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. XXIX.
1 Who doth mercy, leeneth to his ne&yogh;hebore;
and he that is more wrth in hond,
kepeth the hestis.
2 Leene to thi ne&yogh;hebore
in tyme of his neede; and eft &yogh;eld
to a ne&yogh;hebore in his tyme.
3 Conferme a
wrd, and feithfulli do with it; and in
alle tyme thou shalt finde that is needful
to thee.
4 Manye as finding eymeden
vsure, and &yogh;eeuen gref to them that
helpeden to them.
5 To the time that
thei taken, thei kissen the hondis of the
&yogh;yuere; and in behestis thei meken
ther voys.
6 And in tyme of &yogh;elding `he
shal aske dela&yogh;ing, and he shal speke
-- --
wrdis of noy&yogh;e, and of grucchingus, and
the tyme he shal pleten.
7 If forsothe he
shul moun &yogh;eelde, he shal be enemy;
vnnethe of the hoele he shal &yogh;elde the
half, and he shal counte it as finding.
8 Ellys forsothe he shal bigile hym his
monee, and shal han hym enemy wilfully.
9 And repreues and cursis he shal
&yogh;elde to hym; and for wrshipe and benefet
he shal &yogh;elde to hym wrong.
10 Manye,
not bicause of shreudenesse, `lenten not,
but to be bigilid wilfulli, thei dradden.
11 Neuer the latere ouer the meke in inwit
be thou strengere; and for almes deede
drawe thou not hym.
12 For the heste tac
to the pore; and for the myseise of
hym ne lefe thou hym voide.
13 Lees
monee for brothir and frend, and hide
thou not it vnder a ston, in to perdicioun.
14 Put thi tresor in the hestes of the
he&yogh;este; and it shal profite to thee more
than gold.
15 Close almes deede in the
bosum of the pore; and that for thee
shal ful out pre&yogh;en fro alle euel.
16 The
almes deede of a man as a litil sac with
hym; and the grace of a man as the e&yogh;e
appil it shal kepen.
17 And afterward it
shal a&yogh;een risen, and &yogh;elde to them &yogh;elding,
to eche in to the hed of hem.
18 Ouer
the sheld of the my&yogh;ti, and ouer spere
a&yogh;en thin enemy it shal fi&yogh;te.
19 A good
man maketh feith to his ne&yogh;hebore; and
he that hath lost, confusioun shal leue to
hym.
20 The grace of the bor&yogh; ne forgete
thou; forsothe he &yogh;af for thee his soule.
21 The synnere and the vnclene the a&yogh;een
bihotere fleeth.
22 Goode wrdis of the a&yogh;een
bihotere the synnere wijteth to hym;
and the vnkinde in the wit forsaketh
the delyuerende hym.
23 A man a&yogh;een bihoteth
of his ne&yogh;hebore; and whan he
hath lost reuerence, he shal be forsaken
-- --
of hym.
24 Most shreude a&yogh;een bihoting
spilde manye loouende men, and `togidere
sterede them as the flodis of the
se.
25 Cumpasende it made my&yogh;ti men to
gon out; and wandreden in aliene folkis.
26 The synnere ouer passende the maundement
of the Lord shal fallen into
shreude biheste; and he that forseth
manye thingus to do, shall fallen in to
dom.
27 Recouere thi ne&yogh;hebore after thi
vertue; and tac heed to thee, that thou
infalle not.
28 The bigynnyng of the lif of
man watir, and bred, and clothing, and
hous defendende filthehed.
29 Betere is the
liflode of the pore vnder the roof of
stoodes, than plenteuous shynende metes
in pilgrymaging withoute hous.
30 The
leste thing for grete plese to thee; the
repref of pilgrimaging thou shalt not
heren.
31 A shreude lif, of herberewing
fro hous in to hous; and wher he shal
ben herberewid, he shal not feithfulli
don, ne openen the mouth.
32 He shal
herberewen, and feeden, and &yogh;yue drinke
the vnkinde; and to these bittere thingus
he shal heren.
33 Go, gest, and enourne
the bord; and tho `thingis that in thin
hond thou hast, feed other.
34 Go out fro
the face of wrshipe of my frendis, for
nede of myn hous; to herberewe to me,
brothir thou art maad.
35 Greuous these
thingus to a man hauende wit; vndernymyng
of the hous, and repref of the
leenere.
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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