪] thinges which he did and ſuſteyned, what our Redemer should do and ſuffer yea more particularly th⟨illegible⟩n moſt part of the Patriarches, which S. Ierome (epiſt. ad Paulin.) alſo admireth and teſtifieth, ſaying: what myſteries of Chriſt doth not this booke comprehend? Euerie word is ful of ſenſe. Moreouer this hiſtorie is replenished with moral documents, [Margin: Moral documentes in this booke.] how to embrace vertue, and eſchew vice: propoſing the life of a right godlie man, neither inſolent in proſperitie, not deſparing in aduerſitie, alwayes reſolute in Gods ſeruice, as wel in his proſperous kingdom as in the miſerable dunghil. Here alſo we haue the true maner of arguing, according to the rules of Logike, with detection of ſophiſtrie, Iob prouing [Margin: True logike & Philoſophie.] and diſprouing aſſertions by propoſition, aſſumption, and concluſion, as S. Ierom obſerueth, with profound knovvlege of natural thinges and cauſes, as appeareth in very manie places. Al which varietie and abundance [Margin: Hard and ea⟨illegible⟩ic thinges to be vnderſtood are both profitable.] of matter, compriſed in ſmal rowme, make manie thinges hard and obſcure, yet are the ſame ſo tempered with other thinges plaine and eaſie, that here is verified S. Auguſtins ob⟨illegible⟩ruation (li. 2. c. 6. doct. Chriſt) certaine places of holie Scriptures ſerue as delectable meate to them that hunger and thirſt diuine knowlege, and the obſcure take away tediouſnes from them, that loath vſual plaine doctrin.

It is moſt probable that Iob himſelf, inſpired by the Holie Ghoſt, by whoſe grace he excelled al in right ſimplicitie (c. 1.) writte his owne hiſtorie; the [Margin: VVritten by Iob himſelf moſt part in verſe.] moſt part in verſe, only the two firſt chapters and the laſt in proſe, in the Arabian tongue; which Moyſes tranſlated into Hebrew, for the conſolation of the Iſraelites afflicted in Aegypt.

And it may be diuided into three general partes. Firſt the change of Iobs ſtate from proſperitie into affliction, with his lamentation for the ſame▪ are [Margin: Diuided into three partes.] recorded in the three firſt chapters. In foure and thirtie chapters folowing are ſundrie diſputations, conflictes, and diſcourſes betwen him and his freindes, touching the cauſe of his ſo vehement affliction. In the fiue laſt chapters God diſcuſseth the quarel, geueth ſentence for Iob againſt his aduerſaries, pardonteh them, and rewardeth him.

THE BOOKE OF IOB.

Chapter 1

CHAP. I. [Margin: This booke is read the two f⟨illegible⟩r⟨illegible⟩ wekes of September.] Holie Iob offereth ſacrifice for euerie one of his children, 6. whoſe good eſtate Satan enuying, by Gods permiſsion ſpoyle h⟨illegible⟩m of al his goodes, and children, 20. for which he being penſiue offendeth not, but thanketh God for al.

1 THERE was a man in the Land of Hus, named Iob, & that man was “ ſimple, & right, and fearing God, and departing from euil.

2 And there were borne to him ſeuen ſonnes and three daughters.

3 And his poſſeſſion was ſeuen thouſand ſheepe, and three thouſand camels, alſo fiue hundred yoke of oxen and fiue hundred ſhe aſſes, and a familie exceding great: and that man was great among al them of the Eaſt.

4 And his ſonnes went, and made a feaſt by houſes, euerie one in his day. And ſending they called their three ſiſters, to eate and drinke with them.

5 And when the dayes of feaſting had paſſed about in courſe, Iob ſent to them, and ſanctified them: and riſing vp early “ offered holocauſtes for euerie one. For he ſayd: Leſt perhaps my ſonnes haue ſinned, and haue bleſſed God in their hartes. So did Iob al the dayes.

6 But on a certaine day when the ſonnes of God were come to aſſiſt before our Lord▪ [::] Satan alſo was preſent amongſt them

7 To whom our Lord ſayd: From whence comeſt thou? Who anſwering, ſayd: I haue gone round about the earth, and walked through it.

8 And our Lord ſayd to him: Haſt thou conſidered my ſeruant Iob, that there is not the like to him in the earth, a man ſimple, and right and fearing God, and departing from euil.?

9 To whom Satan anſwering, ſaid: Why, doth Iob feare God in vayne?

10 haſt not thou fenſed him, and his houſe, and al his ſubſtance round about, bleſſed the workes of his handes, and his poſſeſſion hath increaſed on the earth?

11 But ſtretch forth thy hand a little, and touch al thinges that he poſſeſſeth, vnleſſe he bleſſethee in the face

12 Our Lord therfore ſayd to Satan: [::] behold, al things that he hath, are in thy hand, onlie vpon him extend not thy hand. And Satan went forth from the face of our Lord.

13 And when vpon a certeine day his ſonnes and daughters did eate, and drinke wyne in the houſe of their eldeſt brother,

14 there came a meſſenger to Iob, which ſayd: The oxen plowghed, and the ſhe aſſes fed beſide them,

15 and the Sabeians came in violently, & haue taken al things, and haue ſtroken the ſeruantes with the ſword, and I onlie haue eſcaped to tel thee.

16 And when he yet ſpake, an other came, and ſayd: The fire of God fel from heauen, and ſtriking the sheepe and the ſeruantes hath conſumed them, and I only haue eſcaped to tel thee.

17 But whiles he alſo was yet ſpeaking, there came an other and ſaid: The Chaldees made three ⟨illegible⟩roupes, and haue inuaded the camels, and taken them, moreouer the ſeruantes alſo they haue ſtrooken with the ſword, and I alone am fled to tel thee.

18 He yet ſpake, and behold an other came in, and ſaid: Thy ſonnes and daughters eating and drinking wine in the houſe of their eldeſt brother,

19 ſodenly a vehement winde came violently from the countrie of the deſert, and shooke the foure corners of the houſe, which falling oppreſſed thy children and they are dead, and I alone haue eſcaped to tel thee.

20 Then Iob roſe vp, and rent his garmentes, and with powled head falling on the ground, adored,

21 and ſaid [::] Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shal I returne thither: Our Lord gaue, and our Lord hath taken away: as it hath pleaſed our Lord, ſo is it done: the name of our Lord be bleſſed.

22 In al theſe thinges Iob ſinned not with his lippes, neither ſpake he anie foolish thing againſt God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 1

• 1 The firſt pa⟨illegible⟩ ▪ The change of Iobs proſperous ſ⟨illegible⟩a⟨illegible⟩ into affliction.
• 5 ⟨illegible⟩
• 6 [::] Diuels appeare not in Gods ſight, but ſometime in preſence of Angels which repreſent God S. Athan q. 8. ad Anti⟨illegible⟩c⟨illegible⟩.
• 12 [::] God doth not directly ſend euils b⟨illegible⟩t permitteth them to happen to his ſeruantes.
• 21 [::] By this holie example ancient fathers condeme the ſen⟨illegible⟩es Stoikes who are neuer moued, S. Aug. li. 1. c. 9. ciuit. S. Paul alſo reproueth men vvithout affection. Rom. 1. v. 31.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. I.

1. Simple, right, and fearing God.] Moyſes, Samuel, Eſdras, & other Prophetes [Margin: Aſwal Iob as other prophetes writ their owne actes and prayſes. Good workes are both Gods workes and mens workes.] writ ther owne actes among others, alſo their owne prayſes, ſpeaking of themſelues in the third perſon: & ſo did holie Iob, humbly, truly, and ſimply, without vayne glorie, or arrogancie, as S. Gregorie noteth, ſaying. Bleſſed Iob, inſpired [Margin: Praef⟨illegible⟩ in Iob.] with the Holie Ghoſt, might wel write his owne actes, which were the giftes of ſupernal inſpiration. God being the principal cauſe efficient of al good mens workes, and men the ſecondarie cauſe of the ſame.

Moreouer Iobs ſingular patience and other vertues are likewiſe commended in other holie Scriptures & by ancient Doctores, Tobiae. 2. God permitted tentation to happen vnto Tobias, that example might be geuen to his folowers of his patience, as of holie Iob, S. Iames (c. 5.) exhorting to patience, ſayth: You [Margin: Iobs patience inuincible in ⟨illegible⟩l ſortes of ⟨illegible⟩liction.] haue heard the ſuffering of Iob, and you haue ſene the end of our Lord. Tertullian (li. de patientia) admiring Iobs patience exclameth thus: ô moſt happie man whom neither the driuing away of his flockes of catle, nor conſuming of the reſt with ⟨illegible⟩ire, nor the loſſe of his children, nor terments of his b⟨illegible⟩di⟨illegible⟩ ▪ could drive ⟨illegible⟩m patience but he ſtood immoueable in the ſeruice of God, for example to vs, that we fall not for anie wordlie damage, loſſe of deareſt friendes or corporal afflictions. & bleſſed be God, by whoſe bleſſing we may now y⟨illegible⟩ô happie Engliſh Catholiques, [Margin: English Catholiques loſe their goodes and children, and are afflicted in bodie.] that patiently ſuffer the very ſame kindes of tribulation, (though not in ſo great a degree) in our time▪ S Cyprian (li deb⟨illegible⟩no patientie) Iob examined & proued by the vertue of patience was aduanced to the very height of prayſe, a rich lord in poſſeſſion, & a more rich father in children, ſudainly was neither lord, nor father: was alſo moſt greuouſly afflicted in his fleſh: and that no tentation might be wanting the diuel armed his wife againſt him, yet was he not moued, but by victorious patience thanked God for al In like ſorre other holie fathers, for encoregement and conſolation of the afflicted, write much of holie Iobs inuincible patience. Aboue al S. Gregorie, our Apoſtle, dilateth moſt excellently [Margin: Great commendation to be good amongſt the bad.] in thirtie and fine whole bookes, deſcribing & propoſing his ſo great vertues to be imitated by al Chriſtianes, firſt of al (li. 1. c 5.) obſeruing how great a prayſe it is to be good in ſuch a place, in the middes of a croo⟨illegible⟩ed and peruerſe [Margin: Philip. 2. Apoc. 2. ⟨illegible⟩ntie.] nation, shining as a light in the vvorld, dwelling in the gentiles, vvhere vvas the ſeate of Satan, a lillie amongſt thornes.

5▪ Offered holocauſtes for euerie one.] Albeit the vertue of Sacrifice as wel of Holocauſt [Margin: Sacrifice being of infinite vertue, yet the valure in application is limited.] in the old Teſtament, as eſpecially of Chriſts Sacrifice in the New, is of infinite valure in it ſelfe, yet the application therof to particular perſons, and purpoſes is limited, and therfore holie Iob offered not only once for al his children, but manie times, ſeuerally for euerie one. VVherof ſee Cardinal Allan li. 2▪ de Euchariſt. Sacrific. c. 35.

Chapter 2

CHAP. II. Satan by Gods permiſsion, 7. ſtriketh Iob with ſ⟨illegible⟩res from the ſole of his foote to the toppe of his head. 9. His wife alſo inſulteth againſt him, but he ſinneth not. 11. Three freindes coming to viſite and conforte him, ſitte ſi⟨illegible⟩n⟨illegible⟩ by him ſeuen dayes.

1 AND it came to paſſe when on a certaine day the ſonnes of God were come, and ſtood before our Lord, and Satan came among them, and ſtood in his ſight,

2 that our Lord ſayd to Satan: From whence comeſt thou? who anſwering ſayd: I haue gone round about the earth, and walked through it.

3 And our Lord ſayd to Satan: Haſt thou conſidered my ſeruant Iob, that there is not the like to him in the earth, a man [::] ſimple, and right, and fearing God, and departing from euil, and yet reteyning innocencie? But thou haſt moued me againſt him, that I should afflict him in vaine.

4 To whom Satan anſwering, ſaid: Skinne for ſkinne, & al thinges that a man hath, he wil geue for his life:

5 otherwiſe put thy hand, and touch his bone and flesh, and then shalt thou ſee that he wil bleſſe thee in the ⟨illegible⟩ace.

6 Our Lord therfore ſayd to Satan: Behold he is in thy hand, but yet ſaue his life.

7 Satan therfore going out from the face of our Lord, ſtroke Iob with a verie ſore boile, from the ſole of the foote euen to the toppe of his head:

8 who with a shel ſcraped the corruption, ſitting on a dunghil.

9 And[::] his wife ſayd to him: Doeſt thou yet continue in thy ſimplicitie? bleſſe God and die.

10 Who ſayd to her: Thou haſt ſpoken like one of the foolish wemen, if we haue receiued good things of the hand of God, euil thinges why should we not receiue? In al theſe things Iob ſinned not with his lippes.

11 Therfore“ Iobs three frendes hearing al the euil, that had changed to him, came euerie one out of their place, Elephaz a Themanite, and Baldad a Suhite, and Sophar a Naamathite. For they had appointed, that coming together they would viſite him, and confort him.

12 And when they had lifted vp their eies a far of, they knew him not, and crying out they wept, and renting their clothes ſprinkled duſt ouer their head toward heauen.

13 And they ſate with him on the ground[::] ſeuen daies and ſeuen nightes, and no man ſpake to him a word: for they ſaw the payne to be vehement.

Marginal notes to Chapter 2

• 3 [::] A man of pl⟨illegible⟩ine ⟨illegible⟩ true dealing mixed with meek⟨illegible⟩ with out al guile is called a ſimple right man S. Greg. li. 1. Moral. ⟨illegible⟩. 2 & ⟨illegible⟩
• 9 [::] His wife perſwading him to deſperation and blaſphemie, ſignified carnal cogitions which corrupt the ſoule inwardly, as afflictions do affault the flesh outwardly. S. Greg. li. 3. c. 24.
• 13 [::] Seuen dayes together euerie day and night ſome good part.

ANNNOTATIONS. CHAP. II.

11. Iobs three freindes.] For better intelligence of theſe conflictes betwen [Margin: Theſe viſiters of Iob were in dede his freindes, and profeſſed true religion. They erred in Iobs particular caſe.] holie Iob and his freindes, it may here be obſerued, that they were in dede his freindes, as the text ſimply calleth them: that they beleued rightly in God Almightie, and were not idolaters: that they came of freindly good affection to comforth him▪ though they fel into vvordes of reprouing him, (as S. Gregorie teacheth) [Margin: li. 3. ⟨illegible⟩. 24.] they alleaged alſo manie excellent diuine ſentences very truly, which therfore Iob reproued not. But they erred in their illations againſt Iob: and that of ignorance rather then of ſette malice, concluding that Iob was guiltie of ſome enormious ſinnes, becauſe they ſaw him ſo greuouſly puniſhed, and heard him complaine therof; his owne conſcience knowen to him and hid to them (wherof they raſhly iudged) teſtifying that he was innocent, in reſpect of ſo great crimes. And in this their particular error, though they were not heretikes, being not obſtinate after that the truth was ſufficiently reueled [Margin: And prefigured heretikes.] vnto them, yet they prefigured heretikes, endeuouring by one truth to deſtroy an other, and by arrogating knowlege which they had not: promiſing alſo [Margin: li. 5. ⟨illegible⟩ ▪ 18.] ⟨illegible⟩evv thinges & vnheard of, rather to drovv others to admire them, then to edification.

Chapter 3

CHAP. III. Iob lamenteth, deſcribing his owne, and the general calamities of man, 13. and shearing ho⟨illegible⟩ the⟨illegible⟩ eſcape manie miſeries which either are neuer bornt or dye preſently after their birth.

1 AFTER theſe things Iob opened his mouth, and[::] curſed his day,

2 and ſpake.

3 Perish may the day wherin I was borne, and the night wherin it was ſayd: A man is conc⟨illegible⟩ed.

4 Be that day turned into darkeneſſe, God require it not from aboue, and let it not be lightened with light.

5 Let darkenes, and the ſhadow of death obſcure it, let a miſt poſſeſſe it, and be it wrapped in bitterneſſe.

6 A darkeſome hurle wind poſſeſſe that night, be it not counted in the da⟨illegible⟩es of the yeare, not numbred in the monethes.

7 Be that night ⟨illegible⟩, not prayſe worthie.

8 Let them curſe it which cu⟨illegible⟩e the day, which are readie to raiſe vp Leuiathan.

9 Let the ⟨illegible⟩a⟨illegible⟩res be darkened with the miſt therof: let it expect light and let it not ſee, neither the ryſing of the appearing morning.

10 Becauſe it ſhut not vp the doores of the wombe, that bare me, nor tooke away euils from myne eies.

11 Why died I not in the matrice, periſhed not forthwith being come forth of the wombe?

12 Why receiued vpon the knees? why nurced with the breaſtes▪

13 For now ſleping I should be quiet, and should reſt in my ſleepe:

14 With kinges and co⟨illegible⟩les of the earth, which build themſelues ſolitarie places:

15 Or with princes, that poſſeſſe gold, and replenish their ⟨illegible⟩es with ſiluer:

16 Or as a thing vn⟨illegible⟩mely borne that is h⟨illegible⟩ I should not be, or as they that being conceiued haue not ſeene the light.

17 There the impious haue ceaſed from tumult. & there the wearied with ſtrength haue ⟨illegible⟩eſted.

18 And they ſometime bound together without griefe, haue not heard the voyce of the exactor.

19 Litle and great are there, and the ſeruant free from his maſter.

20 Why is there light geuen to a miſerable man, and life to them, that are in bitterneſſe of ſoule?

21 That expect death, and it cometh not, as they that dig vp treaſure.

22 And they reioyce excedingly when they haue found the graue.

23 To a man whoſe life is hid, and God hath compaſſed him with darkenes?

24 Before I eate I ſigh: and as it were ouerflowing waters ſo my roaring:

25 Becauſe the feare which I feared, hath chanced to me: and that which I was afrayd of, hath happened.

26 haue I not diſſembled▪ haue I not kept ſilence? haue I not beene at eaſe? and indignation is come vpon me.

Marginal notes to Chapter 3

• 1 [::] After ſo long ⟨illegible⟩le⟨illegible⟩ce at laſt ⟨illegible⟩b expreſſeth hi⟨illegible⟩Spand⟨illegible⟩ ſo⟨illegible⟩ des⟨illegible⟩ great⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩the⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩ly⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩ud ⟨illegible⟩o⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩ by God bu⟨illegible⟩ to m⟨illegible⟩ bein⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩nne▪ euen from his conception and ⟨illegible⟩ wiſhing that whatſoeuer concurred to his longer afflictions in this life, and h⟨illegible⟩d⟨illegible⟩r⟨illegible⟩ his more ſpedie deliuerie from dangers and calamities had not bene, for ſo he had benne ſowner at ⟨illegible⟩eſt as Gods goodnes ſhould diſpoſe of him Al which was a lawful deſire and no ſinne at al. See 1. Pineda. in c. 2. Iob.

Chapter 4

CHAP. IIII. [Margin: The ſecond part. Diuers diſcourſes and diſputes about the cauſe of Iobs afflictions.] Eliphaz blameth Iob as guiltie of impatience, arguing thereupon that he was not ſo perfect in vertue as he ſemed. 7. and therfore is now puniſhed by God, who (as Ehiphaz falſly ſuppoſeth) afflicteth not innocent men. 12. alleaging for proofe an imaginarie viſion.

1 BVT Eliphaz the Themanite anſwering, ſayd:

2 If we shal begin to ſpeake to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it greuouſly, but the word conceiued who can hold?

3 Behold thou haſt taught manie, & wearie handes thou haſt ſtrengthned:

4 Them that wauered thy wordes haue confirmed, and trembling knees thou haſt ſtrengthened:

5 But now a plague is come vpon thee, and thou haſt faynred: hath touched thee, and art trubled.

6 Where is thy feare, thy ſtrength, thy patience, and the perfection of thy wayes?

7 Remember I beſech thee, who euer being innocent hath [::] perished? or when haue the iuſt bene deſtroyed?

8 Yea rather I haue ſene them, that worke iniquitie, and ſow ſorrowes, & reape them,

9 to haue perished by the blaſt of God, and with the ſpirit of his wrath to haue bene conſumed.

10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioneſſe, & the teeth of the whelpes of lions are bruiſed:

11 The tigre hath perished, becauſe he had no praye, and the lions whelpes are deſtroyed:

12 Moreouer [::] to me there was ſpoken a ſecret word, and as it were by ſtealth hath mine eare receiued the vaines of the whiſpering therof.

13 In the horrour of a viſion by night, when deepe ſleepe is wont to hold men,

14 feare held me, and trembling, and al my bones were made ſore afrayd:

15 And when the ſpirit paſſed in my preſence, the heares of my flesh ſtood vpright.

16 There ſtood one, whoſe countenance I knew not, an image before mine eies, and I heard the voyce as it were of a gentle winde.

17 What, [::] shal man be iuſtified in compariſon of God, or shal a man be more pure then his maker?

18 Behold they that ſerue him, are not ſtable, and in his Angels he found wickednes:

19 How much more they that inhabite houſes of clay, which haue an earthly foundation, shal be conſumed as it were of the moth?

