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.
Therfore now no thing of dampnacioun
1
is to hem that ben in `Crist Jhesu, the
whiche wandren not aftir the fleisch.
Forsoth the spirit of lyf in Crist Jhesu
2
hath delyuered me fro the lawe of synne,
and deeth.
3 Forwhi that that was vnpossible
to the lawe, in what thing it was
syk, `or freel, by fleisch, God sendinge
his sone in to the liknesse of fleisch of
synne, of the synne dampnede synne in
fleisch;
4 that the iustifiynge of lawe were
fulfillid in vs, that not aftir the fleisch
wandren, but aftir the spirit.
5 Forsoth
thei that ben aftir the fleisch, saueren tho
thingis that ben of the fleisch; but thei
that ben after the spirit, feelen tho thingis
that ben of the spirit.
6 Forwhi the prudence
of fleisch is deeth; forsoth the
-- --
prudence of spirit lyf and pees.
7 For
the wysdom of fleish is enemy to God;
forsoth it is not suget to the lawe of God,
sothly nethir it may.
8 Forsoth thei
that ben in fleisch, mown not plese to
God.
9 Sothli &yogh;e ben not in fleisch, but in
spirit; `nethelees if the spirit of God
dwellith in &yogh;ow. Forsoth if ony hath
not the spirit of Crist, this is not his.
Forsoth if Crist is in &yogh;ou,
10 sothli the
body is deed for synne, but the spirit
lyueth for iustifiynge.
11 For if the spirit
of him that reiside Jhesu Crist fro deede
spiritis dwellith in &yogh;ou, he that reiside
Jhesu Crist fro deede spiritis, schal
quykene and &yogh;oure deedli bodies, for
the spirit of him dwellinge in &yogh;ou.
12 Therfore,
bretheren, we ben dettours, not to
the fleisch, that we lyue aftir the fleisch.
Forsoth if &yogh;e schulen lyue aftir the
13
fleisch, &yogh;e schulen deie; forsoth if &yogh;e bi
spirit `schulen sle the deedis of fleish,
&yogh;e schulen lyue.
14 Sothli who euere ben
lad by the spirit of God, thes ben the
sones of God.
15 Forsothe &yogh;e han not taken
eftsoone the spirit of seruage in drede,
but &yogh;e han taken the spirit of adopcioun
of sones, `that is, to be sones of God by
grace, in which spirit we cryen, Abba,
fadir.
16 Forsoth `the ilke spirit &yogh;eldith
witnessyng to oure spirit, that we ben the
sones of God;
17 forsoth if sones, and eyris,
sothli eyris of God, trewli euene eyris of
Crist; if nethelees we `to gidere suffren,
that and we glorified to gidere.
18 Trewli
I deme, that the passions of this tyme
ben not euene worthi to the glorie to
comynge, that schal be schewid in vs.
Forwhi the abydinge of creature,
19 `that is,
man, abidith the schewinge of the sones
of God.
20 Sothli the creature is suget to
vanyte, not willinge, but for him that
-- --
`sugetide it, `or made it suget, in hope;
for and `the ilke creature schal be delyuered
21
fro seruage of corupcioun in to
liberte of the glorie of the sones of God.
Sothli we witen,
22 that ech creature insorwith,
and childith, `or worchith with angwis,
til &yogh;it.
23 Forsoth not oonly it, but
and we vs silf, hauynge the firste fruytis
of the spirit, and we vs silf sorwen with
ynne vs the adopcioun of Goddis sones,
`that is, with greet mornynge desyren the
staat of Goddis sones bi grace, abidinge
the `a&yogh;en bygging of oure body.
24 Sothli
by hope we ben mad saaf. Forsoth the
hope that is seyn, is not hope; forwhy
what hopith a man that thing, that he
seeth?
25 Forsoth if we hopen that thing
that we seen not, we abiden by pacience.
Also and the spirit helpith oure infirmyte,
26
`or vnstedefastnesse; forwhy what we
schulen preie, as it bihoueth, we witen
not, but `the ilke spirit axith for vs with
sorowyngis, that mown not ben toold out.
Forsothe he that sekith the hertis,
27 wot
what the spirit desyrith, for aftir God,
`that is, at Goddis wille, he axith for
hooly men.
28 Forsoth we witen, for to men
louynge God alle thingis worchen to gidere
into good thing, to hem that aftir
purpos ben clepid seyntis.
29 Forwhy and
whom he wiste bifore, `and he ordeynede
`by grace for to be maad lychi of the
ymage of his sone, that he be the firste bigetun
in many britheren.
30 Sothely whom
he bifore ordeynede to blisse, and hem he
clepide; and whom he clepide, and hem
he iustifiede; sothli whom he iustifiede,
and hem he glorifiede.
31 What therfore
schulen we seye to thes thingis? If God
for vs, who a&yogh;ens vs?
32 `The which also
sparide not his owne sone, but for vs alle
-- --
bitook him, how also &yogh;af he not to vs alle
thingis with him?
33 Who schal accuse
a&yogh;enus the chosene sones of God? God
that iustifieth,
34 who is it that condempneth?
Jhesus Crist that is deed,
&yogh;he, the which and roos a&yogh;en, the which is
on the ri&yogh;thalf of God, and the which
preieth for vs.
35 Who therfore schal departe
`vs from the charite of God? tribulacioun,
or angwisch, or hungur, or
nakidnesse, or persecucioun, or perel, or
swerd?
36 As it is writun, For we ben slayn
al day for thee; we ben gessid as shceep
to slau&yogh;tir.
37 But in alle thes thingis we
ouercomen, for him that louede vs.
38 Sothli
I am certeyn, for nether deeth, nether lyf,
nether angels, nether pryncipatis, nether
virtutes, `nether potestatis, nether present
thingis, nether thingis to comynge,
nether strengthe,
39 nether hi&yogh;the, nether
depnesse, nether othir creature schal may
departe vs fro the charite of God, that is
in `Jhesu Crist oure Lord.
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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