1Who so keepeth the Lawe, bringeth offerings ynough: he that holdeth fast the commandements, offereth an offring of saluation. 2He that is thankefull to them that haue well deserued, offereth fine flowre: and hee that giueth almes, sacrificeth praise. 3To depart from euill is a thankefull thing to the Lord, and to forsake vnrighteousnes, is a reconciling vnto him. 4Thou shalt not appeare emptie before the Lorde. 5For all these thinges are done because of the commaundement. 6The offering of the righteous maketh the altar fat, and the smell thereof is sweete before the most High. 7The sacrifice of the righteous is acceptable, and ye remembrance thereof shal neuer be forgotten. 8Giue the Lorde his honour with a good and liberal eye, and diminish not the first fruites of thine handes. 9In all thy gifts shew a ioyfull countenance, and dedicate thy tithes with gladnesse. 10Giue vnto the most High according as hee hath enriched thee, and looke what thine hande is able, giue with a chearefull eye. 11For the Lorde recompenseth, and will giue thee seuen times as much. 12Diminish nothing of thine offering: for he will not receiue it, and absteine from wrongfull sacrifices: for the Lord is the iudge, and regardeth no mans person. 13Hee accepteth not the person of the poore, but he heareth the prayer of the oppressed. 14He despiseth not the desire of the fatherlesse, nor the widowe, when she powreth out her prayer. 15Doeth not the teares runne downe the widowes cheekes? and her crie is against him that caused them: for from her cheekes do they goe vp vnto heauen, and the Lord which heareth them, doeth accept them. 16He that serueth ye Lord, shalbe accepted with fauour, and his prayer shall reach vnto the cloudes. 17The prayer of him that humbleth himselfe, goeth thorowe the cloudes, and ceaseth not till it come neere, and will not depart till the most High haue respect thereunto to iudge righteously, and to execute iudgement. 18And the Lord will not be slacke, nor the Almightie will tarie long from them, till he hath smitten in sunder the loynes of the vnmercifull, and auenged himselfe of the heathen, till hee haue taken away the multitude of the cruell, and broken the scepter of the vnrighteous, till hee giue euery man after his workes, and rewarde them after their deuises, till hee haue iudged the cause of his people, and comforted them with his mercie. 19Oh, how faire a thing is mercie in the time of anguish and trouble! It is like a cloude of raine, that commeth in the time of a drought.