Superiors are admonished to do justice, sincerely seeking God. 7. Who being every where seeth all things. 11. Murmuration, detraction, and lying bring to perdition. 13. God created men to live, but they brought death upon themselves.Superiors are admonished to do iustice, sincerely seking God. 7. Who being euery where seeth al thinges. 11. Murmuration, detraction, and lying bring to perdition. 13. God created men to liue, but they brought death vpon themselues.✦
The first part. An admonition to love and practise justice.
Love justice, you that judge the earth. Think of our Lord in goodness, and in simplicity of heart seek him:LOVE iustice, you that iudge the earth. Thincke of our Lord in goodnes, and in simplicitie of hart seeke him:Diligite justitiam, qui judicatis terram. Sentite de Domino in bonitate, et in simplicitate cordis quærite illum :
2because he is found of them, that tempt him not: and he appeareth to them, that have faith in him.because he is found of them, that tempt him not: and he appeareth to them, that haue faith in him.quoniam invenitur ab his qui non tentant illum, apparet autem eis qui fidem habent in illum.
3For perverse cogitations separate from God: and proved power corripit: punishes; reproves, rebukes the unwise:For peruerse cogitations seperate from God: and proued powre chasteneth the vnwise:Perversæ enim cogitationes separant a Deo ; probata autem virtus corripit insipientes.
4because wisdom will not enter into a malicious soul, nor dwell in a body subject to sins.because wisdom wil not enter into a malicious soule, nor dwel in a bodie subiect to sinnes.Quoniam in malevolam animam non introibit sapientia, nec habitabit in corpore subdito peccatis.
5For the Holy Ghost of discipline, will flee from him that feigneth, and will withdraw himself from the cogitations, that are without understanding, and he shall be chastened of iniquity ensuing:For the Holie Ghost of discipline, wil flie from him that feyneth, and wil withdraw himselfe from the cogitations, that are without vnderstanding, and he shal be chastened of iniquitie ensewing:Spiritus enim sanctus disciplinæ effugiet fictum, et auferet se a cogitationibus quæ sunt sine intellectu, et corripietur a superveniente iniquitate.
6For the spirit of wisdom is gentle, and will not deliver the curser from his lips: because God is witness of his renum: kidneys, the inmost affections, and he is a true searcher of his heart, and an hearer of his tongue.For the spirite of wisdom is gentle, and wil not deliuer the curser from his lippes: because God is witnes of his reynes, and he is a true searcher of his hart, and an hearer of his tongue.Benignus est enim spiritus sapientiæ, et non liberabit maledicum a labiis suis : quoniam renum illius testis est Deus, et cordis illius scrutator est verus, et linguæ ejus auditor.
7Because the Spirit of our Lord hath replenished the whole world: and that, which containeth all things, hath the knowledge of voice.Because the Spirite of our Lord hath replenished the whole world: and that, which contayneth al thinges, hath the knowledge of voice.Quoniam spiritus Domini replevit orbem terrarum, et hoc quod continet omnia, scientiam habet vocis.
8For this cause he that speaketh unjust things, can not be hid, neither shall the chastising judgment pass him.For this cause he that speaketh vniust thinges, can not be hid, neither shal the chastising iudgment passe him.Propter hoc qui loquitur iniqua non potest latere, nec præteriet illum corripiens judicium.
9For in the cogitations of the impious there shall be examination: and the hearing of his works shall come to God, to the chastising of his iniquities.For in the cogitations of the impious there shal be examination: and the hearing of his workes shal come to God, to the chastising of his iniquities.In cogitationibus enim impii interrogatio erit ; sermonum autem illius auditio ad Deum veniet, ad correptionem iniquitatum illius.
10Because the ear of jealousy heareth all things, and the tumult of murmurings shall not be hid.Because the eare of ielousie heareth al thinges, and the tumult of murmurings shal not be hid.Quoniam auris zeli audit omnia, et tumultus murmurationum non abscondetur.
11Keep your selves therefore from murmuring, which profiteth nothing, and refrain your tongue from detraction; because an obscure speech shall not pass in vain: and the mouth that lieth, killeth the soul.Kepe your selues therfore from murmuring, which profiteth nothing, and refraine your tongue from detraction; because an obscure speache shal not passe in vaine: and the mouth that lyeth, killeth the soule.Custodite ergo vos a murmuratione quæ nihil prodest, et a detractione parcite linguæ : quoniam sermo obscurus in vacuum non ibit, os autem quod mentitur occidit animam.
12zelare: court, covet not death in the error of your life, neither procure ye perdition by the works of your hands.Zeale not death in the errour of your life, neither procure ye perdition by the workes of your handes.Nolite zelare mortem in errore vitæ vestræ, neque acquiratis perditionem in operibus manuum vestrarum.
13Because God made not death, neither doth he rejoice in the perdition of the living.Because God made not death, neither doth he reioyce in the perdition of the liuing.Quoniam Deus mortem non fecit, nec lætatur in perditione vivorum.
14For he created all things to be: and he made the nations of the earth to health: and there is no medicine of destruction in them, nor kingdom of hell in the earth.For he created al thinges to be: and he made the nations of the earth to health: and there is no medicine of destruction in them, nor kingdome of hel in the earth.Creavit enim ut essent omnia, et sanabiles fecit nationes orbis terrarum : et non est in illis medicamentum exterminii, nec inferorum regnum in terra.
15(For justice is perpetual and immortal.)( For iustice is perpetual and immortal.)Justitia enim perpetua est, et immortalis.
16But the impious with hands & words have accersierunt: angered; called for, summoned it: and esteeming it a friend, have fallen to decay, and have made covenants with it: because they are worthy to be of the part thereof.But the impious with handes & wordes haue prouoked it: and esteming it a freind, haue fallen to decay, and haue made couenantes with it: because they are worthie to be of the part therof.Impii autem manibus et verbis accersierunt illam, et æstimantes illam amicam, defluxerunt ; et sponsiones posuerunt ad illam, quoniam digni sunt qui sint ex parte illius.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.