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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PHILEMON.
Prolog to the pistle to Filomon.
noteTo Filomon he makith homly lettris
for Honesyme his seruant; he writith
sothli to him fro Rome cite.
Here endith the prolog, and bigynneth
the epistle to Filomon.
The pistle to Philemon.
1 Poul, the boundun of `Crist Jhesu, and
Tymothe, brothir, to Filomon, bilouyd,
and oure helper,
2 and to Apya, moost
dere sistir, and to Archip, oure euene
kny&yogh;t, and to the chirch that is in thin
hous,
3 grace to &yogh;ou, and pees of God
oure fadir, and of the Lord Jhesu Crist.
4 I do thankyngis to my God, euer more
makynge mynde of thee in my preieris,
heeringe thi charite and feith,
5 that thou hast
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in the Lord Jhesu, and in to alle hooly
men,
6 that the comunynge of thi feith be
maad opyn, in knowynge of al good thing
in Crist Jhesu.
7 Forsoth I hadde greet
ioye and comfort in thi charite, for the
entraylis of hooly men restiden by thee,
brothir.
8 For which thing I hauynge
moche trust in Crist Jhesu, for to comaunde
to thee that that perteyneth to
thing,
9 `or profiteth; for charite I beseche
more, sithen thou art such as `Poul
old, now forsoth and the boundyn of
Jhesu Crist.
10 I biseche thee for my sone
Onesyme,
11 whom I in bondis bigat, the
which sum tyme was `to thee vnprofitable,
forsothe now profitable and to
`thee and to me;
12 whom I sente a&yogh;en to
thee. Forsoth resceyue thou him as myn
entraylis;
13 whom I wolde withholde with
me, that he schulde serue for thee to me
in bondis of the gospel;
14 forsoth withoute
thi counceil I wolde not do, that thi
good schulde not be as of nede, but
willeful.
15 `Forsoth perauenture therfore
he departide fro thee at oon our, that
thou schuldist resceyue hym into withouten
ende;
16 now not as a seruaunt, but
for `a seruaunt a moost dere brother,
moost to me; forsoth how moche more
to thee, and in fleisch and in the Lord?
17 Therfore if thou hast me a felowe, resceyue
him as me;
18 forsoth if he hath
ony thing anoyed thee, `or owith, rette
thou this thing to me.
19 I Poul wroot with
myn hond, I schal &yogh;elde; that I seye not
to thee, that and thou owist to me thi silf.
20 So, brother, I schal vse thee in the Lord;
fulfille myn entraylis in Crist.
21 I tristnynge
of thin obedyence wroot to thee,
-- --
witynge for thou schalt do and ouer that
that I seye.
22 Also forsoth and make redy
to me an ooste, or hous for to dwelle
inne; forwhi I hope by &yogh;oure preieris
me for to be &yogh;ouun to &yogh;ou.
23 Epefras,
myn euene caytif, or prisoner `to gidere,
`in Crist Jhesu, greetith thee wel,
and Mark,
24 Aristark, Demas, Lucas, myn
helpers.
25 The grace of oure Lord Jhesu
Crist with &yogh;oure spirit. Amen.
Here endith the epistle to Filomon,
and bigynneth the prolog to the pistle to
Ebrews.
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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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