20 From morning vntil euening they shal be cut downe: and becauſe none vnderſtandeth, they shal perish foreuer.

21 And they that shal be leaft, shal be taken away from them: they shal die, and not in wiſedom.

Marginal notes to Chapter 4

• 2 The firſt conſtrct, betwen Eliphaz and Iob.
• 7 [::] No innocent euer periſhed eternally: but innocent Abel was ſlaine temporaly, and innumerable others ſuffer calamities for their greater merite.
• 12 [::] Heretikes pretend ſuch obſcure viſions more to gette credite then to edifie others. S. Greg. li. 5. c. 18.
• 17 [::] Iob eaſely granteth that man may not compare not contend with God ch. 9. v. 1. Yet men may be innocent & free from greuous ſinnes.

Chapter 5

CHAP. V. Eliphaz proſecuteth his diſcourſe to conuince Iob of great ſinnes, becauſe he is ſov⟨illegible⟩hemently afflicted. 17. exhorteth him therfore to acknowledge his ſinnes, ſo al thinges shal ſuccede proſperouſly.

1 CAL therfore [::] if there be that wil anſwer thee, & “ turne to ſome of the ſainctes.

2 Anger in deede killeth the fooliſh, and enuie ſlea⟨illegible⟩th the litle one.

3 I haue ſeene a foole with firme roote, and I curſed his beautie by and by.

4 His children ſhalbe made far from ſaluation, and ſhal be deſtroyed in the gate, and there ſhalbe none to deliuer.

5 Whoſe harueſt the hungrie ſhal eate, & the armed ſhal take him by violence, and the thirſtie ſhal drinke his riches.

6 Nothing in the ⟨illegible⟩a⟨illegible⟩th is done without a cauſe, and out of the ground ſorrow shal nor riſe.

7 [::] Man is borne to labour, and the bird to flight.

8 For the which thing I wil beſech our Lord, and toward God I wil ſet my ſpeach:

9 Who doeth great and vnſearchable and meruelous things without number:

10 Who geueth raine vpon the face of the earth, and watereth al thinges with waters:

11 W⟨illegible⟩o ſetteth the humble on high, and them that are in heauineſſe he conforteth with health:

12 Who diſſpateth the cogitations of the malignant, that their handes can not accompli⟨illegible⟩h that which they b⟨illegible⟩gan:

13 Who apprehendeth the wiſe in their ſub⟨illegible⟩l⟨illegible⟩ie, and diſſipareth the counſel of the wicked:

14 By day they ſhal i⟨illegible⟩cu⟨illegible⟩re darkeneſſe, and as it were in the night, ſo shal they grope at noone daies.

15 Moreouer he shal ſaue the need⟨illegible⟩ from the ſword of their mouth, and the poore from the hand of the violent.

16 And to the needie there shal be hope, but iniquitie shal draw together her mouth.

17 Bleſſed is the man that is corrected of God: refuſe not therfore the chaſtiſing of our Lord:

18 Becauſe he woundeth, and cureth: ſtriketh, and his hands shal beale.

19 In [::] ſix tribulations he shal deliuer thee, and in the [::] ſeuenth euil shal not touch thee.

20 In famine he shal deliuer thee from death; and in battel, from the hand of the ſword.

21 From the ſcourge of the tongue thou shalt be hid; & thou shalt not feare calamitie when it cometh.

22 In waſte and famine thou shalt laugh; and the beaſtes of the earth thou shalt not feare.

23 But with the ſtones of the landes thy couenant, and the beaſtes of the earth shal be peaceable to thee.

24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle hath peace, and viſiting thy beautie, thou shalt not ſinne.

25 Thou shalt know alſo that thy ſeed shal be manifold, and thy progenie as the graſſe of the earth.

26 Thou shalt enter into the graue in abundance, as a heape of wheate is caryed in his time.

27 Behold, this is euen ſo, as we haue ſearched out: which thou hauing heard reuolue in thy mind.

Marginal notes to Chapter 5

• 1 [::] This diſputer hauing pretended an imaginarie viſion from God ⟨illegible⟩ Iob, now he ſuppoſeth that neither God no⟨illegible⟩ Angel no⟨illegible⟩ other holie perſon wil patr⟨illegible⟩age his cauſe, nor iudge of his caſe as he doth, but that al wil condemne him of impatience, follie, enuie, and other ſinnes.
• 7 [::] This proueth unporteth that a man muſt not thincke to paſſe his life without trauel, but muſt get his bread vvith ſvveat of his brovves, or ſuffer other calamities.
• 19 [::] Gods goodnes deliuereth his ſeruantes the ſpace of this laborious life,
• 19 [::] And moſt eſpecially in the houre of death. S. Org. li. 6. c. 18.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. V.

1. Turne to ſome of the Sainctes] Eliphaz prouoking Iob to produce ſome of his opinion, or to ſeeke the helpe and patronage of ſome Sainct in his cauſe, [Margin: ⟨illegible⟩nuocation of Sainctes, eſpecially Angels in Iobs time.] plainly sheweth the common faith and practiſe of inuocating Sainctes in that time. Els it had benne a frin⟨illegible⟩lous ſpeach, which is not to be imputed to a ſenſible wiſe man as he was. For it appeareth by the drift of his reaſoning, that he ſuppoſed ſome of Gods ſpecial ſeruantes would maintaine a good cauſe, but that Iobs cauſe was ſuch as neither God, nor holie Angel, nor good man would defend, and therfore boldly prouoked him to this trial, preſuming that he ſhould finde no ſuch patron. Neither did he wil Iob in theſe wordes to cal vpon God only, for he could not erre ſo groſly, as to cal God ſome of the Sainctes: but muſt meane ſome other holie perſon. And it is clere by the Septuaginta Interpreters, that Eliphaz willed Iob to inuocate the Angels. ſaying: Inuocate if anie vvil anſvver thee, or if thou canſt behold anie of the holie Angeles. S. Gregorie [Margin: li. 5. c. 30.] expoundeth it to the ſame ſenſe, that Sainctes were to be inuocated in a good cauſe, but, that Eliphaz here▪ diſpicing and deriding holie Iob, ſayd to him: Thou canſt not find Sainctes thy helpers in affliction, vvhom thou vvouldeſt not haue thy felovves in proſperitie.

Chapter 6

CHAP. VI. Iob anſwereth the obiections of Eliphaz, shewing that in deede the calamitie which he ſuffereth is much greatter then his ſinnes deſerue; and therfore his lamentation is excuſable. 8. wisheth (if it ſo pleaſe God) that he may dye. 13. complaneth that his freindes are become his aduerſeries, 16▪ grauely expoſtulateth that they reprehend him, 12. and helpe him not.

1 BVT Iob anſwering, ſayd:

2 [::] Would God my ſinnes were weyed, wherby I haue deſerued wrath, and the calamitie, which I ſuffer in a balance.

3 “ As the ſand of the ſea this would appeare heauier, wherfore my wordes alſo are ful of ſorrow:

4 Becauſe the arrowes of our Lord be in me, the indignation whereof drinketh vp my ſpirit, and the terrours of our Lord warre agaynſt me.

5 Wil the wilde aſſe roare when he hath graſſe? or the oxe loweth when he shal ſtand before the ful manger.

6 Or can an vnſauerie thing be eaten, that is not ſeaſoned with ſalt? or can a man taſt that which being taſted bringeth death?

7 The thinges which before my foule would not touch, now for anguish are my meates.

8 Who wil graunt that my petition may come: and that God would geue me that which I expect?

9 And he that hath begune, the ſame would looſe his hand, and cut me of?

10 And this might be my comfort, that afflicting me with ſorrow, he ſpare not, not I gayne ſay the wordes of the Holie one.

11 For What is my ſtrength, that I can ſuſteyne it? or what is mine end, that I should doe patiently.

12 Neither is my ſtrength the ſtrength of ſtones, neither is my ⟨illegible⟩est of braſſe.

13 Behold there is no help for me in my ſelf, and my familiar freindes alſo are departed from me.

14 He that taketh away mercie from his frend, forſaketh the feare of our Lord.

15 My brethren haue paſſed by me, as the torrent that paſſeth ſwiftly in the valleys.

16 They that feare the hoare froſt, ſnow shal fal vpon them.

17 At the time, when they shal be diſſipated they shal perish: and after they waxe hote they shal be diſſolued out of their place.

18 The pathes of their ſteppes are intangled: they shal walke in vayne, and shal perish.

19 Coſider ye the pathes [::] of Thema, the wayes of Saba, & expect a litle while.

20 They are confounded, becauſe I haue hoped: they are come alſo euen vnto me, and are couered with shame.

21 Now you are come: and euen now ſeing my plague you are afrayd.

22 haue I ſayd: Bring ye to me, and of your ſubſtance geue to me?

23 Or deliuer me from the hand of the enemie, and out of the hand of the ſtrong deliuer me?

24 [::] Teach ye me, and I wil hold my peace: and if I perhaps haue beene ignorant in anie thing, inſtruct ye me.

25 Why haue you detracted from the wordes of truth, whereas there is none of you that can controwle me?

26 To rebuke only you frame ſpeaches, and you vtter wordes in the wind.

27 You rush in vpon a pupil, and you endeuoure to ouerthrow your frend.

28 Notwithſtanding accomplish that which you haue begune: geue eare, and ſee whether I lie.

29 Anſwer I beſech you without contention: and ſpeaking that which is iuſt, iudge ye.

30 And you shal not finde iniquitie in my tongue, neither shal folie ſound in my iawes.

Marginal notes to Chapter 6

• 2 [::] A man of ſincere conſcience confeſſeth the ſinnes wherof he is guiltie, yet acknowledgeth not al wherwith others may vniuſtly charge him.
• 19 [::] S⟨illegible⟩nd⟨illegible⟩e wayes without water.
• 24 [::] Iobs aduersa⟨illegible⟩ies pre⟨illegible⟩med to teach him, but becauſe they erred in their applying of true aſſertions in his caſe, which himſelf vnderſtood and not they, he acconted not their diſcourſes for good doctrin.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. VI.

3. As the ſand of the ſea] Scarſe anie figure is more common in holie S⟨illegible⟩ipture [Margin: The vſe of Hyperbole in holie Scripture.] then Hyperbole. wherby ou⟨illegible⟩ vnderſtanding is drawne to cōceiue the greatnes of thinges that otherwiſe ſurpaſſe vulgar capacitie. So Iob ſignifieth here that his calamitie being vveighed vvith his ſinnes in balance, vvould appeare heauier, not preciſely in proportion of the number of ſandes in the ſea, but exceding much in true compariſon. Of which ſuperabundance of paines patiently ſuffered [Margin: Treaſure of ſatiſfactorie workes in the Church.] by holie Iob, and other Sainctes, more then their ſinnes deſerued, eſpecially of our B. Sauiour, who could not ſinne, and of our B. Ladie, who neuer ſinned, remayneth an infinitie treaſure of ſatiſfactorie workes, appliable by the ſupreme ſtuard of Gods Church, Chriſts Vicar in earth, for ſatisfaction of others which haue nede, and are in the communion of Sainctes, and performe the conditions appointed. And ſo this high ſtuard may in due maner by his [Margin: Pardons do applie the ſuffering of ſome for the ſatiſfaction of others.] authoritie, geue limited, or plenarie pardones to penitentes, of the paines which otherwiſe they ſhould ſuffer in this life, or in purgaritie, for their ſinnes firſt remitted. Other Biſhops can alſo geue or diſpence ſo much as the Supreme Biſhop allo⟨illegible⟩teth to their powre, al to edification and neceſſitie of Gods ſeruantes, as diſpencers, not diſſipators of ſo holie treaſure.

Chapter 7

CHAP. VII. Iob explicateth diuers calamities of mans life, and namely of his owne▪ 6. Supoſing it not likelie that he shal returne to former proſperous ſtate, 15. deſireth to dye.

1 THE life of man vpon earth is a [::] warfare, & his daies, as the daies of an hyred man.

2 As a ſeruant deſireth the shadow, & as the hired man taryeth for the end of his worke:

3 So I alſo haue had vayne monethes, and haue numbred to my ſelf laborious nightes.

4 If I ſleepe, I shal ſay: When shal I ariſe? and agayne I shal expect the euening, and shal be replenished with ſorowes euen vntil darkenens.

5 My flesh is clothed with rotteneſſe and filth of duſt, my skinne is withered, & drawen together.

6 My daies haue paſſed more ſwiftly, then the webbe is cut of the weauer, and are conſumed without anie hope.

7 Remember that my life is a winde, and myne eie shal not returne to ſee good thinges.

8 Neither shal the ſight of man behold me: thine eies vpon me, and I shal not ſtand.

9 As a clowde is conſumed, and paſſeth away: ſo he that shal deſcend to [*] hel shal not aſcend.

10 Neither shal he returne anie more into his houſe, neither shal his place know him anie more.

11 Wherfore I alſo wil not ſpare my mouth, I wil ſpeake in the tribulation of my ſpirit: I wil talke with the bitterneſſe of my ſoule.

12 Why, am I a ſea, or a whale, that thou haſt compaſſed me with a priſon.

13 If I ſa⟨illegible⟩: My litle bed shal confort me, and I shal be releeued ſpeaking with myſelf in my couch:

14 Thou wilt terrefie me by dreames, and by viſions shake me with horrour.

15 For the which thing my ſoule hath choſen hanging, and my bones death.

16 I haue deſpayred. I shal now liue no longer: [::] Spare me, for my daies are nothing.

17 What is man that thou magnifieſt him? or why ſetteſt thou thy hart toward him?

18 Thou doeſt viſite him early, and ſodenly thou proueſt him:

19 How long doeſt thou not ſpare me, nor ſuffer me that I ſwallow my ſpitle?

20 I haue ſinned, what shal I doe to thee ô keeper of men? why haſt thou ſette me contrarie to thee, and I am become burdenous to my ſelf?

21 Why doeſt thou not take away my ſinne, and why doeſt thou not take away mine iniquitie? Behold now I shal ſleepe in the duſt: and if thou ſeeke me in the morning, I shal not be.

Marginal notes to Chapter 7

• 1 [::] A ſouldiar muſt be alwayes readie to indure trauel, to be promptly obedient, content to be beaten by his ſuperior with out al reſiſtance, vpon paine of his life, he is alwayes ſubiect to cares, and to danger of death, and therfore muſt euer be readie to dye.
• 9 [*] Seol.
• 16 [::] Iuſt Iob ſuppoſing he was at the point of death, prayed God to ſpare or ceaſe to puniſh him more, and to accept of that affliction which he had already ſuffered. So the Church in behalf of ſoules departed in ſtate of grace prayeth God to ſpare and ceaſe from further puniſhing them, and to geue them eternal reſt.

Chapter 8

CHAP. VIII. Baldad chargeth Iob to haue ſpoken, vniustly exhorting him to turne to God, and ſo he shal proſper better then heretofore. 13. sh⟨illegible⟩wing that hypocrites shal not proſper, 20. inferreth (falfly) that God afflicteth not the ſincere, nor helpeth the malignant.

1 BVT Baldad the Suhite anſwering, ſayd:

2 [::] How long wilt thou ſpeake ſuch thinges, and shal the ſpirit of the word of thy mouth be multiplied?

3 Why doth God ſupplant iugement? or doth the Omnipotent ſubuert that which is iuſt?

4 Although thy children haue ſinned to him, and he hath leaft them in the hand of their iniquitie:

5 Yet if thou wilt ariſe early to God, and wilt beſech the Omnipotent:

6 If thou wilt walke cleane & vpright, he wil ⟨illegible⟩orthwith awake vnto thee, and wil make the habitation of thy iuſtice peaceable:

7 In ſo much, that if thy former thinges haue bene litle, thy later thinges may be multipled excedingly.

8 For aske the old generation, and ſearch diligently the memorie of the fathers. (

9 For we are but as yeſterday, and are ignorant [::] that our daies vpon the earth are as a shadow.)

10 And they shal teach the⟨illegible⟩: they shal ſpeake to thee, and from their hart shal vtter wordes.

11 Can the rush be greene without moyſture? or a ſeggie place grow without water?

12 When it is yet in his flowre, and is not plucked with the hand, it witereth before al h⟨illegible⟩atbes:

13 Euen ſo the waies of al, that forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite shal perish:

14 His folie shal not pleaſe him, and his confidence as the ſpiders webbe.

15 He shal leane vpon his houſe, and it shal not ſtand: he shal ſtay it vp, and it shal not riſe:

16 He ſemeth moyſtened before the ſunne come, and in his riſing his bloſſome shal goe forth.

17 Vpon a heape of rockes his rootes shal be thicke, and among ſtones he shal abide.

18 If he ſwallow him vp out of his place, he wil denie him, & wil ſay: I know thee not.

19 For this is the ioy of of his way, that others may ſpring againe of the earth.

20 God wil not reiect the ſimple, nor reach his hand to the malignant.

21 Vntil thy mouth be filled with laughter, and thylippes with iubilation.

22 They that hate thee, shal be clothed with confuſion: and the tabernacle of the impious shal not ſtand.

Marginal notes to Chapter 8

• 2 [::] The ſecond confflict.
• 2 :: This ſecond diſputer charged Iob to be ob⟨illegible⟩ate who in ded⟨illegible⟩ was conſtant ⟨illegible⟩ a true ſetled iudgement.
• 9 [::] Euen thus heretikes imagine Catholikes to the ignorant, and therfore fil their mouthes and bookes with thinges that are not denied, and yet inſerre much falſhood ſophiſtically applying one truth againſt an other being them ſelues ignorāt how to reconcile difficulties.

Chapter 9

CHAP. IX. Iob approueth that no man auouching his owne iuſtice before God is iuſtified. 22. Teacheth that affliction of the innocent ſtandeth wel with Gods iuſtice, wiſdom, and powre.

1 AND Iob anſwering, ſaid:

2 [::] In deede I know it is ſo, & that man can not be iuſtified compared with God.

3 If he wil contend with him, he can not anſwer him one for a thouſand.

4 He is wiſe of hart, and ſtrong of force: who hath reſiſted him, & hath had peace?

5 He that tranſported mountaynes, and they whom he ſubuerted in his ſurie, knew not.

6 He that remoueth the earth out of her place, and the pillers therof are ſhaken.

7 He that commandeth the ſunne, & it riſeth not: and shutteth vp the ſtaires as it were vnder a ſeale:

8 He that alone ſpreadeth the heauens, and goeth vpon the waues of the ſea.

9 He that maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the inner partes of the ſout⟨illegible⟩.

10 He that doth great thinges, and incomprehenſible, and meruelous of the which there is no number.

11 If he come to me, I s⟨illegible⟩al not ſee him: if he depart, I shal not vnderſtand.

12 If ſodenly he aske, who shal anſwer him? or who can ſay: Why doeſt thou ſo?

13 God whoſe wrath no man can reſiſt, and vnder whom they ſtoope that [::] carie the world.

14 How great am I then, that I may anſwer him, and ſpeake in my wordes with him?

15 Who although I haue anie iuſt thing, wil not anſwer, [::] but wil beſech my iudge

16 And when he shal heare me inuocating, I doe not beleue that he hath heard my voice

17 For in a hurlewinde shal he breake me, and shal multiplie my woundes yea without cauſe.

18 He graunteth not my ſpirit to reſt, and he filleth me with bitterneſſe.

19 If ſtrength be demaunded, he is moſt ſtrong: if equitie of iudgement, not man dare geue teſtimonie for me.

20 If I wil iuſtifie my ſelf, mine owne mouth shal condemne me, if I wil shew my ſelf innocent, he shal proue me wicked.

21 Although I shal be ſimple, the ſelf ſame shal my ſoul be ignorant of, and I shal be wearie of my life.

22 [::] One thing there is that I haue ſpoken, both the innocent and the impious he conſumeth.

23 If he ſcourge, let him kil at once, and not laugh at the paynes of innocentes.

24 This earth is geuen into the handes of the impious, he couereth the face of the iudges therof: and if it be not he, who is it then?

25 My dayes haue bene ſwifter then a poſte: they haue fled and haue not ſene good.

26 They haue paſſed by as shippes carying fruites, as an eagle flying to meate,

27 When I shal ſay: I wil not ſpeake ſo, I change my face, and am tormented with ſorow.

28 I [::] feared al my workes, knowing that thou didſt not ſpare the offender.

29 But if ſo alſo I am impious, why haue I laboured in vayne?

30 If I be waſhed as it were with ſnow waters, and my handes shal ſhine as moſt cleane:

31 Yet ſhal thou dippe me in filth, and my garmentes ſhal abhorre me.

32 For neither I wil anſwer a man that is like my ſelf: nor that may be heard with me equally in iudgement.

33 There is none that may be able to reproue both, and to put his hand betwen both.

34 Let him take his rod from me, and let not his dread terrifie me.

35 I wil ſpeake, and wil not feare him▪ for I can not anſwer fearing.

Marginal notes to Chapter 9

• 2 [::] Iob here granteth that which was truly ſaid by his aduerſarie, & ſheweth how he did wrong apli⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩rue doctrin againſt him, and ſo ſtil defendeth his owne in nocencie, and iuſt quarel
• 13 [::] Angeles moue the ſpheres of heauen.
• 15 [::] Euen ſo S. Paul, though he was not guiltie in conſcience of anie crime, yet he would not therin iuſtifie himſelf. 1. Cor. 4.
• 22 [::] This is an aſſured true aſſertion, that God afflicteth both good & euil nn this life.
• 28 [::] Feare on mans pa⟨illegible⟩t, and hope in God, do wel conſiſt together. So both preſumption and deſperation are auoided.

