Wycliffe (Early) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02010].
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CAP. XIII.
And risende thei tolden alle his merueilis.
1 Forsothe the eldere Tobie, openende
his mouth, blesside God, and seide,
Lord, thou art gret in to with oute ende,
and in to alle worldis thi reume;
2 for
thou scourgist, and sauest; ledest to hellis,
and a&yogh;een bringist; and ther is not that
ascape thin hond.
3 Knoulecheth to the
Lord, &yogh;ee sonus of Irael, and in the si&yogh;te
of Jentilis preiseth hym;
4 for therfore
he scaterede &yogh;ou among Jentilis, that vnknowen
God, that &yogh;ee tellen out his merueilis,
and maken hem to knowen, for
there is noon other God almy&yogh;ti biside
hym.
5 He chastiseth vs for oure wickednesse;
and he shal sauen vs for oure wickednesse;
and he shal sauen vs for his mercy.
6 Beholdeth thanne, what thingis he hath
do with vs, and with drede and trembling
knoulecheth to hym; and the king
of worldis enhaunseth in &yogh;oure werkus.
7 I forsothe in the lond of my caitifte shal
knouleche to hym; for he hath shewid
his mageste in to a synful folc.
8 Beth
conuertid also, &yogh;ee synful men, and doth
ri&yogh;twisnesse befor God, leeuende that he
doth mercy with vs.
9 I forsothe and my
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soule in hym shuln gladen.
10 Blesseth the
Lord, &yogh;ee alle chosen of hym; doth da&yogh;es
of gladnesse, and knoulecheth to hym.
11 Jerusalem, cite of God, the Lord hath
chastisid thee in the werkis of thin hondis.
12 Knouleche thou to God in thi goodis, and
blesse God of worldys, that he bilde a&yogh;een
in thee his tabernacle, and clepe a&yogh;een to
thee alle thi caitiues; and thou io&yogh;e into
alle worldis of worldis.
13 With shynende
li&yogh;t thou shalt shyne, and alle the costus
of erthe shuln honoure thee.
14 Naciouns
fro aferr shuln come to thee, and bringende
&yogh;iftus shuln honouren in thee the
Lord, and thi lond in to halewing thei
shuln han;
15 forsothe a gret name thei
shul inwardli clepen in thee.
16 And cursid
shuln ben, that despise thee, and dampned
shul be, that blasfemen thee; and blessid
shul be that bilden vp thee.
17 Thou forsothe
shalt gladen in thi sonus, for alle
shul be blessyd, and be gedered togidere
to the Lord.
18 Blessid alle that loouen
thee, and that io&yogh;en vp on thi pes.
19 My
soule, blesse the Lord, for he hath delyuered
Jerusalem, his cite, fro alle his
tribulaciouns, the Lord oure God.
20 Blessid
I shal be, if ther weren relikis of my
sed to be seen the clerte of Jerusalem.
21 The &yogh;atus of Jerusalem of safijr and of
smaragd shul be bild, and of precious
ston al the cumpas of his wallis.
22 And
of whyit ston and clene gold alle his
streetis shul ben pauyd; bi his tounus
alleluia shal be sungen.
23 Blessid the
Lord that enhauncide it, that his reume
be in to worldys of worldys vp on it.
Amen.
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Wycliffe (Early) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02010].
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