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[1] Vnwyse people beguile them selues with vaine and deceitfull hope, and fooles trust in dreames.
[2] Who so regardeth dreames, is lyke him that wyll take holde of a shadowe, and folowe after the winde.
[3] Euen so is it with the appearinges of dreames: before the face is the lykenesse of a face.
[4] Who can be cleansed of the vncleane? or what trueth can be spoken of a lyer?
[5] Soothsaying, witchcrafte, sorcerie, and dreaming is but vaine: lyke as when a woman trauayleth with childe, & hath many fantasies in her heart.
[6] Where as such visions come not of God, set not thyne heart vpon them:
[7] For dreames haue deceaued many a man, and they failed that put their trust therein.
[8] The lawe shalbe fulfilled without lyes, & wysdome is sufficient to a faithfull mouth: what knowledge hath he that is not tryed?
[9] A wyse man that is well instruct, vnderstandeth much: and he that hath good experience, can talke of wysdome.
[10] He that hath no experience, knoweth litle, and he that erreth, causeth much wickednesse: he that is not tryed, what thinges knoweth he? he that hath ben deceaued, is full of subtiltie.
[11] When I was yet in errour, I learned much also: yea, I was so learned, that I could not expresse it all,
[12] And came oft in perill of death therefore, tyll I was delyuered from it through the grace of God.
[13] Now I see that they which feare God, haue the right spirit, for their hope standeth in him that can helpe them: and the eyes of the Lorde are on them that loue him.
[14] Who so feareth the Lorde, standeth in awe of no man, and is not afraide: for the Lorde is his hope and comforte.
[15] Blessed is the soule of him that feareth the lord: in whom putteth he his trust? who is his strength?
[16] For the eyes of the Lord haue respect vnto them that loue him, he is their mightie protection and strong grounde: A defence for the heate, a refuge for the hot noone day, a succour for stumbling, and an helpe for falling.
[17] He setteth vp the soule, and lighteneth the eyes: he geueth lyfe and blessing.
[18] He that geueth an offering of vnrighteous good, his offering is refused: and the scornefull dealinges of the vnrighteous please not God.
[19] The Lorde is theirs onely that patiently abide him in the way of the trueth and of righteousnesse.
[20] The highest doth not alowe the giftes of the wicked: and God hath no delight in the offeringes of the vngodly, neither may sinne be reconciled in the multitude of oblations.
[21] Who so bringeth an offering out of the goodes of the poore, doth euen as one that killeth the sonne before the fathers eyes.
[22] The bread of the nedefull, is the lyfe of the poore: he that defraudeth him thereof, is a man of blood.
[23] Who so robbeth his neighbour of his lyuing, doth as great sinne as though he slue him to death: he that defraudeth the labourer of his hyre, is a blood shedder.
[24] When one buildeth and an other breaketh downe: what profite haue they then but labour?
[25] When one prayeth and another curseth, whose voyce wyl the Lorde heare?
[26] He that washeth him selfe because of a dead body, and then toucheth the dead againe, what doth his washing?
[27] So is it with a man that fasteth for his sinnes, and doth them againe: who wyll heare his prayer? or what doth his fasting helpe him?
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