Chapter 10

CHAP. X. ⟨illegible⟩ob ſcarſe able to ſpeake yet sheweth that there is no iniuſtice nor ignorance in God, neither is his ſinne the cauſe of ſo great afflictions. 9. Acknowledgeth Gods loue and benefites towards himſelf. 15. and dreadeth his ſtrict iudgement.

1 MY ſoule is wearie of my life, I wil let my ſpeach paſſe agaynſt my ſelf. I wil ſpeake in the bitternes of my ſoule.

2 I wil ſay to God: Condemne me not: tel me why thou iudgeſt me ſo.

3 Doth it ſeeme good to thee, if thou [::] calumniate me, and oppreſſe me the worke of thy handes, and helpe the counſel of the impious?

4 Haſt thou eies of flesh: or as a man ſeeth, ſhalt thou alſo ſee?

5 Are thy daies as the daies of man, and are thy yeares as the times of men:

6 That thou ſekeſt my iniquitie, and ſearcheſt my ſinne?

7 And thou mayſt knowe that I haue done no impious thing, whereas there is no man that can deliuer out of thy hand.

8 [::] Thy handes haue made me, and framed me wholly round about, and doſt thou ſo ſodenlie caſt me downe headlong?

9 Remember I beſech thee that as clay thou madeſt me, and into duſt thou wilt bring me agayne.

10 Haſt thou not as milke milked me, and curded me as cheeſe?

11 With skinne and fleſh thou haſt clothed me: with bones & ſinowes thou haſt compacted me.

12 Life and mercie thou haſt geuen to me, and thy viſitation hath kept my ſpirit.

13 Although thou conceale theſe thinges in thy hart, yet I know that thou remembreſt al thinges.

14 If I haue ſinned and thou haſt ſpared me for an houre: why doeſt thou not ſuffer me to be cleane from mine iniquttie?

15 And if I ſhal be impious, woe is to me: and if iuſt, I shal not lift vp my head, filled with affliction and miſerie.

16 And for pride as a lioneſſe thou wilt take me, and returning thou doeſt meruelouſly torment me.

17 Thou reneweſt thy witneſſes agaynſt me, and multiplieſt thy wrath toward me, and paynes doe warre vpon me.

18 Why didſt thou bring me forth out of the matrice? Who would God, I had beene conſumed that eye might not ſee me.

19 I had beene as if I were not, caried from the wombe to the graue.

20 Shal not the fewnes of my daies be ended ſhortly? ſuffer me [::] therfore, that I may a litle lament my ſorow:

21 Before I goe, and returne not, vnto the darke land, that is couered with the miſt of death:

22 A land of miſerie and darkeneſſe, where is the ſhadow of death, and no order, but euerlaſting horrour inhabiteth.

Marginal notes to Chapter 10

• 3 [::] Holie Iob knowing it to be vnpoſſible that God calumniateth anie man, inquireth what is the cauſe why his goodnes afflicteth the iuſt?
• 8 [::] In that I am thy creature thou maiſt iuſtly deſtroy me: but in deede becauſe I am thy creature thou ⟨illegible⟩ ſpare me through thy m⟨illegible⟩c⟨illegible⟩, ⟨illegible⟩ me thy grace which if I vſe wel thou wilt alſo geue me eternal reſt.
• 20 [::] Repentance is alwayes neceſſarie, but moſt eſpecially at the houre of death.

Chapter 11

CHAP. XI. Sophar imputeth ⟨illegible⟩obs diſcourſe, about the cauſe of his ſo great afflictions, to inſolencie of mind, and loquaſitie of tongu, perſwading him to acknowlege [Margin: The third conflict] greuous ſinnes, that ſo he may haue the reward of a iuſt man.

1 BVt ſophar the Naamathite anſwering, ſaid:

2 Why, ſhal he that ſpeaketh manie thinges, not heare alſo? or [::] shal a man ful of wordes be iuſtified?

3 To thee onlie shal men hold their peace? and when thou haſt mocked others, shalt thou be confuted of none?

4 For thou haſt ſayd: My word is pure, and I am cleane in thy ſight.

5 And I would wish that God would ſpeake with thee, and would open his lippes to thee,

6 That he might shew thee the ſecretes of wiſdom, and that his law is maniſold, and thou mighteſt vnderſtand that thou art exacted much leſſer thinges of him, [::] then thy iniquitie deſerueth.

7 Peraduenture thou wilt comprehend the ſteppes of God, and wil find out the Omnipotent perfectly?

8 He is higher then heauen, and what wilt thou doe: deeper then hel, and how wilt thou know?

9 The meaſure of him is longer then the earth, and broder then the ſea.

10 If he ſhal ouerthrow al things, or ſhal ſtrayten them into one, who shal ſay againſt him?

11 For he knoweth the vanitie of men, & ſeing iniquitie doth he not cōſider?

12 A vaine man is extolled into pride, and thinketh him ſelf borne free as a wilde aſſes colt.

13 But thou haſt confirmed thy hart, & haſt ſpred thy handes to him.

14 If thou ſhalt take away from thee the iniquitie [::] that is in thy hand, and iniuſtice remaine not in thy tabernacle:

15 Then mayſt thou lift vp thy face wthout ſpotte, and thou shalt, be ſtable, and ſhalt not feare.

16 Thou shalt alſo forget miſerie, and shalt remember it as waters that are paſſed.

17 And the brightnes as it were of noone daies, shal ariſe to thee at euening: and when thou shalt think thyſelf conſumed, thou shalt riſe as the day ſtarre.

18 And thou shalt haue confidence, hope being ſet before thee, and buried thou shalt ſleepe ſecure.

19 Thou shalt reſt, and there shal be none to terrifie thee: and verie manie shal beſech thy face.

20 But the eies of the impious shal decay, and eſcape shal faile them, and their hope the abomination of the ſoule.

Marginal notes to Chapter 11

• 2 [::] Sophar might haue applied the vice of much ſpeaking to himſelf, and his felowes, alleaging manie thinges, which proued not their opinion, wheras Iobs allegations proued directly that which he affirmed.
• 6 [::] Iobs owne conſcience affirmed the contrarie▪ c. 6. v. 3.
• 14 [::] He could not iuſtly confeſſe iniqeitie which he had not cōmitted.

Chapter 12

CHAP. XII. Iob sheweth the knowlege, which his freinds much boaſt of, to be the common knowne doctrin of Gods ſeruantes. He more truly, and more profoundly diſcourſeth of Gods powre and wiſdome, ſtil defending his owne innocencie in reſpect of great ſinnes.

1 BV⟨illegible⟩ Iob anſwering, ſayd:

2 Are you then men alone, & shal wiſedome die with you?

3 I alſo haue a hart euen as you, neither am I inferiour to you: for who is ignorāt of theſe thinges, which you know?

4 He that is mocked of his frend as I, shal inuocate God & he wil heare him: for the [::] ſimplicitie of the iuſt man is ſcorned.

5 The lampe contemned in the cogitations of the riche, is prepared to the time appointed.

6 The tabernacles of robbers abound, & they prouoke God bouldly, wheras he hath geuen al thinges into their handes.

7 For aske the beaſtes, and they shal teach thee: and the foules of the ayre, and they shal tel thee.

8 Speake to the earth, and it shal anſwer thee, and the fishes of the ſea shal tel.

9 Who is ignorant that the hand of our Lord hath made al theſe things?

10 In whoſe hand is the ſoule of euerie liuing thing, and the ſpirit of al the flesh of man.

11 Doth not the eare diſcerne wordes, and the iawes of him that eateth, the taſt?

12 In the ancientes is wiſedom, and in long time prudence.

13 With him is wiſedom and ſtrength, he hath counſel and vnderſtanding.

14 If he shal deſtroy, there is no man that can build: if he shut vp a man, there is none that can open.

15 If he hold in the waters, al things shal be dried: and if he ſend them forth, they shal ouerthrow the earth.

16 With him is ſtrength and wiſedom: he knoweth both the deceiuer, & him that is deceiued.

17 He bringeth [::] counſelers to a folish end, and iudges to aſtonishment.

18 He looſeth the belt of kings, and girdeth their reines with a corde.

19 He leadeth away Prieſtes without glorie, and ſupplanteth the great men.

20 Changing the lippe of the true, and taking away the doctrine of the ancientes.

21 He powreth out contempt vpon princes, releeuing them that had bene oppreſſed.

22 Who reueleth profound things out of darkeneſſe, and bringeth forth the shadow of death into light.

23 Who multiplieth nations, and deſtroyeth them, and reſtoreth the deſtroyed whole agayne.

24 Who changeth the hart of the princes of the people of the earth, and deceiueth them, that they may goe in vayne where is no paſſage.

25 They shal grope as in the darke, and not in the light, and he shal make them goe amis as druncken men.

Marginal notes to Chapter 12

• 4 [::] God ſuffereth his ſimple true meaning ſeruantes to be ſcorned for the time, but afterward the wicked shal be forced to confeſſe, that thoſe whom they derided are worthily in honour before God. Sap. 5. ⟨illegible⟩. 3.
• 17 [::] Craftie plotters of deuiſes at laſt by Gods iuſt puniſhement commit ſo great abſurdites, that the meaneſt may ſee their fo⟨illegible⟩lie.

Chapter 13

CHAP. XIII. Of their owne wordes Iob confuteth his aduerſaries, that they haue ſpoken that which they know not. 13. defendeth his owne innocencie. 22. deſiring of God, if he be afflicted for ſecrete ſinnes, that he may know them.

1 BEHOLD mine eie hath ſeene al theſe thinges, and mine eare hath heard, & I haue vnderſtood euerie thing.

2 According to your knowledge I alſo do know: neither am I inferiour to you.

3 But yet I wil ſpeake to the Omnipotent, and I couet to diſpute with God.

4 Firſt ſhewing you to be forgers of lying, and mainteyners of peruerſe opinions.

5 And would God ye would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wiſe men.

6 Heare ye therfore my correptions, and attend the iudgement of my lippes.

7 Hath God neede of your lye, that for him you ſpeake guiles.

8 Doe you take his perſon, and doe you endeuour [::] to iudge for God?

9 Or ſhal it pleaſe him from whom nothing can be concealed, or ſhal he be deceiued as a man, with your fraudulent dealings?

10 He ſhal reproue you, becauſe in ſecrete you take his perſon.

11 Forth with as he ſhal moue himſelf, he ſhal truble you: and his terrour ſhal come violently vpon you.

12 Your memorie ſhal be compared to ashes, and your neckes ſhal be brought into clay.

13 Hold your peace a litle while, that I may ſpeake, what ſoeuer my minde shal prompt me.

14 :: Why doe I teare my flesh with my teeth, & carie my ſoule in my handes?

15 Although he shal kil me, I wil [::] truſt in him: but yet I wil reproue my waies in his ſight.

16 And he ſhal be my ſauiour: for no hypocrite shal come in his ſight.

17 Heare ye my word, and receiue the obſcure ſayings with your eares.

18 If I shal be iudged, [::] I know that I shal be found iuſt.

19 What is he that wil be iudged with me? let him come: why am I conſumed holding my peace?

20 Two things only do not to me, and then shal I not be hid from thy face:

21 Make thy hand far from me, and let not thy feare terrifie me.

22 Cal me, and I wil anſwer thee: or els I wil ſpeake, and doe thou anſwer me.

23 How great iniquites and ſinnes I haue, my wicked deedes and my offences [::] shewe thou me.

24 Why hideſt thou thy face, and thinkeſt me thine enemy?

25 Againſt the leafe, that is violently taken with the wind, thou sheweſt thy might, and perſecuteſt drie ſtuble.

26 For thou writeſt bitternes againſt me, and wilt conſume me with the ſinnes of my youth.

27 Thou haſt put my feete in the ſtockes, and haſt obſerued al my pathes, and haſt conſidered the ſteppes of my feete.

28 Who as rottenes am to be conſumed, and as a garment, that is eaten of the moth.

Marginal notes to Chapter 13

• 8 [::] Iobs ſtate of ſinne or innocencie was beſt knowen to God, next to his owne conſcience, not at al to his aduerſaries, that preſumed to iudge therof.
• 15 [::] It ſemed to his aduerſaries that of deſperation he would tea⟨illegible⟩ his flesh, and ſo kil himſelf, and to be ſo nere death as if one held his ſoule in his hand readie to bet it ſ⟨illegible⟩l from him.
• 18 [::] He was in extreme anguiſh, but ſtil truſted in God.
• 23 [::] He denieth that he is guiltie in conſcience but deſireth to know of God, if he haue anie hi⟨illegible⟩ ſinnes which himſelf knoweth not.

Chapter 14

CHAP. XIIII. Againe Iob deſcribeth the miſeries of mans life. 3. Neuertheles Gods great prouidence towards him. 7. profeſſeth his beleefe of the Reſurrection.

1 MAN borne of [::] woman, liuing a short time, is replenished with many mſeiries.

2 Who as a flowre cometh forth and is deſtroyed, & fleeth as a shadow, & neuer abideth in the ſame ſtate.

3 And doeſt thou counte it a worthy thing to open thine eies vpon ſuch an one, and to bring him with thee into iudgement?

4 Who can make cleane him that is conceiued of vncleane ſeede? is it not thou which onlie art?

5 The daies of man are short, & the number of his monethes is with thee, thou haſt appointed his limittes :: which can not be paſſed.

6 Depart a litle from him, that he may reſt, vntil his day wished for, come, euen as the hyred man.

7 A tree hath hope: if it be cut, it waxeth greene ag⟨illegible⟩i⟨illegible⟩e, and the boughes thereof ſpring.

8 If his roote be old in the earth, and the truncke therof be dead in the duſt.

9 At the ſent of water it shal ſpring, and bring forth leaues, as when it was firſt planted.

10 But when man shal be dead, and naked and conſumed, where is he I pray?

11 As if the waters should deparr out of the ſea, and a riuer made emptie should be dried vp.

12 So man when he is a ſleepe shal not riſe agayne, til heauen perish, he shal not awake, nor riſe vp out of his ſleepe.

13 Who wil grant me this, that in hel thou protect me, and hide me, til thy furie paſſe, and appoynt me a time, wherin thou wilt remember me?

14 Shal man that is dead, thinkeſt thou, liue agayne? al the daies, in which I am now in warfare, I expect vntil my change do come.

15 Thou shalt cal me, and I shal anſwer thee: to the worke of thy handes thou shalt reach thy right hand.

16 Thou in dede haſt numbred my ſteppes: but thou wilt ſpare my ſinnes.

17 Thou haſt ſealed my offences as it were in a bag, but haſt cured mine iniquitie.

18 A mountaine falling ſlideth downe, and a rock is remoued out of his place.

19 Waters make ſtones holow, and with inundation the earth by litle and litle is conſumed: and men therfore thou shalt deſtroy in like maner.

20 Thou haſt ſtrengthened him a litle that he might paſſe away foreuer: thou shalt chāge his face, and shalt ſend him forth.

21 Whether his children shal be noble, or vnnoble, he [::] shal not vnderſtand

22 But yet his flesh whiles he shal liue shal haue ſorow, & his ſoule shal mourne vpon himſelf.

Marginal notes to Chapter 14

• 1 [::] Al children taking their ſ⟨illegible⟩bſtance from the mother, and hauing only a temporal life, continually tending to death, can not but be ſubie⟨illegible⟩t to ⟨illegible⟩anie ⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩s: ⟨illegible⟩ itſelfe though it may ſome long is a limited thin⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩ is very ⟨illegible⟩, yea ⟨illegible⟩ proportion, in reſpect of eternitie, which is infinite. yet God hath care to bring this weake creature to life eternal.
• 21 [::] The parentes after death are not afflicted with the ſtate of their children, as they be in this life.

Chapter 15

CHAP XV. Eliphaz againe chargeth Iob to haue ſpoken preſumptuouſly, & blaſphemouſly. 14. auoucheth that no man is innocent nor iuſt. 20. deſcribing the malediction of impious and hypochrites. [Margin: The fourt conflict,]

1 BVT Eliphaz the Themanite anſwering, ſayd:

2 Wil a wiſe man anſwer as it were ſpeaking into the wind, and fil his ſtomacke with burning?

3 Thou [::] reproueſt him in wordes, that is not equal to thee, and ſpeakeſt that which is not expedient for thee.

4 As much as is in thee, thou haſt euacuated feare, and haſt taken away prayers before God.

5 For thine iniquitie hath taught thy mouth, and thou doeſt imitate the tongue of blaſphemers.

6 Thine owne mouth shal condemne thee, and not I: and thy lippes shal anſwer thee.

7 Waſt thou the firſt man borne, and formed before the litle hilles?

8 Haſt thou heard Gods counſel, and shal his wiſedome be inferiour to thee?

9 What doeſt thou know, that we are ignorant of? what doeſt thou vnderſtand that we know not?

10 There are both oldmen and ancientes among vs, much elder then thy fathers.

11 Is it a great matter that God should comforth thee: but thy naughtie wordes hinder it.

12 Why doth thy hart eleuate thee, and as thinking great thinges, haſt thou eſtonied eies.

13 Why doeth thy ſpirit ſwel agaynſt God, to vtter ſuch wordes out of thy mouth.

14 What is man, that he should be [::] without ſpot, and that the borne of a woman should appeare [::] iuſt?

15 Behold among his ſainctes none is immutable, and the heauens are not cleane in his ſight.

16 How much more is man abominable, and vnprofitable, who drinketh iniquitie as it were water?

17 I wil shew thee, heare me: that which I haue ſeene I wil tel thee.

18 Wiſemen confeſſe and hide not their fathers.

19 To whom onlie the earth was geuen, and ſtranger hath not paſſed by them.

20 The impious is proud al his daies, and [::] the number of the yeares of his tyrannie is vncertaine.

21 The ſound of terrour is alwaies in his eares: and when there is peace, he alwaies ſuſpecteth treaſon.

22 He beleueth not that he may returne from darkeneſſe to light, looking round about for the ſword on euerie ſide.

23 When he shal moue himſelf to ſeeke bread, he knoweth that the day of darkeneſſe is prepared in his hand.

24 Tribulation shal terrifie him, and diſtreſſe shal compaſſe him, as a king that is prepared to battel.

25 For he hath ſtretched his hand againſt God, and is ſtrengthened againſt the Omnipotent.

26 He hath runne againſt him with necke ſet vp right, and is armed with a fatte necke.

27 Fatneſſe hath couered his face, and from his ſides there hangeth tallow.

28 He hath dwelt in deſolate cities, and in deſert houſes, that are brought into hillockes.

29 He shal not be enriched, neither shal his ſubſtance continew, neither shal he put his roote in the earth.

30 He shal not depart out of darkenes, the flame shal drie his boughes, and he shal be taken away with the ſpirit of his owne mouth.

31 He shal not beleeue vainely deceiued with errour, that he may be redemed with anie price.

32 Before his daies be accomplished, he shal perish: and his handes shal wither.

33 His cluſter in the firſt flower shal be hurt as a vine, and as the oliue tree caſting his flower.

34 For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shal deuoure their tabernacles, which gladly take giftes.

35 He conceiued ſorow, and hath brought forth iniquitie, and his wombe preprareth guiles.

Marginal notes to Chapter 15

• 3 [::] Eliphaz not able to anſwer Iobs ſolide reaſons, raileth againſt him, as if he were iniurious to God, or taught others to caſt away feare.
• 14 [::] It is a very rare priuilege to be without ſpot.
• 14 [::] But ſpot of venial ſinnes may be in a iuſt man.
• 20 [::] Al theſe miſeries are incident to the wicked, but are falſly applied to holie Iob, who ⟨illegible⟩ndede was iuſt.

Chapter 16

CHAP. XVI. Iob moued by his importune freindes, 4. expoſtulateth their ſeueritie, 12. further deſcribeth his afflictions, and appealeth to Gods iudgement, that he ſuffereth more then his ſinnes deſerue.

1 BVT Iob anſwering ſayd:

2 I haue heard often times ſuch things, [::] heauie conforters you are al.

3 Shal wordes ful of winde haue an end? or is anie thing trubleſome to thee, if thou ſpeake?

4 I alſo could ſpeake thinges like to you: and would God your ſoule were for my ſoule.

5 I alſo would confort you with wordes, and would wag my head vpon you.

6 I would ſtrengthen you with my mouth, and would moue my lippes, as ſparing you.

7 But what shal I doe? If I ſpeake, my paine wil not reſt: and if I hold my peace, it wil not depart from me.

8 But now my ſorow hath oppreſſed me, and al my limmes are brought to nothing.

9 My wrinkles giue teſtimonie againſt me, and [::] a falſe ſpeaker is rayſed vp againſt my face contradicting me.

10 He hath gathered his furie vpon me, and threatening me hath gna⟨illegible⟩hed againſt me with his teeth, mine enemy hath beheld me with terrible eies.

