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| [1]O death how bitter is the remembraunce of the, to a man that seketh rest and comfort in his substaunce & riches, vnto the man that hath nothing to vexe him, & that hath prosperitie in all thinges, yea vnto him that yet is able to receaue meate? |
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| [2]O death, howe acceptable and good is thy iudgement vnto the needefull, and vnto him whose strength fayleth, and that is nowe in his last age, and that in all thinges is full of care and fearfulnesse, vnto him also that is in dispayre, and hath no hope nor patience? |
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| [3]Be not thou afraide of death, remember them that haue ben before thee, and that come after thee: this is the iudgement of the Lord ouer all fleshe. |
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| [4]And why wouldest thou be against this pleasure of the hyghest? Whether it be ten, an hundreth, or a thousand yeres, death asketh not howe long one hath lyued. |
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| [5]The children of the vngodly are abhominable children, and so are they that kepe company with the vngodly. |
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| [6]The inheritaunce of vngodly children shall come to naught, & their posteritie shal haue perpetuall shame & confusion. |
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| [7]The children complayne of an vngodly father: and why? for his sake they are rebuked and dispised. |
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| [8]Wo be vnto you, O ye vngodly, whiche haue forsaken the lawe of the hyghest God: for though ye do encrease, yet shal you perishe. |
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| [9]If ye do liue, ye shalbe accursed: if ye die, the curse shall be your portion. |
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| [10]All that is of the earth, shall turne to earth againe: so go the vngodly also out of the curse into destruction. |
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| [11]Though men mourne for their body: yet the name of the vngodly shall be put out, for it is nothing worth. |
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| [12]Labour to get thee a good name: for that shall continue surer by thee, then a thousande great treasures of golde. |
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| [13]A good life hath a number of dayes: but a good name endureth euer. |
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| [14]My children, kepe wisdome in peace: for wisdome that is hid and a treasure that is not seene, what profite is in them both? |
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| [15]A man that hydeth his foolishenes, is better then a man that hydeth his wysdome. |
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| [16]Therefore be ye turned at my wordes: for it is not good in all thinges and alway to be ashamed: True fayth must proue and measure it. |
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| [17]Be ashamed of whordome before father and mother: be ashamed to leasing before the prince and men of auctoritie: |
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| [18]Of sinne, before the iudge and ruler: of offence, before the congregation & people: of vnrighteousnes, before a companoin and friende: |
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| [19]Of theft, before thy neyghbours: As for the trueth of God and his couenaunt, be not ashamed therof: be ashamed to lye with thyne elbowes vpon the bread, or to be reproued for geuing or taking, |
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| [20]And of silence vnto them that salute thee: be ashamed to loke vpon harlottes: |
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| [21]Be ashamed to turne away thy face from thy kinsman, be ashamed to take and not to geue, |
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| [22]Be ashamed also to loke vpon an other mans wyfe, and to make many trifling wordes with her mayden, or to stand by her bed side. |
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| [23]Be ashamed to vnbrayde thy friende: when thou geuest any thing, cast hym not in the teeth withall, |
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| [24]Or to report the matter that thou hast heard, or to disclose the secrete wordes: so shalt thou well be shamefast, and shalt find fauour with all men. |
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