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. VIII.
1 Therfore it ateyneth from ende vnto
ende strongli, and disposeth alle thingus
sweeteli.
2 This I loouede, and so&yogh;te it out
fro my &yogh;outhe; and I so&yogh;te to taken it a
spouse to me, and loouere I am mad of
the foorme of it.
3 It hauende the cumpanye
of God, glorifieth the ientilnesse
of it; but and of alle thingis the Lord
loouede it.
4 Forsothe the techeresse it is
of the discipline of God, and the cheseresse
of the werkis of hym.
5 And if richesses
ben desirid in the lif, what richere
than wisdam, that wercheth alle thingis?
6 If forsothe wit wercheth, who of these
that ben, more is crafti man than it?
7 And if ri&yogh;twisnesse a man looueth, the
trauailes of this han grete vertues; sobrenesse
forsothe and prudence it techeth,
and ri&yogh;twisnesse, and vertue; than the
whiche more profitable no thing is in lif
to men.
8 And if multitude of kunnyng
desireth a man, it knowith the passid
thingus, and of the to comen it eymeth;
it knowith the felnesse of wrdis, and the
soilingis off argumentis; the toknes and
wndris it knowith, er thei ben don; and
the chaunsis of tymes and of worldis.
9 Thanne I purposide this to bringe to me,
to festeye with me; witende for with me
it shal comune of goodis, and ther shal
be togidere speche of thenking, and of
myn ano&yogh;e.
10 I haue for this to cumpanyes
clernesse, and wrshipe anent the
elderes;
11 &yogh;ung and sharp I shal be founde
in dom, and in the si&yogh;te of my&yogh;ti men
-- --
merueilous I shal be, and the faces of
princes shul merueilen me.
12 Thei shul
sustene me, beende stille, and me spekende,
beholden; and me sermounende
manye thingis, hondis to ther mouth thei
shul putte.
13 Ferthermor I haue bi this
vndeadlynesse; and euere lastende mynde
to them, that after me ben to come, I
shal lefe.
14 I shal dispose puples; and
naciouns to me shul ben soget.
15 Ferful
kingus herende me shul dreden; and in
multitude good I shal be seen, and in
bataile stronge.
16 Entrende in to myn
hous, I shal reste with it; forsothe the
conuersacioun of it hath not bitternesse,
ne no&yogh;e the with lyuyng of it, but
gladnesse and io&yogh;e.
17 These thingus thenkende
anent me, and togidere membrende
in myn herte; for vndeadli is wisdam in
thenking,
18 and in the frenshipe of it good
delitende; and in the werkus of the hondis
of it honeste with oute failing, and in the
strif of the speche of it wisdam; and
`gret openyng in comunycacioun of the
wrdis of it; I wente aboute, sechende
that to me it I shulde take.
19 A child
forsothe I was witti, and bi lot hauende
a good soule.
20 And whan I was more
good, I cam to a bodi vndefoulid.
21 And as
I wiste, for other wise I mai not ben contenent,
but God &yogh;eue, and that selue was
wisdam, to knowen of whom was that
&yogh;ifte; I wente to the Lord, and pre&yogh;ede
hym, and seide, of alle the entrailis of
myn herte.
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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