11 They haue opened their mouthes vpon me, and exprobating haue ſtrooken my cheke, they are filled with my paines.

12 God hath ſhut me vp with the wicked man, and hath deliuered me to the hands of the impious.

13 I ſometime that welthie one ſodenly am broken: he hath held my necke, broken me, and ſet me to himſelf as it were a marke.

14 He hath compaſſed me with his ſpeares, he hath wounded my loynes, he hath not ſpared, and hath powred out on the earth my bowels.

15 He hath cut me with wound vpon wound, he hath come violently vpon me as it were a giant.

16 I haue ſowed ſackcloth vpon my ſkinne, and haue couered my flesh with ashes.

17 My face is ſwollen with weeping, and my eyeliddes are dimme.

18 Theſe thinges haue I ſuffred [::] without the iniquitie of my hand, wheras I had cleane prayers to God.

19 Earth couer not my bloud, neither let my crie find place in thee to be hid.

20 For behold my witneſſe is in heauen, and he that knoweth my conſcience on high.

21 My freindes ful of wordes: mine eie diſtilleth vnto God.

22 And would God a man might ſo be iudged with God, as the ſonne of man is iudged with his companion.

23 For behold the short yeares paſſe away, and I walke the path, by the which I shal not returne.

Marginal notes to Chapter 16

• 2 [::] True and freindlie comforters ought to heare the afflicted with patience, and not vnmercifully charge him with crimes which they neither know, nor his conſcience is guiltie of.
• 9 [::] A great affliction, when one ful of paine and diſtres is alſo forced to defend his owne innocencie againſt calumniators.
• 18 [::] As the aduerſaries ſtil obiect great iniquitie to him ſo he yeldeth them the ſame true anſwer.

Chapter 17

CHAP. XVII. For the greuouſnes of his paine Iob expecteth ſpeedie death, 4. chargeth his freindes with folie for holding only remuneration in this life. 6. himſelf hopeth happie reſt in the other World.

1 MY ſpirit ſhal be extenuated, my daies ſhal be ſhortened, and the graue only remaineth for me.

2 I haue [::] not ſinned, and mine eie abideth in bitterneſſe.

3 Deliuer me, and ſet me beſide thee, and let anie mans hand fight againſt me.

4 Thou haſt made their hart far from diſcipline, and therfore they shal not be exalted.

5 He promiſeth a praye to his felowes, and the eies of his children ſhal faile.

6 He hath ſet me as it were for a prouerbe of the comon people, and I am an example before them.

7 Mine eie is dimne for indignation, and my members are brought as it were to nothing.

8 The iuſt ſhal be aſtonied vpon this, and the innocent ſhal be raiſed vp againſt the hypocrite.

9 And the iuſt ſhal hold his way, and with cleane handes ſhal adde ſtrength.

10 Be al you therfore conuerted, and come, and I ſhal not finde among you anie wiſeman.

11 My daies haue paſſed, my cogitations are diſſipated, tormenting my hart:

12 Night they haue turned into day, and againe after darkeneſſe I hope for light.

13 If I ſhal expect▪ [*] [::] hel is my houſe, and in darkeneſſe I haue made my bed.

14 I haue ſayd to rottenes: Thou art my father, my mother, and my ſiſter, to wormes.

15 Where is now then my expectation, and my patience who conſidereth.

16 Al my thinges ſhal deſcend into moſt deepe hel: there at the leaſt, ſhal I haue reſt thinkeſt thou?

Marginal notes to Chapter 17

• 2 [::] Not hauing committed ſuch ſinnes as he was charged withal, in this duble bitternes of corporal paine and calumniation, his eye was ſtil vpon God, expecting to be deliuered.
• 13 [*] Se⟨illegible⟩l ⟨non-Latin script⟩ Infernus.
• 13 [::] This tex⟨illegible⟩ ſheweth euidently that there was a place of reſt called hel.

Chapter 18

CHAP. XVIII. Baldad ſetteth vpon Iob againe, chargeing him with preſent impatience, and former impietie, 6. and that therfore he ſuffereth worthie punishment. [Margin: The fifth conflict.]

1 BVT Baldad the Suhite anſwering, ſayd:

2 How long wil [::] ye ſpeake vaunting wordes? vnderſtand ye firſt, and ſo let vs ſpeake.

3 Why are we reputed as beaſtes, and accounted vile before you?

4 Which deſtroyeſt thy ſoule in thy furie, shal the earth be forſaken for thee, and ſhal rockes be tranſported out of their place?

5 Shal not the light of the impious be extinguiſhed, and the flame of his fire not shine?

6 The light shal be darke in his tabernacle, and the candel that is ouer him, shal be extinguished.

7 The ſteppes of his power shal be ſtraytened, and his owne counſel shal caſt him downe headlong.

8 For he hath thruſt his feere into a nette, and wal. keth in the mashes therof.

9 The ſole of his foote shal be held in a ſnare, and thirſt shal burne againſt him.

10 His ginne is hid in the earth, and his ſpring vpon the path.

11 Feares shal terrifie him on euerie ſide, and his feete shal entangle him.

12 Let his ſtrength be extenuated with famine, and let hung erinuade his ribbes.

13 Let it deuoure the beautie of his skinne, let death the firſtborne conſume his armes.

14 Let his conſidence be plucked away out of his tabernacle, and let deſtruction as a king tread vpon him.

15 Let the companious of him, that is not, dwel in his tabernacle, let brinſton be ſprinkled in his tent.

16 Let his rootes be dried downward, and his harueſt deſtroyed vpward.

17 Let the memorie of him perish from the earth, and let not his name be renowmed in the ſtreates.

18 He shal expel him out of light into darkeneſſe, and shal tranſport him out of the world.

19 His ſeed shal not be, nor his progenie in his people, nor anie remnantes in his countries.

20 In his daie the laſt shal be aſtonied, and horrour shal inuade the firſt.

21 Theſe are then the tabernacles of the wicked man, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 18

• 2 [::] Baldad perceiuing Iob to ſpeake confidently as the common doctrin of manie oppoſeth him ſelf neuertheles againſt him and al that thincke as he doth, and ſo ſpeaketh as to manie in the plural number, vvil ye ſpeake and of himſelfe & his felowes: are vve reputed. &c. So holie Iob a figure of the Church defended the common cauſe, his aduerſaries a figure of here t⟨illegible⟩kes ſpeaking ſome truthes mixed falſe thinges therwith S. Greg. li. 14. c. 1.

Chapter 19

CHAP. XIX. Iob lamenteth of his freindes crueltie, 6▪ affirmeth that his ſo great affliction is not for his ſinnes. 25. and comforteth himſelf with his vndoubted belief⟨illegible⟩ of the Reſurrection.

1 BVT Iob anſwering, ſayd:

2 How long doe you afflict my ſoule, and weare me with wordes?

3 Behold, ten times you counfound me, and are not ashamed oppreſſing me.

4 For although I haue beene ignorant, mine ignorance shal be with me.

5 But you are ſet vp againſt me, and reproue me with my reproches.

6 At the leaſt now vnderſtand ye, that God hath afflicted me [::] not with equal iudgement, and hath compaſſed me with his ſcourges.

7 Behold I shal crie ſuffering violence, and no man wil heare: I shal crie out, and there is none to iudge.

8 He hath hedged my path round about, and I can not paſſe, and in my way hath put darkeneſſe.

9 He hath ſpoiled me of my glorie, and hath taken the crowne from my head.

10 He hath deſtroved me on euerie ſide, and I perish, and as it were from a tree plucked hath he taken away my hope.

11 His furie is wrath againſt me, and he hath ſo accounted me as his enemie.

12 His ſerian⟨illegible⟩es haue come together, and haue made them ſelues a way by me, and haue beſieged my tabernacle round about.

13 He hath made my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance as ſtrangers haue departed from me.

14 My kinfemen haue forſaken me, and they that knew me haue forgotten me.

15 The gheſtes of my houſe, and my maydſeruantes haue counted me an aliene, and I haue bene as it were a ſtranger in their eies.

16 I called my ſeruant, and he did not anſwer me, with mine owne mouth I beſought him.

17 My wife hath abhorred my breath, and I prayed the children of my wombe.

18 Fooles alſo deſpiſed me, and when I was departed from them, they backbited me.

19 My counſelers ſometime haue abhorred me: and he [::] whom I loued moſt hath turned againſt me.

20 The flesh being conſumed my bone hath cleaued to my skinne, and there are left onlie lippes about my teeth.

21 Haue mercie vpon me, haue mercie vpon me, at the leaſt you my frendes, becauſe the hand of our Lord hath touched me.

22 Why doe you as God perſecute me, and are filled with my flesh.

23 Who wil grant me that my wordes may be writen? who wil geue me that they may be drawen in a booke,

24 with yron penne, and in plate of leade, or els with ſtile might be grauen in flintſtone?

25 For [::] I know that my Redemer liueth, and in the laſt day I shal riſe out of the earth.

26 And I shal be compaſſed agayne with my skinne, and in my flesh I shal ſee God.

27 Whom I my ſelf shal ſee, and mine eies shal behold, and [::] none other: this my hope is layd vp in my boſome.

28 Why then doe you ſay now: Let vs perſecute him, and let vs finde roote of word agaynſt him?

29 Flee therfore from the face of the ſword, becauſe the ſword is the reuenger of iniquities: and know ye that there is iudgement.

Marginal notes to Chapter 19

• 6 [::] Bleſſed Iob (ſaith S. Gregorie li. 14. c. 16. 17▪) looking ſincerly on his owne life, ſaw that his affliction was greater then his ſinnes deſerued, and in that reſpect was not equal: yet it was iuſt, for God, being iuſt geueth a iuſt reward: a crowne of iuſtice as S. Paul ſpeaketh of himſelf (2. Tim. 4▪)
• 19 [::] Al refuſed holie Iob in his affliction euen thoſe whom he had loued moſt: who therfore ought moſt to haue loued him againe.
• 25 [::] An expreſſe profeſſion of his faith of the Reſurrection.
• 27 [::] VVe ſhal riſe againe, not as one tree riſeth in place of an other, but the ſelf ſame perſones, changed in qualities not in ſubſtance▪

Chapter 20

CHAP. XX. Sophar auoucheth that ſome wicked men florish for a time, but are afterwards iuſtly plaged. 29. therupon condemneth Iob as an hypocrite.

1 BVT Sophar the Naamathite anſwering, ſayd:

2 Therfore my diuerſe cogitations▪ ſuccede one an other, and my minde is rapt into ſundrie things.

3 The doctrine, wherwith thou reproueſt me, I wil heare, and the ſpi⟨illegible⟩it of my vnderſtanding shal anſwer me.

4 This I know from the beginning, ſince man was placed vpon the earth,

5 That the praiſe of the impions is [::] short, and the ioy of the hypocrite as it were for a moment:

6 If his pride riſe vp euen to the heauen, and his head touch the cloudes:

7 As a dunghil in the end he shal be deſtroyed, and they that had ſene him, shal ſay: Where is he?

8 As a dreame thar fleeth away he shal not qe found, he shal paſſe as a viſion by night:

9 The eie that had ſene him, shal not ſee him, neither shal his place behold him anie more.

10 His children shal come to naught with pou⟨illegible⟩rtie, and his handes shal render him his ſorow.

11 His bones shal be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shal ſleepe with him in the duſt.

12 For when euil shal be ſweete in his mouth, he wil hide it vnder his tongue.

13 He wil ſpare it, and not leaue it, and wil hide it in his throte.

14 His bread in his belly shal be turned into the gaule of * a⟨illegible⟩p⟨illegible⟩s within him.

15 The riches, which he hath deuoured, he shal vomite out, and God shal draw them forth out of his belly.

16 He shal ſucke the head of aſpes, and the vipers tongue shal kil him. (

17 Let him not ſee the ſtreames of the riuer, the to⟨illegible⟩n⟨illegible⟩es of home, & of butter.)

18 He shal be punished for al thinges that he did, & yet not be cōſumed: according to the multitude of his inuentions ſo alſo shal he ſuffer.

19 Becauſe breaking in he hath made the poore naked: he hath violently taken houſe, & built it not.

20 Neither is his bellie filled: and when he shal haue the thinges he coueted, he can not poſſeſſe them.

21 There remayned not of his meate, & therfore nothing shal continewe of his goodes:

22 When he shal be filled, he shal be ſtraytened, he shal burne, and al ſorow shal fal vpon him.

23 Would God his belly were filled, that he may ſend forth the wrath of his furie vpon him, and rayne his battel vpon him,

24 He shal flee wepons of yron, and shal fal vpon a bowe of braſſe.

25 The ſword plucked out, and coming forth of his ſcabbard, and gliſtering in his bitterneſſe: the horrible shal goe and come vpon him.

26 Al darkeneſſe is hid in his ſecretes: fyre that is not kindled shal deuoure him, he ſhal be afflicted leaft in his tabernacle.

27 The heauens shal reuele his iniquitie, and the earth shal riſe againſt him.

28 The bloſſome of his houſe shal be opened, ⟨illegible⟩e shal be plucked downe in the day of Gods furie.

29 This the portion of an impions man from God, & the inheritance of his wordes from our Lord.

Marginal notes to Chapter 20

• 2 The ſixth conflict,
• 5 [::] Al mans life is ſhort and as a moment in compariſon of eternitie; but it is not alwayes true that thewiked are ſhortly puniſhed in reſpect of this life, as this diſputer applieth it to proue Iob to impious. Therfore Iob anſwereth in the next chapter. ⟨illegible⟩. 13. That ordinarily the wicked, lead their dayes (to witt their whole life) in vvealth and (then) in a moment goe downe to hel. So the reſt of theſe mens aſſertions are for moſt part true in ſome ſenſe but il applied.

Chapter 21

CHAP. XXI. Iob requiring his freindes to heare him, 7. diſcourſeth of the cauſe, why ſome euil men proſper al this life.

1 BVT Iob anſwering, ſayd:

2 Heare I beſech you my wordes, and doe penance.

3 Beare with me, that I alſo may ſpeake, and after my wordes, if it shal ſeme good, laugh ye.

4 Is my diſputation [::] agaynſt man, that I ought not worthely to be ſorie?

5 Harken to me, and be aſtonied, and put the finger vpon your mouth.

6 And I when I shal remember, am afrayd, and trembling shaketh my flesh.

7 Why then doe the impious liue, are they aduanced, and ſtrengthened with riches?

8 Their ſeede contineweth before them, a multitude of kinſemen, and of nephewes in their ſight

9 Their houſes be ſecure and peaceable, & the rod of God is not vpon them.

10 Their bullock hath conceiued, and hath not made abortion: their cow hath calued, and is not depriued of her calfe.

11 Their litle ones goe forth as flockes, and their infantes reioyſe with paſtimes.

12 They hold the timbrel, & the harpe, & reioyſe at the ſound of the organe.

13 They [::] lead their daies in wealth, and in a moment they goe downe to [::] hel.

14 Who ſayd to God: depart from vs, we wil not the knowlege of thy waies.

15 Who is the Omnipotent, that we should ſerue him? and what doth it profite vs if we shal pray him?

16 But ye⟨illegible⟩ becauſe their good things are not in their hand, be the counſel of the impious far from me.

17 How often shal the candel of the impious be extinguished, and inundation come vpon them, and shal he deuide the ſorowes of his furie?

18 They shal be as chaffe before the face of the winde, and as ashes, which the whirlewinde ſcattereth.

19 God shal reſerue the ſorow of the father to his children: and when he shal haue rendred it, then shal he know.

20 His eies shal ſee his owne ſlaughter, and he shal drincke the ſurie of the Omnipotent.

21 For what doeth it pertayne to him concerning his houſe after him: although the number of his monethes be diminished the halfe?

22 Shal anie man teach God knowledge, who iudgeth the high ones.

23 This man dieth ſtrong and in health, rich and happie.

24 His vowels be ful of fatte, and his bones be embrewed with marrow.

25 But an other dieth in bitterneſſe of ſoule without anie riches:

26 And yet they shal ſleepe together in the duſt, and wormes shal couer them.

27 Surely I know your cogitations, and vniuſt ſentences agaynſt me.

28 For you ſay: Where is the houſe of the prince? and where are the tabernacles of the impious?

29 Aſke anie of the wayfaring men, and you ſhal vnderſtand that he knoweth theſe ſelf ſame thinges.

30 Becauſe the euil man is kept vnto the day of perdition, and he ſhal be led to the day of furie.

31 Who ſhal reproue his way before him? and who shal repay him the thinges that he hath done?

32 He ſhal be brought to the graues, and shal watch in the heade of the dead.

33 He hath beene ſweete to the grauel of [*] Cocytus, & after him he shal drawe euerie man, and before him innumerable.

34 How therfore doe ye comforth me in vayne, whereas your anſwer is shewed to be repugnant to the truth?

Marginal notes to Chapter 21

• 4 [::] Though he diſputed with three men, yet it was concerning diuine thinges not humaine but of Gods prouidence, and iuſtice, of the reſurrection of eternal life and puniſhment.
• 13 [::] See ch. 20. v 5.
• 13 [::] The ſame word is in Hebrew Greke and Latin for hel as in the 7 and 17. chap. & other places, which ſheweth that beſides hel of the dāned the reſting place alſo of holie fathers in the old Teſtament was called by the general name of hel.
• 33 [*] a riuer of hel.

Chapter 22

CHAP. XXII. Eliphaz contendeth that God is not pleaſed with a iuſt mans afflictions. 5. falſly imputeth enormious crimes to holie Iob, 12. and groſſe errors. 21. wisheth him therfore to repent, that ſo he may proſper.

1 BVT Eliphaz the Themanite anſwering, ſayd:

2 Can man be compared with God, yea though he be of perfect knowlege.

3 What doth it [::] profite God if thou be iuſt? or what doeſt thou aduantage him if thy way be vnſpotted.

4 Shal he be afrayde to reproue thee, and come with thee into iudgement:

5 And not for thy very great malice, and thine infinite iniquities?

6 For thou haſt taken away the pledge of thy brethren without cauſe, and the naked thou haſt ſpoyled of clothes.

7 Water to the wearie thou haſt not geuen, and from the hungrie thou haſt withdrawen bread.

8 In the ſtrength of thine arme thou didſt poſſeſſe the earth, and being the mightieſt thou didſt obteyne it.

9 Widowes thou haſt ſent away emptie, and the armes of pupilles thou haſt broken in peeces.

10 Therfore art thou compaſſed with ſnares, and ſoden feare trubleth thee.

11 And thoughteſt thou that thou shouldeſt not ſee darkenes, and that thou shouldeſt not be oppreſſed with the violence of ouerflowing waters?

12 Doeſt thou not thinke that God is higher then heauen, & is exalted aboue the toppe of the ſtarres?

13 And thou ſayeſt: For what knoweth God? and he iudgeth as it were by a miſt.

14 The cloudes are his couert, [::] neither doth he conſider our thinges, and he walketh about the poles of heauen

15 Doeſt thou couet ro keepe the path of worldes, which wicked men haue troden?

16 Who were taken away before their time, and a floud hath euerthrowen their foundation:

17 Who ſayd to God: Depart from vs: and as though the Omnipotent could do nothing, they eſtemed him:

18 Whereas he had filled their houſes with good things, whoſe ſentence be far from me.

19 The iuſt shal ſee, and shal reioyſe, and the innocent man shal ſkorne them

20 Is not their exaltation cut downe, and hath not fire de⟨illegible⟩oured the remnantes of them?

21 Agree thou therfore to him, and haue peace: and by theſe thinges thou shalt haue the beſt fruites.

22 Receiue the law of his mouth, and put his wordes in thy hart.

23 If thou wilt returne to the Omnipotent, thou shalt be builded vp, and ſhalt make iniquitie far from thy tabernacle.

24 He shal geue for earth flint, and for flint torrentes of gold.

25 And the Omnipotent shal be agaynſt thine enemies, & ſiluer shal be heaped together vnto thee.

26 Then shalt thou a bound in delightes vpon the Omnipoten, and shalt lift vp thy face to God.

27 Thou shalt aske him, and he wil heare thee, and thou shal pay thy vowes.

28 Thou shalt decree a thing, and it shal come to thee, and light shal shine in thy waies

29 For who wil be humbled, shal be in glorie: and he that wil bow downe his eies, he shal be ſaued.

30 The innocent shal be ſaued, but he shal be ſaued in the cleanneſſe of his handes.

Marginal notes to Chapter 22

• 2 The ſeuenth conflict
• 3 [::] In dede whē a iuſt man hath donne his dutie he is vnprofitable to God; but he is profitable to himſelf, which greatly pleaſeth God, who deſireth mans good, and it redoundeth to Gods glorie that he hath ſuch ſeruantes. ⟨illegible⟩at 5. v. 17.
• 14 [::] After imputation of falſe crimes, this ⟨illegible⟩ chargeth ⟨illegible⟩ alſo with ⟨illegible⟩ a ⟨illegible⟩ error of the Aegyptians, that God hath no prouidence of men in this world Ariſtotel. li. d⟨illegible⟩ mundo. textu. 84. So ſome heretikes in their phrenſic accuſe Catholiques of condemned hereſies.

