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. III.
1 Bigynne we eftsoone for to comende,
`or preise, vs silf? or wher we neden, as
summe, preisynge lettris to &yogh;ou, or of
&yogh;ou?
2 &YOGH;e ben oure pistle, writun in &yogh;oure
hertis, the which is kowd and radd of
alle men;
3 &yogh;e maad opyn, for &yogh;e ben the
pistle of Crist mynistrid of vs, and writun,
not with enke, but by the spirit of
quyk God; not in stoony tablis, but in
fleischly tablis of herte.
4 Forsoth we han
such trist by Crist to God;
5 not that we
ben sufficient for to thenke ony thing of
vs, as of vs, but oure sufficience is of
God.
6 The which and made vs able mynistris
of the newe testament, not bi lettre,
but by spirit; for the lettre sleith,
forsoth the spirit quykeneth.
7 For if the
mynistracioun of deeth defformyd by lettris
in stoones was in glorie, so that the
children of Israel my&yogh;ten not biholde in
to the face of Moyses, for the glorie of
his cheere, the which glorie is auoydid,
8 hou not more the mynistracioun of spirit
schal be in glorie?
9 Forwhi if the mynistracioun
of dampnacioun is in glorie,
moche more the mynisterie, `or seruynge,
of ri&yogh;twysnesse is plenteuous in glorie.
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10 Forwhi nether `that that was cleer `in
this part, `was glorified for excellent glorie;
sothly if `that that is auoydid,
11 is
bi glorie, moche more `that that dwellith
is in glorie.
12 Therfore we hauynge such
hope, vsen moche trist;
13 and not as Moyses
puttide a veyl on his face, that the
children of Israel schulde not byholde in
to his face, the which veyl is auoydid.
14 But the wittis of hem ben astoneyed;
sothli til in to this day the same veyl in
redinge of the oolde testament dwellith
`not schewid, for in Crist it is auoydid,
but til in to this day,
15 whanne Moyses is
radd, the veyl is putt vpon her hertis.
16 Forsoth whanne Israel schal be conuertid
to God, the veyl schal be don awey.
17 Forsoth
the Lord is spirit; forsoth where is
the spirit of God, there is liberte.
18 Forsoth
alle we with schewid face biholdinge
the glorie of the Lord, ben transformyd
into the same ymage, fro clerenesse into
clerenesse, as of the spirit of the 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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