1My sonne, if thou wilt come into the seruice of God, stand fast in righteousnesse and feare, and prepare thy soule to tentation. 2Settle 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. 3Ioyne thy selfe vnto him, and depart not away, that thou mayest be increased at thy last end. 4Whatsoeuer commeth vnto thee, receiue it patiently, & be patient in ye change of thine afflictio. 5For as gold and siluer are tryed in the fire, eue so are men acceptable in ye fornace of aduersitie. 6Beleeue in God, and he will helpe thee: order thy way aright, and trust in him: hold fast his feare, and growe olde therein. 7Ye that feare the Lorde, waite for his mercie shrinke not away from him that ye fall not. 8Ye that feare the Lord, beleeue him, and your reward shall not faile. 9O ye that feare ye Lorde, trust in good things, and in the euerlasting ioy and mercie. 10Ye that feare the Lorde, loue him, and your hearts shall be lightened. 11Consider 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? 12For 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. 13Woe 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. 14Woe vnto him that is faint hearted, for hee beleeueth not: therefore shall he not be defended. 15Woe 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? 16They that feare the Lord, wil not disobey his worde: and they that loue him, wil keepe his waies. 17They that feare the Lorde, will seeke out the things that are pleasant vnto him: and they that loue him, shalbe fulfilled with his Lawe. 18They that feare the Lord, will prepare their hearts, and humble their soules in his sight. 19They that feare the Lorde, keepe his comandements, and will be patient till he see them, 20Saying, If we doe not repent we shal fal into ye hands of the Lord, & not into the hands of men. 21Yet as his greatnesse is, so is his mercie.