Chapter 23

CHAP. XXIII. Iob expecteth helpe and ſentence of God, 6. with iuſt feare, yet with good conſcience maintaineth his owne innocencie.

1 BVT Iob anſwering, ſayd:

2 [::] Now alſo my talke is in bitterneſſe, and the hand of my plague is aggrauated vpon m⟨illegible⟩ mourning.

3 Who wil grant me that I may know and find him, and come euen to [::] his throne?

4 I wil ſet iudgement before him, and wil fil my mouth with accuſations.

5 That I may know the wordes, that he wil anſwer me, and vnderſtand what he wil ſpeake to me.

6 I wil not that he contend with me with much ſtrength, nor that he oppreſſe me with the weight of his greatnes.

7 Let him propoſe equitie againſt me, and my iudgement shal come to victorie.

8 If I shal goe to the Eaſt, he appeareth not: if to the Weſt, I shal not vnderſtand him.

9 If to the left hand, what shal I doe? I shal not apprehend him: if I turne my ſelf to the right hand, I shal not ſee him.

10 But he knoweth my way, & hath proued me as gold that paſſeth through the fyre:

11 My foote hath folowed his ſteppes, I haue kept his way, & haue not declined out if it.

12 From the commandementes of his lippes I haue not departed, and I haue hid the wordes of his mouth in my boſome.

13 For he is alone, and no man can turne away his cogitation: and whatſoeuer his ſoule would, that hath he done.

14 And when he shal haue fulfilled his wil in me, manie other things alſo are at hand wit him.

15 And therfore I am trubled at his face, and conſidering, him I am made penſife withfeare.

16 God hath mollified my hart, and the Omnipotent hath trubled me.

17 For I haue not periſhed becauſe of the imminent darkeneſſe, neither hath the miſt couered my face.

Marginal notes to Chapter 23

• 2 [::] VVhiles he expected ſome comforth of his freindes, they ſtil afflicted him more and more, chargeing him with fal⟨illegible⟩ crimes and ſo aggrauating his grief both of bodie and mind
• 3 [::] Therfore he appealeth to Gods iudgement ſeate for ſentence.

Chapter 24

CHAP. XXIIII. God in his prouidence knoweth when he wil punish the wicked, which his true ſeruantes know not, much leſſe the impious.

1 TIMES are not hid from the Omnipotent: but they[::] that know him, know not his daies.

2 Some haue transferred boundes, ſpoiled flockes, & fed them.

3 They haue driuen away theaſſe of pupilles, & haue taken away the widowes oxe for a pledge.

4 They haue ſubuerted the way of the poore, and haue oppreſſed together the meeke of the earth.

5 Others as wilde aſſes in the deſerte goe forth to their worke: watching to the praye, doe prepare bread for their children.

6 They reape the filde that is not theirs, and gather the grapes of his vineyard, whom by violence they haue oppreſſed.

7 They ſend men away naked, taking away their clothes, which haue no couering in the cold.

8 Whom the ſhowers of the mountaynes doe waſh, and not hauing a couert, they embrace ſtones.

9 They did violence ſpoyling the pupilles, and the common poore people they ſpoyled.

10 From the naked and them that goe without clothing, and the hungrie they haue taken away the eares of corne.

11 They haue reſted the noonetide among their heapes, which hauing troden the wine preſſes are a thirſt.

12 Out of the cities they haue made men to mourne, and the ſoule of the wounded hath cryed, and God doth not ſuffer it to paſſe vnreuenged:

13 They haue bene[::] rebellious to the light, they haue not knowen his wayes, neither did they returne by his pathes.

14 At the verie breake of day the murderer ryſeth, he killeth the needie, and the poore man: but by night he wil be as a theefe.

15 The eie of the aduouterer obſerueth darkeneſſe, ſaying▪ Eie ſhal not ſee me: and he wil couer his face.

16 He diggeth through houſes in the darke, as in the day they had oppoynted with them ſelues, and they haue not knowen the light.

17 If ſodenly the morning shal appeare, they thinke it the ſhadow of death: and they walke ſo in darkeneſſe as it were in light.

18 He is light aboue the face of the water: curſed be his portion in the earth, neither walke he by the way of the vineyardes.

19 Let him paſſe[::] from ſnowe waters to exceding heate, and his ſinne euen vnto hel.

20 Let mercie forget him: wormes his ſweetnes: be he not in remembrance, but be he broken in peeces as an vnfruitful tree.

21 For he hath fedd the barren, and her that bareth not, and to the widow he hath not done good.

22 He hath pulled downe the ſtrong in his ſtrength, and when he shal ſtand, he wil not credit his life.

23 God hath geuen him place for penance, and he[::] abuſeth it vnto pride: but his eies be vpon his waies.

24 They are eleuated for a litle, and shal not ſtand, and shal be humbled as al thinges, and shal be taken away, and as the toppes of the eares of corne they ſhal be broken.

25 And if it be not ſo, who can reproue me that I haue lied, and ſet my wordes before God?

Marginal notes to Chapter 24

• 1 [::] Gods ſeruantes know that he wil puniſh wickednes, but know not when▪ the wicked preſume that he wil neuer puniſh them.
• 13 [::] Heretikes doing and teaching againſt their owne knowledge, are afterward ſtriken with blindnes▪ that they can not ſee the truth. S. Greg. li. 16. c. 26.
• 19 [::] Sinners running into both extremes of defect and exceſſe, are likewiſe puniſhed with contrarie tormentes.
• 23 [::] Man by powre of free wil oftē preſumeth to ſpend the time in ſinning which God granteth him to do penance, for former ſinnes. Rom. 2.

Chapter 25

CHAP. XXV. Baldad endeuoreth againe to terrifie Iob, with Gods iudgement, from appealing therto, and from auouching his owne innocencie.

1 BVT Baldad the Suhite anſwering, ſayd:

2 Power and terrour is with him, that maketh concord in his high ones.

3 Is there anie number of his ſouldiars? and vpon whom shal not his light ariſe,

4 [::] can man be iuſtified compared with God, or the borne of a woman appeare cleane?

5 Behold the moone alſo doth not ſhine, and the ſtarres are not cleane in his ſight.

6 How much more man rottennes, & the ſome of man a worme?

Marginal notes to Chapter 25

• 2 The eight conflict.
• 4 [::] Iob anſwered before. ch. 9. yet blind and obſtinate diſputers ſtil repete the ſame obiections.

Chapter 26

CHAP. XXVI. Iob refuteth his aduerſariese needles and common argumentes, by more ſound diſcourſing of Gods powre, and wiſdome.

1 BVT Iob anſwering, ſayd:

2 [::] whoſe helper art thou? his that is weake? and doeſt thou hold vp the arme of him, that is not ſtrong?

3 To whom haſt thou geuen counſel? perhaps to him, that hath not wiſdom, and [::] thy prudence haſt thou ſhewed very great.

4 Whom wouldeſt thou teach? not him that made breath?

5 Behold the [::] gyantes grone vnder the waters, and they that dwel with them.

6 Hel is naked before him, and there is no couert to perdition.

7 Who ſtretcheth out the northwind ouer the vacant, and hangeth the earth vpon nothing.

8 Who bindeth the waters in his cloudes, that they breake not forth together downeward.

9 Who holdeth the countenance of his throne, and ſpreddeth his clowde ouet it.

10 He hath made a limite about the waters, til light & darkenes be ended.

11 The pillers of heauen tremble, and dread at his beck.

12 In his ſtrength ſodenly the ſeas are gathered together, and with his wiſdom he ſtroke the proud man.

13 His ſpirite hath adorned the heauens, and his hand being the midwife, the [::] winding ſerpent is brought forth.

14 Loe, theſe things are ſayd in part of his waies: and where as we haue heard ſcarce a litle droppe of his word, who ſhal be able to behold the thunder of his greatnes?

Marginal notes to Chapter 26

• 2 [::] Iob sheweth that neither God nedeth mans helpe:
• 3 [::] Neither is Baldads prudence able to helpe if there were nede:
• 5 [::] Giantes were not able to wade in Noes floud, but were drowned with the reſt.
• 13 [::] Not only great thinges before recited but alſo the very leaſt are made by God, and depend vpon his prouidence.

Chapter 27

CHAP. XXVII. More and more ⟨illegible⟩ob confirmeth his innocencie, auouching that God not preſently iudging, 11. wil in time condemne the wicked.

1 IOB alſo added, taking his parable, and ſayd:

2 God liueth, who hath [::] taken away my iudgement, and the Omnipotent, which hath brought my ſoule to bitterneſſe.

3 That as long as breath remaineth in me, and the ſpirit of God in my noſthrels,

4 My lippes shal not ſpeake iniquitie, neither shal my tongue meditate [::] lying.

5 God forbid that I ſhould iudge you to be iuſt: til I faile, I wil not departe from mine innocencie.

6 My iuſtification which I haue begune to hold, I wil not forſake: for my hart doth not reprehend me in al my life.

7 Let mine enemie be as the impions, and mine aduerſarie as the wicked one.

8 For what is the hypocrites hope if couetouſely he take by violence, and God deliuer not his ſoule?

9 Wil God heare his crie, when diſtreſſe shal come vpon him?

10 Or can he be delighted in the Omnipotent, and inuocate God at al time?

11 I wil teach you by the hand of God, what the Omnipotent hath, neither wil I hide it.

12 Loe, you doe al knowe, and why ſpeake you vaine thinges without cauſe.

13 This is the portion of an impions man with God, and inheritance of the violent, which they shal receiue of the Omnipotent.

14 If his children be multiplied, they shal be in the ſword, & nephewes shal not be filled with bread.

15 They that shal be leaft of him, shal be buried in death, and his widowes shal not weepe.

16 If he shal heape together ſiluer as earth, and as clay shal prepare garmentes:

17 He shal prepare in deede, but the iuſt man shal be clothed with them: and the innocent shal diuide the ſiluer.

18 He hath built his houſe as a moth, and as a keeper hath he made a bowre.

19 The rich man [::] when he shal ſleepe shal take away nothing with him: he shal oppen his eies, & finde nothing.

20 Pouertie as water shal apprehend him, in the night a tempeſt shal oppreſſe him▪

21 The burning wind shal take him vp, and cary him away, and as a whirle winde shal pul him violently out of his place.

22 And he shal caſt vpon him, and shal not ſpare: out of his hand fleing he shal flee.

23 He shal claſpe his handes vpon him, and shal hiſſe vpon him, beholding his place.

Marginal notes to Chapter 27

• 2 [::] God would not as yet haue Iobs cauſe iudged, but reſerued the ſentence, for his greater trial in patience.
• 4 [::] It were a lie to acknowlege ſuch ſinnes as he had not committed.
• 19 [::] Some part of Gods iudgement falleth on the wicked in this life, but eſpecially at their death. Pſal. 75.

Chapter 28

CHAP. XXVIII. The maru⟨illegible⟩lous workes of God, the author of nature, shew his powre and wiſdome, 12. and that true riches conſiſt not in temporal creatures, but in wiſdome, 28. and feare of God.

1 SILVER hath [::] beginnings of her vaines, and gold hath a place, where in it is molten.

2 Yron is taken out of the earth, and ſtone reſolued with heate, is turned into braſſe.

3 He hath ſet a time for darkeneſſe, and the end of al thinges he conſidereth, the ſtone alſo of darkeneſſe, and the shadow of death.

4 The [::] torrent diuideth from the pilgrime people, them whom the foote of the needie man hath forgotten, and to whom there is no way.

5 The land, out of which bread grew in his place, is deſtroyed with fire.

6 The place of the ſapphire the ſtones thereof, and the cloddes of it gold.

7 The bird hath not knowen the path, neither hath the eie of the vulter beheld it.

8 The children of merchantes haue not troden it, neither hath the lioneſſe paſſed by it.

9 He hath ſtretched forth his hand to the flint, he hath ouerthrowen mountaines from the rootes.

10 In the rockes he hath cut out riuers, and his eie hath ſeene euerie pretious thing.

11 The depthes alſo of riuers he hath ſearched, & hid things he hath brought forth to light:

12 But where is wiſdome to be found, and what is the place of vnderſtanding?

13 Man knoweth not the price therof, [::] neither is it found in the land of them that liue pleaſently.

14 The depth ſayth: It is not in me: and the ſea ſpeaketh: It is not with me.

15 The fineſt gold ſhal not be geuen for it, neither ſhal ſiluer be weyed in the change therof.

16 It ſhal not be compared with the died colours of India, nor with Sardonyx the moſt pretious ſtone, or with the Sapphire.

17 Gold or glaſſe ſhal not be equal to it, neither ſhal veſſels of gold be changed for it.

18 High and eminent thinges shal not be mentioned in compariſon of it: and wiſedom is drawen out of ſecrete places.

19 The topazius of Aethiopia shal not be equal to it, neither shal it be compared to the cleaneſt diyng.

20 From whence then cometh wiſedom? and what is the place of vnderſtanding?

21 It is hid from the eies of alliuing, the foules of the ayre alſo know it not.

22 Perdition and death haue ſayd: With our eares we haue heard the fame therof.

23 God vnderſtandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place therof.

24 For he beholdeth the endes of the world: & looketh on al thinges that are vnder heauen.

25 Who made a poiſe to the windes, and weyed the waters in a meaſure.

26 When he gaue a lawe to the raynes, and a way to the ſounding ſtormes.

27 Then he ſaw it, and declared, and prepared and ſearched it.

28 And he ſayd to man: Behold [::] the feare of our Lord, that is wiſedom: and to [::] depart from euil vnderſtanding.

Marginal notes to Chapter 28

• 1 [::] By theſe more precious and rare creatures, men ought to conſider the creator and ſo not ſet their reſt in them, but in him, which is true wiſdome.
• 4 [::] Sudaine headie waters burſting out do change the wayes and paſſages of men.
• 13 [::] True wiſdom is not in natural thinges, but in ſupernatural vertues.
• 28 [::] VVhen man hath conſidered Gods workes, his dutie is to feare God
• 28 [::] Then to depart from euil and do good.

Chapter 29

CHAP. XXIX. Againe Iob recounteth Gods former benefites, as Wel his grace, wherby he did good workes, 5. as temporal proſperitie. 9. and wiſdome aboue other princes.

1 IOB alſo added, taking [::] his parable, and ſayd:

2 Who wil grant me, that I may be according to the former monethes, according to the daies in which God kept me?

3 When his lampe ſhined ouer my head, & I walked by his light in darknes?

4 As I was in the daies of my youth, when God was ſecretly in my tabernacle?

5 When the Omnipotent was with me: and my ſeruantes round about me?

6 When I waſhed my feete with butter, and the rocke powred me riuets of oile?

7 When I went forth to the gatte of the citie, and in the ſtreate they prepared me a chaire?

8 Yong men ſawe me, and hid them ſelues: and old men riſing vp ſtoode.

9 The princes ceaſed to ſpeake, and did put the finger vpon their mouth.

10 Dukes held in their voice, and their tongue cleaued to their throte.

11 The eare hearing counted me bleſſed, and the eie ſeing gaue teſtimonie to me:

12 For that I had deliuered the poore man crying out, and the pupil, that had no helper.

13 The bleſſing of him that was readie to periſh came vpon me, and I conforted the hart of the widow.

14 I was clothed with iuſtice: and I reueſted me with my iudgement, as with a garment and crowne.

15 I was an eie to the blind, and a foote to the lame.

16 I was the father of the poore: and the cauſe which I knew not, I ſearched moſt diligently.

17 I brake the iawes of the wicked man, and out of his teeth I tooke away the praye.

18 And I ſaid: I wil die in my litle neſt, & as a palmetree wil multiplie daies.

19 My roote is opened beſide the waters, and dewe ſhal continue in my harueſt.

20 My glorie shal alwaies be renewed, and my bow in my hand shal be repayred.

21 They that heard me, expected ſentence, and attent held their peace at my counſel.

22 To my wordes they durſt adde nothing, and my ſpeach diſtilled vpon them.

23 They expected me as rayne, and they opened their mouth as it were to a lateward shower.

24 If at anie time I laughed on them, they beleued not, and the light of my countenance fel not on the earth.

25 If I would haue gone to them, I ſate firſt, and when I ſate [::] as a king, with his armie ſtanding about him, yet was I a conforter of them that mourned.

Marginal notes to Chapter 29

• 1 [::] Parables are not only ſimilitudes of thinges but alſo pithie and profound ſentences ſuch as Iob, Salomon, and other wiſeſt men vttered.
• 25 [::] This particle (as) importeth not here a ſimilitude but rather that he was a very king or ſupreme prince as hauing ſupreme authoritie. v. 7. royal veſture and crowne v. ⟨illegible⟩. Iſ⟨illegible⟩lorus, li. de vita sanct. Beda & alij.

Chapter 30

CHAP. XXX. Holie Iob sheweth the great change of his temporal eſtate, from welfare into great calamitie.

1 BVT now they of yonger time ſcorne me, whoſe fathers I vouchſafed not to put [::] with the dogs of my flocke:

2 The force of whoſe handes was to me as nothing, and they were thought vnworthie of life it ſelf.

3 Barren with pouertie and famine, who gnawed in the wildernes, il fauoured by calamitie and miſerie.

4 And they did eate graſſe, and the barkes of trees, and the roote of iunipers was their meat.

5 Who taking theſe thinges violently out of the valles, when they had found euerie thing, they ranne to them with a crie.

6 They dwelt in the deſerts of torrentes, and in caues of the earth, or vpon grauel.

7 Who reioyſed among theſe kind of thinges, and counted it delicacies to be vnder the briars.

8 The children of fooliſh and baſe men, and in the earth not appearing at al.

9 Now am I turned into their ſong, and become a prouerb with them.

10 They abhorre me, and flee far from me, and are not a frayd [::] to ſpit in my face.

11 For he hath opened his quiuer, and hath afflicted me, and [::] hath put a bridle into my mouth.

12 At the right hand of me riſing, my calamities forthwith aroſe: they haue ouerthrowen my feete, and as with waues haue oppreſſed with their pathes.

13 They haue diſſipated my waies, they haue lyen in wayte againſt me, and they haue preuailed, and there was not that would helpe.

14 As when a wal is broken, and the gate opened, they haue broken violently vpon me, and are come trambling downe to my miſeries.

15 I brought to nothing as a wind he hath taken away my deſire mand my proſperitie hath paſſed away as a clowde.

16 And now my ſoule withereth in my ſelf, and the daies of affliction poſſeſſe me.

17 In the night my bone is pearſed with ſorrowes: and they that eate me, ſleepe not.

18 In the multitude of them my garment is conſumed, and they haue girded me about, as it were with the coler of a wate.

19 I am compared to durt, and am reſembled to imbers and aſhes.

20 I crie to thee, and thou heareſt me not: I ſtand, and thou doeſt not reſpect me.

21 Thou art changed to be cruel toward me, and in the hardeneſſe of thy hand thou art againſt me.

22 Thou didſt lift me vp, and ſetting me as it were vpon the wind thou haſt mightely dashed me.

23 I know [::] that thou wilt deliuer me to death, where a houſe is appointed for euery one that liueth.

24 But yet not to my conſumption doeſt thou ſend forth thy hand: and if they shal fal, thou wilt ſaue.

25 I wept ſometime vpon him that was afflicted, and my ſoul had compaſſion on the poore.

26 I expect good thinges, and euils are come vpon me: I taried for light, and darkneſſe brake forth.

27 My inner partes haue boyled without anie reſt, the dayes of affliction haue preuented me.

28 I went mourning without furie, riſing vp, I cried in the multitude.

29 I was the [::] brother of dragons, and felow of Oſtriches.

30 My skinne is made blacke vpon me, and my bones are dried with heate.

31 My harpe is turned into mourning, and my inſtrument into the voice of weepers.

Marginal notes to Chapter 30

• 1 [::] Men ſcarſe fitte to haue care of dogges derided Iob in his affliction ſo he was contemned of the moſt contemptible.
• 10 [::] Our Sauiour alſo ſuſtered this reproch. Mat. 26.
• 11 [::] In the Hebrew haue put, in the plural number, importing pluralitie of Diuine Perſons.
• 23 [::] Death is a comforth to a iuſt man in tribulation.
• 29 [::] Like to ſuch beaſtes as ſeke ſolitary places to lament in.

Chapter 31

CHAP. XXXI. Holie Iob reciteth ſincerly his owne vertues, shewing therby that he is not punished ſo gricuouſly for his ſinnes, but by Gods prouidence for ſome other cauſe.

1 I HA⟨illegible⟩ [::] made a couenant with mine eyes, that I would ⟨illegible⟩ as [::] thinke of a virgin.

2 For what part ſhould G⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩ haue in me, & inheritance the Omnipotent from on hig⟨illegible⟩

3 Is there not perdition to the wicked man, and alienation to them that worke iniuſtice?

4 Doth not he conſider my waies, and number al my ſteppes?

5 If I haue walked in vanitie, and my foote hath haſtened in guile:

6 Let him wey me in a iuſt balance, and let God know my ſimplicitie.

7 If my ſteppe haue declined out of the way, and if mine eie hath folowed my hart, and if ſporte hath cleaued to my handes:

8 Let me ſawe, and let an other eate it: and let my progenie be plucked vp by the rootes.

9 If my hart hath bene deceiued vpon a woman, and if I haue lyene in waite at my freinds doore:

10 Let my wife be the harlot of an other man, and let other men lye with her.

11 For this is a hainous thing, and moſt great iniquitie.

12 It is a fire deuoring euen to perdition, and rooting vp al thinges that ſpring.

13 If I hane contemned to abide iudgement with my man ſeruant, and my mayd ſeruant, when they had anie controuerſie againſt me.

