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. V.
1 Sotheli we witen, for if oure erthely
hous of this dwellyng be dissolued, that
we han a bildyng of God, an hous not
maad by hondis, euerlastinge in heuenes.
2 Forwhi and in this thing we mornen,
coueitynge for to be clothid aboue oure
dwellinge of heuene;
3 if netheles we ben
founden clothid, and not nakid.
4 Forwhi
and we that ben in this tabernacle, sorwen
`with inneforth greuyd, for that we wolen
not be dispoylid, but be clothid aboue;
that `the ilke thing that is deedli, be
sopun vp of lyf.
5 Forsothe he that makith
vs into this thing, is God, that &yogh;af
to vs a wedd, `or eernes, of spirit.
6 Therfore we beynge hardy alle gatis, and
witinge for the whyle we ben in this
body, we gon in pilgrymage fro the Lord;
forsoth we walken by feith,
7 and not by
cleer si&yogh;te.
8 Forsoth we ben hardy, and
han good wille, more for to be in pilgrymage
fro the body, and for to be
present to God.
9 And therfore we stryuen,
whether absent, whethir present, for to
plese hym.
10 Forsothe it byhoueth vs alle
-- --
for to be schewid bifore the trone of
Crist, that euery man resceyue, `or telle
a&yogh;en, the propre thingis of body, as he
hath don, ether good, ethir yuel.
11 Therfore
we witynge the drede of the Lord,
softly mouen, `or counceilen, to men,
forsoth to God we ben opyn; sothly I
hope, and in &yogh;oure consciencis vs for
`to be knowun.
12 We comenden not vs silf
eftsoone to &yogh;ou, but we &yogh;yuen to &yogh;ou occacioun
for to glorie for vs, that &yogh;e haue
to hem that glorien in the face, and not
in the herte.
13 Sothli wher we by mynde,
`or resoun, passen to God, wher we ben
sobre to &yogh;ou?
14 Sothli the charite of Crist
dryueth vs; gessinge, `or demynge, this
thing, for if oon is deed for alle, therfore
alle ben deede.
15 And Crist deyde for
alle, that and thei that lyuen, lyue not
now to hem silf, but to him that deyede
for hem, and roos a&yogh;en.
16 `And so we fro
this tyme `han knowe no man vp the
fleisch; `and if we knowen Crist vp
the fleisch, but ri&yogh;t now we `han not
knowen.
17 Therfore if ony newe creature
is in Crist, oolde thingis han passid, and
lo! alle thingis ben maad newe.
18 Forsothe
alle thingis of God, the which reconcilede,
`or acordide, vs to him by Crist,
and &yogh;af to vs the mynisterie, `or seruyse,
of reconcilinge.
19 Sothli for God was in
Crist, reconcilynge to him the world, not
rettinge to hem her giltis, and puttide
in vs the word of reconcilinge.
20 Therfore
we `ben sett in legacie, `or message,
for Crist, as God monestinge by vs; we
bisechen &yogh;ou for Crist, be &yogh;e reconcilid to
God.
21 God the fadir made him the synne
-- --
for vs, `that is, redempcioun, or sacrifice
for synne, the which knew not synne,
that we schulde be maad ri&yogh;twysnesse of
God in hym.
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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