1{\cf2 My sonne, if thou wilt come into the seruice of God, stand fast in righteousnesse and feare, and prepare thy soule to tentation.} 2{\cf2 Settle thine heart, and be patient: bowe downe thine eare, and receiue the wordes of vnderstanding, and shrinke not away, when thou art assayled, but waite vpon God patiently.} 3{\cf2 Ioyne thy selfe vnto him, and depart not away, that thou mayest be increased at thy last end.} 4{\cf2 Whatsoeuer commeth vnto thee, receiue it patiently, & be patient in ye change of thine afflictio.} 5{\cf2 For as gold and siluer are tryed in the fire, eue so are men acceptable in ye fornace of aduersitie.} 6{\cf2 Beleeue in God, and he will helpe thee: order thy way aright, and trust in him: hold fast his feare, and growe olde therein.} 7{\cf2 Ye that feare the Lorde, waite for his mercie shrinke not away from him that ye fall not.} 8{\cf2 Ye that feare the Lord, beleeue him, and your reward shall not faile.} 9{\cf2 O ye that feare ye Lorde, trust in good things, and in the euerlasting ioy and mercie.} 10{\cf2 Ye that feare the Lorde, loue him, and your hearts shall be lightened.} 11{\cf2 Consider the olde generations of men, ye children, and marke them well: was there euer any confounded, that put his trust in the Lorde? or who hath continued in his feare, & was forsaken? or whom did he euer despise, that called vpon him?} 12{\cf2 For God is gracious and mercifull, and forgiueth sinnes, & saueth in the time of trouble, and is a defender for al them that seeke him in the trueth.} 13{\cf2 Woe vnto them, that haue a fearefull heart, and to the wicked lips and to the faint hands, andto the sinner that goeth two maner of waies.} 14{\cf2 Woe vnto him that is faint hearted, for hee beleeueth not: therefore shall he not be defended.} 15{\cf2 Woe vnto you that haue lost patience, and haue forsaken the right waies, and are turned backe into froward waies: for what will ye doe when the Lord shall visite you?} 16{\cf2 They that feare the Lord, wil not disobey his worde: and they that loue him, wil keepe his waies.} 17{\cf2 They that feare the Lorde, will seeke out the things that are pleasant vnto him: and they that loue him, shalbe fulfilled with his Lawe.} 18{\cf2 They that feare the Lord, will prepare their hearts, and humble their soules in his sight.} 19{\cf2 They that feare the Lorde, keepe his comandements, and will be patient till he see them,} 20{\cf2 Saying, If we doe not repent we shal fal into ye hands of the Lord, & not into the hands of men.} 21{\cf2 Yet as his greatnesse is, so is his mercie.}