14 For what ſhal I doe when God shal riſe to iudge? and when he shal aske, what shal I anſwer him?

15 Did not he make me in the wombe that made him alſo: and did not one forme me in the matrice?

16 If I haue denied to the poore, that which they would, and haue made the eyes of the widow to expect:

17 If I haue eaten my morſel alone, and the pulpil hath not eaten therof with me. (

18 Becauſe from mine infancie mercy hath growen with me: and from my mothers wombe it came forth with me.)

19 If I haue diſpiſed him that periſheth, for that he had not clothing, and the poore man without wherwithal to couer him:

20 If his ſides haue not bleſſed me, & he was not warmed with the fliſes of my ſheepe:

21 If I haue lifted vp my hand ouer the pupil, yea when I ſaw my ſelf in the ga⟨illegible⟩e the ſuperior:

22 Let my ſhoulder fal from his iuncture, and let my arme with his bones be broken.

23 For I haue alwaies feared God as waues ſwelling vpon me, and his weight I could not beare.

24 If I haue thought gold my ſtrength, and haue ſaid to fine gold: My confidence.

25 If I haue reioyſed vpon my great riches, and becauſe my hand found manie thinges.

26 If I ſaw the ſunne when it ſhined, and the moone going cleerly:

27 And my hart in ſecret reioyſed, and I kiſſed my hand with my mouth.

28 Which is [::] moſt great iniquitie, and a denial againſt God the moſt high?

29 If I haue beene glad of his fal, that hated me, & haue reioyſed that euil had found him.

30 For I haue not geuen my throte to ſinne, that curſing I wiſhed his ſoule.

31 If the men of my tabernacle haue not ſayd: Who wil giue of his fleſh that we may be filled?

32 The ſtranger taried not without, my doore was open to the wayfaring man

33 If as man I haue hid my ſinne, and haue concealed my iniquitie in my boſome.

34 If I haue bene afrayd at a verie great multitude, & the contempt of kin⟨illegible⟩men hath terrified me: and I haue not rather held my peace, & not gone out of the doore.

35 Who wil grant me an hearer, that the Omnipotent would heare my deſire: and that himſelf that iudgeth would write a booke.

36 That I may carie it on my ſhoulder, and put it about me as a crowne?

37 At euerie ſteppe of mine I wil pronounce it, and as to the prince I wil offer it.

38 If my Land cry againſt me, and with it the furrowes therof lament:

39 If I haue eaten the fruites therof without money, and haue afflicted the ſoule of the tillers therof.

40 For wheate let the bryar grow to me, and for batlie the thorne.

Marginal notes to Chapter 31

• 1 [::] whereas there is a continual warre betwen a chaiſt mind and rebellious fleſh, holie Iob made this condition of truce betwene theſe enimies▪ that his eye ſhould neuer geue occaſion to carnal concupiſcence.
• 1 [::] By which meanes, he was alſo ſafe from carnal cogitations. S. Greg. li. 21. e. 2.
• 28 [::] By this demand he prouoked his aduerſaries to produce what they could to conuince him of idolatrie or denving God wherwith they indirectly charged him,

[Margin (::): Iob diſputed no more with his freindes: but afterward ſubmitted him ſelf to God, acknowledging ſome vnaduiſed ſpeach. c 39. v. 37. c. 42. v 3▪] The wordes of Iob are ended.

Chapter 32

CHAP. XXXII. Eliu a young man being angrie that Iob perſiſted in his opinion, and that his three freindes could not conuince him, S. taketh vpon him to confute Iob which they could not do.

1 BVT theſe three men omitted to anſwer Iob, for that he ſeemed iuſt to himſelf.

2 And [::] Eliu the ſonne of Barachel a Buzite, of the kinred of Ram, was angrie and tooke indignation: and he was angrie againſt Iob, for that he ſayd himſelf to be iuſt before God.

3 Moreouer againſt his freindes he had indignation, for that they had not found a reaſonable anſwer, but onlie had condemned Iob.

4 Therfore Eliu expected Iob ſpeaking, becauſe they were his elders that ſpake.

5 But when he ſaw that the three were not able to anſwer, he was wrath excedingly.

6 And Eliu the ſonne of Barachel a Buzite anſwering, ſayd: I am yonger in time, and you more ancient, therfore caſting downe my head, I was afrayd to shewe you my ſentence.

7 For I hoped that longer age would ſpeake, and that a multitude of yeares would teach wiſdom.

8 But as I ſee, there is a Spirite in men, and the inſpiration of the Omnipotent geueth vnderſtanding.

9 They of many yeares are not the wiſe men, neither doe the ancientes vnderſtand iudgement.

10 Therfore wil I ſpeake: Heare ye me, I alſo wil shew you my wiſedom.

11 For I haue expected your wordes, I haue heard your wiſdom, as long as you contended in wordes.

12 And as long as I thought you ſaid ſomewhat, I conſidered: but as I ſee, [::] here is none of you that can reproue Iob, and anſwer to his wordes.

13 Leſt perhaps you may ſay: We haue found wiſedom, God hath reiected, him not man.

14 He hath ſpoken nothing [::] to me, and I wil not anſwer him according to your wordes.

15 They were afrayd, and anſwered no more, & they haue taken away talke from themſelues.

16 Therfore becauſe I haue expected, and they ſpake not: they ſtoode, & anſwered no more:

17 I alſo wil anſwer my part, and wil shew my knowledge.

18 For I am ful of wordes, and the ſpirit of my bellie ſtreyneth me.

19 Behold, my bellie is as new wine without a▪ vent, which breaketh new veſſels.

20 I wil ſpeake, and take breath a litle: I wil open my lippes, and wil anſwer.

21 I wil not accept the perſon of a man, and I wil not make God equal to man.

22 For I know not how long I shal continewe, and whether after a while my maker wil take me away.

Marginal notes to Chapter 32

• 1 The ninth conflict.
• 2 [::] This youngman wittie & lerned, but proud withal, was a figure of the hote and arrogant diſputers who wil ſeme to know more then their elders. S. Greg. li. 23. c. 2.
• 12 [::] A notorious arrogancie to hold himſelfe wiſer then any man, either of his owne ſect, or of his aduerſaries.
• 14 [::] Thoſe that neither credite Catholique Doctors, nor yet relie vpon their owne elders, but euery one vpon his owne priuate ſpirit, denie that to perteyne to them which is ſpoken to others in the ſame errors. S. Greg li. 23. c. 8.

Chapter 33

CHAP. XXXIII. Eliu endeuoreth to proue by Iobs ſpeach that he is vniuſt: 13. arguing that God (by afflicting him) hath alreadly ſo iudged. 23. but if by an Angels admonition he repent, al shal be remitted.

1 HEERE therfore Iob my ſayings, and harken to al my wordes.

2 Behold I haue opened my mouth, let my tongue ſpeake within my iawes.

3 My wordes are of my ſimple hart, and my lippes shal ſpeake a pure ſentence.

4 The Spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Omnipotent gaue me life.

5 If thou canſt, anſwer me, and ſtand againſt my face.

6 Behold God hath made me alſo euen as thee, and of the ſame clay I alſo was formed.

7 But yet let not my [::] miracle terrifie thee, and let not my eloquence be burdenous to thee.

8 Thou therfore haſt ſayd in my eares, and I haue heard the voice of thy wordes;

9 I am cleane, and without ſinne: vnſpotted, and there is no iniquitie in me.

10 Becauſe he hath found quarrels in me, therfore hath he thought me his enemy

11 He hath put my feete in the ſtockes, he hath obſerued al my waies.

12 This therfore is it, wherein thou art not iuſtified: I wil anſwer thee, that God is greater then man.

13 Doeſt thou contend againſt him becauſe he hath not anſwered thee to al wordes?

14 God [::] ſpeaketh once, & repeateth not the ſelf ſame the ſecond time.

15 By a dreame in a viſion by night, when heauie ſleepe falleth vpon men, and they ſleepe in their bed.

16 Thē doth he open the eares of men, & teaching inſtructeth them with diſcipline,

17 That he may turne a man from theſe things, which he doth, & may deliuer him from pride:

18 Deliuering his ſoule from corruption: and his life, that it paſſe not vnto the ſword.

19 He rebuketh alſo by ſorow in the bed, and he maketh al his bones to wither.

20 Bread is become abominable to him in his life, and to his ſoule the meate before deſired.

21 His flesh ſhal conſume, and the bones that had beene couered, ſhal be made naked.

22 His ſoule hath approched to corruption, and his life to things cauſing death.

23 If there ſhal be an Angel ſpeaking for him, one of thouſandes, to declare mans equirie.

24 He ſhal haue mercie on him, and ſhal ſay: deliuer him, that he deſcend not into corruption: I haue found wherein I may be propitious to him.

25 His fleſh is conſumed with punishments, let it returne to the daies of his youth.

26 He ſhal beſeche God, and he wil be pacified towards him: and he ſhal ſee his face in iubilation, and he wil render to a man his iuſtice.

27 He ſhal behold men, and ſhal ſay: I haue ſinned, and in deede I haue oftended, and, as I was worthie, I haue not receiued.

28 He hath deliuered his ſoule that it ſhould not goe into death, but liuing ſhould ſee the light.

29 Behold, al theſe things doth God worke three times in euerie one.

30 That he may reclame their ſoules from corruption, and illuminate them with the light of the liuing.

31 Attend Iob, and heare me: and hold thy peace, whiles I ſpeake.

32 But if thou haſt what to ſpeake, anſwer me, ſpeake: for I would thee to appeare iuſt

33 And if thou haue not, heare me: hold thy peace, and I wil teach thee wiſedom.

Marginal notes to Chapter 33

• 7 [::] Arrogant men imagine their owne conceiptes, & vtterance to be more meruelous thē other mens, not knowing how fooliſh their owne pride is. S. Greg. li. 23. c. 16.
• 14 [::] It is true that Gods wil once vttered ought to ſuffice al men, for he anſwereth not to ech one by a particular ſpeach, but by common ſpeach (or fact) ſatisfieth al mens queſtions. wherof S. Gregorie noteth this general rule. vita praecedentium ſit form ⟨illegible⟩ ſequentium. The l⟨illegible⟩ſe of them that goe be fore is made a forme (or rule) of them that folovv. li. 23. c. 18 & 19 But Eliu falſely ſuppoſed that God by Iobs affliction had declared that he was a wicked man. For in dede God declared the contrarie. c. 1. v. 1. & 8. c. 2. v. 3.

Chapter 34

CHAP. XXXIIII. Againe Eliu chargeth Iob with blaſphemie, and other crimes, 10. sheweth the equitie of Gods iudgement: 20. and that al thinges are ſubiect to Gods powre and knowlege.

1 ELIV therfore pronouncing, ſpake theſe wordes alſo.

2 Heare ye wiſe men my wordes, and ye learned harken to me:

3 For the eare proueth wordes, and the throate diſcerneth meates by the raſ⟨illegible⟩.

4 Let vs chooſe vs iudgement, and among vs let vs ſee what is the better.

5 Becauſe Iob ſayd: I am iuſt, and God hath [::] ſubuerted my iudgement.

6 For in iudging me there is a lie: mine arrow is violent without anie ſinne.

7 What man is there as is Iob, that drinketh ſkorning as it were water?

8 That goeth with them that worke iniquitie, and walketh with impious men?

9 For he hath ſayd: Man shal not pleaſe God [::] although he runne with him

10 Therfore ye diſcrete men heare me, far from God be impietie, and iniquitie from the Omnipotent.

11 For he wil render a man his worke, and according to the waies of euerie one he wil recompence them.

12 For in verie deed God wil not condemne without cauſe, neither wil the Omnipotent ſubuert iudgement.

13 What other hath he appointed ouer the earth? or whom hath he ſette ouer the world, which he made?

14 If he direct his hart to him, he shal drawe his ſpirit and breath vnto him.

15 Al flesh shal faile together, and man shal returne into ashes.

16 If then thou haue vnderſtanding, heare that is ſayd, and harken to the voice of my ſpeach.

17 Can he that loueth not iudgement, be healed? and how doeſt thou ſo far condemne him, that is iuſt?

18 That ſayth to the king, Apoſtata: that calleth dukes impious:

19 Who accepteth not the perſones of princes: nor hath knowen the tyrant, when he contended againſt the poore man: for al are the worke of his handes.

20 They shal ſodenly die, and at midnight peoples shal be trubled, and shal paſſe, and take away the violent without hand.

21 For his eies are vpon the waies of men, and he conſidereth al their ſteppes.

22 There is not darkeneſſe, and there is not shadow of death, that they may be hid there which worke iniquitie.

23 For it is no more in mans powre, to come to God into iudgement.

24 He shal deſtroy manie, & innumerable, & shal make other to ſtand for them

25 For he knoweth their workes: and therfore he shal bring night, and they shal be deſtroyed.

26 As impious men he hath ſtroken them in the place of them that ſee.

27 Who as it were of purpoſe haue reuolted from him, and would not vnderſtand al his waies:

28 That they cauſed the crie of the needie man to come to him, and he heard the voice of the poore.

29 For he granting peace, who is there that can condemne? After he ſhal hide his countenance, who is there that may behole him, both vpon nations, and vpon al men?

30 Who maketh a man that is [::] an hypocrite reigne for the ſinnes of the people.

31 Therfore becauſe I haue ſpoken to God, thee alſo I wil not prohibite.

32 If I haue erred, teach thou me: if I haue ſpoken iniquitie, I wil adde no more.

33 Doth God require it of thee, becauſe it hath diſpleaſed thee? for thou beganſt to ſpeake, and not I: but if thou know anie better thing, ſpeake.

34 Let men of vnderſtanding ſpeake to me, and let a wiſeman heare me.

35 But Iob hath ſpoken folishly, and his wordes ſound not diſcipline.

36 O my father, let Iob be proued euen to the end: ceaſe not from the man of iniquity.

37 Who addeth blaſphemie vpon his ſinnes, let him be reſtrayned in the meane time among vs: and then let him prouoke God to iudgement with his ſpeaches.

Marginal notes to Chapter 34

• 5 [::] Iob ſaid not that God, ubuerted iudgement (or wrongfully iudged) but God hath taken avvay my iudgement. cha. 27 v 2. that is, differred to iudge my cauſe.
• 9 [::] Neither did Iob ſay this (c. 9. v. 22.) but Eliu wreſted his meaning that he might haue ſomething to reprehend S. Greg. li. 24. c. 25.
• 30 [::] Eliu applieth this to Iob, as though he had made falſe ſhew of vertue which he had not, and that God had ſuffered him hither to to ⟨illegible⟩igne, or rather to tyrannize for iuſt puniſhment of his peoples ſin nes. But God at laſt declared that Iob was not ſuch a one. ch. 42. v. 7.

Chapter 35

CHAP. XXXV. Eliu pretending that Iob had ſayde God to be vniuſts, she weth that mans pietie nor impietie neither profiteth nor diſprofiteth God: 13 and that he iudgeth al thinges rightly.

1 THERFORE Eliu againe ſpake theſe wordes:

2 Doth thy cogitation ſeme iuſt to thee, that thou ſadyſt: [::] I am iuſter then God?

3 For thou ſaydſt: That which is right doth not pleaſe thee: or what wil it profite thee if I ſinne?

4 Therfore wil I anſwer to thy wordes, & to thy frendes with thee.

5 [::] Looke vp to heauen and ſee, and behold the skie, that it is higher then thou.

6 If thou ſinne, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thine iniquiries be multiplied, what shalt thou doe againſt him?

7 Moreouer if thou doe iuſtly, what shalt thou geue him, or what shal he receiue of thy hand?

8 Man that is like to thee, thy impietie shal hurt: and thy iuſtice shal helpe the ſonne of man

9 Becauſe of the multitude of calumniatours they shal cry: and shal waile for the force of the arme of tyrantes.

10 And he hath not ſayd: Where is God, that made me, that hath geuen ſongs in the night?

11 Who teacheth vs aboue the beaſtes of the earth, and inſtructeth vs aboue the foules of the ayre.

12 There shal they crie, and he wil not heare, becauſe of the pride of the euil.

13 God therfore wil not heare without cauſe, and the Omnipotent wil behold the cauſes of euerie one.

14 Yea when thou shalt ſay: He conſidereth not: be iudged before him, & expect him.

15 For he doth not now inferre his furie, neither doth he reuenge wickedneſſe excedingly.

16 Therfore Iob in vaine openeth his mouth, and without knowledge multiplieth wordes.

Marginal notes to Chapter 35

• 2 [::] Eliu inſiſteth much in this calumniation. for Iob neuer ſaid, that he was iuſt compared vvith God, nor iuſter then God. But that his affliction was greater then his ſinne. ch. 6. v. 3. c. 23. v. ⟨illegible⟩. &c.
• 5 [::] Theſe are ſtrong ſentences (ſaith S. Gregorie) but they agree not (or ⟨illegible⟩e⟨illegible⟩lapphed, to the bleſſed perſon of Iob. li. 26. c. 7.

Chapter 36

CHAP. XXXVI. Yet further Eliu sheweth, that God by his powre and wiſdome geueth to euerie one that is iuſt. 16. inferring (falſly) that al Iobs affliction is for his ſinnes. 22. diſcourſing ſtil of Gods poure, wiſdom, and prouidence.

1 ELIV alſo adding ſpeake theſe wordes:

2 Beare with me a litle, and I wil shew to thee: for as yet I haue what to ſpeake for God.

3 I wil repete my knowledge from the beginning, and I wil proue my maker iuſt.

4 For in deede my wordes are [::] without lye, and perfect knowledge shal be proued to thee.

5 God doth not caſt away the mightie, wheras as himſelf alſo is mightie.

6 But he ſaueth not the impious, and he giueth iudgement to the poore.

7 He shal not take away his eyes from the iuſt man, and he placeth kinges in the throne [::] for euer, and there they are extolled.

8 And if they shal be in cheines, and be bound with the ropes of pouertic.

9 He shal shew them their workes, and their wicked deedes, becauſe they haue bene violent.

10 He alſo shal reuele their eare, to chaſtiſe them: and shal ſpeake, that they may returne from iniquitie:

11 If they shal heare and obſerue, they shal accomplish their daies in good, and their years in glorie.

12 But if they heare not they shal paſſe by the ſworde, and shal be conſumed in folie.

13 Diſſemblers and craſtie men prouoke the wrath of God, neither shal they crie when they are bound.

14 Their ſoule shal dye in tempeſt, & their life among the effeminates.

15 He shal deliuer the poore out of his diſtreſſe, and shal reuele his eare in tribulation.

16 Therfore he shal ſaue thee moſt largely out of the narrow mouth, and not hauing foundation vnder it: and the quietneſſe of thy table shal be ful of fatneſſe.

17 Thy cauſe is iudged as an impious mans, cauſe and iudgement thou shalt receiue.

18 Let not therfore anger ouercome thee, that thou oppreſſe anie man: neither let multitude of gifres in cline thee.

19 Lay downe thy greatnes without tribulation, and al the puiſſant of ſtrength.

20 [::] Protract not the night, that [::] peoples may come vp for them.

21 Beware thou decline not to iniquitie: for thou haſt begunne to folow it after miſerie.

22 Behold, God is high in his ſtrength, and none is like to him [::] among the lawgeuers.

23 Who can ſearch his waies? or who can ſay to him: Thou haſt wrought iniquitie?

24 Remember that thou knoweſt not his worke, wherof men haue ſong.

25 Al men ſee him, euerie one beholdeth far of.

26 Behold, God is great ſurmounting our knowledge: the number of his yeares is ineſtimable.

27 Who taketh away the droppes of raine, and powreth out showers as it were gulfes of water.

28 Which flow out from the clowdes, that couer al thinges from aboue.

29 If he wil ſtretch forth clowdes as his tent.

30 And lighten with his light from aboue, he shal couer alſo the endes of the ſea.

31 For by theſe he iudgeth peoples, and geueth victuals to manie mortal men.

32 In his handes [::] he bideth the light, and commandeth it that it come agayne.

33 He ſheweth his freind therof, that it is his poſſeſſion, and that he may aſcend to it.

Marginal notes to Chapter 36

• 4 [::] No orator is ſo vaine but he promiſeth al truth, & ſpeaketh ſome to get credite with his auditorie.
• 7 [::] If kinges reigne wel their praiſe remaineth for euer. v. 11.
• 20 [::] The night is drawne long, when tentations are not ſpedely reſiſted
• 20 [::] wherby ful worſe and worſe cogitations ſuccede in place of the firſt. S. Greg. li 26. ⟨illegible⟩. 38.
• 22 [::] Aboue al other Lawgeuers God is moſt able to punish tranſgreſſors, but moſt willing and moſt able to reward the obſeruers. S. Gregorie ex poundeth this to be a prophec⟨illegible⟩e of Chriſt our ſingular lavvgeuer. li. ⟨illegible⟩7 c. 1
• 32 [::] Chriſt wil geue the glorious light of heauen which now is hidden to men that loſt terreſtrial paradiſe. ibidē. c. 12.

