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For the same cause do my thoughtes compell me to answere. And why? my mynde is tossed here and there.

The riches yt he deuoureth, shall he perbreake agayne, for God shal drawe them out of his bely.

But laboure shal he, & yet haue nothinge to eate. Greate trauayle shal he make for riches, but he shal not enioye them.

For though ye wicked haue neuer so moch to fyll his bely, yet God shal sende his wrath vpon him, and cause his battayll to rayne ouer him:

This is the porcion that ye wicked shal haue of God, and the heretage that he maye loke for of the LORDE.

For whe I pondre & considre this, I am afrayed, and my flesh is smytten with feare.

Their houses are safe from all feare, for the rodd of God doth not smyte the.

How oft shal the candle of ye wicked be put out? how oft commeth their destruccion vpon them? O what sorowe shall God geue them for their parte in his wrath?

For whath careth he, what become of his housholde after his death? whose monethes passe awaye swifter then an arowe.

For ye saye: where is the prynces palace? where is the dwellynge of the vngodly:

Who darre reproue him for his wayes to his face? who rewardeth him for the vngraciousnesse that he doth?

Maye a man be copared vnto God in wy?dome, though he seme to himself, for to be like him?

Cometh not this for ye greate wickednesse, & for thine vngracious dedes which are innumerable?

Thou hast take the pledge from thy brethre for naught, & robbed the naked of their clothinge:

Tush, the cloudes couer him, yt he maye not se, for he dwelleth in heauen.

For wt ioy shal the godly, and with gladnesse shal the innocent se,

For yf thou wilt turne to the Allmightie, thou shalt stonde fast, & all vnrightuousnesse shall be farre from thy dwellinge:

For who so humbleth himself, him shal he set vp: and who so loketh mekely, shalbe healed.

For though I go before, I fynde him not: yf I come behynde, I ca get no knowlege of him:

But as for my waye, he knoweth it: & trieth me as ye golde in ye fyre.