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. XV.
Forsothe we saddere owen for to susteyne,
1
`or bere vp, the feblenesse of syke
men, `or vnsadde in feith, and not plese
to vs silf.
2 Ech of vs plese to his nei&yogh;bore
in to good, to edificacioun.
3 `And forsoth
Crist pleside not to hym silf, but,
as it is writun, The reprouys, `or schenschipis,
of men displesinge thee, felden
on me.
4 Forsothe what euere thingis ben
writun, thei ben writun to oure techinge,
that by pacience and comfort of scripturis
we han hope.
5 Forsothe God of pacience
and solace, `or comfort, &yogh;yue to &yogh;ou for
to vndirstonde the same thing, ech in to
othir aftir Jhesu Crist,
6 that &yogh;e of oo wille,
`or witt, with oo mouth worschipe God
and the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist.
For which thing take &yogh;e to gidere,
7 as and
Crist took &yogh;ou into the honour of God.
Sothli I seie Jhesu Crist for `to haue be
8
a mynistre of circumcisioun for the treuthe
of God, for to conferme the biheestis of
fadris.
9 Sothli hethene men for to honoure
God vpon mercy; as it is writun, Therfore,
Lord, I schal knowleche to thee in
hethene men, and I schal synge to thi
name.
10 And eftsoone he seith, Glade,
or ioye, &yogh;e hethene men with his peple.
And eftsoone,
11 Alle hethene men, herye
&yogh;e the Lord; and alle peplis, magnyfie &yogh;e
him.
12 And eft Ysaie seith, Ther schal be
a roote of Jesse, and hethene men schulen
hope in him, that schal ryse for to
gouerne hethene men.
13 Forsoth God of
hope fulfille &yogh;ou in al ioye and pees in
bileuynge, that &yogh;e habounde in hope and
vertu of the Hooly Gost.
14 Sotheli, britheren,
and I my silf am certeyn of &yogh;ou,
`for and &yogh;e &yogh;ou silf ben ful of loue, &yogh;he,
fulfillid with al science, `or kunnynge,
so that &yogh;e mown moneste ech other.
15 Sotheli,
-- --
britheren, more hardily I wroot to
&yogh;ou `of party, as a&yogh;en bryngynge &yogh;ou in
to mynde, for the grace that is &yogh;ouun to
me of God,
16 that I be the mynistre of Crist
Jhesu in hethene men; I halwinge the
gospel of God, that the offringe of hethene
men be maad acceptid, and halewid
in the Hooly Gost.
17 Therfore I haue glorie
in Crist Jhesu to God.
18 Forsoth I dar
not speke ony thing of tho thingis, the
whiche Crist makith not by me, into
obedyence of hethene men, in word and
dedis,
19 in vertu of tokenes and grete wondris,
in vertu of the Hooli Gost, so that
from Jerusalem by cumpas, `or enuyroun,
til vnto Illiryk I haue fulfillid the gospel
of Crist.
20 Forsoth so I haue prechid this
gospel, not where Crist was named, lest
I bilde vpon otheris ground, but as it is
writun,
21 For to whom it is not told of him,
thei schulen se, and thei that herden not,
schulen vndirstonde.
22 For which thing I
was lettid ful moche for to come to &yogh;ou,
and I am forbodyn til into &yogh;it.
23 Forsoth
now I `not hauynge ferthere place in
thes cuntrees, sothli hauynge couetyse
`of comynge to &yogh;ou, of many &yogh;eeris now
goynge bifore,
24 whanne I schal bygynne
for to passe in to Spayne, I hope that I
passinge forth schal se &yogh;ou, and of &yogh;ou I
schal be lad thidur, if I schal vsen &yogh;ou
first in party.
25 Therfore now I schal passe
forth to Jerusalem, for to mynystre to
seyntis.
26 Forsoth Macedonye and Achaye
proueden for to make sum collacioun,
`or gedrynge of moneye, in to pore men
of seyntis, that ben in Jerusalem.
27 Sothli
it pleside to hem, and thei ben dettouris
of hem; forwhi if hethene men ben
maad parteneris of her goostly thingis,
thei owen and in fleischly thingis for to
-- --
mynistre to hem.
28 Therfore whanne I
schal ende this thing, and assigne hem
this fruit, bi &yogh;ou I schal passe into Spayne.
Forsoth I woot,
29 that I comynge to &yogh;ou,
schal come into the haboundaunce, `or
plente, of the blessinge of Crist.
30 Therfore,
britheren, I beseche &yogh;ou by oure Lord
Jhesu Crist, and bi charite of the Hooly
Gost, that &yogh;e helpe me in &yogh;oure prayeris
`for me to the Lord,
31 that I be delyuerid
fro the vntrewe, `or vnfeithful, men, that
ben in Judee, and that the offrynge of
my seruyce be acceptid in Jerusalem to
seyntis;
32 that I come to &yogh;ou in ioye, by the
wille of God, and that I be refreschid
with &yogh;ou.
33 Sothli God of pees be with &yogh;ou
alle. Amen.
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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