Chapter 37

CHAP. XXXVII. Eliu continueth his diſcourſe, shewing Gods wiſdom, powre, and iuſtice, by his meruelous workes of Meteors, 14▪ and vſe therof to mans commoditie. 18. which the wiſeſt m⟨illegible⟩n ſufficiently vnderſtand not, much leſſe may preſume (as he vniuſtly chargeth Iob) to contend with God.

1 VPON [::] this my hart is ſore afrayd, and is moued out of his place.

2 Heare ye his ſpeach in the terrour of his voice, and the ſound proceding out of his mouth.

3 Vnder al the heauens he conſidereth, and his light is vpon the endes of the earth.

4 After him ſhal ſounding roare, he ſhal thunder with the voice of his greatnes, & ſhal not be found out, when his voice shal be heard.

5 God shal thunder in his voice meruelouſly, he that doeth great & vnſearcheable thinges.

6 He that commandeth the ſnow to deſcend vpon the earth, and the winter raines, and the shower of his ſtrength.

7 He that ſigneth in the hand of al men, that euerie one may know his workes.

8 The beaſt shal enter into his couert, and shal abide in his denne.

9 From the inner partes shal tempeſt come forth, and cold from [::] Arcturus.

10 When God bloweth froſt congeleth, and againe waters are powred moſt largely.

11 Corne deſireth clowdes, and the clowdes ſpred their light.

12 Which goe round about, whither ſoeuer the wil of [::] the gouerner shal lead them, to al that he shal cōmand them vpon the face of he whole earth

13 Whether in one tribe or in his land, or in what place ſo euer of his mercy he shal command them to be found

14 Harken to theſe things Iob: ſtand, and conſider the maruels of God.

15 Doeſt thou know when God commanded the raines, that they shew the light of his clowdes?

16 Knoweſt thou the great pathes of the clowdes, and the perfect knowledges?

17 Are not thy garments hote, when the earth shal be blowen with the South winde?

18 Thou perhaps madſt the heauens with him, which are moſt ſound, caſt as it were of braſſe.

19 Shew vs what we may ſay to him: for we are wrapped in darkenes.

20 Who shal tel him the things that I ſpeake? yea if man shal ſpeake, he shal be deuoured.

21 But now they ſee not the light: ſodenly the ayre ſhal be thickned into clowdes, and the wind paſſing by ſhal driue them away.

22 From the North gold cometh, & toward God [::] fearful prayſing.

23 We can not find him worthely▪ great of ſtrength, and iudgement, and iuſtice, and he can not be vttered.

24 Therfore shal men feare him, and al that ſeme to themſelues to be wiſe, shal not dare to behold him.[*]

Marginal notes to Chapter 37

• 1 [::] Conſideration of heauenly rewardes mentioned in the end of the former chapter, comforteth the afflicted: but thunder and other meteors being figures of Gods iudgement, ſtrike the hart with terrour.
• 9 [::] North wind. or north pole.
• 12 [::] God directeth the ⟨illegible⟩loudes in the ayre as a maſter mariner gouerneth a ſhippe.
• 22 [::] Man not able to praiſe God ſufficiently, p⟨illegible⟩ayſeth him with fea⟨illegible⟩e.
• 24 [*] Iob coruinced the former three with ſound anſwers this laſt and moſt arrogant with ſilence.

Chapter 38

CHAP. XXXVIII. God after terrour of a whirlewind, by way of examining his client Iob of diuers creatures about their nature, sheweth that no man hath perfect knowlege of them, much leſſe of Gods immenſitie.

1 BVT our Lord anſwering Iob out of a whirlewind, ſayd:

2 Who is this that wrappeth in ſentences with vnskilful wordes?

3 Gird thy loynes as a man: I wil aske thee, and [::] anſwer thou me.

4 Where waſt thou when I layd [::] the foundations of the earth? tel me if thou haſt vnderſtanding.

5 Who ſet the meaſures therof, if thou know? or who ſtretched out the line vpon it?

6 Vpon what are the foundations therof grounded? or who let downe the corner ſtone therof,

7 when the morning ſtarres praiſed me together, and al the ſonnes of God made iubilation?

8 Who ſhut in the [::] ſea with doores when it brake forth proceding as it were out of a matrice:

9 When I made a clowde the garment therof, and wrapped it in darkenes as in cloutes of infancie.

10 I compaſſed it with my boundes, and put barre and doores.

11 And I ſayd: Hitherto thou ſhalt come, and ſhalt not procede farder, & here thou ſhalt breake thy ſwelling waues.

12 Didſt thou after thy birth command [::] the morning, and ſhew the dawning his place.

13 And didſt thou hold the extremities of the earth ſhaking them, and h⟨illegible⟩ſt thou ſhaken the impious out of it?

14 The ſeale shal be reſtored as clay, and shal ſtand as a garment:

15 From the impious their light shal be taken away, and the high a⟨illegible⟩me shal be broken.

16 Haſt thou entered into [::] the depthes of the ſea, and walked in the loweſt partes of the great depth?

17 Haue the gates of death bene open to thee, and haſt thou ſene the darkeſome doores?

18 Haſt thou conſidered the bredth of the earth? tel, me if thou know al things,

19 In what way the light dwelleth, and what is the place of darkeneſſe.

20 That thou canſt bring euerie thing to his borders, and vnderſtand the pathes of the houſe therof.

21 [::] Didſt thou know then that thou shouldeſt be borne? and didſt thou know the number of thy dayes?

22 Haſt thou entered into the treaſures of the ſnow, or haſt thou beheld treaſures of haile?

23 Which I haue prepared for the time of the enemie, for the day of fight and battel?

24 What way is the [::] light ſpred, is heate diuided vpon the earth?

25 Who [::] gaue courſe to the moſt vehement shower, and the way of the ſounding thunder:

26 That it should rayne vpon the earth, without man in the deſert, where no mortal man abideth:

27 That it should fil the deſert & deſolate ground, and should bring forth grene graſſe?

28 Who is the father of rayne? or who begot the droppes of dewe?

29 Out of whoſe wombe came forth yſe? & froſt from heauen who ingendred?

30 Waters are hardened like ſtone, and the face of the depth is congealed?

31 Shalt thou be able to ioyne together the shining [::] ſtarres Pleiades, or canſt thou diſſipate the circuite of Acturus?

32 Doeſt thou bring forth the day ſtarre in his time, and make Euening ſtarre to riſe vpon the children of the earth?

33 Doeſt thou know the order of heauen, and shalt thou Put downe the reaſon therof on the earth?

34 Shalt thou eleuate the voice in the clowde, & the violence of the waters couer thee.

35 Shalt thou ſend lightenings, and wil they goe, and returning shal they ſay to thee: Here we are?

36 Who put [::] wiſedom in the hart of man? or who gaue the [::] cocke vnderſtanding?

37 Who shal declare the maner of the heauens, and the harmonie of heauen who shal make to [*] ſleepe.

38 When was the duſt powred on the earth, and the cloddes compact together?

1 [::] Shalt thou take a praye for the liones and fil the appetite of her whelpes.

2 When they lie in the dennes, and in holes ſit in wayte?

3 Who prepareth for the rauen her meate, when her yong ones crie to God, wandring about, becauſe they haue not meate?

Marginal notes to Chapter 38

• 1 The third part. For the tenth and laſt diſpute God diſcuſſeth the controuer ſie, and geueth ſentence for Iob.
• 3 [::] Onlie the Creator hath abſolute and perfect knowlege of al creatures. As may appear⟨illegible⟩ by induction, or example:
• 4 [::] Of the creation of the earth.
• 8 [::] Of the ſea.
• 12 [::] Diſtinction of lightes.
• 16 [::] The depth of the ſea.
• 21 [::] Mans owne natiuitie, and what ſhal happen after his death
• 24 [::] The ſunnes light and heate.
• 25 [::] Diuers Meteors.
• 31 [::] Starres, and planetes.
• 36 [::] Man hath his knowlege from God.
• 36 [::] And the cock hath skil, which man wanteth.
• 37 [*] or reſt from motion.
• 1 [::] In ſome Editions the 39. chap. begineth here. ſhewing by induction of ſenſible thinges (as before of inſenſible) that onlie God knoweth the nature of al creatures.

Chapter 39

CHAP. XXXIX. God Almightie proſecuteth his diſcourſe, shewing his admirable powre and prouidence in liuing creatures. 34. Wherupon Iob acknowlegeth his owne ouerſight in ſome light wordes.

4 HAST [::] thou knowen the time when the [::] wild goates bring forth yong among the rockes, or haſt thou obſerued the [::] hyndes when they fawne?

5 Haſt thou numbred the monethes of their conceiuing, and knowen the time of their bearing?

6 They bowe downe themſelues to bring forth yong, and they caſt them, and make roarings.

7 Their yong are ſeperated, and goe to feed: they goe forth, and returne not to them.

8 Who hath diſmiſt the [::] wilde aſſe free, and who hath looſed his bondes?

9 To whom I haue geuen a houſe in the wildernes, and his tabernacles in the land of ſaltneſſe.

10 He contemneth the multitude of the citie, the crie of the exactour he heareth not.

11 He looketh about the mountaines of his paſture, and ſeeketh out al greene places.

12 Wil the [::] Rhinoceres ſerue thee, and wil he tarie at thy ſtal?

13 Shal thou tie the Rhinoceres with thy coller to plough, or wil he breake the cloddes of the valleys after thee?

14 Shalt thou haue confidence in his great ſtrength, and leaue thy labours vnto him?

15 Wilt thou credit him that he wil render thee the ſeede, and gather together thy barne floore?

16 The wing of the [::] Oſtrich is like to the winges of the [::] Herodius, and of the hawke.

17 When ſhe leaueth her egges on the earth, thou perhaps wilt heate them in the duſt.

18 She forgeteth that foote may treade vpon them, or beaſt of the fild breake them.

19 She is hardened toward her yong, as though they were not hers, ſhe hath laboured in vaine no feare compelling her.

20 For God hath depriued her of wiſedom neither hath he geuen her vnderſtanding.

21 When time ſhal be, ſhe ſetteth vp the winges on high: ſhe skorneth the horſe & his rider.

22 Shalt thou geue ſtrentgh to the [::] horſe, or put neying about his necke?

23 Shalt thou raiſe him vp as Locuſtes? the glorie of his noſthrels is terrour.

24 He diggeth the earth with his hou⟨illegible⟩e, he prawnſeth boldly, he goeth forward to meete the armed men.

25 He contemneth feare, neither yealdeth he to the ſword.

26 Vpon him ſhal the quiuer ſound, the ſpeare ſhal gliſter and the shilde.

27 Feruent and foming he ſuppeth the earth, neither doth he make account when the noyſe of the trumpet ſoundeth.

28 When he ſhal heare the trumpet he ſayth: Vah, he ſmelleth battel far of, the exhortation of the captaines, and the crie of the armie.

29 Doth the [::] hawke waxe fethered by thy wiſedom, ſpreding her winges to the South?

30 Shal the [::] eagle mount at thy commandment, and put her neſt in high places?

31 She abideth in rockes, and ta⟨illegible⟩ieth among cragged ſlintes, and ſtonie hilles where is no acceſſe.

32 Thence ſhe beholdeth the praye, and her eies ſee a far of,

33 Her yong ones ſhal licke bloud: & wherſoeuer the carcaſſe shal be, she is preſent by and by,

34 And our Lord added, and ſpake to Iob:

35 He that contendeth with God is he quieted ſo eaſily? Verely he that reproueth God, ought to anſwer him.

36 But Iob anſwering our Lord, ſayd:

37 I that haue ſpoken [::] lightly what can I anſwer? I wil put my hand vpon my mouth.

38 One thing I haue ſpoken, which I would I had not ſayd: and an other, to the which thinges. I wil adde no more.

Marginal notes to Chapter 39

• 4 [::] By Gods meruelous prouidence appearing in the natural inſtinct of other creatures man may conſider that the ſame is greater towards him. And therfore God here propoſeth the examples of.
• 4 [::] VVild goates.
• 4 [::] Hyndes.
• 8 [::] VVild aſſes.
• 12 [::] Vnicornes.
• 16 [::] Oſtriches,
• 16 [::] Falcons, or Ierfalcons, & other haukes.
• 22 [::] Horſes are of ſingular great corege.
• 29 [::] Haukes wherof Ariſtotel ſaith there be ten kindes: pli⟨illegible⟩e ſixtene.
• 30 [::] Eagles, of moſt ſtrong ſight.
• 37 [::] If we diſcuſſe al Iobs wordes (ſaith S. Gregorie, we ſhal find nothing wickedly ſpoken, but only ſmale ſpe⟨illegible⟩ce of pride in ſpeaking too much of his owne afflictiō and too litle of Gods goodnes towards him li. 23. c. 1.

Chapter 40

CHAP. XL. Our Lord further sheweth that mans powre, nor iuſtice, is not comparable to Gods. 10. as appeareth in ouercoming Behemoth, 20. and Leuiathan.

1 AND our Lord anſwering Iob out of the whirlewinde, ſayd:

2 Gird thy Ioynes as a man: I wil aske thee, and doe thou tel me.

3 Shalt thou make my [::] iudgement of none effect: and condemne me, that thou mayſt be iuſtified?

4 And haſt thou an arme as God, and doſt thou thunder with like voice.

5 Put beautie about thee, and ſet vp thy ſelfe aloft, and be glorious, and put on goodlie garmentes.

6 Diſperſe the prowde in thy furie, and beholding euerie arrogant man, humble him.

7 Behold al the prowde, and confound them, and deſtroy the impious in their place.

8 Hide them in the duſt together, and plunge their faces in the pit.

9 And I wil confeſſe, that thy right hand is able to ſaue thee.

10 Behold, [::] Behemoth whom I made with thee, shal eate hay as it were an oxe.

11 His ſtrength is in his loynes, and his powre in the nauil of his bellie.

12 He gathereth together his taile as the ceder tree, the ſinewes of his ſtones are perplexe.

13 His bones are as pipes of braſſe, his griſtle as it were plates of iron.

14 He is the beginning of the wayes of God, which made him, he shal applie his ſword.

15 To him the mountaines beare graſſe: al the beaſtes of the filde shal play there.

16 He ſleepeth vnder the shadow, in the ſecrete of the reede, and in moyſt places.

17 Shadowes doe protect his shadow, the willowes of the torrent shal compaſſe him.

18 Loe, he shal ſup vp the riuer, and shal not meruaile: and he hath confidence that Iordan may runne into his mouth.

19 In his eies as with a hooke he shal take him, and with ſtakes he shal boare through his noſthrels.

20 Canſt thou drawe out the [::] Leuiathan with a hooke, and with a rope shalt thou tye his tongue?

21 Shalt thou put a ring in his noſthrels, or bore through his iaw with a buckle?

22 Wil he multiplie prayers to thee, or ſpeake to thee gentle wordes?

23 Wil he make a couenant with thee, and shalt thou take him to be a ſeruant for euer?

24 Shalt shou delude him as a birde, or tye him for thy handmaydes?

25 Shal freindes cut him, merchantes diuide him?

26 Shalt thou fil nettes with his skinne, and the cabbin of fishes with his heade.

27 Lay thy hand vpon him: remember battel, and adde to ſpeake no more.

28 Behold his hope shal fruſtrate him, and in the ſight of al he shal be caſt downe headlong.

Marginal notes to Chapter 40

• 3 [::] Though Iob had truly auouched that his ſinnes deſerued not ſo great afflictions, yet he ought to haue acknowleged that God afflicted him iuſtly, for ſome other cauſe knowne to God, but vnknowē to him, which he not confeſſing ſemed to make Gods iudgement vniuſt: or, of none effect. S. Greg. li. 32. c. 3.
• 10 [::] An Elephant the greateſt of al beaſtes, of long life, ſtrong, meke, t⟨illegible⟩n perate, chaiſt, ouercome by the Vnicorne, or Dragon. or taken by the noſe & ledde away. How much more doth Gods prouidence geue man powre to ouercome the diuel?
• 20 [::] An huge great fiſh. perhaps, the whale, exceding mans powre to be managed, yet is ſubiect (as alſo the diuel ſignified therby) to Gods powre, and prouidence.

Chapter 41

CHAP. XLI. Leuiathan is further deſcribed by the peculiar partes of his bodie, and terrible compoſition of al his members.

1 NOT as [::] cruel wil I raiſe him: for who can reſiſt my contenance?

2 Who hath geuen me before, that I may render vnto him? Al thinges that are vnder heauen be myne.

3 I wil not ſpare him, and his mightie wordes, and framed to beſeech.

4 Who shal reuele the ▪face of his garment: and who shal enter into the middes of his mouth:

5 Who shal open the gate of his countenance? dreade is round about his teeth.

6 His bodie as shildes that are caſt, compact with skales faſt cleauing together.

7 One is ioyned to an other, and not ſo much as anie ayre entereth betwen them:

8 One shal ſticke to an other, & holding eche other, they shal not be ſeperated.

9 His ſneeſing is as the shining of fire, & his eies as the twinklings of the morning.

10 Out of his mouth procede lampes, as it were torches of lighted fire.

11 Out of his noſthrels procedeth ſmoke, as it were of a pot heated and boyling

12 His breath maketh coales to burne, & a flame cometh fotth out of his mouth.

13 In his necke ſhal ſtrength abide, & needines goeth before his face.

14 The members of his flesh cleaue together one to an other: [::] he shal ſend lightnings againſt him, and he shal not be caried to an other place.

15 His hart shal be hardened as a ſtone, and ſhal be ſtifly compact as the ſmithes ſtithie.

16 When he shal be taken away, the [::] Angels shal feare, and being feared shal be purged.

17 When the ſword shal apprehend him, neither ſpeare, nor breſtplate shal be able to abide.

18 For he shal eſteme yron as chaffe, and braſſe, as rotten wood.

19 The bowman shal not put him to flight, the ſtones of the ſling, to him are turned into ſtubble.

20 As ſtubble wil he eſteme the hammer, and he wil laugh him to skorne that shaketh the ſpeare.

21 The beames of the ſunne shal be vnder him, and he shal ſtraw gold vnder him as durt.

22 He shal make the deepe ſea to boyle as a pot, and shal put it as when ointmentes boyle.

23 A path shal shine after him, he shal eſteme the depth as waxing old.

24 There is no power vpon the earth, that may be compared with him, who is made to feare no man.

25 He ſeeth euerie high thing, he is [::] king ouer al the children of pryde.

Marginal notes to Chapter 41

• 1 [::] God ruleth al his creatures, not with crueltie as a tyranne, but with iuſtice, eaſe, and powre.
• 14 [::] God at laſt deſtroyeth him whom man can not ouercome.
• 16 [::] Angels with reuerent feare doe honour Gods powre. And valient mariners and other ſoldiars are terrified when they ſee this ſo huge a fish. Myſtically, Gods preachers and perfecteſt ſeruantes ſhal naturally feare the terrour of Gods iudgement.
• 25 [::] And the diuel reigneth ouer proude men. S. Greg. li. 34. c 4. & 17.

Chapter 42

CHAP. XLII. Holie Iob inſtructed & comforted by Gods diſcourſe, acknowlegeth his fault, and craueth pardon for his ouerſight in ſpeach, or cogitation. 7. God iuſtifieth his cauſe againſt his freindes. 9. They offer ſacrifice for their offence. 10. Al thinges proſper with Iob, duble to that he had before. 16. and he dieth happely.

1 AND Iob anſwering our Lord, ſayd:

2 I know that thou canſt doe al thinges, and no cogitation is hid from thee.

3 Who is this, that concealeth counſel without knowledge? Therfore haue I ſpoken [::] vnwiſely, and the thinges that did excede my knowledge beyond meſure.

4 Heare (I beſech thee) and I wil ſpeake: I wil aske thee, and do thou tel me.

5 With the hearing of the eare I haue heard thee, but now my eye ſeeth thee.

6 Therfore [::] I reprehend myſelf, and I do penance in imbers and ashes.

7 And after our Lord ſpake theſe wordes to Iob, he ſayd to Eliphaz the Themanite: My furie is wrath againſt thee, and againſt thy two frendes, becauſe“ you haue not ſpoken right before me, as my ſeruant Iob.

8 Take therfore vnto you“ ſeuen oxen, and ſeuen rammes, and goe to my ſeruant Iob, and offer holocauſte for your ſelues: and my ſeruant “Iob shal pray for you: his face I wil receiue, that the follie be not imputed to you: for you haue not ſpoken right thinges before me, as my ſeruant Iob.

9 Eliphaz therfore the Themanite, and Baldad the Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathite went, and did as our Lord had ſpoken to them, and our Lord receiued the face of Iob.

10 Our Lord alſo was turned at the [::] penance of Iob, when he prayed for his freindes. And our Lord added al thinges whatſoeuer had bene Iobes, duble.

