9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
1God formede man of erthe; and aftir his ymage he made man.
2And eft he turnede man in to that ymage; and aftir hym silf he clothide hym with vertu.
3He yaf to hym the noumbre of daies, and tyme; and he yaf to him power of tho thingis that ben on erthe.
4He settide the drede of man on al fleisch, and he was lord of beestis and fliynge briddis.
5He formyde of man an help lijk hym; he yaf to hem councel, and tunge, and iyen, and eeris, and herte to thenke out; and he fillide hem with techyng of vndurstondyng.
6He made to hem the kunnyng of spirit, he fillide the herte of hem with wit; and he schewide to hem yuels and goodis.
7He settide the iye of hem on the hertes of hem, to schewe to hem the grete thingis of hise werkis,
8that thei preise togidere the name of halewyng; and to haue glorie in hise meruels, that thei telle out the grete thingis of hise werkis.
9He addide to hem techyng; and he enheritide hem with the lawe of lijf.
10He ordeynyde an euerlastynge testament with hem; and he schewide to hem hise riytfulnesse, and domes.
11And the iye of hem siy the grete thingis of his onour, and the eeris of hem herden the onour of vois; and he seide to hem, Take heede to you fro al wickid thing.
12And he comaundide to hem, to ech man of his neiybore.
13The weies of hem ben euere bifore hym; tho ben not hid fro hise iyen.
14On ech folk he made souereyn a gouernour;
15and Israel was maad the opyn part of God.
16And alle the werkis of hem ben as the sunne in the siyt of God; and hise iyen biholden with out ceessyng in the weies of hem.
17Testamentis weren not hid fro the wickidnesse of hem; and alle the wickydnessis of hem weren in the siyt of God.
18The almes of a man is as a bagge with hym, and it schal kepe the grace of a man as the appil of the iye;
19and afterward man schal rise ayen, and it schal yelde to hem a yelding, to ech man in to the heed of hem; and schal turne in to the lower partis of erthe.
20Forsothe it yaf to men repentinge the weie of riytfulnesse, and confermede men failynge to suffre, and ordeynede to hem the part of treuthe.
21Turne thou to the Lord, and forsake thi synnes;
22preye thou bifore the face of the Lord, and make thou lesse hirtingis.
23Turne thou ayen to the Lord, and turne thou awei fro thin vnriytfulnesse, and hate thou greetli cursyng.
24And knowe thou the riytfulnessis, and domes of God; and stonde thou in the part of good purpos, and of preier of the hiyeste God.
25Go thou in to the partis of the hooli world, with men lyuynge, and yyuynge knouleching to God.
26Dwelle thou not in the errour of wickid men. Knouleche thou bifore deth; knouleching perischith fro a deed man, as no thing.
27Lyuynge thou schalt knouleche, lyuynge and hool thou schalt knowleche, and schalt herie God; and thou schalt haue glorie in the merciful doyngis of hym.
28The merci of God is ful greet, and his help to hem that conuerten to hym.
29For whi not alle thingis moun be in men; for whi the sone of man is not vndeedli, and malices plesiden in to vanyte.
30What is clerere than the sunne? and this schal faile; ethir what is worse than that, that fleisch and blood thouyte out? and of this he schal be repreued.
31He biholdith the vertu of hiynesse of heuene; and alle men ben erthe and aische.