Ecclesiastes · Chapter 49

[ edit] The mynde of Joſie mad in a making of ſmell, is a werk of a pyment makere. In eche mouþ as hony ſhal be inwardly ſweete þe mynde of hym, and as melody in þe feſte of wyn. He is euene riȝt godly in þe penaunce of folc; and he took awey þe abhomynaciouns of vnpitouſneſſe. And he gouernede to þe Lord his herte; and in þe daȝes of ſynnes he ſtrengþede pite. Saue Dauid, and Eſechie, and Joſie, alle þe kingus diden ſynne. For whi þe kyngus of Juda laften þe lawe of þe myȝty, and diſpiſeden þe drede of God. Forſoþe þei ȝeuen þer kingdam to oþere, and þer glorie to an alien folc. Þei brenden vp þe choſen cite of hoelyneſſe; and deſert þei maden weies of it in þe hond of Jeremye.

For whi euele þei treteden hym, þat fro þe wombe of þe moder is ſacrid a profete, to turnen vpſodoun, and to leeſen, and eft to bilden vp, and to renewen. Eſechiel, þat ſaȝ þe ſiȝte of glorie, þat he ſhewede to hym in þe char of cherubyn. For whi he remembrede of þe enemys in weder, to wel don to þem, þat ſheweden riȝt weies. And þe boenes of þe twelue profetes ſpringen oute fro þer place; for whi þei ſtrengþeden Jacob, and aȝeenboȝten þemſelf in feiþ of his vertue.

What maner ſhul wee make large Zorobabel? for whi and he as a tocne in þe riȝt hond of Irael; and Jeſum, þe ſone of Joſedech? þe whiche in þer daȝes bildun vp þe hous, and enhaunceden þe hoely temple to þe Lord, mad redy in to euermor glorie. And Neemye in þe mynde of myche tyme, þat rerede vp to vs þe turned vpſodoun walles, and made to ſtonde ȝates and lokes; þat rerede vp oure houſes. No man is born in þe erþe ſuch as Enoch; for whi and he is reſceyued fro þe erþe. And Joſeph, þat is born of man, prince of breþern, faſtnyng of folc of kynde, gouernour of breþern, ſtablyng of puple; and þe bones of hym ben viſitid, and aftir þe deþ þei profecieden.

Seþ and Sem, þeſe anent men hadden gote glorie, and ouer alle lif in þe ſpringyng of Adam.