11 And al his brethren came to him, and al his ſiſters, and al that knew him before, and they did eate bread with him in his houſe: and wagged the head vpon him, and comforted him vpon al the euil that God had brought in vpon him. And euerie man gaue him one ewe, and one earelet of gold.

12 And our Lord bleſſed the laſt daies of Iob more then his beginning. And he had fourtene thouſand sheepe, and ſix thouſand camels, & a thouſand yoke of oxen, and a thouſand she aſſes.

13 And he had [::] ſeuen ſonnes, and three daughters.

14 And he called the name of one Dies, and the name of the ſecond Caſſia, & the name of the third Cornuſtibij.

15 And there were not found in al the earth wemen ſo beautiful as the daughters of Iob: and their father gaue them inheritance among their brethren.

16 And Iob liued after theſe thinges, an hundred fourtie yeares, and he ſaw his children, and his childrens children, vnto the fourth generation, and he died an old man, and ful of daies.

Marginal notes to Chapter 42

• 3 [::] Iob here ſimply ackowledged his error in ſpeaking ſo much in defence of his owne innocencie, and ſo litle of Gods prouidence in afflicting him, for his more merite, and Gods more glorie.
• 6 [::] Before he defended a truth againſt his oppoſite freindes, now with more reſignation he contented himſelf with his affliction.
• 10 [::] Iob did penance both for himſelf and others.
• 13 [::] In that he had al other thinges duble, and children in the ſame number as before, it is a ſigne that the former periſhed not but died in good ſtate.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. XLII.

7. You haue not ſpoken right, as my ſeruant Iob] Holie Iob being throughly tried [Margin: God by his ſentence condemned the error of Iobs freindes, and iuſtified his aſſertion.] in the fornace of tribulation, and by diuine inſtruction confirmed in perfect patience, and other vertues, God at laſt gaue ſentence, condemning the guiltie, and iuſtifying the innocent: in plaine termes prononcing that Eliphaz, Baldad, and Sophar had not ſpoken right before him, as his ſeruant Iob. And ſo theſe three being conuinced, that notwithſtanding their former pretence of defending Gods cauſe, they had erred, and Iob had maintained the truth, they ſubmitted themſelues as faultie, and humbly did penance, bringing their oblations for ſacrifice to Iob, as they were commanded. v. 8. &. 9

As for Eliu the laſt diſputer, perſiſting more vehemēt in his errour when others ceaſſed from contention, he was ſufficiently condemned in his felowes. And the rather for that true point of his owne doctrine (ch. 33. v. 14) that God ſpeaketh once, and repeteth not the ſame, the ſecond time. For it was euer a general rule, [Margin: Errors ought not to beholden ſtil, being once condemned. Much leſſe raiſed againe being hertofore buried.] that when God once reueiled anie thing by publique fact, or vnto competent witneſſes, it ſufficed for euer, to al reaſonable men, and ſo Eliu might applie the ſentence to himſelfe, which God had denounced to his three freindes, in the ſame cauſe. Much leſſe are Proteſtantes excuſable, which not only perſiſt [Margin: S. Aug. deſide & oper S. Cyprian. li. 4. ep. 2.] in errors cōdemned in their owne felowes, as in Luther, Caluin, Beza & others, but alſo in other old hereſies: as their doctrine of iuſtification by only faith condemned in the Apoſtles time: their denying the cerimonies of Baptiſme, & the Sacraments of Confirmation: & of Penance, condemned in the Nouatians: or that patient ſuſtaining of worldlie loſſes, and other afflictions, ſuch as Iob [Margin: Apud Euſeb. li. 6. c. 35. Gen. 2. 4 7 Exod. 23. Deut. 15.] ſuffered, are not ſatisfactorie, or meritorious workes.

8. Take ſeuen oxen, and ſeuen rammes.] In the number of ſeuen is a myſterie [Margin: Numbers myſtical.] of perfection and fulnes, often vſed in holie scripture. For God creating the world and al thinges therin, in ſix dayes, reſted the ſeuenth. Seuenfold puniſhment was required for Cain. Seuen payres of cleane beaſtes were conſerued in [Margin: Great or manie ſacrifices for great offences. Deuotion of him that offereth ſacrifice increaſeth the effect. Prayers of holie men or Sainſtes derogate not from Chriſt.] in Noes arke. And in the law the ground reſted from tillage the ſeuenth yeare. with innumerable the like. As S. Gregorie in this place, and other Fathers note in their workes. Alſo twiſe ſeuen victimes offered in ſacrifice, import the greatnes of theſe mens offence in accuſing Iob, and in auouching their falſe opinion.

8. Iob shal pray for you. Neither had ſo manie ſacrifices ſufficed, as S. Chriſoſtom obſerueth, Orat. 5. in Iudaeos, vnles Iob alſo had prayed for the offenders. VVhere we ſee that both Sacrifice, & the deuotion of him that offereth it, haue their effectes: whereof commeth the diſtinction vſed in Scholes, of Opusoperatum, and Opus operantis. As it is manifeſt likewiſe, that mediation of one man for an other, did not derogate from Gods benigne mercie, in the law of nature, wherein theſe men liued. Nor now from Chriſtes mediation, in the law of Grace. 2. Cor. 1. v. 11.

A BRIEF RECAPITVLATION of this ſtrange and ſacred hiſtorie.

FOr auoiding prolixitie (this volume growing great) we haue for moſt [Margin: VVhy we haue made few annotations in this booke.] part contracted our Annotations into the margen, making very few others in this booke, which otherwiſe offered much more occaſion, as wel for explicating hard places, as of other doctrinal and moral inſtructions. Neither in dede can ordinarie Annotations wel ſuffice for vnderſtanding of this, and other hard bookes. But rather large Comentaries are required, ſuch as S. Gregorie, and other ancient Fathers: as alſo F. Iohn de Pineda, and others haue lately written. wherto we therfore remitte the lerned readers. And for the benefite of others of our nation, we shal here briefly recapitulate the ſumme, [Margin: The argument of this hiſtorie.] and principal pointes of this holie and admirable historie, conſiſting in a ſingular holie mans conflictes, and glorious victorie, againſt inuiſible and viſible aduerſaries, both in proſperous and aduerſe fortune.

Firſt this holie man Iob in al abundance of wealth and riches, bleſſed [Margin: Iob in proſperitie was tempted inuiſibly more then ordinary men of lower ſtate, or leſſe perfection.] with manie children (ch. 1.) ſitting in a princelie throne, and royal dignitie (ch. 29.) in the land of Hus, was not only aſſaulted with common tentations of the enuious enimie, as al are that liue piouſly in God, but ſo much [Margin: 2. Tim. 3.] the more, as he was more godlie, ſincerer and perfecter then other men, yet he neuer ſet his hart vpon worldlie or temporal thinges, but with al due feare ſo ſerued God, and parted from euil, that Satan himſelf (the calumniator of mankind) could not charge him with anie ſinne at al. Though he would not for al that confeſſe him to be iuſt, or perfect but for further trial [Margin: Much more by loſſe of al his goodes and children in one day. Moſt of al by bodilie affliction. And reuiling of his wife.] of him, demanded and obtained licence of God to touch at his poſſseſions, and ſo bereued him of al his goodes, & children in one day. And when he perſeuering conſtant in vertue, thanking God for al, not ſinning in his lippes, neither ſpeaking anie fooliſh thing againſt God, the diuel getting more ample permiſſion to touch his bones and flesh (chap. 2) ſuſudenly ſtroock him with moſt grieuous botch (or boyle) from the ſole of the foote to the toppe of the head: who ſitting on a dunghil, and ſcraping the corruption of his ſores with a ſhel in extreme paine, his owne wife, by the diuels ſuggeſtion, reuiled him for his ſinceritie, and prouoked him to blaſpheme God: but he ſeuerely reprehended her follie, ſtil keeping neceſſarie patience.

Then came three ſpecial freindes, noble wiſemen (or litle kinges) to viſite, and comforte him, who in ſeuen dayes not ſpeaking one word of conſolation, nor entering into anie diſcourſe with him, at laſt Iob himſelf (chap. [Margin: Holie Iob lamented his affliction, and the general miſeries of man.] 3.) broke this long ſilence (but not his patience) lamentably bewayling the extremitie of his paines, imputing al to the miſeries of mans eſtate, corrupted by ſinne, diſcourſed of certaine penal euiles, or malades enſuing therupon, wishing for his owne part (if it had ſo bene Gods pleaſure, for he ſincerly feared God) that either he had not bene borne, or bene shortly taken out of his world, curſing ſinne and the proper effectes therof remaining in man, wishing alſo to haue wanted the ordinarie [Margin: VVhere Iob expected comforth in tribulation, the diuel procured him more affliction.] benefites of education in his infancie, and al his former proſperitie, ſo that he might haue eſcaped the calamities, wherwith he was now afflicted. Al which he vttering in way of contemning al worldlie thinges, and ſuppoſing his freindes there preſent, would haue ſo vnderſtood him, and had compaſſion with him: they contrariwiſe (by art of the diuel, God ſo permitting) fel into indignation, & in ſtead of comforting their moſt afflicted freind, sharply reprehended him, rashly iudged his conſcience, and falſly condemned him, not only of impatient ſpeach, as offenſiue to God, and his Angels, and to al good men; but alſo of other enormious ſinnes: as pride, [Margin: Iob ſore afflicted in bodie had nine ſeueral confflictes about the cauſe therof before it was decided.] tyrannie, preſumption, hypochriſie, and blaſphemie, becauſe heretofore he ſemed to the world as iuſt and holie, and now (as they imagined) in his deſerued punishment, charged God with iniuſtice. wherupon grew diuers long diſputes betwen Iob and his three freindes; a fourth alſo intruding himſelfe, when the others ceaſſed. So that Iob indured nine conflictes, and in the tenth God iudged him the victour, which shal yet better appeare, if we repete the ſumme of their argumentes, & his anſwers, with Gods deciſion of the controuerſie.

In the firſt conflict Eliphaz the chiefest of Iobs freindes (in the. 4. and 5. [Margin: The firſt conflict.] chapters) accuſed Iob of great impatience, and inſolencie against God, alſo both him and his familie of tyrannie, like to a cruel lion, and lions whelpes, alleaging for proofe the proſperitie of good men, punishment of the wicked, and a particular viſion. Adiured him therfore to acknowlege and repent the ſame. But Iob (in other two chapters) auoched that in deede his afflictions were greater then his ſinnes deſerued, [Margin: The maine point of the controuerſie.] relying vpon his innocencie knowen to his owne conſcience. Deſcribed alſo the manifold calamities of mans life, deſired to die, and ſo to end his worldlie miſeries.

Then Baldad the ſecond oppoſite freind (in the 8. chap.) pretending to [Margin: The ſecond conflict.] free Gods iudgement from al shew or reſemblance of iniuſtice, charged Iob and his children with former wickednes, and him as iniurious to God in his ſpeaches, of which if he would repent, he should be healed, and proſper as before: Arguing in general, that God neuer afflicteth the [Margin: The ground of theſe mens error.] innocent, nor aſſiſteth the malignant. Inſinuating therby, that Iob was an hypocrite. wherto Iob anſwered (chap. 9. & 10) that in dede no man may compare, nor iuſtifie himſelſe before God. Neuertheles it ſtandeth wel with Gods iuſtice, powre, & wiſdome, that innocentes be ſometimes exerciſed with tribulations, more then their offences deſerue.

Thirdly Sophar (the third diſputer) aſſaulted Iob (ch. 11.) imputing his [Margin: The third conflict.] ſpeach, and defence of himſelf to loquacitie, and audacious temeritie, in that he deſired to know the cauſes of Gods prouidence, in ſo grieuouſly afflicting him. Of which faultes holie Iob purged himſelf (in the three next chapters) ſtil maintayning his innocencie, according to his owne conſcience better knowen to himſelf then to them, deſiring God to inſtruct him, if he had anie vnknowen ſinnes. Diſcourſed alſo much more profoundly of Gods powre, wiſdome, iuſtice, and prouidence, as we⟨illegible⟩ in general, as towards himſelf in particular: and profeſſed his faith, and great confidence of the Reſurrection. Againe Eliphaz (ch. 15.) more bitterly then before, condemned Iob [Margin: The fourth conflict.] of preſumption, and blaſphemie, diſcourſed of mans corruptnes and prones to ſinne, deſcribing the maners of hypochrites, and other impious men, with their miſerable endes, and argued Iob for ſuch a one. VVho (in the next two chapters) expoſtulated with theſe his freinds, that they coming with pretence to comforth him, did ſo violently afflict him, by charging him with falſe and heynous crimes, his owne conſcience better knowing, and teſtifying his former life, and ſtate of his ſoule, then that their imaginations could alter his iudgement. And ſo with contempt of this world, & deſire of death and reſt, appealed to Gods iudgement againſt his three freindes, touching the matter in controuerſie. In the meane time comforted himſelf with meditation of the next world.

Baldad likewiſe replied (ch. 18.) with hote contention, accuſing Iob [Margin: The fifth conflict.] of inſolent impatience, inculcating the greuous punishmentes both of him, and others for their impietie. In anſwer wherto he lamented againe the wan⟨illegible⟩ of expected comforth, eſpecially by ſuch freindes. Stil comforted himſelf with aſſured faith of the Reſurrection.

Sophar alſo (ch. 20.) attempted againe to cōuince Iob of impietie, [Margin: The ſixth conflict.] and hypochriſie, by the miſerable, and ſpeedie fal of wicked men after proſperitie: for ſo he imagined Iob to be fallen into irrecouerable miſerie. But Iob ſhewed the contrarie, that ſome wicked men proſper long, yea al their life, and the ſame long, and then in a moment goe downe to hel, and ſo the argument of preſent affliction proued not their opinion againſt him.

Eliphaz diſputed the third time (ch. 22.) contending that the cauſes [Margin: The ſeuenth conflict.] of affliction, are not to be attributed to Gods ſecrete prouidence, but to aſſured ſinnes of the wicked. Vpon whom only he ſuppoſed, that afflictions fal: inferring that Iob was guiltie of enormious crimes, & groſſe errors. Vrged him therfore to returne to God, that he might be reſtored to former proſperitie. Iob againe appealed to Gods ſentence, not in his terrour, nor rigour of his iuſtice, but againſt his aduerſaries in this quarel, deſcribing Gods powre, and wiſdome, by which he permitteth the innocent to be afflicted, & the wicked to proſper: no man knowing how ſoone, or how late, al shal receiue as they deſerue.

Moreouer Baldad diſputed the third time, very briefly (ch. 25.) endeuouring [Margin: The eight conflict.] to terrifie Iob from further anſwering, and eſpecially from appealing to Gods iudgement. But Iob very largely (in ſix enſuing chapters) diſcourſed diuinely of Gods ſouereigne Maieſte, Powre, Wiſdom, exact Iuſtice, and infinite Mercie. Alſo of wicked mens deſtruction; of his owne former proſperitie, and preſent calamitie, together with his good workes, and innocencie, which he ſtil anouched in reſpect of great iniquities.

After that Iob and his three freindes ceaſſed, nothing being agreed vpon in [Margin: The ninth conflict.] the point of controuerſie, the diuel yet ceaſsed not, but ſturred vp a yongman, called Eliu, proud and arrogant, but not vnlerned, who abruptly condemned them al; to witte, Iob of pertinacie, the others of inſufficiencie. And therfore tooke vpon him to conuince Iob, though the others could not. [Margin: Neweſt Sectaries hold themſelues the wiſeſt.] Very like to late-riſing Proteſtantes, or Puritaines bragging that by new argumentes, and proofes neuer heard of, they wil ouerthrow the Papiſtes, or Catholique Romaine Church, and doctrin, which al former enimies, Iewes, Pagaines, Turkes, and Heretikes, nor Hel gates, could not ouercome. This yong Eliu therfore, with his Priuate ſpirite, [Margin: Eſpecially theſe of our dayes, that relie ech one vpon his owne priuate ſpirite.] wiſer in his owne conceipt then al that went before him, aſſaulted conſtant Iob (ch. 32. and fiue more enſuing) with manie wordes, and bragges, often chalenging & prouoking, but not extorting anie anſwer, from ſo graue a man to his friuolous and idle argumentes, largely diſcourſing of thinges either not denied, or ſo manifeſt falſe, that euerie meane ſeruant of God, could eaſely conuince them▪ and neuer approching to the maine controuerſie, only railed againſt holie Iob, charging him more furiouſly then anie had donne before, with impietie, impatience, ignorance, pride, blaſphemie, and obſtinacie, vices farre from Iobs ſanctitie, dilating alſo of Gods iuſtice, mercie, wiſdome, powre, and prouidence; and that no man ought to contend, nor expoſtulate with God, that afflictions must be borne patiently, and that God is iuſt, and maruelous in his workes, wherof no wiſeman euer doubted; and ſo Iob conuinced him with ſilence.

But God himſelf for deciſion of al (from ch. 38. to the end of the Booke) [Margin: In the tenth place God decided the controuerſie.] firſt by way of examining inſtructed Iob more particularly, reciting manie maruelous workes of nature, shewing therby his Diuine Maieſtie, Powre, and wiſdome, exerciſing Iob in more patience, and withal perfecting him in humilitie. So that with al reuerent feare and ſubiection, he offered and ſubmitted him ſelfe to Gods onlie good pleaſure. Then finally God gaue ſentence that Iob had defended the truth, & his three freindes had [Margin: Penitentes pardoned. Iob rewarded.] erred. VVhom after Sacrifice, and Iobs prayer for them, he pardoned; reſtored Iob to health, and to duble proſperitie, of al he had loſt before, geuing him alſo long life, and a happie end.

In this hiſtorie beſides the literal ſenſe, shewing that Iob was iuſt and ſincere, [Margin: The literal ſenſe of this hiſtorie. Aliegorical.] and not for his ſinnes (as his freindes falſly ſuppoſed) but for his more mere⟨illegible⟩e was most extremly afflicted, and afterwards reſtored to health and wealth: we haue alſo h⟨illegible⟩re in the Allegorical ſenſe, an eſpecial figure of Chriſt. who as he was abſolutly moſt innocent, & moſt perfect: ſo was he without cōpariſon moſt afflicted of al mankind. Likewiſe Iobs reſtauration to better ſtate then before, ſignified in the Anagogical ſenſe, the Reſurrection, and [Margin: Anagogical.] reſt⟨illegible⟩uratiō of better, & moſt glorious qualities in the bleſſed, with fulnes of [Margin: Moral.] daies, in eternal glorie. Finally in the Moral ſenſe (which S. Gregorie moſt eſpecially proſecuteth) al Chriſtians haue here a moſt notable example of al vertues, namely of patience, wherin Iob proceded by degrees to great perfection. For he was first tried by the loſſe of al his goodes & children, and was [Margin: Holie Iob proceded by degrees to perfect patience.] proued to be very patient. He was then moſt greuouſly tormented in bodie, & being left without comforth, albeit he lamentably bewa led ſo great extremitie, wishing ſuch dayes had bene preuented: yet he neither ſpoke againſt God, nor good man, nor his owne ſoule, & according to truth auouched & defended his owne innocencie. And at laſt by Gods inſpiration, and ſwete conſolation, he re⟨illegible⟩re⟨illegible⟩e⟨illegible⟩ded himſelf, of former imperfections vttered in ſome wordes, and with ful reſignation to Gods wil, ſuſteyned al his loſſes and paynes, not only with contentment, but alſo with ioy.

THE END OF THE FIRST TOME.

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The holie Bible faithfully translated into English, out of the authentical Latin. Diligently conferred with the Hebrew, Greeke, and other editions in diuers languages. With arguments of the bookes, and chapters: annotations. tables: and other helpes. By the English College of Doway. The first tome (Genesis to Job), Doway: Laurence Kellam, 1609 (STC 2207). Copy: Henry E. Huntington Library, as reproduced in Early English Books Online (image set 2087).

Transcription: Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership (EEBO-TCP), Phase I text A11777 (2007), released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal public-domain dedication.

This is an archival transcription, not a Good Works Translation: the English is the Douay translators’ own, kept in the original spelling, with long s (ſ), u and v, i and j as printed. The Good Works Library converted the TCP text to this page, removing only markup, page breaks and line-end hyphens. In the print a cross (†) opens each verse and the verse number stands in the margin; here each verse is its own paragraph headed by that number. Marginal notes are gathered after each chapter under the number of the verse beside which they stand; where the print sets a reference mark in the text (a letter, four pricks ::, or a star *), the mark is kept at its place in square brackets. In prose sections the marginal notes stand at their places in square brackets. Marks that the transcription records in the text are kept as they stand: ▪ is the transcribers’ sign for a printed mark they could not set, which this edition’s key to its marks uses to point to an Annotation after the chapter, and “ is another such printed mark. Words the transcribers could not read are marked ⟨illegible⟩ (216 on this page); none has been filled in by conjecture. One word or phrase printed in Greek or other non-Latin letters, which the transcription did not key, is marked ⟨non-Latin script⟩ on this page; nothing has been supplied in its place.

Where the edition prints the opening verses of the next chapter’s numbering at the foot of a chapter, those verses keep their printed numbers.

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