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. XVI.
Forsoth,
1 britheren, I comende to &yogh;ou
Feben, oure sister, that is in the seruyce
of the chirche that is in Teucris,
2 that &yogh;e
resseyue hir in the Lord worthily to
seyntis, and that &yogh;e `stonde ny&yogh;, `or
helpe, hir in what euere nede, `or thing,
she schal nede of &yogh;ou. Forsoth and she
`stood ny&yogh;, `or helpide, to manye, and
to me silf.
3 Saluwe &yogh;e, or `greete &yogh;e,
Priska and Aquyla, myn helperis in Crist
Jhesu,
4 the whiche vndirputtiden her
neckis for my soule, `or lyf; to whiche
not I aloone do thankingis, but and alle
the chirchis of hethene men.
5 And `greete
&yogh;e wel hir homeli chirche. `Grete &yogh;e
wel Efenete, loued to me, that is the
firste of Asye in Crist Jhesu.
6 Greete wel
Marie, `the which hath trauelid moche in
vs.
7 Greeteth wel Andronyk and Juliane,
myn cosyns, and myn euene caytifs, `or
prisoneris, the whiche ben noble among
apostlis, and the whiche weren bifore me
-- --
in Crist.
8 Greeteth wel Ampliate, moost
dereworthe to me in the Lord.
9 Greete
wel Vrban, oure helper in Crist Jhesu,
and Stacchen, my loued.
10 Greete wel Appellem,
noble in Crist.
11 Greete wel hem
that ben of Aristoblis hous. Greete wel
Erodyon, my cosyn. `Greete we hem
that ben of Narcisties hous, that ben in
the Lord.
12 Greete wel Triphenam and
Triphonam, the whiche wymmen trauelen
in the Lord. Greete wel Persida, moost
dereworthe womman, that hath moche
trauelid in the Lord.
13 Greete wel Rufus,
chosun in the Lord, and his modir, and
myn.
14 Greete wel Ansicrete, Flegoncia,
Hermen, Patroban, Herman, and britheren
that ben with hem.
15 Greete wel Filologus,
and Julyan, and Venerum, and his
sistir, and Olympiades, and alle the seyntis
that ben with hem.
16 Greetith wel to
gidere in hooly coss. Alle the chirchis
of Crist greeten &yogh;ou wel note
17 Forsoth, britheren,
I preie &yogh;ou, that &yogh;e aspye hem that
maken discenciouns and hirtyngis, or
sclaundris, bisydis the doctryn that &yogh;e
han lernyd, and `bowe &yogh;e awey fro hem.
Sothely siche men seruen not to the Lord
18
Crist, but to her wombe, and by swete
wordis and blessingis disseyuen the hertis
of innosent men.
19 Sothli &yogh;oure obedience
is pupplischid into euery place, therfore
I ioye in &yogh;ou. But I wole &yogh;ou for to be
wyse in good thing, and symple in yuel
thing.
20 Forsothe God of pees defoule
Sathanas vndir &yogh;oure feet sweftly. The
grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist be with
&yogh;ou.
21 Tymothe, myn helpere, greetith &yogh;ou
wel, and also Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater,
my cosyns.
22 `I the thridde greete
&yogh;ou wel, that haue writyn the epistle, in
the Lord.
23 Gayus, my herborgere, greetith
-- --
&yogh;ou wel, and al the chirche. Erastus
tresorer, `or kepere, of the cite, greetith
&yogh;ou wel, and Quartus, brother.
24 The grace
of oure Lord Jhesu Crist with &yogh;ou alle.
Amen.
25 Forsoth to him, that is my&yogh;ty
for to conferme &yogh;ou by my gospel, and
preching of Jhesu Crist, vp the revelacioun
of mysterie holdun stille, that is,
not schewid, in tymes euerlastynge; the
which mysterie is now maad opyn by
scripturis of prophetis, vp the comaundement
of God withouten bygynnynge and
endynge, to the obedyence of feith in
alle hethene men, the mysterie knowun to
God aloone wyse `by Jhesu Crist, to whom
honour and glorie into worldis of worldis.
Amen.
Here endith the epistle to Romayns,
and now bigynneth the prolog to the firste
epistle to Corinthis.
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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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