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[1]God shaped man of the earth, & made him after his owne image, and turned him vnto earth againe, and cloathed him with his owne strength.
[2]He gaue him the number of dayes and certaine time, yea and gaue him power of the thinges that are vpon earth.
[3]He made all fleshe to stand in awe of him, so that he had the dominion of all beastes and foules.
[4]He made out of him an helper lyke vnto him selfe, & gaue them discretion and tongue, eyes, and eares, and a heart to vnderstande:
[5]He gaue them a spirite and a speache to declare his workes, & filled them with instruction and vnderstanding.
[6]He created for them also the knowledge of the spirite, filled their heartes with vnderstanding, and shewed them good and euill.
[7]He set his eye vpon their heartes, declaring vnto them his great and noble workes:
[8]That they should prayse his holy name together, reioyce of his wonders, and be telling of his noble actes.
[9]Beside this, he gaue them instruction, and the lawe of life for an heritage, that they might now know that they were mortall.
[10]He made an euerlasting couenaunt with them, and shewed them his righteousnesse and iudgementes.
[11]They sawe the maiestie of his glorie with their eyes, and their eares heard the maiestie of his voyce, and he saide vnto them: beware of all vnrighteous thinges.
[12]He gaue euery man also a comaundement concerning his neighbour.
[13]Their wayes are euer before him, and are not hid from his eyes.
[14]Euery man from his youth is geuen to euill, and their stony heartes can not become fleshe.
[15]He hath set a ruler vpon euery people, but Israel is the Lordes portion:
[16]Whom he nourisheth with discipline as his first borne, and geueth him most louing light, and doth not forsake him.
[17]All their workes are as the sunne, in the sight of God, & his eyes are alway looking vpon their wayes.
[18]All their vnrighteousnesses are manifest vnto him, and al their wickednesses are open in his sight.
[19]And as he is mercifull and knoweth his worke, he doth not leaue them nor forsake them, but spareth them.
[20]The mercie that a man sheweth is as a seale with him, and the grace that is geuen to man preserueth him as the apple of an eye, and geueth repentaunce to their sonnes and daughters.
[21]At the last shall he awake, and reward euery man vpon his head, & shall turne them together into the neathermost partes of the earth.
[22]But vnto them that wyll repent he hath geuen the way of righteousnesse: As for such as be weake, he comforteth them, suffereth them, and sendeth them the portion of the veritie.
[23]O turne then vnto the Lorde, forsake thy sinnes, make thy prayer before the Lorde, do the lesse offence.
[24]Turne againe vnto the Lorde, for he wyll bring thee from darkenesse vnto holsome light, forsake thyne vnrighteousnesse, be an vtter enemie to abhomination,
[25]Learne to know the righteousnesse and iudgementes of God, stand in the portion that is set foorth for thee, and in the prayer of the most hye God.
[26]Go in the portion of the holy worlde with such as be lyuing, & geue thankes vnto God.
[27]Who wil prayse the Lorde in the hel? abide not thou in ye errour of the vngodlie, but geue him thankes before death.
[28]As for the dead, thankfulnes perisheth from him as nothing: Geue thou thankes in thy lyfe, yea whyle thou art lyuing and whole shalt thou geue thankes, and prayse God, and reioyce in his mercie.
[29]O how great is the louing kindnesse of the Lorde, and his mercifull goodnes vnto such as turne vnto him?
[30]For all thinges may not be in man, and why? the sonne of man is not immortal, and he hath pleasure in the vanitie of wickednesse.
[31]What is more cleare then the sonne: yet shall it fayle.
[32]Or what is more wicked then the thyng that fleshe and blood hath imagined? and that same shalbe reproued.
[33]The Lorde seeth the power of the hye heauen, and al are but earth and asshes.
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