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The .vi. chapter of the Boke of wysdom called Sapientia.
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The .vi. chapter of the Boke of wysdom called Sapientia.
Sapientia. Chap, vi.
The Kynges and rulers of the worldethe wyse man here doeth call
Yf they to wysdom wyll not cleaue
God wyll them punishe all.
Wysdom
is a better thynge
thē strength & force to fyght
A wyse man is more worth also
than a strōge man moch of myght
Heare o ye kynges and vnderstand,
be wyse therfore and learnde
By whom the matters of the earth,
be iudged and desernde
Geue eare to me, I saye: all ye
that rule the multitude
Which in moch people haue delyght
and al thynges shulde conclude
For power and strēgth is geuē you,
of God the Lorde most hye
He shal serche out that you inuent
and al your workes euyll trye
Howe that you beynge officers
vnder hys kyngly trone
You dyd not iudgement execute
as vnto hym is knowen
And how you haue not kept the law
of righteousnes I saye
Nor haue not done his blessed wyll,
nor walked in hys waye
Horribly and that ryght soone,
to you he shall appeare
For right hard iudgemēt shal thei haue
that power & rule doth beare
Mercy vnto the symple men
is graunted with good intent
But they that beare auctorite
shal haue sore punishment
For God, that is the Lorde of al
and iudgeth very ryght
Shal stand in awe of nomās power
hys greatnes or hys myght
For he hath made the small & great
hys care on all is bente
But they that be of myght shal haue
the sorer punishemente
O ye Kynges to you therfore,
do I speake all thys
Because that you may wisdō learne
that you go not amys
For they that righteousnes doth kepe
shalbe iudged righteously
And thei ye ar lerned in righteous thīges
shal answere redely
Wherfore loue my wordes I saye
and on them set your lust
So shal you wel by norture come
in season due and iust
Wysdome is a noble thynge
awaye she wyll not moue
And she is sene full easelye
of them that doeth her loue
Them that doeth her desyre
them she doeth preuent
So that she may shew first her self
to them with good intent
Who so awakethe too her by tyme
shal haue no great trauayle
For at his doore he shall her fynde
she shall him neuer fayle
Ryght perfectly they vnderstand
that thynketh her vpon
And they that watch for her shalbe
ryght safe and that anon
For she alwaye about doeth go
and seketh euery where
For soch as shuld for her be mete
and God doth loue and fere
Full cherefully before theyr eyes
her selfe she doeth showe
And metethe them wyth dylygence
because they shuld her know
For the desyre vnfayned
of reformacyon
Is her beginning and her grounde
that she is buylt vpon
To care for norture loue it is
ye loue wyth hys prudence
And loue is kepynge of her lawes
and that wyth dylygence
It is perfectyon to kepe thee lawes
and ryghtly doeth accorde
An vncorrupt lyfe maketh a man
famylyar wyth the lord
Yf your delyght in royall seates
and scepters than shulde be
Ye kynges that do the people rule
I saye harke vnto me
And vpon wysedome set youre luste
I say to you therfore
That you may raigne in great glorye
with god for euer more
O loue the lyght all ye that rule
the congregation
And I wyll make of wysdom nowe
a declaration
What wysdom is, how she came vp
I wyl tell you thys tyde
The misteries of God the Lorde
from you I wyll not hyde
But I wyll seke her oute
that all men shall it see
Yea, from the fyrste oryginal
of her natyuytie
And brynge the knowledge of her light
and shew you al the groūd
And as for kepinge backe the truth
in me shal not be found
Nether wyll I haue to do
wyth enuye and disdayne
For such men in no wyse maye
to wysdome apertayne
The multitude of the wyse doth make
the worlde ioyfull to be
A wise king doth his realme vphold
wyth ryghte and equite
O receaue ye norture then,
it is a blessed foode
And let my wordes be your councell
and it shall do you good.
thē strength & force to fyght
A wyse man is more worth also
than a strōge man moch of myght
Heare o ye kynges and vnderstand,
be wyse therfore and learnde
By whom the matters of the earth,
be iudged and desernde
Geue eare to me, I saye: all ye
that rule the multitude
Which in moch people haue delyght
and al thynges shulde conclude
For power and strēgth is geuē you,
of God the Lorde most hye
He shal serche out that you inuent
and al your workes euyll trye
Howe that you beynge officers
vnder hys kyngly trone
You dyd not iudgement execute
as vnto hym is knowen
of righteousnes I saye
Nor haue not done his blessed wyll,
nor walked in hys waye
Horribly and that ryght soone,
to you he shall appeare
For right hard iudgemēt shal thei haue
that power & rule doth beare
Mercy vnto the symple men
is graunted with good intent
But they that beare auctorite
shal haue sore punishment
For God, that is the Lorde of al
and iudgeth very ryght
Shal stand in awe of nomās power
hys greatnes or hys myght
For he hath made the small & great
hys care on all is bente
But they that be of myght shal haue
the sorer punishemente
O ye Kynges to you therfore,
do I speake all thys
Because that you may wisdō learne
that you go not amys
shalbe iudged righteously
And thei ye ar lerned in righteous thīges
shal answere redely
Wherfore loue my wordes I saye
and on them set your lust
So shal you wel by norture come
in season due and iust
Wysdome is a noble thynge
awaye she wyll not moue
And she is sene full easelye
of them that doeth her loue
Them that doeth her desyre
them she doeth preuent
So that she may shew first her self
to them with good intent
Who so awakethe too her by tyme
shal haue no great trauayle
For at his doore he shall her fynde
she shall him neuer fayle
Ryght perfectly they vnderstand
that thynketh her vpon
And they that watch for her shalbe
ryght safe and that anon
and seketh euery where
For soch as shuld for her be mete
and God doth loue and fere
Full cherefully before theyr eyes
her selfe she doeth showe
And metethe them wyth dylygence
because they shuld her know
For the desyre vnfayned
of reformacyon
Is her beginning and her grounde
that she is buylt vpon
To care for norture loue it is
ye loue wyth hys prudence
And loue is kepynge of her lawes
and that wyth dylygence
It is perfectyon to kepe thee lawes
and ryghtly doeth accorde
An vncorrupt lyfe maketh a man
famylyar wyth the lord
Yf your delyght in royall seates
and scepters than shulde be
Ye kynges that do the people rule
I saye harke vnto me
I say to you therfore
That you may raigne in great glorye
with god for euer more
O loue the lyght all ye that rule
the congregation
And I wyll make of wysdom nowe
a declaration
What wysdom is, how she came vp
I wyl tell you thys tyde
The misteries of God the Lorde
from you I wyll not hyde
But I wyll seke her oute
that all men shall it see
Yea, from the fyrste oryginal
of her natyuytie
And brynge the knowledge of her light
and shew you al the groūd
And as for kepinge backe the truth
in me shal not be found
Nether wyll I haue to do
wyth enuye and disdayne
For such men in no wyse maye
to wysdome apertayne
the worlde ioyfull to be
A wise king doth his realme vphold
wyth ryghte and equite
O receaue ye norture then,
it is a blessed foode
And let my wordes be your councell
and it shall do you good.
Here endeth the .vi. Chapter of Sapientia, and here after
foloweth the .ix. Chapter of Ecclesiasticus
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